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D-Ring News Wire 4.20.07

From Army.mil:

WASHINGTON (Army News Service, April 20, 2007) – Changes to the Army’s operations security regulation address accountability, new technology and the inclusion of all Army personnel in OPSEC practices.

The revised Army Regulation 530-1, “Operations Security,” provides updated definitions; aligns the Army’s policies, terms and doctrine with the Defense Department; and brings Army Contractors into the fold while addressing the role Army Family Members have in OPSEC.

“The change includes Army Civilians and Contractors, who are not subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice,” said Maj. Ray Ceralde, the Army OPSEC program manager and author of the revision. “The reason we included Contractors in the regulation is they’re more involved in operations today than ever before. If you have all your Soldiers and DA Civilians practicing OPSEC and your Contractors – who are an integral part of your operations – aren’t … well, you have a gaping hole in security that could affect everyone’s lives.”

Maj. Ceralde said OPSEC is a “total Army concept” and includes Families and friends though he acknowledged they aren’t subject to a commander’s orders.
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Regulation changes also address how technology, specifically the Internet, has changed the face of OPSEC since the last major revision to the regulations in 1995. A 2005 revision addressed new technology, but the new revision addresses technological concerns not covered in the 2005 revision.

“The Internet, personal Web sites, blogs (Web logs) – those are examples of where our adversaries are looking for open-source information about us,” said Maj. Ceralde. “Open-source information isn’t classified and may look like nothing more than innocuous bits of information, a piece here, a piece there, like pieces of a puzzle. But when you put enough of the pieces together you begin to realize the bigger picture and that something could be going on.”

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While Army personnel may maintain their own Web sites or post information on blogs, Maj. Ceralde said they have to be careful about what they write and what they post because even unclassified information can provide significant information to adversaries.

“For example, photos of deployed Soldiers to share with Family and friends are acceptable. However, when the photo includes a background of the inside of their camp with force protection measures in plain view, an adversary who is planning to attack their camp and sees a photo like this on the Internet now knows how to counter their force-protection measures,” Maj. Ceralde said.

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One hundo

Good news, D-Ring fans (at least to me, anyhow).

On Sunday, The D-Ring crossed a milestone, and there are now over 100 readers who subscribe to the D-Ring RSS feed (in addition to my readers who read directly from the site.)

So thanks to all of you who have subscribed, commented, e-mailed, linked, and shared your thoughts on the military and new media. Talking about these issues with you is the reason I keep writing. Well, that, and I am just interested in this stuff in general. So it is a little about me. But it’s also about you.

If you haven’t yet signed up for the D-Ring Feedburner feed (or are subscribing to the not-as-good WordPress feed that came with this blog), click the big orange RSS icon to the right and start getting the D-Ring sent to your reader.

The last six months have been a fun ride, and I am excited to continue sharing with you all.

See you in the D-Ring.

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D-Ring 2.0

A while ago, a friend pointed me to the Web 2.0 logo creator.

And I thought to myself, why doesn’t the D-Ring have an official Web 2.0 logo?

So I decided to create one.

For my first attempt, I got this:

But it felt too boring. Besides everyone knows that Web 2.0 companies don’t have hypens. How about…

Better. But still kinda boring. I know! Add a shadow, and a superfluous “r” at the end!

And a beta. Can’t forget the beta.

I feel so Web 2.0 now.

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Weird

So today, someone, through search found The D-Ring searching the phrase “why is milblogging bad?”

Ouch.

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Around the blogosphere

RedState is raising money to go to Iraq.

Life Off Balance is mad about amused by ubiquitous ads in the Metro for the C-27J Cargo Aircraft.

Milblogging.com has a lot of good Minnesota military blogs.

And as for me? I will be stepping out of the D-Ring for a few days as I move into my great new apartment in D.C. — an apartment that won’t have Internet access until next Thursday.

Have a good week, y’all.

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Shilling for votes

I’m generally not about self promotion, but…

You might be aware that this year’s Milbloggies (awards for military blogs) are now open for nominations. You can nominate any of the military blogs listed at milblogging.com.

If you like what you read at the D-Ring, please go here and nominate it for a milbloggie. I know I would appreciate it; a nomination for a milbloggie would help raise the profile of the D-Ring and grow the community of folks who are interested in how the military address the challenges and possibilities presented by new media. All you need to do to nominate is register your e-mail address at the site.

Nominations run only run through 5 p.m. on February 21, so if you are going to nominate, do it soon!

(PS — While you are there, you might want to nominate this guy, this guy and this guy too.)

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Wow.

The D-Ring has made Todd Andrlik’s list of top 150 marketing blogs.

I have to say I am humbled (even at number 147). There are some powerhouse communicators on there. And while I would say that the D-Ring lives in two words — as a milblog and a PR blog — I am proud to be on the list.

For milbloggers not familiar with the PR space, check out Seth’s blog (number 2), Hyku (number 20) and one of my Chicago colleague’s Inside the Cubicle Blog (number 78).

Check out Todd’s great blog while you are at it.

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Five things about me meme

I got tagged with the “five things about me” meme by my friend Alice Marshall at Presto Vivace. So without further ado, here are five things you might not know about me:

I owned a pet chinchilla while growing up. My parents wouldn’t let me have the dog that I wanted because my dad was allergic.

I was kissed by a former Miss America.

I was the musical director for the men’s a cappella group at my university. But don’t ask me to sing in public (unless you are willing to allow me to embarrass you with a serenade).

I don’t eat ketchup and tomatoes, but I love tomato sauce.

I once at Chipotle 5 times in one week. And I loved every burrito I had.

I was tagged by a PR blogger, so in an effort to be a bit of a connector, I am tagging people who don’t blog about public relations — so among milbloggers, i’m passing this to Signaleer and LTC Patrick, and outside of the military blogosphere, this is going to Jeff at Shape of Days, Tom at Adventures in Troubleshooting, and Joe at Marmaduke Explained (which you need to read because it is hilarious.)

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You can ignore this

I am just claiming my blog over at the milblogging.com community.

View My Milblogging.com Profile

Though if you haven’t been to milblogging.com yet, don’t ignore this. Go there and check it out.

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Happy Thanksgiving

I am off to Chicago for Thanksgiving, so I’ll be stepping out of the D-Ring for a bit. But I’ll be back soon.

In the mean time, at this year’s Thanksgiving dinner, remember those who can’t be home with their families because they are fighting to protect all of us.

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