Critics say the soldiers are being denied the very freedoms they are fighting for.
The blogs were destroyed in September, hours after pictures of Australian soldiers playing with guns surfaced on the internet in the days before the inquiry into Private Jake Kovco's death in Baghdad.
Australia's leading defence think-tank, a civil libertarian and an internet expert have blasted the move as heavy-handed, saying it denied freedom of speech and destroyed Australian history.
"This shows how far behind the times the ADF is," Australian Council for Civil Liberties president Terry O'Gorman said.
"If the American army allows blogs, why doesn't the Australian army? If it does not pose a security threat, why are these soldiers being denied the rights of democracy that they are fighting for?"
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Their findings on what milbloggers have to say about the military...
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Thanks to soldierboy101st of gwot dot us for the tip.
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I don't know the first thing about Podcasts, but I think you might need to download QuickTime or iTunes to listen to the audio interview. You'd think holding your laptop to your ear would help, but I didn't have any luck. Odds are screaming at your computer like a teenage girl doesn't work either...Yes, I tried that, too.
I even tried wearing an aluminum foil beanie...I still haven't heard the Podcast, but at least I stopped the brain-control rays. Shhhhhhhhhh, they're everywhere...
Thanks to GiLoisLane for the tip.
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User: Dustmans
First Name: Sean
Last Name: Dustman
Member since:
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My Milblogs
Doc in the Box, English, Sean Dustman, United States
My Favorites
Blackfive - The Paratrooper of Love, English, Matt, United States
Michael Yon: Online Magazine, English, Michael Yon, United States
365 and a Wakeup, English, Thunder6, United States
Tbone's War Journal, English, Tbone65, United States
American Soldier, English, American Soldier, United States
Armor Geddon, English, Neil Prakash, Germany
Dude, Where's the Beach?, English, El Capitan, United States
Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum, English, Rusten Currie, United States
Major K., English, Major K., United States
Firepower Forward, English, Firepower 5, Germany
From the Halls to the Shores, English, Mike the Marine, United States
Andi, English, Andi Hurley, United States
Argghhh! The Home of Jonah's Two Military Guys + 1, English, Armorer, Instapilot, & Bill, the Rotorhead, United States
The Indepundit, English, SMASH, United States
Jack Army, English, Jack Army, United States
The Mudville Gazette, English, Greyhawk, Germany
ArmyWifeToddlerMom, English, Army Wife, United States
CDR Salamander, English, CDR Salamander, United States
Blog Machine City, English, Delobius, United States
Sgt Hook - This We'll Defend, English, SGT Hook, United States
Neptunus Lex, English, Joe, United States
Soldier's Mom, English, Some Soldier's Mom, United States
Doc in the Box, English, Sean Dustman, United States
Iraq the Model, English, Mohammed and Omar, Iraq
Dave's Not Here, English, David Earney, United States
Consul-At-Arms, English, Consul-At-Arms, United States
Bouhammer's AfghanBlog, English, 1SG Troy Steward, Afghanistan
Acute Politics, English, Teflon Don, Iraq
This is Your War II, English, Red2Alpha, United States
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Below is a list of Finalists for this year's 2006 Weblog Awards. It’s a great list. And I must say, congratulations to this year’s newcomer 1SG
Matt of Blackfive seems to show up everywhere and it's well-deserved...I’m pretty sure you could run a contest to see who is the best actor in "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire", and somehow Matt would end up on the list.
From the 2006 Weblog Awards:
Best Military Blog
Bouhammer's Afghanistan Blog
Blackfive
Grey Eagle, A Female Soldier
Michael Yon
Mudville Gazette
Neptunus Lex
Op-For
Sgt. Hook
SMASH
Read the entire story here. And don’t forget once the 2006 Weblog Awards are over, we’ll be hosting the 2006 Milbloggies here on Milblogging.com which will be presented at this year's Milblog Conference in May.
UPDATE - Dec 8, 2006
Voting is now open at the 2006 Weblog Awards. Click here to vote for the best Military Blog.
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That hypothetical situation is very real for some American soldiers serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, where body armor helps protect them from getting killed from the blasts of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) — but injuries to extremities are common. In the summer of 2005, when Army Captain Charles “Chuck” Ziegenfuss, a military blogger, was severely injured by such an IED, he asked his blog audience to help him get voice-to-text software, Dragon Naturally Speaking, for his laptop.
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The website states:
"FOX 17 News At Ten wants to hear from you! Tell us about interesting web sites that you've found while surfing the web! We might mention it on Friday nights during our "Best of the Web" segment on FOX 17 News At Ten!"
Past websites featured include: craigslist, car and driver, google rss feeds, and more. I’m actually honored, since it wasn’t me this time who suggested the website. And yet, Milblogging.com was somehow still featured on FOX 17. Seriously, this is one step up from having imaginary friends. I’m not saying I have imaginary friends, but if you suddenly find me yelling at you during the Milblog Conference when you sit down next to me, chances are you just sat down on my inivisble pal...
Okay, maybe I was lying...so I have an imaginary friend. What? Just remember, human friends come and go - "Chuckles" (my half clown, half cat friend) is forever.
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User: Keith Kawasaki
First Name: Keith
Last Name: Kawasaki
Email: Keith@gxonline.com
Member since: 20 Dec 2005
Last Login: 01 Dec 2006
Bio: News Editor, GX: The Guard Experience, http://www.gxonline.com
My Favorites
Title, Language , Author , Country
The Patriette , English, Kelly, United States
GX Down Range , English, Chris West, GX: The Guard Experience, Iraq
New American , English, Roberto Di Giovine, United States
Three Hour Tour , English, Murph, Qatar
Rick's Reaction , English, Rick Phelps, Iraq
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The Adventures of OIF Barbie , Shannon Crane, United States, Thoughts and photos of my current deployment to th... , 30 Nov 2006 , UnClaimed
A Day in the Life of Another Army Wife , Ashley, United States, I'm a new military wife, missing my husband terrib... , 29 Nov 2006 , UnClaimed
The Tribute Lady , Susan D. Wiseman, United States, " I'm just one mom, of one soldier, from one famil... , 28 Nov 2006 , UnClaimed
Headspace and Timing , Anthony, United States, My thoughts on the military, politics, and the wor... , 28 Nov 2006 , Claimed
Badgers Forward , Badger 6, Iraq, An Army Officer in Iraq commanding an Engineer Com... , 26 Nov 2006 , UnClaimed
Political Pistachio , Douglas V. Gibbs, United States, A politically conservative blog exposing the liber... , 25 Nov 2006 , UnClaimed
The Burnometer , Jonathan, Iraq, I was a student at the University of Nebraska as a... , 25 Nov 2006 , UnClaimed
This is Your War II , Red2Alpha, United States, The blogger formerly know as red2alpha is back. Du... ,
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And being able to lift large objects many times my own weight over my head. Like small cars. Helicopters, too. Even wild bears.
(The World Almanac) The special feature in The World Almanac 2007, “Blogs From Soldiers and Their Families: Voices of Service to
If you’d like to read other blogs by military servicepersons and their families, J.P. Borda's milblogging.com is a great place to start. By using the “advanced search” function, you can browse blogs by gender, military branch and relationship to the service (mother, father, soldier), and country of origin.
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Yes, Milblogging fans, you’re reading that correctly, Christmas has come early this year. Now, I don’t want to tell Santa how to do his job, but if you put anything on your Holiday Wish List, becoming a featured member here on Milblogging should be somewhere on that list. I put my wish of being featured, right above a Sony Playstation 3 and a 42-inch Plasma TV. But that’s just me. And in two years of milblogging, I’ve never been disappointed come Christmas morning. Last year, my top wish was an autographed photo of myself. Poster-size. It’s so awesome. And then some.
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"As I was walking to the showers, I saw clouds for the first time in about seven months. It's crazy to think that something like clouds could brighten your day, but I am telling you first-hand that I had a much happier day now that I have reintroduced clouds to my life."
Is there anything more compelling than correspondence home from the front?
And in this war, evocative writing from harm's way has expanded from cherished handwritten letters to more-frequent e-mails and military blogs, or milblogs, that chronicle personal accounts of the war while skirting military censorship. Many are poignant, even poetic.
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User: Kasee267
First Name: Kathi
Last Name: See
Member since: 05 Oct 2005
Last Login: 23 Nov 2006
Bio: LPN and Mom of 3 and Grandmother to a beautiful boy:)Member of Soldiers Angels.Daughter of an Army vet, granddaughter of a Navy vet from WW II, and niece of an Army nurse who served in Vietnam.
My Milblogs
MAIL CALL!Supporting the Troops
My Favorites
Title, Language, Author, Country
A Soldier's Perspective, English, CJ Grisham, United States
Blackfive - The Paratrooper of Love, English, Matt, United States
Tbone's War Journal, English, Tbone65, United States
Soldier's Angel - Holly Aho, English, Holly Aho, United States
From My Position... On the way!, English, Cpt. Chuck
Iraq War Today, English, Pam, United States
A Healthy Alternative to Work, English, Brogonzo, United States
Blog Machine City, English, Delobius, United States
The Mudville Gazette, English, Greyhawk, Germany
Appalachian Patria, English, Appalachian Intellectual, United States
My side of the puddle, English, AFSister, United States
One Marine's View, English, Capt. B, United States
Wordsmith At War, English, Lieutenant K, United States
Soldier's Mom, English, Some Soldier's Mom, United States
Across the Pond, English, Brian Capozzi, Iraq
Doc in the Box, English, Sean Dustman, United States
Rock and Roll Soldier, English, James Fitzer, United States
Dave's not here : David Earney, English, David Earney, United States
4 Mile Creek, English, Not Specified, Iraq
Just Another Thunderhorse Roughneck!, English, SGT PUEBLA, Iraq
Kevin Sites in the Hot Zone, English, Kevin Sites, Iran
Talking Salmons, English, Joshua, Iraq
The Baghdad Alcohol Sponge, English, --TBAS, Iraq
Chapter: War, English, D, Iraq
Midnight in Iraq, English, Midnight, Iraq
Chris's blog, English, Chris, Afghanistan
T.F. Boggs, English, T.F., Iraq
Bruce's Deployment to Afghanistan, English, Bruce, Afghanistan
Destination Iraq, English, Carter, Iraq
The Online Chaplain, English, Chaplain?, United States
AfghaniDan, English, Capt Dan, Afghanistan
Green.....again, English, Jarhead, Iraq
Anonymous Army Wife, English, Kristin, United States
Dan in the Desert, English, Dan, Iraq
Gunnywade.com, English, Gunnywade, United States
A Chaplain's Journey, English, Scott Sterling, United States
High Plains Patriot, English, Major :Brian Bresnahan, United States
Chaplaincy blog, English, Michael Beach, United States
A Smidgen of This, A Pinch of That, English, Carol, United States
Miserere Mei, English, Fr. Daniel Sparks, United States
Mitchell Lewis, English, Mitchell Lewis, United States
The sith empire, English, General veers, United States
Buy the Ticket Take the Ride, English, Finch, South Korea
Operation: Noble Duty, English, Haystack, United States
Captain Kj, English, Kjirstin Bentson, Iraq
Watching Men Burn, English, Mack, United Kingdom
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But none of this would have been possible were it not for the stalwart defenders of liberty who, generation after generation, bravely marched off to battle beneath the Stars and Stripes. Our debt to them can never be repaid.
That doesn't mean we shouldn't try. Project Valour IT raises money to purchase voice-activated laptops for wounded service members returning home from
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(Army Times) Master. Sgt. CJ Grisham didn’t like the wording of a news report when CBS cameraman Paul Douglas and soundman James Brolan, “along with a soldier,” had been killed in an attack in
“I got so angry,’” Grisham said. “I was yelling at the TV: ‘He has a name!”
He wants to make sure it doesnt happen again.
Grisham launched a Web site, http://www.TheyHaveNames.com, to honor the memory of every last service member who has died in
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If any of you actually read this section of this website (Hi Mom), feel free to nominate Milblogging.com for a 2006 Weblog Award.
If I receive even one nomination, I’m pretty sure I would explode from happiness. I’m serious...One moment I would be sitting here thinking nobody loves me and crying beneath my desk in a fetal position, and the next moment “BIFF! BAM! KAPOW!” I’d start dancing around the office, running into people yelling “Get some! GET SOME!”. And then after five minutes I’d just sit back down at my desk trying to go on like nothing happened.
Oh, and don’t forget, the 2006 Milbloggies are going to happen right here on Milblogging in December. The Awards will be presented at this year’s 2006 Milblog Conference by yours truly and my pal CJ of A Soldier's Perspective, followed by 120-minutes of home video of me growing up as a kid.
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It's Kari...with a K , Kari, United States, A vet's ramblings , 17 Nov 2006
Kevin in the Dutch Army , Kevin, Netherlands, Kevin in the Dutch Army , 17 Nov 2006
Kit Up! , Not Specified, United States, Kit Up is the stuff you weren't issued but that yo... , 17 Nov 2006
Letters Home: From Iraq to Indiana , Michael Nagel, United States, Letters and photos home from Sgt. Jonathon Nagel, ... , 16 Nov 2006
The D-Ring , Steve Field, United States, The D-Ring is where the military and new media col... , 14 Nov 2006
Military Writers Society of America , Not specified, United States, This blog will be open to all to discuss our milit... , 13 Nov 2006
Military grrrl , Marque Ari, United States, former stripper joined the military. what the HELL... ,
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Blurry, pixilated footage of attacks in
The blogosphere offers its own, if slightly less dramatic, window. A subset of blogs deals almost exclusively with the war and a significant number are written and maintained by soldiers in the conflict, which has to be a first for war reportage.
Firsthand accounts of wars tend to trickle out, in magazine or book form, months after the events being chronicled. The war blogs offer more immediate feedback.
This immediacy may be changing. Just recently, the Army News Service reported on a Virginia National Guard unit that has been monitoring official and unofficial Web sites for what the military calls operational security violations - information that may help the enemy.
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