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U.S. Central Command joins blogosphere
Canada Free Press ^ | Friday, March 3, 2006 | Judi McLeod

Posted on 03/03/2006 11:44:05 AM PST by Anne_Conn

The U.S. armed forces have joined the Internet’s fast-growing blogosphere.

U.S. Central Command is working with more than 250 bloggers "to try to disseminate news about the good work being done by U.S. forces in the global war on terror." (Defense Link News).

That effort says CENTCOM--which has its own website for news releases, data and imagery--has reached more than 17 million online readers to date.

From his desk at CENTCOM headquarters, Army Reserve Spc. Claude Flowers of the 304th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment from Kent, Wash., fights in the global war on terrorism daily in his own way. It is an effort that is making a big difference in the communications arena in the online world.

(Excerpt) Read more at canadafreepress.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; blogosphere; blogs; centcom; dod; iraq; media; milblogs; usmilitary

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