Blogs of War

Ma Deuce Gunner, Thunder6, BlackFive, and Greyhawk. Although they might sound like your younger brother's screen names, these nicknames are those of military bloggers, or milbloggers.

In his article in WiReD Magazine, titled Blogs of War, by John Hockenberry outlines the important trend of people in the military keeping blogs of their day-to-day issues. From the soldiers on the frontline to doctors in the background, the milblogs out there cover the gamut of military issues.

The Government has been mostly quiet on the issue so far, and from the looks of things will not interfere with milblogs as long as they don't discuss strategy or casualties.

Fair enough. The snippets included in Hockenberry's article are extremey vivid in detail and absolutely mesmerizing. For the government to censor such works would be a shame.

As it says on the front page of The Mudville Gazette, milblogs are "free speech from those who make it possible."

These blogs provide a fascinating look into a world the majority of readers have no idea about.