House to House

Last night, I received a preview copy of the new Iraq war memoir House to House, written by war hero SSG David Bellavia. For full disclosure, it was sent to me (and a few other military bloggers) by publisher Simon & Schuster for review.
The book hits stores next week. In the mean time, the D-Ring [...]

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Man down?

I noticed today that Army Lawyer’s blog appears to have been deleted and replaced with a standard WordPress welcome.
Was the anonymity of this active duty officer compromised?
Regardless, it is disappointing. Army Lawyer was one of my favorite reads in the milblogosphere.

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Social bookmarking tutorial

Wow. Lots of embedded videos this week.
Have you wondered about this “social bookmarking” thing? And why it beneficial/helpful/transformative? The Common Craft Show has a great explanation for you in under four minutes. Check it out.

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On an unrelated note…

Ok. I know this isn’t about the military or new media.
But given that I posted earlier today about successful videos on YouTube (and the viral phenomenon of Miss Teen South Carolina’s botched answer on education), I had to share this.
I almost pissed myself watching it. Enjoy.

Note: Those reading the RSS feed, [...]

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Uploading video is not a strategy

Dear America Supports You,
Today, I noticed you have a new channel on YouTube. It looks like it was created sometime last week. Well done for putting good video online, like this one:

My praise for you, however, ends there.
Putting video online is not a communications strategy. It is a necessary step to [...]

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New D-Ring Design

In case you haven’t noticed (or get the D-Ring through RSS), the D-Ring has a new design. It’s very similar and still has one of my favorite pictures of the Pentagon, but I think the overall theme is a bit more clean.
Like the change? Let me know.

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DoD hearts Wikipedia

From Ares:
… As much time as [Department of Homeland Security] employees are spending editing Wikipedia entries, their work is nothing compared to the folks at the Department of Defense, whose .mil account holders have been very busy on Wikipedia. The defense agency with the most edits originating from its .mil address is Army’s Network Information [...]

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INSA on Web 2.0 and Intelligence

Just talked to Jason Kello, spokesman for the Intelligence and National Security Alliance, a relatively new association representing the interests of the intelligence community, located just across the Potomac in Arlington, Va.
Here is what INSA has to say about they spy community’s effort to use new media to support mission objectives:
Yesterday, the CIA released a [...]

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Forget MySpace… Here comes “SpySpace”

And you thought teenagers and the intelligence community didn’t have much in common.
From the Financial Times:
Spies and teenagers normally have little in common but that is about to change as America’s intelligence agencies prepare to launch “A-Space”, an internal communications tool modelled on the popular social networking sites, Facebook and MySpace.
The Director of National Intelligence [...]

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Pentagon PAO taking temperature on Iraq pullback

Bob Burns, the esteemed Pentagon correspondent for the Associated Press, is reporting that the Pentagon is narrowing in on a strategy that will likely reduce the number of troops in Iraq.
He quotes “a senior military official.” Odds are 100-to-1 that that official is Dorrance Smith, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs
This appears to be [...]

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