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Any half decent network administrator can see where the bandwidth is disappearing. I rarely visit centcom.mil as the load time is awful. I'm not an expert on the DOD internet thingy..but something tells me that more bandwidth isn't as easy as calling up the ISP and ordering more bandwidth.
Will this be a big story? It shouldn't, the reasons are as stated, and valid, and the sites are already blocked by lower-level decision makers.
Even if YouTube wasn't blocked, the load times over here would be measured in hours.
Footnote: While the Army is more liberal in their network policing, blogspot, typepad, and other specific sites - Instapundit, for instance - are already blocked at certain USAF installations in the AOR. Seems to be hit and miss as far as individual domains, some blogs pass muster, others don't. That's probably based on the opinion of whoever categorized the site. Oddly, any web site that isn't categorized in the system is automatically blocked just for that reason.
MilBlogs isn't blocked, btw.
A reasoned look at Army recruiting and training challenges.
Glenn Reynolds: "...society isn't living up to the Army's ideals, not the other way around."
Here are some facts and figures to back that up.
Reasons are debatable, but reality is not.
(By the way, recruiting and retention goals are still being met.)
Is there a there there, or are the folks at the NY Times just being d#$% heads?
Starting Monday, the Defense Department will block access to MySpace, YouTube and a host of other sites on official department computers worldwide, in an effort to boost its network efficiency.
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Troops and families living on U.S. bases will still be able to view the sites through private Internet networks, but the move leaves servicemembers in Iraq and Afghanistan who use the popular picture- and video-sharing sites with little or no access to them.
This isn't supporting the troops - it's pandering to people who think the troops are victims.
Almost two years ago when my son was deployed I wrote that it was Hard to Be a Soldier's Mom. It's still hard.The news of the soldiers killed and missing this weekend had me running to the reference sources looking at Our Guys' FOB and outpost info and the location of the attack as reported by the media. They're geographically close and our worry is intensified. Last night my soldier called to wish me Happy Mother's Day (it was Mother's Day where he was...) and we talked about the incident. We talked again of the code soldiers have in such cases. It made me shudder... as a mom... that we ask our young men (and women) to even consider their mortality in such terms, and knowing the love and guts it takes to promise each other those things.
"The Wichita Lineman" "On the Road Again" with a "Cheeseburger in Paradise" on "Fire"
A fine Navy tradition sort of explained here.
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