I just cracked my fingers, ready to extract those lingering thoughts in the hollow-sphere called my brain. The grace period for free storage is up, storage charges will begin incurring at 3 cents per month with a 10 cents drop charge. (Okay only 1 person will understand that line).
2003 marked a dawn in war stories; the waiting period is days if not hours from any theatre. Milblogs brought to the web of millions of readers the stories from the frontline and sandboxes. I don't have to wait for a rocking chair and pipes for recounts of battles, courage or valour. Remarkably the DOD seemed oblivious of their existence.
Mainstream media, aka the TV earned many vulgarities from me whenever a body count or an IED is detonated. That was only 5% of the daily activities in the GWOT. The other 95% of good was only accessible through milblogs.
Lately there is a buzz in the blogosphere, something in the name of OPSEC. Apparently some milblogs have been tagged and are shutting down, either voluntarily or by recommendation. (What the...?)
Here I go. The redemption for the LIBERTY, that the Coalition Forces are trying to preserve and secure, is most evident in milblogs. Shutting down more sites leaves number of injured and dead truely the only public news on GWOT. After years of faithful reading, these blogs do not jeapardize any operations. Bloggers are responsible reporters, especially when they have taken an oath to Protect and Serve. The public wants to know and need to know beyond "mini-skirt or flashy tie with unmovable hair" newscasters reading from an approved script. Pictures tell a thousand stories, these sites have millions or gazillions (is that a word?). Do not discredit the bloggers just because someone has a porn site as an external link, or so they say.
If Michael Moore's fantasy movie can be played on movie screens, why can't I read about the reality?
Details of previous wars were learnt 50 years later in textbooks. This time let the details of a MRE spill from the pouch like the falls over Niagara. Untouched, uncensored, undiluted and un-coerced. There are some media that money can buy, but showing the truth with integrity is priceless.
For all the milblogs and after theatre blogs, hat tip and Salute!!
Go thank them while you still can or read their reasons for shutting down.
For a list of more milblogs to fill your cravings go to here. If you are a blog junkie (like me ..denial), add it to your Favorites.
PS: This is my civilized version. Now I am itching to read the OP SEC guidelines. I read the FarmBill released in 2000, all 340 pages of it, just don't quiz me on peanuts. Yeah yeah... I need a life.
Then again, this is only my opinion.
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