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As of last Friday, all US servicemen have been able to update social networks like Twitter and Facebook from non-classified military network computers.The announcement by the Department of Defense is the first time a single policy has been used across......more

A post has been written on the official US Army blog in an attempt to appease disaffected US military bloggers who held a silent protest last Wednesday.Public Affairs Specialist, Lindy Kyzer, concurs with a number of concerns raised by military......more

A couple of days ago a number of military bloggers in the US agreed to hold a silent day of protest and more bloggers appear to be joining the campaign.The trigger for the blogging strike was the treatment of blogger......more

A blog post written by a Territorial Army soldier who was killed in Afghanistan has received widespread media coverage.In the post entilted 'Hello from Afghan', Rifleman Andrew Fentiman of 7 Rifles, describes how he was waiting to be transferred to......more

A blogging American-Israeli combat soldier has been deployed to the West Bank. According to his blog, 25 year old Danny Brothers has finished his training with the Israeli Defence Force (IDF) and is serving in "al-Madina al-Muqaddasah" - a pseudonym......more

The US military blog, A Soldier's Perspective, has closed down after six years. In a message which has replaced the entire content of the blog, Iraq veteran and well-known military blogger, CJ Grisham, writes:"Blogging is no longer worth the trouble.......more

(Dusty history section) on the London bombings, 2005.I came across a couple of links on media coverage of the London bombings in July 2005 that I hadn't previously discovered. Maybe you missed them too.Mike Thelwall did some research into bloggers......more

I tweeted about this a couple of days ago, but if you haven't yet latched on to Michael Yon's latest reports and photography from Afghanistan then you should do so now.And while we're on the 'blogging from Helmand theme', this......more

...on the recent deaths of British Army soldiers, Lt Col Rupert Thorneloe and Tpr Joshua Hammond, in Afghanistan then head over to Defence of the Realm.The author, Richard North, believes the BBC missed the point about the weaknesses of the......more

Population-centric approaches to counterinsurgency warfare emphasise the importance of protecting the local people rather than killing the enemy.When war takes place among the people, using military force is problematic so the priority is to win the support of the local......more