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 Hot on the heels of some great news in the social media sphere of letting DoD members (no, not the Coast Guard… yet) use social media sites on work computers comes some ammunition for those who are against it. Several websites including CNN, WSJ, and D carried the story of an Israeli (presumably Army) soldier posting the following on his Facebook page- On Wednesday we clean up Qatanah, and on Thursday, Continue reading…
The Queen: Coast Guard Cutter Acushnet There is no shortage of people and/or organizations out there who are calling the proposed budget cuts to the Coast Guard for FY11 outright wrong. As an Active Duty member of said service I don’t want to see funding of jobs going to the wayside; however, as an Active Duty member I am also well aware of the problems that have been discussed with Continue reading… The last time we visited the issue of not being able to use thumb-drives on DoD (or Coast Guard) computers was back in October ‘09. You’ll also recall that it was noted then that the news out of U.S. Strategic Command (StratCom) was gleaming with hope as it was stated that the use of thumb-dives will once again be a reality, just not at that time. Well that time has Continue reading… What happens when your source of all things happening in the world ceases to work? Um… nothing; as you have no way to tell anyone what’s happened. If you weren’t already aware of the news unfolding overnight on the pages of TechCrunch (and Twitters own search) Twitter was hacked and defaced by a group calling themselves the Iranian Cyber Army. Now begs the question of security in the social networks. As Continue reading… It’s that time of the year again- no not Christmas; thought that too is upon us. No I’m referring to the time of the year that people start listing the best (or worst) of the past year. Well the Coast Guard’s been nice enough to share the best, in their opinion, 11 Coast Guard videos of 2009. The press release for the video has all the details, but who needs Continue reading… I felt compelled to post something on this only for the fact that it’s hit all the major networks and it’s Coast Guard related. The story coming across the wire last night that everyone seemed to have picking up was an Associated Press pieced about the information they’d revived on the “internal” investigation (sound so official doesn’t it?) which I assumed was garnished via a FOIA request. Anyhow the headline Continue reading… You may recall that towards the end of last year, I believe it was November, we were all shocked to find out we could no longer use USB thumb dives on our Coast Guard workstations. If you want to take a trip down memory lane I invite you to try and find ALCOASTs 570/08 and 577/08 as they spell it out. But for a refresher- As you all remember, last November, Continue reading… |
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March 5th, 2010 | 
