S Schill
03-10-2009, 09:24 PM
I was caught a bit off guard by last week's SWJ post on "The New Media"(TNM) as I'm currently writing a paper on this subject.
Kilcullen argued that TNM had several dimensions:
First, in re-orienting the force to counterinsurgency we made extensive use of tactical blogs, informal email networks and sites like companycommand.com and platoonleader.org, as well as the MNF-I and MNC-I web presence (both within the FOUO firewall and outside it)
As I have no access to either forum I'd love to hear some insight of Junior officers and also Soldiers who have been using blogs/ online fora/ or online newsletter for education, especially those two above mentioned fora.
Would be great if you could give me some "anecdotal" evidence how it helped on the ground.
Thanks!
Kilcullen argued that TNM had several dimensions:
First, in re-orienting the force to counterinsurgency we made extensive use of tactical blogs, informal email networks and sites like companycommand.com and platoonleader.org, as well as the MNF-I and MNC-I web presence (both within the FOUO firewall and outside it)
As I have no access to either forum I'd love to hear some insight of Junior officers and also Soldiers who have been using blogs/ online fora/ or online newsletter for education, especially those two above mentioned fora.
Would be great if you could give me some "anecdotal" evidence how it helped on the ground.
Thanks!