by Associated Press
Published: Mon, May 11, 2009 - 5:37 am CST
Last Updated: Mon, May 11, 2009 - 5:42 am CST
WASHINGTON (AP) - Army brass are all a-twitter about the value of an online presence.In fact, Lindy Kyzer's job with the Army is updating Twitter and Facebook and monitoring the Army blog. It's not exactly the usual
image people have of the Army, but one the service is trying to change.
The top American commander in Iraq is on the social networking bandwagon, though General Ray Odierno, commander
of U.S. forces in Iraq, doesn't use Twitter himself. He is on Facebook though.
Aside from using social networking and the Internet as a way of opening itself up, the Army is finding it key to recruiting
tomorrow's soldiers.
Army spokesman Lt. Col. Kevin Arata says there's some resistance, but it was probably the same with the telephone and
worries that "somebody might hear you." Arata says that's exactly the point, "we want people to hear us."
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