{"id":88638,"date":"2024-10-15T01:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-15T01:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2024\/10\/15\/how-the-army-is-engaging-soldiers-to-write-and-read-more-on-key-issues\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T01:13:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T01:13:51","slug":"how-the-army-is-engaging-soldiers-to-write-and-read-more-on-key-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2024\/10\/15\/how-the-army-is-engaging-soldiers-to-write-and-read-more-on-key-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"How the Army is engaging soldiers to write and read more on key issues"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army wants soldiers of all ranks to do more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2023\/12\/04\/army-leaders-want-soldiers-to-write-about-the-issues-facing-the-force\/\" target=\"_blank\">military reading and writing<\/a>, as its leaders hope to capture feedback from the force on how to fight the next war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over the past year, the service launched the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.army.mil\/article\/278222\/first_harding_fellows_strengthen_the_armys_professional_journals\" target=\"_blank\">Harding Project<\/a>, which has seen its first cohort of graduates join their respective military journals or publications as temporary editors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The service sent 18,000 print copies of \u201cMilitary Review,\u201d with a series of \u201chow-to\u201d articles on professional military writing out to 4,333 units. They\u2019ve also published the same articles digitally, sharing them across multiple Army social media channels and websites.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2024\/08\/08\/army-fellowship-offers-paid-degree-editor-jobs-to-revitalize-journals\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/soldier-writing.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Army fellowship offers paid degree, editor jobs to revitalize journals<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Fellows will spend a year at the University of Kansas earning a graduate journalism degree before being assigned as full-time editors to an Army journal.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One cumbersome problem for soldiers who wanted to dig into their branch journals, such as \u201cInfantry\u201d or \u201cArmor\u201d magazines, was their format. The legacy approaches to publication meant users would have to find the webpage and download a printable file to read the material.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In early October, the service launched its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lineofdeparture.army.mil\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cLine of Departure\u201d website<\/a>, which contains Army military journals in online-specific and mobile-friendly formats.<b> <\/b>Now, users can share individual articles from their smartphone, just as they can with news articles or social media posts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Part of fostering a more educated and inquisitive force is making materials more accessible, Lt. Col. Zachary Griffiths, special assistant to the Army\u2019s chief of staff, told Army Times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s optimized for mobile and desktop viewing,\u201d Griffiths said. The lieutenant colonel hopes the content might compete with what soldiers are scrolling through on their smartphones while waiting in line at the commissary or during other spare time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe number one thing we\u2019re trying to do is make content accessible,\u201d Griffiths said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sgt. 1st Class Leyton Summerlin, assistant to the Sergeant Major of the Army, told Army Times that \u201cthe goal is to provide content in three clicks or less.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The website launched with more than 200 articles from 11 military journals, Griffiths said. Future work will add digitized archives from past journal issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Much of the writing and academic work within the branch has suffered in recent decades due to the Army\u2019s commitments to ongoing overseas deployments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For instance, the last time \u201cArmor\u201d magazine had an editor serving in uniform was in 2006, Army Times previously reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the Harding Project fellowship program enters its second year, participants will get full exposure to journalistic practices as they train to run their branch\u2019s journal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those selected \u2014 active duty captains, master sergeants or chief warrant officers 4 \u2014 will spend a year at the University of Kansas earning a graduate degree in journalism before being assigned a two-year tour at their branch journal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 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