How Social Networks Are Used In Conducting The War In Afghanistan

An Air Force crew in California demonstrates the intelligence technology. First Lt. Jamie Christopher is in the foreground. Max Whittaker for The New York Times

Military Taps Social Networking Skills -- New York Times

BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — As a teenager, Jamie Christopher would tap instant messages to make plans with friends, and later she became a Facebook regular.

Now a freckle-faced 25, a first lieutenant and an intelligence officer here, she is using her social networking skills to hunt insurgents and save American lives in Afghanistan.

Hunched over monitors streaming live video from a drone, Lieutenant Christopher and a team of analysts recently popped in and out of several military chatrooms, reaching out more than 7,000 miles to warn Marines about roadside bombs and to track Taliban gunfire.

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My Comment: No one comes close to applying this type of technology on the battlefield. In this area .... the U.S. is light years ahead of everyone else.