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        <description>We&apos;re the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost.  All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT,  and KA 2003-2010</description>
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            <title>Cultural divides, nay, gulfs, and future, bridges to</title>
            <description><![CDATA[A couple of days ago, I posted a memo being circulated amongst AFROTC cadets - it was a simple memo, just telling the cadets to think before they post, especially if what they're posting is easily linked to the Air Force.&nbsp; No harm, no foul, though some of you seemed to think there was.

To me, the interesting bit was the cultural mindset of the first paragraph, and how that was indicative of some of the challenges the services face as they come to grips with this whole internet thingy.&nbsp; And many of the senior leaders really do think of it as &quot;that internet thingy&quot; while the soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines they lead are virtually cyborgs, they're so connected.

Yesterday, the Chief of Army Public Affairs, Major General Kevin Bergner, and his oh-so-able deputy assistant underling for New Media, Lindy Kyzer, were at Fort Leavenworth where MG Bergner addressed a packed room of soon-to-assume-command Lieutenant Colonels attending the Pre-Command Course.&nbsp; MG Bergner's presentation was an over-lunch optional seminar, but the room was full.&nbsp; Enough so that I decided to not enter and add to the heat load, not being of the target audience, and my presence might have been an inhibitor, anyway.&nbsp; After all, I *am* media, right?&nbsp; .]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 07:43:09 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Comment from John of Argghhh! on 2009-05-09</title>
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                <![CDATA[Um, never mind.&nbsp; I&nbsp;misread Jack's comment.]]>
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            <link>http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/05/cultural_divide.html#comment-88563</link>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 11:49:55 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Comment from Maggie on 2009-05-09</title>
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                <![CDATA[Why would I get a BlueTooth?&nbsp; Jack says people are paying less attention to him.&nbsp; You must have bumped your head if you think I would do anything that made people pay LESS attention to me!]]>
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            <link>http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/05/cultural_divide.html#comment-88561</link>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 10:47:50 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Comment from Cricket on 2009-05-08</title>
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                <![CDATA[I use the Bluetooth when I am away from the three youngest CLUs.&nbsp; And if I&nbsp;*have* to be in a public place that Frowns On Tech Fashion Accessories and Access, I am well-mannered enough to turn off the device and the phone and wait until I get to the car before I check in.&nbsp; While the Bluetooth qualifies as a hands-free device, I won't use it while in traffic.&nbsp; My personal peeve is someone on their cell, holding their phone up to their ear while reading and driving...or the idiots who like to text while driving...Bluetooth maybe weird but it is safer to use.]]>
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            <link>http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/05/cultural_divide.html#comment-88543</link>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 21:07:44 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Comment from John of Argghhh! on 2009-05-08</title>
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                <![CDATA[Oh, and Maggie?&nbsp; Mebbe you need a Bluetooth gizmo.&nbsp; Seems to have worked for Jack - though I will mock him mercilessly next time I&nbsp;see him.]]>
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            <link>http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/05/cultural_divide.html#comment-88539</link>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 20:22:13 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Comment from John of Argghhh! on 2009-05-08</title>
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                <![CDATA[No, Maggie.&nbsp; Lindy didn't make us cookies.&nbsp; But in her defense, she swung in early in the morning and left that afternoon.<br />
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If she ever comes here and spends the night, if she doesn't save taxpayer dollars by spending the night at Castle Argghhh!, well, we'll be... annoyed.<br />
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            <link>http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/05/cultural_divide.html#comment-88538</link>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 20:16:44 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Comment from Maggie on 2009-05-08</title>
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                <![CDATA[*rapping gravel*<br />
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Point of order please.<br />
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I asked a question.<br />
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*mumbles - I thought there were rulez around this place....mumble....hell...mumble handbasket...going back to Twitter where I have Sailors to hang on my every word...mumble*<br />
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*Princess Crabby sweeps out of the room on her high horse!*]]>
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            <link>http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/05/cultural_divide.html#comment-88536</link>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 19:44:39 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Comment from Jack Holt on 2009-05-08</title>
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                <![CDATA[I find people don't pay as much attention to me now as they did when I&nbsp;didn't have the Bluetooth device.&nbsp;]]>
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            <link>http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/05/cultural_divide.html#comment-88528</link>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 15:40:15 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Comment from Boquisucio on 2009-05-08</title>
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                <![CDATA[The first time I saw one of them contraptions, my thought was:&nbsp;What the helk kindda evil root is growing out of that guy's ear?<br />
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Nine years after the fact, and I&nbsp;still think is flat-out un-natural.<br />]]>
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            <link>http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/05/cultural_divide.html#comment-88525</link>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 15:19:21 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Comment from John of Argghhh! on 2009-05-08</title>
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                <![CDATA[No, you guys annoy me because it's harder to pick out the crazies in the crowd.&nbsp; Usetabe the guy declaiming loudly to thin air was a good choice.<br />
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Now he might be your banker, broker, or accountant.<br />
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Very annoying!]]>
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            <link>http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/05/cultural_divide.html#comment-88524</link>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 15:12:02 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Comment from Cricket on 2009-05-08</title>
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                <![CDATA[I got my first Borg/Net implant when I bought my first Bluetooth.&nbsp; Scared the carp out of younger and not-so-connected friends of ours, and impressed the very sox off still younger and very connected friend who all wanted to check out the bright and shiny thing!&nbsp; I still can't do anything about the 'muttering to oneself' perception but I suspect that will change.&nbsp; Or not.]]>
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            <link>http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/05/cultural_divide.html#comment-88523</link>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 15:06:46 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Comment from John of Argghhh! on 2009-05-08</title>
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                Grimmy - part of the problem the press is having is that too much of their stuff is free, and fewer people are willing to pay them to provide it...
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            <link>http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/05/cultural_divide.html#comment-88515</link>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 13:23:43 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Comment from John of Argghhh! on 2009-05-08</title>
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                <![CDATA[The previous was a fully-paid ad by CAC&nbsp;Stratcomm...&nbsp; ;^&nbsp;)<br />
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You're preaching to the choir here, Anton.&nbsp; They guys you need to convince are the ones you were talking to yesterday.]]>
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            <link>http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/05/cultural_divide.html#comment-88514</link>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 13:22:08 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Comment from Anton Menning on 2009-05-08</title>
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                <![CDATA[I truly believe the Army has turned the corner with social media. A year ago, the Combined Arms Center was virtually the only military organization hosting a blog on a .mil URL. Today, OCPA has come around, 10th Mountain is out there and various brigades across a spectrum of divisions are hosting their own blogs. In addition, GEN Dempsey, TRADOC commander, pushed out three blogs in the last week. Heck, even JFCOM is engaging. As with any new endeavor, there will be growing pains, but senior leaders are embracing a &quot;culture of engagement.&quot; Let's all see how much progress we can make in the future!]]>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 13:17:36 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Comment from Grimmy on 2009-05-08</title>
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                <![CDATA[There's also the issue of the US military having to expand into job areas that are supposed to be handled by our &quot;free press&quot;.&nbsp; And, our military, all too often, has to work over time in efforts to counter misinformation, disinformation, lies, and outright bullcrap from our &quot;free press&quot;.]]>
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            <link>http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/05/cultural_divide.html#comment-88511</link>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 12:35:47 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Comment from Maggie on 2009-05-08</title>
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                Yes, yes, they are getting serious out at Fort LEavenworth......but did Lindy make you cookies?
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            <pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 11:52:05 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Comment from Barb on 2009-05-08</title>
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                <![CDATA[Poor Jack, caught by the Castle Echo&trade;.&nbsp; Don't feel bad, it bites everyone periodically to let us know it's still around.&nbsp; *grin*]]>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 11:38:30 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Comment from John of Argghhh! on 2009-05-08</title>
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                <![CDATA[Hah!&nbsp; Like all media types, you just like seeing your name on the screen...]]>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 11:17:27 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Comment from Jack Holt on 2009-05-08</title>
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                I promise I only hit the submit button once. HONEST! ... dastardly gnomes ...
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            <pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 11:08:19 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Comment from Jack Holt on 2009-05-08</title>
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                <![CDATA[Interesting read and reminds me of a comment made by a fellow panel member at a recent conference reminiscing about using the first Commodore PET&nbsp;when he was in 6th grade. My remark: &quot;when I got to 6th grade I remember how cool it was to get to use an INK&nbsp;pen and SPIRAL&nbsp;notebook. I used to only get to use a Big Chief tablet and #2 pencil.&quot; Oh yeah, I'm the &quot;New Media&quot; guy, heh, heh, heh.]]>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 11:01:57 -0600</pubDate>
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