It is more "hype" from our tyrannical government who's effort it is to shut down our last avenue of communication - the internet. Presently, the NSA, BLM, IRS, CIA, and now the FBI pose more of a threat to individual citizens than ISIS ever will. It is painfully obvious this administration wants to cut off our military from contact with the rest of the world and the news.
Submitted by Chappy (not verified) : Dec 4, 2014 5:05pm
It's warranted, justified, and should be heeded. The conception of "social media" in my judgement, is preposterous to say the least, (and absurd). Nothing replaces "in-person" eye contact with the person or persons as subjects for "social" discussion, familiarization, and relationships IF so desired, and requested. "Jekyll and Hyde" personality detections are more likely to be encountered over the internet and with social media, once publicized contacts are established, it's there for almost anybody to observe.
We're living in a world of HEIGHTENED and RAMPANT terrorism where there is no end in sight (nor will there ever be in an unjust world) and, moreover, there are indeed, other threats to our "... troops and their families (that is, broadly speaking, to American civilians)." The ever growing terrorist organizations given continued, wide media attention includes, (besides the most publicized, and multiple named known organization) "ISIL [(Islamic State of Iraq and Levant)]", "ISIS [(Islamic State of Iraq and Syria)]", or, NOW known as "IS [(Islamic State)]", i.e., e.g. "al-Shabaab", "Hamas", "Islamic Jihad", "al-Qaida", "Hezbollah", "Boko-Haram" and the "Taliban."
Submitted by John P. Grillo (not verified) : Dec 4, 2014 6:08pm
I think there should be a broadcast on most of the tv stations telling EVERYONE not just our service people and their familys, telling everyone about what isis is telling every one and why we should know what is going on. Even our young.
Submitted by wiliam campbell (not verified) : Dec 5, 2014 12:20am
Social media can be a danger to someone who is still hunted. Over the last decade I have had a lot of experience with this and so have many of my veteran buddies. I think the message is BE CAREFUL! The we do as warriors makes us a constant target. Protect your families. Communicate using back channels or e-mail. It's fun to re-connect but be discrete.
Just because you take the uniform off that doesn't mean everything goes away. Remember, once a soldier always a soldier, once a marine always a marine.
Be discrete, we are shadow warriors now. When you take uniform off, change your tactics and fight economically. Help and support other veterans. Mentor the next generation of warriors.
Submitted by Todd (USRA, USA... (not verified) : Dec 5, 2014 8:37am
One more comment, the enemy may not necessarily be IS. The enemy maybe from within, heed that warning too. There have been plenty of vet on vet attacks of the last decade.
Submitted by Todd (USRA, USA... (not verified) : Dec 5, 2014 8:44am
I can not believe that 64% of our fellow readers would be alarmed by these government agencies warnings.
While I believe that the government has a responsibility to inform the general republic of a perceived threat,they also provide statistics about automobile fatalities; yet people still drive. We are aware that we could be a victim in either case, but we continue to live our lives.
Most of those of us who have gone off to fight our nations wars, will state that they did so to protect our rights as citizens of this great nation to be able to openly express ourselves. If one crawls in a tunnel, in hopes that the ceiling may not fall in, then ISIS has won a moral victory. Wasn't that the reason for 9/11?
Submitted by Richard A. Jensen (not verified) : Dec 5, 2014 12:13pm
Operational Security is important at work and in our personal lives as well.
The 4 Basics of OPSEC
Who is the “bad guy”?
(ISIS?, Spies?, Thugs?, Street Gangs?, Burglars? Etc…).
What do you have that they want?
That would depend on the type of bad guy.
How would they get it?
Human Intel, Signal Intel, Open Source Intel
How do you protect it?
This part is up to you!
Submitted by Vince, USAF 72-... (not verified) : Dec 5, 2014 5:24pm
This (second) comment of mine on this issue, involves a parenthetical deletion or omission, that is, correction to a partial (ellipsis) quotation previously, and concisely discussed above. The ellipsis quotation indicated above on my first comment is "... troops and their families (that is, broadly speaking, to American civilians)."
The parenthesis, one set of two ( ) in this ellipsis quote should be replaced by bracket, one set of two [ ] for correct punctuation, and, to read now, as "... troops and their families [that is, broadly speaking, to American civilians]." Information contained within brackets express suggestive comments or explanations when prompted by the reader in and/or for partial and full quotations.
The plural of parenthesis is parentheses, the plural of bracket is brackets, and the plural of ellipsis is ellipses in English (language) spelling and grammar. Ellipsis and ellipses contain either 3 ... or 4 .... spaced periods or dots (i.e. punctuation marks). A four period punctuation mark ellipsis occurs properly only at the end of a sentence in quotation with end quotation marks (enclosed).
Submitted by John P. Grillo (not verified) : Dec 8, 2014 6:15pm
Comments
Keep them out of our country
Keep them out of our country by controlling our borders.
It is more "hype" from our
It is more "hype" from our tyrannical government who's effort it is to shut down our last avenue of communication - the internet. Presently, the NSA, BLM, IRS, CIA, and now the FBI pose more of a threat to individual citizens than ISIS ever will. It is painfully obvious this administration wants to cut off our military from contact with the rest of the world and the news.
It's warranted, justified,
It's warranted, justified, and should be heeded. The conception of "social media" in my judgement, is preposterous to say the least, (and absurd). Nothing replaces "in-person" eye contact with the person or persons as subjects for "social" discussion, familiarization, and relationships IF so desired, and requested. "Jekyll and Hyde" personality detections are more likely to be encountered over the internet and with social media, once publicized contacts are established, it's there for almost anybody to observe.
We're living in a world of HEIGHTENED and RAMPANT terrorism where there is no end in sight (nor will there ever be in an unjust world) and, moreover, there are indeed, other threats to our "... troops and their families (that is, broadly speaking, to American civilians)." The ever growing terrorist organizations given continued, wide media attention includes, (besides the most publicized, and multiple named known organization) "ISIL [(Islamic State of Iraq and Levant)]", "ISIS [(Islamic State of Iraq and Syria)]", or, NOW known as "IS [(Islamic State)]", i.e., e.g. "al-Shabaab", "Hamas", "Islamic Jihad", "al-Qaida", "Hezbollah", "Boko-Haram" and the "Taliban."
I think there should be a
I think there should be a broadcast on most of the tv stations telling EVERYONE not just our service people and their familys, telling everyone about what isis is telling every one and why we should know what is going on. Even our young.
Social media can be a danger
Social media can be a danger to someone who is still hunted. Over the last decade I have had a lot of experience with this and so have many of my veteran buddies. I think the message is BE CAREFUL! The we do as warriors makes us a constant target. Protect your families. Communicate using back channels or e-mail. It's fun to re-connect but be discrete.
Just because you take the uniform off that doesn't mean everything goes away. Remember, once a soldier always a soldier, once a marine always a marine.
Be discrete, we are shadow warriors now. When you take uniform off, change your tactics and fight economically. Help and support other veterans. Mentor the next generation of warriors.
The things we do as ...
The things we do as ... Terrible proof reading.
One more comment, the enemy
One more comment, the enemy may not necessarily be IS. The enemy maybe from within, heed that warning too. There have been plenty of vet on vet attacks of the last decade.
I can not believe that 64% of
I can not believe that 64% of our fellow readers would be alarmed by these government agencies warnings.
While I believe that the government has a responsibility to inform the general republic of a perceived threat,they also provide statistics about automobile fatalities; yet people still drive. We are aware that we could be a victim in either case, but we continue to live our lives.
Most of those of us who have gone off to fight our nations wars, will state that they did so to protect our rights as citizens of this great nation to be able to openly express ourselves. If one crawls in a tunnel, in hopes that the ceiling may not fall in, then ISIS has won a moral victory. Wasn't that the reason for 9/11?
Operational Security is
Operational Security is important at work and in our personal lives as well.
The 4 Basics of OPSEC
Who is the “bad guy”?
(ISIS?, Spies?, Thugs?, Street Gangs?, Burglars? Etc…).
What do you have that they want?
That would depend on the type of bad guy.
How would they get it?
Human Intel, Signal Intel, Open Source Intel
How do you protect it?
This part is up to you!
This (second) comment of mine
This (second) comment of mine on this issue, involves a parenthetical deletion or omission, that is, correction to a partial (ellipsis) quotation previously, and concisely discussed above. The ellipsis quotation indicated above on my first comment is "... troops and their families (that is, broadly speaking, to American civilians)."
The parenthesis, one set of two ( ) in this ellipsis quote should be replaced by bracket, one set of two [ ] for correct punctuation, and, to read now, as "... troops and their families [that is, broadly speaking, to American civilians]." Information contained within brackets express suggestive comments or explanations when prompted by the reader in and/or for partial and full quotations.
The plural of parenthesis is parentheses, the plural of bracket is brackets, and the plural of ellipsis is ellipses in English (language) spelling and grammar. Ellipsis and ellipses contain either 3 ... or 4 .... spaced periods or dots (i.e. punctuation marks). A four period punctuation mark ellipsis occurs properly only at the end of a sentence in quotation with end quotation marks (enclosed).