MySpace accounts help target military

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loose lips on MySPACE cost the lives of 3 soldiers...

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I recently received the below information from one of our folks but could
not confirm nor disprove the information provided (I spent some time
trying to prove either). In any case the information it's self goes to
prove a valuable OPSEC lesson and is especially applicable today given our
mobility/deployment support requirements. The lesson to be learned is one
that we must not forget.. the cost in failure is just too high.

Here is an example of MySpace directly affecting our troops...

An Army LT who was deployed to Iraq, had a MySpace account that he used as
a diary to document the details of his time there. He had photos of
himself in his uniform in most of the places within a tent city (military
base). He talked about Army tactics and how they were changing in response
to the anti-coalition militia (ACM) threat. He documented his days, down
to the hour: where he was at what time, what times the chow hall was open
for lunch and when it was most crowded, when his sleeping schedules
changes because of his duties to participate in patrols, etc. One day the
tent city was attacked by ACMs with mortars, fortunately no one was
harmed. That night, the Army LT went on his MySpace account and documented
the incident. He stated where the ACMs positioned their mortar tube in
regards to the base perimeter, what rounds they used, how many, and best
of all (if you are an ACM reading American MySpace accounts), the LT
stated "if those /////// had placed the launcher slightly farther away on
higher ground it would have been a //////// direct hit". Two days later
three ACMs launched another attack.

This time they followed the Army LT's advise and didn't miss... two fellow
Army Corporals and a Private First Class were killed in the follow on
attack.

Please know that you do, for better or worse, directly effect lives with
your MySpace accounts (bloggs and emails)...don't give the enemy anything,
sanitize your website, bloggs and emails, like you would sanitize your gas
mask or uniform.

Oh yeah, the Lt. was released from duty on 17 July 2006 due to "Conduct
Unbecoming an Officer" and "Unauthorized Disclosure".