The BBC has discovered milblogs:

A new generation of soldier bloggers in the US, known as milbloggers, are both fighting in the field and writing about their experiences.

It is opening up a new window on modern warfare and is creating a new genre of war-time writing.

The article’s main thrust seems to be that truth telling soldiers will soon be censored by the miltary in their attempt to sanitize the war but what comes through loud and clear is that milbloggers are blogging to counter what they see as poor coverage by the mainstream media:

Many of the milbloggers began writing to counter what they see as an anti-war, anti-Bush administration bias in the media.

CJ Graham decided to publish a war journal he kept in Iraq online only earlier this year.

“I did it to inform the public about what was really happening in Iraq because it was my belief (and still is) that the media isn’t doing a good job of being unbiased in its reporting,” he said.

Too bad the article is buried in the “tech” section which brings me to another point - why no hotlinks to any of the blogs (Mudville Gazette, Blackfive, Howdy etc.) mentioned? Not very cutting edge if you ask me.

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