Army sends media imagery from Iraq at push of button

[Tinoire]

Army sends media imagery from Iraq at push of button

WASHINGTON (Army News Service, June 21, 2004) – No longer will the media in small towns nationwide need to wait for CNN or FOX to get news from Iraq. They can now do it themselves.

This week, the Army launched a $6.3 million project called the Digital Video and Imagery Distribution System, a system that allows Army news crews in Iraq, Kuwait and Afghanistan – called Mobile Public Affairs Detachments – to beam text, photos and footage to a “teleport” in Atlanta.

DVIDS users in the states, ranging from the civilian media to military personnel seeking to acquire information from the field, will then be able to acquire the real-time, broadcast-quality products from a centralized, archived database via the satellite feed. Or, if they want to conduct live press briefings or interviews, they can request it, officials said.

The service is free.

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Before the system’s launch, it had received flak for being a conduit of propaganda. Thomas equated the negativism with that of critics of embedding media prior to Operation Iraqi Freedom.

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http://www4.army.mil/ocpa/read.php?story_id_key=6067

[Swamp Rat]

1. Oh BIG Brother!

Next it will be interactive video games for teens, hooked into live action.

The implications here are mind-numbing.

[JohnOneillsMemory]

2. Recruiting directly through the television. KILL YOUR TV...FIRST...

...before it kills you, kid.