Why in the hell do troops in theater have access to electronic communications outside the chain of command?
Take away ALL iphones, laptops, cellphones etc. Any coms are through mail or heavily monitored comms via the CIC or similar office.
Either it is a war or it isn’t, no half way between.
They simply don't have the ability to do that. We are a modern military and banning such devices would affect mission readiness. I can tell you that 90% of the time my cell phone rings, if it is not my wife, it is someone from my command --and they aren't calling to talk about the weather. Most commands have FB pages and this is where they dispense news about the command. We need email to communicate with each other and internet access for logistics purposes.
The best the military can do is to issue strict guidelines about OPSEC and punish anyone who violates them.
Yeah, right. I can see the recruiting drive right now--"Join the military, deploy to the other side of the world, live in shitty conditions, and have no contact with your family for at least a year! Sign up today!"
Either it is a war or it isn’t, no half way between.
It hasn't been a war since Tora Bora. It's a counterinsurgency operation, unless you were in 5/2 SBCT, then it was a counterguerilla operation.
“Either it is a war or it isn’t, no half way between.”
These days, it “isn’t”.
Doesn’t make any difference whether it’s the Pubbies or the ‘rats runnin’ the show...