Year of the Air Force Family Week wrapped up last week, but the Year of the Air Force Family events will be ongoing until summer of 2010. To further recognize the Air Force family we’ve got a couple of additional posts to present this week.

Here is a link to a blog post from Robin Paoli, a.k.a. one of the people who runs @MilitaryTweets on Twitter. Robin has been a big supporter of the military branches and has taken a lot of time to talk to people involved in the military and other branches of the government. She is helping spread the word and provide details about the work that people are doing to share their story, particularly with social media.

A child’s first steps caught on camera for a deployed parent, a son in Afghanistan making a comic video poking gentle fun at his father’s birthday, a dad in Iraq telling his son “I love you”… we’ve been privileged to share these special moments and many more while helping manage the TroopTube video web site.

In the blog post Robin talks to Capt. Chris Sukach, Chief of Emerging Technology for the Air Force Public Affairs Agency about the importance of connecting families and how new media tools are helping enable that goal. So while you’re thinking of our service members, both deployed and on the home front, remember the families as well and think about the sacrifices they’ve made.