SouthCom chief encourages military bloggers

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SouthCom chief encourages military bloggers
By Andrew Scutro - Staff writer
Posted : Wednesday Jun 18, 2008 6:36:35 EDT

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — The four-star chief of U.S. Southern Command urged service members to become published writers and bloggers at a three-day conference of the U.S. Naval Institute beginning here Tuesday.

Adm. James Stavridis, author of several guides and books on the Navy, said it’s important for members of the military, contractors and retirees to “read, think, write and publish.”

Stavridis has written articles for the naval institute’s journal Proceedings since his days as a midshipman at the U.S. Naval Academy.

The process of reading and writing is important, he said, because the nation faces an “innovative” enemy like the Sept. 11, 2001, attackers and South American smugglers who transport drugs at sea in semisubmersible vessels.

“The most important reason is that the people who want to do harm to this country are doing so,” he said. “They are thinkers.”


Rest of article at: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/06/military_stavridis_bloggers_061708w/

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