tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376985763427370102.post231736063909734251..comments2023-11-02T05:35:49.689-05:00Comments on Soldiers in the Blogosphere: Interactive Field Manuals: A Reality!!Jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14125880256505649892noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376985763427370102.post-56151135869088181582009-08-26T03:10:31.292-05:002009-08-26T03:10:31.292-05:00Finally got some time to spend exploring the new m...Finally got some time to spend exploring the new milWiki as it's being called(https://wiki.kc.us.army.mil/wiki/Portal:Army_Doctrine - you'll need an AKO username and password to log in). It's very much like Wikipedia - the document is there for you to read and each section has a little [edit] button which, when clicked, gives you the opportunity to rewrite the manual. All changes are monitored by a team so I guess I couldn't go in there and write non-sense.<br /><br />This is a good start, but I really think there would be more value not in directly editing the manual, but in being able to leave comments about how you implemented the doctrine. As discussed in the entry about interactive manuals, being able to share those kinds of experiences, or videos, or presentations, would be very useful. There are some collaborative sites that are great for military leaders (i.e. CompanyCommand.com, NCONet, etc) that provide for some of this kind of sharing, but having such collaboration occur "within" a manual would be very useful (in my humble opinion, anyway.)<br /><br />If you're in the Army, I really do encourage you to go check this out and share your thoughts about it. As the articles state and is reiterated on milWiki, this is a test run for the Army. If folks don't participate and share their thoughts about it, you can guess where it will end up.Jakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14125880256505649892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376985763427370102.post-43015265235040176172009-08-18T02:32:10.026-05:002009-08-18T02:32:10.026-05:00I agree. I think the oversight is crucial, but th...I agree. I think the oversight is crucial, but the interaction/involvement of Soldiers should only make things better.Jakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14125880256505649892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376985763427370102.post-22133736084550639802009-08-16T07:26:00.720-05:002009-08-16T07:26:00.720-05:00I haven't had the opportunity myself, but as l...I haven't had the opportunity myself, but as long as there is a good editing team in place, this can do nothing but improve the level competency, especially in the Technical areas and the field operational side. So long as they don't allow dumbing down or street language writing it should be a winner.<br />Best regards,<br />Albert A Rasch<br /><a href="http://trochronicles.blogspot.com/2009/07/hunting-fallow-deer-tips-and-techniques.html" rel="nofollow">Fallow Deer: Hints and Tips</a><br /><a href="http://trochronicles.blogspot.com/2009/07/outfitter-chronicles-j-scott-croner_24.html" rel="nofollow">Chronicles Interview: JS Croner Part I</a>Albert A Raschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11431765456546701021noreply@blogger.com