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
This article describes the military's healthcare outreach to its young (ages 18-24) demographic by using social networking tools such as FaceBook, MySpace, Twitter and YouTube.
American soldiers can now tweet, send friend requests and share photos and personal news just like the rest of the free world. The U.S. Army is reversing a years-long policy of blocking the Web hotspots on military networks, ordering its network managers to allow access to social media sites.
The widespread use of social networking technologies by Iranians frustrated with election results shows "it is increasingly difficult for an authoritarian government to maintain control of all the means of communication that are available to its citizens," Secretary of Defense Robert Gates told reporters during a Pentagon news briefing on Thursday.
Fort Campbell hired a suicide prevention program manager, the first on a US military installation, to oversee family support and social work programs on the post and organize efforts to help soldiers struggling after multiple deployments.
The National Center for PTSD (NCPTSD) aims to advance the clinical care and social welfare of U.S. Veterans through research, education and training on PTSD and stress-related disorders. This site is an educational resource on PTSD and traumatic stress, for veterans and also for mental health care providers, researchers and the general public.
Basebook, a Web-based application linked via the popular social networking site Facebook, lets members post when and where they've served, and search for others.
More than 750 people from the departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs and private enterprise -- including social workers, chaplains, researchers, and family members - are gathered here this week for a suicide-prevention conference.
As celebrations and social gatherings begin to spring up during this holiday season, I would like to remind everyone to please be safe and responsible, especially on the road where many lives, not just your own, are at risk. December is National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month, an effort aimed to reduce the incidences of impaired driving accidents and deaths.
A public service campaign starting Tuesday _ Veterans Day _ encourages Iraq and Afghanistan veterans to log onto a new social networking site calledhttp://www.CommunityofVeterans.org. The site was developed by the nonprofit organizations Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America and the Ad Council
The Army has ordered its network managers to give soldiers access to social media sites like Facebook, Flickr, and Twitter, Danger Room has learned. That move
The Veterans Affairs Department has
launched its new "Returning Veterans" Web site at http://
www.oefoif.va.gov to welcome home veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan
conflicts with a social, veteran-centric Web site that focuses on their
needs and questions, VA officials announced today.