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Army Web Site Implements Web Cams for Recruiting

by Lee Bains on November 14, 2008 at 07:02 AM




Earlier this week, on Veteran's Day, the U.S. Army's Web site debuted its newest addition: Web interviews with soldiers on active duty in Iraq, the New York Times reports.

This section of the site, called Straight From Iraq, allows visitors to ask questions of soldiers serving in Iraq, who, in turn, respond with YouTube-style video messages. As they have with their forays into robotics and 'World of Warcraft,' Army recruiters hope that this tech-savvy feature will make the Army more appealing to 17-to-24 year olds.

Claiming that these videos chronicle "Real Soldiers, Real Stories," the Army -- it would seem -- is struggling to appear transparent at a time when many folks here in the U.S. feel they have been misled by government and military officials over the course of the Iraq War. [From: New York Times]

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