Posts Tagged ‘Pentagon’

U.S. Military Needs a Few Good Social Media Experts

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It is hard to tell what is real or what is synthetic on the internet. That is why they are soliciting help from outside the military arena. If you have any ideas or programs that the military could use, you better hurry up. You have until the end of August to respond to their solicitation.

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Don't Tweet Our Position! The Pentagon Issues A Social Media Handbook To Soldiers

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Pentagon Social Media Handbook Protocols for emergency evacuations, disaster management were nothing new for the army – but now the Pentagon has issued a Handbook for Social Media, detailing how military personnel should use social media services like Facebook and Twitter. The Handbook has been issued by the Office of the Chief of Public Affairs, Online and Social Media Division.

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Pentagon Develops Virtual World Game To Enable Soldiers To Explore PSTD Symptoms and Causes

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pentagon second life Combat games are nothing new, but now the Department of Defense is testing the concepts of battlefield games and virtual worlds to help soldiers explore the causes and symptoms of combat trauma. The newly released virtual world game “T2 Virtual PTSD Experience“, is designed to enable soldiers and their loved ones to find out more about post-traumatic stress in an anonymous Second Life setting.

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