ya true but it did say that she initially used Facebook to get into contact with the wife which means someone messed up and didn't kill the internet like they should haveThey do have cellphones there.
I can get Facebook on my phone.ya true but it did say that she initially used Facebook to get into contact with the wife which means someone messed up and didn't kill the internet like they should have
They use the civilian cellphone network there and FB is certainly available. There's no switch for that in the base commander's office.ya true but it did say that she initially used Facebook to get into contact with the wife which means someone messed up and didn't kill the internet like they should have
ya true but it did say that she initially used Facebook to get into contact with the wife which means someone messed up and didn't kill the internet like they should have
.......We still had one idiot (from the affected platoon) race to the SPAWAR to start blabbing all over the world. His excuse? We didn't get it shut down fast enough, so he was justified in contacting the NOK himself.
It takes time to shut down the whole network. There isn't actually a huge on/off switch on the CO's desk. Plus, it takes time for the word to even get to the CO and SPAWAR people.
When this happened to us, we had the system at River City while the MEDEVAC helo was still airborne and enroute to the STP. It was shut down inside of 10 minutes from the blast. We still had one idiot (from the affected platoon) race to the SPAWAR to start blabbing all over the world.
His excuse? We didn't get it shut down fast enough, so he was justified in contacting the NOK himself.
It's the ultimate game of "I've got a secret." That gets some people off.Who actually *wants* to do that notification? That's what I don't understand. It's not I job I'd ever want, so I certainly wouldn't try to circumvent the system in order to get the privilege of telling some woman her husband is dead. I can understand the innocent slip ups, to an extent, but to race to the task like it's some kind of Shotgun! dibs on the front seat is nonsensical.
What phrog means to say is YES you are wrong for giving your wife that text.