The D-RingWhere the military and new media collideBlast-from-the-past blog tipping- April 23, 2008 This is apparently blog tipping week in the D-Ring; here is my second tip in two days. As an added bonus, it is yet another military public affairs blog! (Chris and Chris, he is a former Chair Forcer Air Force officer). Anyone who has been to a military school knows that you make good friends who ...http://dring.wordpress.com/2008/04/23/blast-from-the-past-blog-tipping/ Blogtipping: Fewl.net- April 22, 2008 Under the category of new-to-me-milblogs, check out fewl.net, a blog written by a sailor stationed in Japan. One of my favorites is his redacted blog post, poking fun at blog censorship: The rest is just as good. You won&8217;t be disappointed.http://dring.wordpress.com/2008/04/22/blogtipping-fewlnet/ Breaking: This isnt really a story- April 21, 2008 Apparently everyone is up in arms over the fact that Pentagon public affairs folks host regularly scheduled briefings for retired general officers (who happen to also be on-camera pundits for cable networks) about current military activities. From Reuters: Many U.S. military analysts used as commentators on Iraq by television networks have been groomed by the Pentagon, leaving ...http://dring.wordpress.com/2008/04/21/breaking-this-isnt-really-a-story/ D-Ring news room- April 17, 2008 From Reuters: About 300,000 U.S. troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan suffer symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder or depression, but about half receive no care, an independent study said on Thursday. The study by the RAND Corp. also estimated that another 320,000 troops have sustained a possible traumatic brain injury during deployment. But researchers could not say ...http://dring.wordpress.com/2008/04/17/d-ring-news-room/ Friday fun video- April 11, 2008 Who says the Navy can&8217;t have some fun ht: ASY Livehttp://dring.wordpress.com/2008/04/11/friday-fun-video/ |