Matt Gallagher on Michael Yon

Matt Gallagher, author of Kaboom, offers up some commentary and advice on the current milblog flap surrounding Michael Yon’s recent Facebook postings. Posted on Gallagher’s Kerplunk blogsite.

If you’re not familiar with the Michael Yon brouhaha in Afghanistan, here’s a good rundown. Short version: embedded journalist and author of Moment of Truth in Iraq makes a cryptic post on Facebook, saying General McChrystal is in over his head. Milblogging community reacts, generally stating that Yon is burned out and needs a break. Yon replies, stating that milbloggers are largely a “hurricane of hot air.”

Unlike a lot of milbloggers, I don’t know Yon. I’ve read his stuff, and while it’s a little preachy for my taste, it’s generally a decent read. And he may very well be right about General McChrystal, I have no idea. But that doesn’t change the fact that he’s displaying classic dick tendencies right now, something, some of you may remember, I did myself, back in 2008…

… My mid-tour leave in the Mediterranean cured a lot of my ills (the dickish ones and otherwise) back in 2008. Strolls along the beach, beers in the park, and a lot of sleep. Here’s hoping Yon gets some of the same soon, and then returns back to his actual job in Afghanistan – war reporting.

More at Kerplunk.