In case you missed it, the Stars and Stripes newspaper, a newspaper dedicated to troops stationed in overseas locations with minimal media availability, published an article this weekend on military blogging. I was privileged to have taken part in the story.

Army 1st Sergeant C.J. Grisham, of Huntsville, Ala., and a partner operate a site that is among more than 2,000 U.S. military blogs posted around the world, according to Milblogging.com, a site that tracks the military blogosphere.

He said he has been confronted by the military twice over his writings. A Web security unit of the Pentagon sent a message asking Grisham to remove a post on his blog, “A Soldier’s Perspective.”

In a separate incident, a public affairs office passed along a message from a commanding general that alerted the military to his blogging, Grisham said.

“I work hard not to cross the lines and keep my blogging separate from my military responsibilities,” he said. “But I’ve had commanders and officers who had problems with my writing in the past.”

Operational security — keeping sensitive information from public forums — is a top priority for the military. Grisham feels 99 percent of bloggers understand operational security rules and would not release damaging information.

There’s also a companion piece that can be read HERE.

Read the rest of Allison Batdorff and Travis J. Tritten’s article here.