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Pentagon launches its own YouTube WASHINGTON: More than a year after banning United States soldiers from using Internet website YouTube, the Pentagon has launched TroopTube, its own video-sharing site.
TroopTube is the new online video site designed to help military families connect and keep in touch while miles apart, TroopTube said in a statement on its homepage at Trooptube.tv. It said the site was meant for use by Active Duty, Guard, Reserve and their families - an estimated four million people.
Any visitor can view videos on TroopTube, but registration is required to upload material to the site. One of the videos on the homepage is a tribute to the troops from General David Petreaus, the new commander of US Central Command, for their tremendous work in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere.
In May 2007, the Pentagon banned US servicemen using Department of Defence computer systems from using YouTube, MySpace and 10 other social-networking websites. It said the ban was intended to prevent military Internet connections from being clogged with uploads or downloads of data-rich files such as video clips. The move was also meant to guard against infiltration by malicious or spying software hidden in files by hackers. MySpace, YouTube and the other websites were targeted for restriction after a usage study showed they were the most visited websites by soldiers, according to the Pentagon. afp
TroopTube is the new online video site designed to help military families connect and keep in touch while miles apart, TroopTube said in a statement on its homepage at Trooptube.tv. It said the site was meant for use by Active Duty, Guard, Reserve and their families - an estimated four million people.
Any visitor can view videos on TroopTube, but registration is required to upload material to the site. One of the videos on the homepage is a tribute to the troops from General David Petreaus, the new commander of US Central Command, for their tremendous work in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere.
In May 2007, the Pentagon banned US servicemen using Department of Defence computer systems from using YouTube, MySpace and 10 other social-networking websites. It said the ban was intended to prevent military Internet connections from being clogged with uploads or downloads of data-rich files such as video clips. The move was also meant to guard against infiltration by malicious or spying software hidden in files by hackers. MySpace, YouTube and the other websites were targeted for restriction after a usage study showed they were the most visited websites by soldiers, according to the Pentagon. afp
