“I also think this will blow up in the Army’s face. Underground blogging will occur and the posts will be much more genuine, and much less flattering for the Army.”

It’s fascinating to watch how an organization that has always enjoyed the authority to control nearly all aspects of not only the lives of its personnel but also the lives of their families is reacting to technological advancements that make censorship impossible. Instead of facing the reality that they are not, after all, omnipotent and adjusting accordingly, they ignore reality and pretend that the power is still theirs.

The results will be counter to what they are trying to achieve. The PR nightmare that the military is creating for itself is that anonymous military bloggers will be more blatant, and the mainstream press will continue to write stories like the ones posted here.