APAN Chat provides the ability for users of APAN to perform peer-to-peer chat with their colleagues. All Partners Access Network (APAN) is the premier unclassified information sharing and collaboration enterprise for the United States Department of Defense (DOD). APAN provides the DOD and mission partners community spaces and collaborative tools to leverage information to effectively plan, train and respond to meet their business requirements and mission objectives. APAN makes these tools available over the open internet so individuals and organizations who do not have access to traditional DOD systems and networks can participate in information sharing and collaborative events. New APAN Chat features include:

- View your online and offline colleagues
- Peer-to-peer chat with your colleagues who are logged on from anywhere on APAN
- Automatically translate your chat messages into your preferred language