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Blogging for soldiers of U.S. Army
Tuesday, 29 March 2011 00:42

 

The U.S. Army claims to be modern when it tries to enlist new recruits. Therefore a new application was launched.

The Army Stories app is going to operate together with a mobile site in order to give people the opportunity to share stories about Army, inform about careers and post comments on the subject as it was mentioned in press-release. The users are able to share videos and photos via this application.

The soldiers can use this app as well. One can acquire it via the website Army Strong.

Nobody is surprised to find out that it was created primarily as a recruitment tool to enlist young recruits to the Army, therefore the stories will be shown in a favorable for the Army light.

 

The release of this tool demonstrates that the Army is ready to use the social media means and be a ways of communication between people working in the Army. People may find it strange in the times of WikiLeaks revelations.

Lieutenant General Benjamin Freakley expressed his opinion on the subject saying that American Army is lucky to follow the latest technologies and keep them updated using them to the advantage of the Army, which sticks to its commitment to strengthen itself in its way showing the authentic situation in the social media.

The idea is not new and the Army applied to the technology power already as there was the intention of making Android gadgets and iPhones available for soldiers.
Every person can download the application in the AppStore.