I've told you about the incredible MilBlog My War. It's caught on like wildfire all over. Well, CB had a bit of a scare today - seems he got called into the BC's office. Go on over and read it. Then leave a comment or shoot him and email. He's thinking about hanging up the blog. Oh, he wasn't told he had too, he's just got to run the material past the Plt Sgt but the BC actually seems to be a fan.
The whole experice seemed to shake him up. But really, go and read it.
I was browsing through the 142 comments left (at 11:00pm EST) and found this comment from Apocalypse Now:
Hey Charlie Bravo, just checked out your site for the first time. I heard about it from some guy in my company. Anyways I was there with you when the shit went down in Mosul. It really brings back that day vividly for me. I was scared shitless too, even if i was only in the drivers hatch. Anyways I'd like to thank you for putting the word out, the news really didnt do us justice. Its nice to hear good things about our unit for a change (go to hell SOF). I hope you continue to share our experiances, it is very well written and I enjoy your work.
Is he making a difference? Does what he's writing matter? Oh Hell Yeah.
Within his post he mentions that he was sitting in the cyber cafe and saw that the soldier sitting next to him was on line reading His Blog! And the guy had no idea he was sitting next to the author!! How very cool is that!
So anyway, go on over, read about his day and leave him a note. Yeah, he's already got a lot of them over there. But you know what - he's in Iraq, he had a bit of a fright (major understatment) leave him a kind & encouraging word.
Posted by Tammi at August 10, 2004 10:19 PMDid one better. Sent him an email with my real name, work email, and rank, and told him to pass it to his chain of command. If I get time I'll do the same through official channels (if I can decrypt where he is in the Army; I've got it narrowed down to the COL level now but would rather find the right major).
I did something similar when Chief Wiggles got attention for the first time. He didn't need my help but I was happy to do it anyway.
Now the next step. How do we get his posts on OpinionJournal or the NY Post? It's a lot harder to get in trouble when you're on the national papers.
Chap.
Posted by: Chap at August 10, 2004 11:11 PMI agree with you...I don't think they are trying to shut him down --I think he is doing the military a service by giving it to us real. We don't just get the death count...we actually hear about Iraqi's bringing the boys bags of ice and the women stuffing their uniform pockets with baked goods. CNN sure as hell isn't reporting that!
Posted by: ALa71 at August 10, 2004 11:50 PMI'm glad his superiors like his stuff, but I'd be pissed as hell if I had to pass my stuff through anyone. I'd spend all my time doubting myself... wondering if I was posting something THIS guy is going to decide shouldn't be on there. What if this guy doesn't like it? What then? CB has to change it? Or they take it a step up? Then it's no long blogging what's on your mind. Now it's blogging around censors. You lose the free form flow. Just my opinion.
Hey, I hope he can do it. But I'd be pissed.
Posted by: Boudicca at August 11, 2004 01:59 PM