Posted in Air Force, Blogs, Proxy on March 1, 2008 | No Comments »
Want to read blogs that are getting blocked by the US Air Force? Here are two ways to circumvent this boneheaded decision:
Use RSS. Noah recommended this approach, and it works well. He also notes a shortcoming; embedded images, audio and video will not get through, only text. Noah mentioned Feed Deamon and Google Reader. Others [...]
Posted in Air Force, Blogs, Stupidity on February 27, 2008 | 2 Comments »
But great reporting from Noah.
The Air Force is tightening restrictions on which blogs its troops can read, cutting off access to just about any independent site with the word “blog” in its web address. It’s the latest move in a larger struggle within the military over the value — and hazards — of the [...]
Posted in Advertising, Air Force, YouTube on February 25, 2008 | 4 Comments »
More to come on this soon. For now, check out the video on YouTube (unless you are reading from a military computer, in which case, you can’t see it):
Posted in Air Force, DoD, Online, Web 2.0 on December 26, 2007 | 1 Comment »
As if the military didn’t have enough irrational fears about online technology…
From af.mil:
“Intruders” from cyberspace are trying to hack into the Kadena Air Base network and steal information from unsuspecting e-mail users.
The intruders are not hackers, though they pretend to be to gain access to information they would need if they wanted to cripple the [...]
Posted in Air Force on July 17, 2007 | 1 Comment »
…Because the Air Force is getting close to launching “Cyber Command.”
Air Force Cyber Command is creating a foundation now for the combat Airmen of today and tomorrow, said Lt. Gen. Robert J. Elder Jr., commander of 8th Air Force here and the joint functional component commander for Global Strike and Integration for U.S. Strategic Command [...]
Posted in Air Force, Internet, New Media, Web 2.0 on May 14, 2007 | No Comments »
The Internet is not a fad. It’s a powerful communication tool, and our worst enemies are well aware of that.
Too bad the Army is afraid of it.
– Chris Vadnais, USAF
Posted in Air Force, CENTCOM, News on January 29, 2007 | 4 Comments »
In the world of communication, there are times where less is more.
This instance is one of them.
In the past, I have come down on the Navy and the Marines for not using RSS to syndicate their news content, while applauding the Army and Air Force for their efforts.
Sorry guys, but today I have a beef [...]
Posted in Air Force, Army, Marines, Navy on December 29, 2006 | No Comments »
From Army.mil:
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Dec. 29, 2006) - Nearly 4,000 Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines and Coast Guard members are gearing up to support the national farewell to former President Gerald R. Ford that will span a seven-day period with events in California, Maryland, the nation’s capital and Michigan.
“This is DoD’s way of showing respect [...]
Posted in Air Force, Buzz, Iraq on December 7, 2006 | 1 Comment »
The Active Denial System, a new “less than lethal” weapon created by the Air Force, has been cleared for use in Iraq after extensive testing, and the online world is talking about it.
The new system even made BuzzFeed, the new aggregator that highlights the big things that people are buzzing about online.
Why are people talking [...]
Posted in Air Force, Army, Blogs, Navy on December 6, 2006 | 2 Comments »
So Navy may have bested Army on the football field last weekend….
But Army reigns upreme among online conversation among the services.
Don’t believe me? Take a look:
Told you so.
Go Army.
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