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Fort Riley already had a ban on several websites used for military work purposes.

Soldiers in the barracks and those off-post can still use these Web sites for now.

Family and military say there are ways to get around the limits and keep in touch with loved ones.

"We communicate via e-mail, Yahoo Messenger, and he has a cell phone over there," said Jodie Krier, whose fiancee is serving overseas. "We have a family Web site we use to communicate with all our family and put pictures on it he sends from Baghdad."

Internet technology allows the public to download videos and post their thoughts anywhere worldwide.

In an effort to enforce rules on soldiers letting out important security information, the Department of Defense put strict guidelines on soldier's blogging overseas.

"Having been in the service and going to be again, I'm personally a fan of the system taking care of everything," Operation Enduring Freedom veteran Daniel Sweeney said.

To reduce the amount of traffic on their overburdened network, the military banned MySpace, YouTube and 11 other popular Web sites on work computers.

But some soldiers and family in Manhattan say this won't affect their contact with their loved ones, and may even keep them safe.

"They have Internet availability most places they're deployed," Sweeney said. "I've got a friend who's deployed right now and we talk back and forth on the computer, but not over MySpace."

"I'm not a big fan of independent communication because I think a lot of people wind up saying things that ought not to be said."

Krier agrees and thinks MySpace is not a reliable Web site.

"There's false information that's very easy for people to go on and put things on MySpace that's not accurate," Krier said.

Soldiers can still access the sites on their personal computers at home and at local coffee houses and special tents set up overseas.