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Hey it's a good thing, right? I'm not comparing my firm to the military but tons of salesguys styling themselves as "marketing gurus" are demanding I setup a facebook, twitter, google+, etc. accounts to promote myself on the web. I see these same "gurus" successfully convincing local police depts and even active military to have a social media presence. I can't see any good in it. Is some guy on facebook all the sudden to discover the Signal Corps while looking at bikini pics of mutual friends and decide to join the army? Is some would-be criminal going to laugh at "silly photos" posted by the local SWAT team and decide not to rob a 711 and kill somebody because of that tweet (or is it twit) showing them police are just people too?
Maybe the forces that are causing military facebook site to go black are nefarious and the result of hackers/Jane Fonda. But ultimately, we need to remove this crap from social media. If Bob in Idaho can see soldiers' families' Christmas photos and addresses then Akhmad en route from Saudi Arabia to A-stan can see it to on his cellphone. The problems this crap can cause is not worth the small feeling of "joy" seeing your buddies carrying their gear kicking in doors online. Keep your pics of your teammates and family private. Show them to people you generally trust on specific websites, or through old-fashioned email. Social media gives everyone their 15 min of fame but it also opens them up to hosts of problems not worth it.
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