OPSEC stands for Operational Security (love those military acronyms, right?). It's a pretty important concept, as any AFN commercial will tell you. Abiding by OPSEC means being careful about what things you post on the internet - blogs, Facebook, MySpace, wherever. "The Bad Guys" can take the little pieces of information that you post innocently enough and put it together to form a bigger picture of what is going on.
Say a spouse, we'll call her Mrs. C. Puller, posts on her blog that her husband, Gunny Puller is coming home from Iraq next week. Maybe previously she had posted an address so all her hubby's fans could send him care packages. Maybe she had put on her site that she was a "Proud Xth Marines, XX Battalion WIFE!" Well, we can piece together that there is going to be some changes in Iraq, with Xth Marines, XX Battalion. We know where they are located. And I'm sure other details that the loose lips of Mrs. Puller let go.
OPSEC is why I'll never mention where Matty is going, when he's going, when he's coming back, none of it. We can never be to careful about what we write and where we write it. You can't control who sees what you put on the internet and all the little pieces you and your friends post can come together to form a big picture.
Keep my husband safe, don't spread the word. If you want to know whats up with Matt, e-mail me personally and I will respond personally.
2 comments:
I'm trying to work on that a lot too. There's all kinds of rules with where i work on confidentiality. Sadly, i think this means you probably won't get to see where i work when you visit...unless you want to volunteer;)
That's okay... Maybe I'll volunteer. I have a background check going through for my current job, maybe it will be done by then and I can bring my paperwork and all that.
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