AHOY, this link must not have died so i'll make it right.
It dose not so on SP site that I can tell, not on home page at all or with discussion board link.
INFORMATION WARFARE: YouTube Died That We May Fight
March 20, 2011: Shortly after the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear power plant disaster hit Japan on March 11th, American military commanders in Japan blocked Internet access (for American troops in Japan using the military net) to web sites that provide a lot of video. The reason for the temporary block was to provide maximum Internet access, via the military satellite system, for rescue and recovery operations in Japan.
Military users are all told, early and often, that access to high bandwidth sites (like YouTube) may be blocked if there is a military emergency, so that there will be maximum transmission capacity (bandwidth) for military operations. In an emergency, or during combat operations, the military streams lots of video (from UAVs, aircraft and ground and sea units), and usually has to ration even purely military transmission of high density content (video, for the most part, but there are often other items, like databases and highly detailed maps and still images, being sent around.)
Blocking high bandwidth sites has become commonplace in the past decade, as the U.S. military obtained more Internet access via satellite. At first, there was no thought of allowing troops to use this Internet access for anything but work related functions. But it was discovered that even a little access (for, say, email without attachments) was a big morale boost. So it became customary to allow the troops to use the military bandwidth, when not needed for military purposes. On ships at sea, this still did not allow for a lot of heavy use (streaming video and large file downloads), but it meant you could view pictures and do some shopping, and is very popular. Usually, email (without attachments) is always available.
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