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Friday, August 17, 2001
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/16/technology/16NAVY.html To the Navy's Ranks, Add Webmaster By NANCY BETH JACKSON BOARD U.S.S. KITTY HAWK, off Japan -- In their long stretches at sea on this storied aircraft carrier, Chief Petty Officer Lance Lindley and Petty Officer Third Class Jacob Hickman rarely meet face to face. Chief Lindley, 36, works days in the public affairs office, just a ship's ladder from the flight deck. Petty Officer Hickman, 20, works nights in the print shop under the main galley below the waterline. But together they man www.kittyhawk.navy.mil, which can be boarded by any outsider at any time without requesting the captain's permission. In the late 1990's the Defense Department embraced the World Wide Web as a powerful public information tool, cost-effective in reaching a global audience yet requiring a delicate balance between openness and military security....
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