From: Hedden, Mark D Maj MIL USAF 1SOW/IO
Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 6:57 AM
To: Hurlburt OPSEC PM (Distribution List)
Cc: Scott, Charles J TSgt MIL USAF 1SOW/IO; Stevens, Lyle K MSgt MIL
USAF 1SOW/IO; Lewan, Eric J Maj MIL USAF 1SOW/ITO
Subject: New OPSEC threat - Together We Served website
Signed By: mark.hedden@hurlburt.af.mil

Attachments: Social Network Wing Brief 01302008.ppt

ALL,

Here's what I briefed to the CC's yesterday at the Wing Staff Meeting.

SUBJECT:  Air Force Together We Served (AFTWS) 

http://airforce.togetherweserved.com/usaf 

Stated misnomer in introduction email  " AFTWS has no public access and only
those who served in the United States Air Force, United States Army Air
Force and Air National Guard are eligible to come aboard."

This is a website that says it's military only. It has NO DOD affiliation.
You can log on with bogus credentials and have full access to the site.  

It only self polices itself for bogus accounts, and has an advisory board
only up to 12 members.  Currently it has 47000+ members in only 3 weeks
(1000 new members since yesterday).  You do the math.  12 board members
can't police 47000 members.  

This is a MySpace/Facebook type of website that targets military members.
The server is based in Novia Scotia, parent company is German, all with
unknown affiliations (we are currently investigating this).  

Our folks need to be cautious with all public web forums with regards to the
information they post about themselves, their units, and the USAF in
general.

AFI 35-101 PA policy and guidance states with regards to any Air Force
oriented information, to include pictures of yourself in uniform:  

".each Air Force member or employee is responsible for obtaining the
necessary review and clearance, starting with Public affairs, before
releasing and proposed statement, text or imagery to the public.  This
includes any digital products being loaded on an unrestricted web site"

Our folks need to be smart about this website and any others.  We are still
finding questionable content on Hurlburt personnel personal websites and
having sites like AFTWS does not help our mission in protecting our
information.

Please disseminate this to all your unit members.


v/r
Mark D. Hedden, Maj, USAF
1 SOW/IO, Director
COMM: 850-884-6087
DSN: 579-6087
Mobile: 850-384-3079

SIPR: mark.hedden@afsoc.af.smil.mil