TroopTube?
Social networking on the World Wide Web is no longer the exclusive domain of techies or members of Generation Y. American military troops, their families and supporters now also have their own version of YouTube as the U.S. Defense Department launched on Tuesday TroopTube.
The military opened the video sharing portal with the help of Delve Networks, a Seattle-based start-up IT company. The launch came 15 months after the department restricted access of YouTube and other video sites to the military. The Defense Department banned in May 2007 employees and troops from accessing YouTube and MySpace using the agency’s computer system due to issues concerning security and bandwidth. With TroopTube, techie soldiers who lug their laptops with their firearms on the front line will stay connected, said Delve chief executive Alex Castro.
Tune into 1 Man and a Mic on Friday to hear Hank’s take on this one.