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Last week, we learned that the United States Marine Corps had banned the use of social media sites by its active members. Today, some new information has come

YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan - Most U.S. Navy medical personnel in the Pacific - military and civilian - will be banned from smoking or chewing tobacco anywhere during duty hours and while in uniform, in accordance with a recent Navy instruction.

A new Institute of Medicine report, recommends that DoD gradually reduce (and eventually eliminate) the use of tobacco products to restore and maintain the optimal health and readiness of our nation's service members.

Danger Room just broke that the DoD will almost certainly block Twitter, Facebook, and all other social networking sites on its networks.