- Photo by Kristin Molinaro
Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2011
By KRISTIN MOLINARO – THE BAYONET
Did you know? Fort Benning’s Facebook page has more than 49,500 followers — one of the largest of the Army’s social media pages — and receives hundreds of questions and comments daily.
The Fort Benning Public Affairs Office created the site in 2009 as a place for families of Soldiers in training to connect, support one another and ask questions. Since then, the site has morphed into a place for conversation, breaking news and, most recently, town halls.
More than 14,000 people tuned in to the Facebook Town Hall Wednesday for the hour-long event.
Panelists gathered Wednesday for the Facebook Town Hall. Each official was partnered with a public affairs officer and a computer. Information technology experts were on hand to handle any computer problems. The Facebook page was displayed on three large screens for everyone to view incoming questions.
The event was a huge success, with directorates answering more than 200 questions in the allotted time, said Col. Thomas Macdonald, who led the event.
