Somebody f’d up. The military takes death notifications seriously...whoever leaked that information may be in trouble.
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Heartbreaking. Prayers for family.
Military life is hard for married people.
That being said, let me rant a minute:
This GD war SUCKS!!! If we’re not going to fight hard and unmercifully, then we have no business being there and putting our warriors in harms way.
Either blow the shit out of that place and get the hell out, or just leave it alone and get the hell out. But let’s get out of there already.
The Afghan people don’t give a rats ass about the blood we have spilled in their barren wasteland (the Iraqi’s have shown a lot more gratitude, which ain’t sayin’ much).
This is no way to fight a war.
I've always held the belief that cell phones were an excellent means to help with morale for our combat troops overseas, but with this tragic incident, I now have second thoughts.
This could very well have negative military wide repercussions.....
Hate to say it, but if we know the enemy surely does too.
To receive a death notification outside of official channels and over a text message of all things is sickening beyond comprehension.
It is the age of real-time reports directly from the battlefield.
I would not be surprised at shot-by-shot tweets of the action by soldiers.
I truly feel badly toward Mrs. Born. This was a total degradation of the system, and the U.S. military is to blame. They have allowed the system to erode so horribly that technology speeds ahead of the proper, dignified and time honored (albeit sad) tradition of notification. Where is there human compassion when this takes place? This is part of the U.S. military’s legacy under Obama. Obama has continued this total farce by apologizing to Afghanistan. Get out of that mess immediately! Obama has absolutely no business being Commander in Chief. He takes no responsibility and hasn’t an iota of leadership ability!
This report doesn't match up with earlier reports. Eariler reports said they were shot by someone in an Afgan military or police uniform.
There is no way that I would ever post on FB or text someone my condolences over such a terrible loss. I find it hard to imagine that an entire generation considers it normal.....
The story implies the army didn't notify her which both you and I know isn't true. The story should stress that social media informed the wife before the military did officially.
I have been on the notification teams before. I assure you that we took the process very seriously and we knew we were up against a "grapevine" that was fast and efficient.
I did two notifications and in both cases, the family already knew by the time I got there. And I got there quick.
I did Casualty Notification Officer, Funeral Detail OIC and Casualty Assistance Officer. Sad sad sad. Nobody hates war more than Soldiers.
The standard procedures used to be that all non mission essential comm (including Morale WiFi, Morale Phones, noncritical duty section email/phones) was suspended in the event of a Troops In Contact (TIC) or casualty.
Non mission essential comm was restored once the next of kin received their initial notification. This is the specific reason for that policy.
We didn’t have this crap happen when I worked casualty!