article_snippet: Why should families bend to fear and stop sharing online when social media has helped many of families get through 14 years of nonstop war?
article_snippet: Though the military has at times struggled with how much freedom the military members should have on social media, relatives have wholeheartedly embraced the military.
article_snippet: Military families appear to use social media at higher rates than civilians, according to data from the Pew Research Center.
article_snippet: Social media as we now know it wasn't even around when the Afghanistan war began.
article_snippet: Facebook launched in 2004, almost exactly a year after the United States invaded Iraq.
article_snippet: Now, dozens of military spouses have blogs and Facebook caters to the community.
article_snippet: A 2014 survey by military advocacy group Blue Star Families found that 75% of 6,200 respondents considered the use of social media to be very important.