by Army Staff Sgt. Jim Greenhill
National Guard Bureau
11/22/2010 - WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- Lt. Gen. Harry Wyatt joined the small but growing ranks of Defense Department leaders on Facebook Nov. 22.
The director of the Air National Guard took a virtual seat alongside other senior defense leaders, such as Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Army Gen. Ray Odierno, the commanding general of Joint Forces Command, with a Facebook page.
"With a half-billion active users worldwide, Facebook is an important forum to tell the Air National Guard story and connect with our customers," General Wyatt said.
On Facebook, General Wyatt can be found listed as Air National Guard Director. Those who fan the page will receive news about Air National Guard activities in the 54 states and territories, and the District of Columbia.
The director's page features still images, video and links to reports from individual Air National Guard states. The page follows DOD guidelines.
The department has embraced social media, and listings for hundreds of DOD-related sites on Facebook, Flickr, Twitter and YouTube can be found at http://www.defense.gov/RegisteredSites/SocialMediaSites.aspx.
Gen. Craig McKinley, the chief of the National Guard Bureau; and Chief Master Sgt. Christopher Muncy, the command chief master sergeant of the Air National Guard, are among National Guard leaders found on Twitter. They can be found at @ChiefNGB and @ChiefMuncy.
"For more than 63 years, the Air National Guard has operated in all the realms of physical space -- on the ground, in the air and in outer space," General Wyatt said. "We also operate in all the dimensions of cyberspace.
"Our contributions to cybersecurity are among our most important missions there, but we also need to participate as members of the online community just as the National Guard does in 3,700 communities around the nation."
