This is, without a doubt, the most difficult thing I have had to write, in terms of this Blog.I'm not going to mince words with you: TankerBrothers is about to go away.
Make no mistake, it has nothing to do with not wanting to Blog anymore: on the contrary, this has been a labor of love for me. I started this blog with one goal, and only one goal: to let the American Public know what was REALLY going on in Iraq. I wanted to tell people about the War being won in the streets of Baghdad, and in the hearts and minds of the Iraqi people.
Unfortunately.... sometimes things don't always work out the way we want them to.
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The DoD is cracking down on MilBlogs, and I wouldn't be able to continue Blogging and still be compliant with AR 25-1, the Army's Regulation governing Personal Websites. With the "running out" of local commercial Internet Service Providers in Iraq, the only bandwidth available to me would be government-owned. AR 25-1 states that I cannot use government time or resources to maintain a personal Web Site.
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Read the Rest, at the Tanker Bros.
For more on how military regulations are putting the squeeze on the milbloggers, the Boston Herald writes:
Blog of War Now Camouflaged
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