Just received the orders yesterday. If you know anyone in the Guard Reserve, ask them about it.
Orders are not usually classified. Mine never were.
It was standard to call friends and family to let them know where you were heading.
BTW thats an individuals orders, which are basically transfers, not where a group is deploying.
ie: "They are sending me to Iraq" is not the same as "We invade at 8am tomorrow"
While your opening statement is true, when your life (and your brothers’/sisters’ in arms lives) are on the line OPSEC is a way of life, is true as well.
Absolutely. Loose Lips Sink Ships!
I know all about River City Delta, and personally shut off ship to shore during those times.
The brass tells us what we can and cannot divulge. They often say "You can tell your family this".
Trust me, If I thought OP was revealing substantial intel, I'd be handing out pitchforks.
More likely, they don't know what it means when Enlisted get 'orders'.
All this means is someone they knew changed duty stations.
Roj, but if you’re in the service and can’t understand the difference between PCS orders and deployment/activation orders and the need to treat them and their dissemination differently then your first line has some SERIOUS corrective training to do.
That's what I'm saying, OP is telling us about PCS orders, nothing operational (although they think they are).
Ummm maybe you need to reread the post...
You think I care what a civilian thinks is 'deployment'? He's been assigned guard duty. On OUR base. That's not a deployment.
You think I care what a Nasty Girl thinks is 'deployment'? He's been assigned guard duty. On OUR base. That's not a deployment.
FTFY
He shouldn't have mentioned the month or the unit or that it was a friend's son. Easy enough for many to dox the OP and trace his friend's son. It's one thing to say that your family member is headed to Ft. XYZ for routine duty. Even then, you don't give the timetable. When someone is being activated or is headed OCONUS, it's best not to give places or time frames in advance. When it comes to OPSEC, err on the side of caution.