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[Zrk2]

I'm sorely tempted to create a 'Capulet' account and harass you...

Anyway, I don't see anything wrong with this, it's nice to be able to put a (sort-of, due to the internet) human face on the military.

[sonerohi]

Do it. Start a feud betwixt the houses.

[Montague]

OK....

Am I the only other soldier that has ever responded here?

[Scaraban]

You being the only one who's been a dick about it doesn't make you the only one to respond here.

[Vector]

OK....

Am I the only other soldier that has ever responded here?

Hemmingjay and Africa also responded at the beginning of the thread.

[Jackrabbit]

Errr, also, this is NOT the place to talk about your profession, bro. What you say and how you act reflects upon the military service and your occupational branch. Right now, you got this sort of livejournal emo thing going on, which is not good. It looks bad. It feels bad. I am sad.

Gosh, considering you're calling a self-described 'blind optimist' an emo, it's almost as if you haven't any idea what you're talking about!

[sonerohi]

OK....

Am I the only other soldier that has ever responded here?

Are you the only one who feels like waving their e-dick around?

[Montague]

Yeah, I haven't really followed the thread and he's apparently posted here before he ever joined the Army. I was just sort of surprised to see a thread like this especially from a combat arms type, especially on a forum I've been on for a while. My point is this type of thing is generally frowned upon in the military and it can get you in trouble, as almost any trivial thing you say can be considered an OPSEC violation. Pictures are an especially bad idea and especially so if your phone or camera includes GPS coordinates on the photo's .exif data and you are taking pictures of say, anything on the FOB you reside on downrange.

I don't know what the other soldiers in his unit think about this, but personally, I just think its kinda silly and unprofessional to go on about yourself, your military duties and telling war stories to random internet strangers. I'm probably being just as silly by being an asshole about it though, so, I'm not going to argue about it anymore.

[breadbocks]

lolwut. You have not been on these forums a while. You have been on these forums for about a month.

[Scaraban]

We're not all "random internet strangers"
We're an actual community, some of us are asshats, some are people-people, some have been well educated, others have lived by the seat of their pants, some of us don't need to shave, others have hit the far side of forty like a truck into a bridge embankment, the point being: We're just about all friends here, and if someone is for some reason selling out the little "useful" information Strife gives to those that would harm him, there is a lever in the next room, mind the floodgate.

[ed boy]

lolwut. You have not been on these forums a while. You have been on these forums for about a month.

What does that have to do with anything?

[Scaraban]

especially on a forum I've been on for a while.

lolwut. You have not been on these forums a while. You have been on these forums for about a month.

What does that have to do with anything?

this being what he was referring to

[Kandi Apple]

We're not all "random internet strangers"
We're an actual community, some of us are asshats, some are people-people, some have been well educated, others have lived by the seat of their pants, some of us don't need to shave, others have hit the far side of forty like a truck into a bridge embankment, the point being: We're just about all friends here, and if someone is for some reason selling out the little "useful" information Strife gives to those that would harm him, there is a lever in the next room, mind the floodgate.

I'm sorely tempted to create a 'Capulet' account and harass you...

Anyway, I don't see anything wrong with this, it's nice to be able to put a (sort-of, due to the internet) human face on the military.

I second these.  K. I can concede that Strife shouldn't GPS stamp a photo (who does that anyway?) or other such silliness, but I'll also say, that maybe, just maybe, if more 'vicious, vile, violent vermin' types played DF, maybe, just maybe, we wouldn't need people being where Strife is...  More gaming....less war I say!!   

[The Merchant Of Menace]

Yeah, I haven't really followed the thread and he's apparently posted here before he ever joined the Army. I was just sort of surprised to see a thread like this especially from a combat arms type, especially on a forum I've been on for a while. My point is this type of thing is generally frowned upon in the military and it can get you in trouble, as almost any trivial thing you say can be considered an OPSEC violation. Pictures are an especially bad idea and especially so if your phone or camera includes GPS coordinates on the photo's .exif data and you are taking pictures of say, anything on the FOB you reside on downrange.

I don't know what the other soldiers in his unit think about this, but personally, I just think its kinda silly and unprofessional to go on about yourself, your military duties and telling war stories to random internet strangers. I'm probably being just as silly by being an asshole about it though, so, I'm not going to argue about it anymore.

Also, if you were actually reading it you'd see Strife's incredibly careful with regards to Opsec and such. As far as I know the only pictures he's posted have been of him at home.

[Nadaka]

Besides all that, Montague's perspective is out of date.

The military accepts that community and communication are very important for a deployed soldiers morale even if they are (most likely) monitoring it for potential security issues. Our war in Iraq and Afghanistan have had more troops deployed away from home for longer than in just about any other war in US history.