A child’s first steps caught on camera for a deployed parent, a son in Afghanistan making a comic video poking gentle fun at his father’s birthday, a dad in Iraq telling his son “I love you”… we’ve been privileged to share these special moments and many more while helping manage the TroopTube video web site.
Azariah walks to the dog... from TroopTube
I’m thinking of that little boy today, taking stumbling steps across a living room carpet to reach a dog, because we’re joining people all around the world in celebrating the Year of the Air Force Family. The toddler’s father is in the Air Force, deployed and far from home, and yet Dad was able to share his son’s first steps because Mom had found a way to connect.
There’s a lot to celebrate about the U.S. Air Force – their increasing role in cyber security, the rewarding career paths they pioneer, the leaps and bounds they make with science and technology – but for me that image of a Dad seeing his son’s first steps is an extraordinary picture of what the Air Force is doing: connecting their people with mission, connecting their airmen with advanced technology, connecting families separated by deployment.
Recently, I had the opportunity to sit down with Captain Chris Sukach, the Air Force Public Affairs Agency emerging technology chief. She shared her thoughts about the role social media plays both in connecting families and in completing missions. Here are interview excerpts:
Air Force Social Media examples: CNN, GPS
Military Social Media policies
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