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• 27 Apr 09
  

  TransTracker

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  • The U.S. Army wants you - to be its friend on Facebook.

    You can also follow the Army on Twitter. Or post a comment on its new blog. They're all part of the Army's new mission: social networking.

    "If Ashton Kutcher can do it, the U.S. Army can do it," said Lindy Kyzer, who posts the Army's "status updates" on Facebook and "tweets" on Twitter.

  • The U.S. Army wants you - to be its friend on Facebook.

    You can also follow the Army on Twitter. Or post a comment on its new blog. They're all part of the Army's new mission: social networking.

    "If Ashton Kutcher can do it, the U.S. Army can do it," said Lindy Kyzer, who posts the Army's "status updates" on Facebook and "tweets" on Twitter.

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  • • Even Gen. Ray Odierno, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, is on Facebook. With nearly 5,000 "friends," the four-star general is updating his status straight from the battlefield - something unheard of in past conflicts.

      Gen. Michael Oates, commander of the 10th Mountain Division based at Fort Drum, N.Y., has been blogging from Iraq for months.

    • The Facebook and Twitter messages are really an extension of the press releases and stories that Army officials put out through the Division of Public Affairs. But it's also a place for soldiers and their families to connect.

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        TransTracker on 2009-04-27

        Correct...at least on the first part anyway. I'm seeing a lot of re-broadcasting of public affairs materials. Some services are better than others in this regard--i.e. more engagement, less re-broadcast.
    • The Army's not alone. The Air Force is on Twitter and the Coast Guard is on Facebook.

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        TransTracker on 2009-04-27

        The Coast Guard is also on Twitter, and they are one of the worst re-broadcast offenders.
• 21 Apr 09
  

  Randy M

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  Rob Shell

  There are still DOD policies, which are several years old, which limit the access to various Web 2.0 tools by anyone on the DOD networks, which obviously are NOT enforced equally across the board. Unless DOD gets it act together rather quickly I see the potential for significant chaos.

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  TransTracker on 2009-04-27
  Correct...at least on the first part anyway. I'm seeing a lot of re-broadcasting of public affairs materials. Some services are better than others in this regard--i.e. more engagement, less re-broadcast.
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  TransTracker on 2009-04-27
  The Coast Guard is also on Twitter, and they are one of the worst re-broadcast offenders.

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