Holly Aho (Soldiers' Angel) has an interesting roundup of how bloggers report events, versus the way the media reports them. It's a story that has most definitely been covered in the 'sphere before, but Holly has it all packaged up neatly for your convenience.

MILITARY

More On The USS Virginia Deployment --[The Stupid Shall be Punished]
Earlier, I mentioned the USS Virginia (SSN-774) had deployed much earlier in their post-commissioning cycle than normal. We now learn more about the "deployment" from Bob Hamilton of The New London Day (who, along with Christopher Drew at the NYT, is a submarine military writer who makes it worth your while to get the annoying free registration required to read their work after a day or so -- a longer lasting version of the article can be found here, second article down...

Muddle in the Middle --[Molten Thought]
The most successful educational system in the United States is the basic training program employed by the U.S. armed forces. Over the course of just a few months they routinely take soft civilians and turn them into the most lethal soldiers the world has ever known. They do so by demanding unrelenting high performance, and by being brutally intolerant of failure.

Heroes --[Way Down in Kosovo]
In the past week two great heroes passed away, men as different in background as two men can be, yet both of them ultimately surrendering huge portions of their lives in service to others.

MSM REPORTS ON MILITARY


Military: Gitmo Hunger Strike Loses Steam --[AP]
The number of detainees on a hunger strike at the U.S. prison in Guantanamo Bay has fallen by almost two-thirds since last week, a military official said Tuesday.