Army launches My.Army.Mil

The U.S. Army is set to launch My.Army.Mil. The site is Army’s “official user-customized homepage featuring Army news, information and media from around the globe.”

Video overview of features:

From the press release:

After visitors sign-in and authenticate with Google Friend Connect (AIM, Google, Yahoo and OpenID) or AKO (Army Knowledge Online), they will be prompted to add and arrange a series of widgets to suit their specific information needs. Powering these widgets are open source technologies such as JQuery, PHP, MySQL and API integration.

Featured widgets include:

• An All Services widget with feeds from the Army, Air Force, Marines and Navy
• Flickr, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube widgets that sync with many Army organizations
• My Army News widget with customized feeds from Commands, Corps, Divisions, Installations, and traditional news sections
• A Features widget highlighting stories of Valor, Army events, history and heritage
• AKO (Army Knowledge Online) widget to log-in to AKO
• Video widget with official Army videos, newscasts and raw footage
• RSS widget that can pull multiple feeds from external sites