Military Bloggers Must Now Register

"Censorship"?yes it lives on in the military.can't you tell i have no posts on my blog.I was told in no uncertain terms to remove my blog completely.

New rules have had an effect on military bloggers. Some have shut down, saying that they would rather stop blogging than reveal their full identity – Army Times

"I could keep going but under these circumstances, it would be a lie" wrote Red2Alpha (www.thisisyourwar.com) - Army Times

But not all feel this is a negative or adverse policy. Some such as Greyhwak (www.mudvillegazette.com) home to the MilBlog Ring believes the policy is fair and states that "it looks to me like the Army knows blogging soldiers can have an enormous postive impact. This is the same DoD that went to great lengths to have embedded reporters during the war. In my humble opinion the milbloggers suceed where that concept failed" - Army Times

Others believe that this policy will establish guidelines for bloggers to know where the line is and can avoid crossing it preventing confusion and subsequent punitive actions.

I believe that the milbloggers (I stay in touch with a number of them) do want guidelines to follow to avoid problems. No one I know wishes to violate SecOps or place any soldiers in danger through their postings. What they seem to object to is revealing their identity. The reason most identified is that if someone in their Chain of Command misinterprets a post or doesn't agree with what was written or expressed by the soldier there can be negative consequences in the field and in their careers.While I have not gone to great lengths to conceal identity other than excluding my name (I use Grey Eagle ... representing an aging Screaming Eagle) there are some valid merits to not exposing your indentity which I will have to consider before my deployment. I have already notified my Chain of Command of this website, and will formally do so again upon my deployment.