OPSEC and Blogs I've been here for just over two weeks and already something has come up out of the ordinary. But this incident has brought up an important aspect in regards to my blog. Some things I can't talk about. Specifically, things about my job that is out of the ordinary. This incident that popped up? Can't talk about it. Can't even give slight details in regards to what it is about. I guess that is a problem that has come up in the blogging community and most importantly, MilBlogs. Especially in regards to something that details confidentiality. I was specifically told "this doesn't leave the room". So why do I mention it if I can't talk about it? Because I guess it details the limitations of this blog and what I can and cannot say. As a soldier, I don't do a lot of soldier tasks within this deployment. I do my job and the items detailed within it, such as surveys and inspections, and then I go back to my room for the remainder of the evening. I get opportunities to go out and about during the day and see some of the country, as well as basic maintenance tasks that involve taking care of a HMMWV as well as clean my weapon (which goes everywhere with me) and shine my boots when I feel like it, but it is limited. Kosovo has so far been low key, some action might pick up this spring when they start looking more at declaring independence, or when the UN decides if they want to continue in the direction we are going, but I got to thinking about the whole issue with Kosovo. Up until I got word of the deployment, which I volunteered for, I had forgotten about it. Has Kosovo, which largely appears to be rather a successful and peaceful mission, lost its interest in the news because there is no interest in something that might be percieved as an overall success? Or is it still to early to tell whether or not the long term effects of the multinational occupation might hold? It seems that many people have forgotten that we are even here. Roughly 2500 US troops still in the Balkans, and it appears that we are going to be here for a little while longer. Iraq stealing all of our glory and here I am, stuck here doing my job and I can't even talk about it. I guess i can start with the little things. And the routine things. Sometimes, even those things can be interesting, if not glorified. -SGT E: # 12:15 PM - |