U.S. based bloggers including Guy Kawasaki, Robert Scoble, and Charlene Li among many others joined an expedition sponsored by the Navy to view the USS Nimitz and its operations. On May 29-30th, these bloggers met many of the 5000 person Nimitz crew and were treated to tours of the ship and conversations with the officers and pilots. The goal of the Navy was to expose these bloggers to the real-life situations faced by many of the crew and to learn more about social media.

Blogger’s Embark photos from the USS Nimitz are available on Flickr.

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This entry was posted on Monday, June 1st, 2009 at 11:57 pm and is filed under: Marketing Voices. Tags:, Bloggers' Embark, Charlene Li, Flickr, Guy Kawasaki, Navy, navynews, Photos, Pictures, Robert Scoble, social media, USS Nimitz.