Kaboom War Jornal Kaput

I had enjoyed reading the exploits of LT G (in real life, Army Lieutenant Matthew Gallagher) whose blog, Kaboom War Journal, with its gritty posts from duty on the streets in Iraq made him quite famous in the blogosphere. Not having checked his blog since leaving Iraq on this TDY, I was surprised to read in the news that the army had ordered him to stop blogging and delete all content.

The decision, it seems, stemmed from a post he uploaded in a fit of frustration and which was critical of a superior officer's decision to force a promotion on Gallagher which would take him out of a combat role, a role he relished and joined the army for. The army claimed Gallagher's blog was a threat to the "good order and discipline" of his unit.

An archive of his blog is here. Read it and judge for yourself. Personally, I'm sorry to hear this important view and voice from the war has been administratively silenced.