Quote Originally Posted by Spud View Post
Of course this doesn't just apply to weapons, personal ID is another great one. If we want to protect the identities of our soldiers for OPSEC reasons why do we all wear name tags, unit identifiers and rank on our uniforms when deployed? And then we complain when PA guys use that detail?
I've wondered what the Army did about this... pretty much SOP in the AF to "sanitize" and remove all identifying information/patches/nametages prior to flying in combat... most folks have a nametag with just their nickname/callsign on it and that's it... Seems a little silly but I guess we learned the hard way back in Vietnam.

-Cliff