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2005.12.29

Blogs offer taste of war in Iraq

Blogs offer taste of war in Iraq
Kevin Anderson, BBC News

The war in Vietnam is often referred to as the first war on television, and the wars in Afghanistan and now in Iraq will be known as the first wars to be blogged.

A new generation of soldier bloggers in the US, known as milbloggers, are both fighting in the field and writing about their experiences.

It is opening up a new window on modern warfare and is creating a new genre of war-time writing.

However, some of these pioneering frontline bloggers fear that the golden age of milblogging has already passed as military officials begin to clamp down on the unfettered online writing.

Rise of the milblogger

The first milblogs appeared in late 2002, according to Matt, the author of the popular BlackFive blog.

Greyhawk, an active duty serviceman currently stationed in Germany and the anonymous writer behind the Mudville Gazette blog, coined the term milblog and started making contacts with other servicemen and women who blogged.

[Read the whole thing.]

Hat tip: Blackfive. Read his excellent companion piece here.

It's nice to see the MilBlogs get some recognition. As far as I'm concerned, no day is complete without reading Blackfive, The Mudville Gazette, and several of the other MilBlogs. I'm proud to be a member of the MilBlogs ring even if there's no way I'll ever be able to contribute as much as Greyhawk, Blackfive, Smash, or any number of other's in the ring.

Posted by Bill Faith on December 29, 2005 at 06:08 PM | Permalink

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