03/26 Online War Blogs

[Dig-the-Man]

U.S. Soldier 'Bloggers' Report from War Zone
Wed March 26, 2003 11:27 AM ET
By Bernhard Warner, European Internet Correspondent

LONDON (Reuters) - There's a new breed of combat personnel at the war front: soldier "bloggers."
Once the narrow domain of geeks and technology journalists, "Web logs" -- or diary accounts published online -- have gone mainstream, making it possible for even soldiers to transmit daily updates to Web sites about the rigors of battle.

War-themed blogs, appearing on sites such as www.blogsofwar.com and www.sgtstryker.com, have become a popular alternative news source since fighting broke out in Iraq a week ago, sometimes beating newspapers and television with war developments.

One of the most popular is a site run by "L.T. Smash," the blog nickname for a reservist in the U.S. Navy who arrived in the Gulf last December. His site, www.lt-smash.us, carries the moniker "Live from the Sandbox."
L.T. Smash's accounts range from the ordinary and the oddball to the touching.

On Monday, he wrote: "We're still getting one or two hot meals every day, and the care packages are pouring in. Today we were blessed with homemade cookies, fudge, and endless supplies of snack mix and other junk food."

[NJDeadzone]

Regarding a simpson's coincidence, wasn't L.T. Smash the agent of the boy band Bart was in that brainwashed kids into joining the navy?

[Raptorman]

Here is a favorite of mine I have been following for a few weeks. It is written by an Iraqi in Bagdad.

http://dear_raed.blogspot.com/

Alarminly, this normally prolific poster hasn't posted in three days.

On a related note, I haven't heard from my Marine buddies over there in a while. Don't want to lose any more friends, keep your heads down guys.

[Freakapotimus]

There is a slightly different version of that blog that I've seen: http://dearraed.blogspot.com/

I've also read some of the blog of a journalist: http://www.kevinsites.net/

Yes, the guy was L.T. Smash in "New Kids on the Blecch," Simpsons episode 262, Season 12, first aired February 25, 2001.

I'm not THAT much of a geek, I just have easy reference to episode guides. :)