Loose lips
When I first read this piece at Castle Argghhh!!!, I wondered when the same problem would catch up with Canadian troops. Looks like that would be right about now:
Not to be too much of dink about this, but I think the soldier should have been disciplined. Watch schedules and travel details, for crying out loud? In a place where rocket and mortar attacks and IED's are the biggest threats? Operational security is serious, and breaching it should be treated seriously. That means discipline.
Of course, there's formal sanctions and informal ones. I have a strong suspicion this fellow's mates will be letting him know in fairly unambiguous terms how they feel about his lapse in judgement.
Oh, and I was relieved to see this wasn't the blog in question.
The Canadian military has closed an Edmonton-based soldier's weblog, saying it gave away too much tactical information about the mission in Afghanistan.
Katie McLaughlin, a spokeswoman for Land Force Western Area, said the soldier who was serving in Afghanistan with the Provincial Reconstruction Team was not disciplined over the incident.
The blog in question included postings on schedules for soldiers' watch shifts, and approximate travel times for Canadian personnel moving from village to village.
Not to be too much of dink about this, but I think the soldier should have been disciplined. Watch schedules and travel details, for crying out loud? In a place where rocket and mortar attacks and IED's are the biggest threats? Operational security is serious, and breaching it should be treated seriously. That means discipline.
Of course, there's formal sanctions and informal ones. I have a strong suspicion this fellow's mates will be letting him know in fairly unambiguous terms how they feel about his lapse in judgement.
Oh, and I was relieved to see this wasn't the blog in question.
posted by Babbling Brooks at 12:03 p.m.
1 Comments:
Dave strikes me as significantly brighter than that LOL!
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