Saturday, June 18, 2005

The Army's Rules for Blogging from the Battlezone

Attention bloggers in uniform: the Army is on to you. In April, the Multi-National Corps Command in Baghdad issued a policy memo on the rules governing blogging from the front lines.
The most stringent aspect of the policy is the registration requirement. Military bloggers in Iraq are required to register their sites with the chain of command. Anyone who writes for those sites is required to register as well. That means, in theory, there is a list somewhere of Soldiers’ websites and who contributes to them. I wonder if the rest of us can see that list… I’m always looking for some more raw news from the field.
Unit commanders are required to review the sites on a quarterly basis, but odds are that most sites are subject to closer scrutiny. Former Army SPC Colby Buzzell could tell you from first-hand experience. His fantastic blog, “My War” broke new ground and pushed the legal limits for MilBlogs.

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