MilSuite milSuite is a collection of online applications focused on improving the methods of secure collaboration for the United States Department of Defense . The effort is produced by the U . S . Army Program Executive Office for Command , Control and Communications - Tactical ' s MilTech Solutions office with the online suite consisting of four applications : milBook , milWiki , milWire and milTube . Applications . The primary applications that make up milSuite were launched as a collection of connected sites in 2009 and focused on open source software to create DoD - audience exclusive versions of popular and successful public websites , such as Facebook and Wikipedia . milSuite uses Jive SBS for its professional networking site , milBook ; MediaWiki for its online encyclopedia , milWiki ; and Wordpress for its news aggregator , milWire . In June 2010 , milSuite added milTube to its offering . The site was intended to provide a professional alternative to YouTube , with videos focused on military training and education . At the time of its launch , the deputy director for the Army ' s MilTech Solutions office , which produces milSuite , stated milTube will cater to a “ more targeted audience to communicate on official [ Defense Department ] business . ” The next piece to join the milSuite brand of social media site imitators was Eureka . Launched in July 2012 as part of the milBook application but designed to feel independent , Eureka uses the concept of ideation to host discussions with the intent to bring about revolutionary solutions ; like improved training , better ways to secure mobile devices , or any other problems that plague the military and hamper efficiency . In 2013 , milSuite executed a major release with updates to its core products and a change in the application lineup , re - purposing its Wordpress site as milWire . milWire is designed to be an aggregator of news and information from across milSuite and the public web . It allows users to share original short blog posts or content from anywhere across the other milSuite sites into specific user and topic - based feeds , which other users of milSuite can then subscribe to or follow . Creation and Usage . The milSuite product line grew out of a need for new knowledge management solutions for an Army workforce at Fort Monmouth , N . J . , which was expected to lose a significant number of personnel due to the announcement of Base Realignment and Closure , 2005 . Original use of an internal MediaWiki and internal Wordpress site from 2007 - 08 focused on building and updating living knowledge archives , the expertise of departing leaders and the specialized knowledge of subject matter experts . milBook was launched in the fall of 2009 to provide " a centralized location for Army personnel to discuss military topics that were previously done through potentially insecure emails , chats , wikis and blogs . " The former , stand - alone MediaWiki and Wordpress offerings were named milWiki and milBlog and joined with milBook to create milSuite . The military has leveraged milSuite for several significant collaborative efforts since its launch . The United States Army Training and Doctrine Command begin using milWiki in 2010 to create online versions of field manuals in a wiki format , that could be contributed to by any soldier . The United States Army Forces Command partnered with milSuite in 2011 to develop a customized Virtual Training Portal for Soldiers using milWiki and milTube . Contributors . milSuite is accessible to active military personnel , DoD civilian employees , and contractor employees , representing the Army , Navy , Marine Corps , Air Force and Coast Guard . The community , which includes participants at all levels of employment and military rank - from government interns to general officers - registered its 350 , 000th user in September 2013 . Awards and Recognition . In 2009 , milWiki received a Category III : Technology Dimension Army Knowledge Management Award , at the Army ' s annual LandwarNet Conference , in Fort Lauderdale , Fla . At the following year ' s LandWarNet conference , in 2010 , milBook claimed the top Army Knowledge Management award . milWiki was the supporting application for the U . S . Training and Doctrine Command ' s ( TRADOC ) U . S . Army Field Manual Wiki project , which was recognized by the White House administration in 2010 as an Open Government Initiative . In 2011 , Government Computer News named milSuite one of its honorable mentions in the program ' s 24th Annual agency awards for information technology initiatives .