If you follow the link here to today's entry in the "At War" blog in the New York Times and then read all the way down to the 2nd to last paragraph, you will see three links, conveniently labeled here, here, and here. The first link is to my blog, the 2nd is to a Navy Medic and the third is to a combat Marine in Afghanistan. So I am in very good company. The blog post is about social media and blogs and the new Department of Defense policy restricting them.
Which could mean I would not be able to post on my blog. I actually doubt that would happen. I have informed everyone in my chain of command about the blog and, as regular readers know, I never us soldier's names or mention any troop movements (which is easy because I never go anywhere!). But just in case I have a backup plan. My colleague Sarah Reisert at Chemical Heritage Foundation is taking my place while I am on deployment. We make jokes about here being Neil 2009. Although she is a very pretty 26-year-old woman, so we really don't look very much alike. Anyway, if the Army shuts down blogs, Sarah really will be Neil 2009 and post my blog entries until I get home.
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Oh Neil, you're making me blush. :-) And I'm 25 for four more months. (What's scarier: that your guess is actually that close, or for a second I forgot how old I am?)
ReplyDeleteSounds like the Army. Says one thing and does another. See this - http://armylive.dodlive.mil/
ReplyDelete-Julian
well lets hope you can still post.but i have never seen anything wrong.in less it's about your bike rides. take care.
ReplyDeleteHopefully the Commanders will fight to keep them going. Think of all the extra flights saved by the thousands of pieces of snail mail that blogging and email have replaced. That's something anyway. Most soldiers, I presume out of self-preservation and compassion for their families, self-censor their blogs to a good degree. I've read many. Most, if not all, don't give away much other than the occasional humorous story or a few frustrations.
ReplyDeleteN.Y Times. Your parents would be proud. I am proud for them. YDSSJ
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