I recently wrote on the coming of age of the "Digital Public Information Officer (PIO)" and how social media, digital volunteers, and organization is key.  (Find the original posting here: Considerations for the Digital Public Information Officer)  This sparked a lot of great conversation across…

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 About 25 or so years ago I was in a community group of older adults that had received an email from a teacher at a middle school in a northeastern state. She wrote that her students were working on a class project on American involvement in World War II. They wanted to learn from elderly Americans who had lived through those times and thereby learn who had served in the nation's wartime Armed Forces and Merchant Marine, as well as from civilians on the home front who had produced, serviced,…

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Here is a great photo essay from Foreign Policy Magazine.   You might have heard that there is specualtion that man's best friend accompanied soldiers during the recent Osama Bin Laden take down.  Apparently K-9's have been hard at work with America's military and even part of the Airborne since the 1930's.

 

So....I hate to state the obvious from the pictures....but who pull's…

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Last week we were proud to announce the 2^nd year of our “Tickets for the Troops” program, which provides two free tickets to each of the 81 Washington Nationals home games this year to active military personnel and their families. Throughout the entire 2011 MLB season, military families can obtain the free tickets through the USO of Metropolitan Washington’s free ticket program, TicketLine.

It has been great to work with HP, AMD, the USO of Metropolitan Washington, and WFED…

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Like many others, I was impressed and inspired by the work of the San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District to develop a location-based application to alert CPR volunteers when a heart-attack victim is nearby. But what about other life-threatening injuries and medical issues? How else can we use technology to help provide better medical care in time to save more lives?…

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Modern Warfighter full motion video and UAS surveillance, by Donna L. Quesinberry…

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by Donna L. Quesinberry

Wounded Warrior Examiner

 

Since Operations Enduring and Iraqi Freedom began in 2003, tens of thousands of our service men and women have succumbed to battlefield wounds and are returning home with life-altering injuries. In collaboration with the USO,…

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Bradley Manning is the U.S. Army private who is accused of leaking information to the website Wikileaks. I have been sorting out my feelings on the Wikileaks controversy, torn between a desire for openness and freedom versus a desire for America's Government to be able to operate securely and effectively. I have quickly begun to lean in favor of prosecuting the guilty and shutting down Wikileaks. Considering the story of Bradley Manning led me in this direction.

First of all, I will…

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The Veteran's Day Parade in New York City that took place this a.m. was especially moving this year. Korean War Veterans were featured. My father (to the left) served in the Korean War. Though he passed 12 October 2003, my daddy was a stalwart man who served the USAF (United States Air Force) for twenty years.



During a mission in Wonju South Korea, he worked on a hidden airstrip. While a celebration was taking place, my father went to check on the aircraft and noted invaders… Continue

Through effective collaboration there is the opportunity and power to serve, to help others, to do more good as a result of our collective network. Please feel free to share how others maybe helping our service members and their families.

Here is one such story taking place:

Today Advanced Auto Parts donated $25k to @Op_Homefront to support military families. I think this is great support for our service…

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Originally posted to http://www.andrewdwelch.com at http://www.andrewdwelch.com/2010/05/americas-top-military-officer-uses.html. Continue

Today a growing number of military units and government organizations have an official presence in social media and especially on Facebook. Unfortunately, it seems that most organizations just seem to think that being there is good enough. Their fan pages are nothing more than a place to push the same old news releases and self congratulatory comments they shill in their other outlets.



A perusal of many major organizational pages shows that administrators don't seem to have an idea… Continue

By: Ted Kelly-Ventresca



The World's Largest Collection of Robots and Other Unmanned Systems Hardware at Washington Convention Center, 10-13 August 2009 was an overwhelming success.



The AUVSI (www.auvsi.org)allowed me unprecedented access to talk to the creative minds and companies responsible for the Information Technology that drives… Continue

Happy Fourth of July... our country is massively awesome!! Have a great holiday and weekend.



Here's sports teaser for you college football fans (like the Hokie Guru) that can't wait for college football:





College Gameday starts it all!! :)…



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Let’s face it. DARPA is always on the bleeding-edge when it comes to developing advanced technologies for defense. Just when you think they have outdone themselves, they come up with something even more mind-blowing. DARPA’s latest foray is into developing technologies that actually see through concrete walls, meaning there is no place for insurgents to hide.



CNET broke this story today. The purpose of this new DARPA… Continue

Imaging the following scenario below being kept in a a file, in a basement, in a library forever, never seeing the light of day. Possibly of use to many, but untouchable to almost everyone. Would you keep it in that format as you have it? Keep it buried in a basement or an archive? Or, would you just toss it in the trash, its SO old who would want it anyway? Or, would you responsibly share it? Keep it alive available for future generations?



I undertook a daunting project about 14… Continue