It looks like the US Military is no longer blocking social websites and has also started their own to boot.
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/us_department_of_defense_goes_social.php
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Tom 1:05 pm on March 3, 2010 Permalink
Very interesting. The US Army also now supports what started as a grassroots online community for its officers in training. There is a book on called, I think, CompanyCommand — and/or maybe that is the name of the online community.