http://au.news.yahoo.com/060526/23/z4fu.html

I dont know whether or not this link will work as ive never posted a link before so i have copied and pasted an article that is currently posted on Yahoo7 news. You can visit www.yahoo7.com.au and go to the news section, this article is listed under top 5 most viewed stories. I havent been able to find any earlier reports on the web that I can link too, but for myself and the families back here who watched the news reports on tv can assure you it was reported before our guys ever landed in Timor.

And finaly all I have to say to ajpigger is that you should be very careful yourself before insulting others until you find out the truth first. Your no different from dozens of other aussie soldiers who thinks that chicks dont know what they are talking about or we are just dumb wives who cause trouble. Im not stupid, I may not be in the army yet, but I do know about the security issues. 90% of the time the leaks to the media come from the soldiers themselves as the guys in Townsville have seen this week. It may have been a mistake to talk about this situation on this site, (which will now never happen again) but mind you I was very careful not to say anything that hasnt already been reported.


ADF commits 1800 to East Timor effort

By Simon Vandore Almost 1800 Australian Defence Force personnel are now involved in Operation Astute, aimed at restoring peace in East Timor, the defence department has announced.

Brigadier Michael Slater, the commander of the Army's Third Brigade based in Townsville, has been placed in command and arrived in Dili this morning.
About 450 troops were already on the ground. ADVERTISEMENT
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AussieArmyWife, dont worry you havent done anything wrong. If a foreign/domestic threat even needed this information they would have found it out before most Soldiers anyway.

Loose blogs may blow up BCTs
Army Chief of Staff Gen. Peter J. Schoomaker tells troops to use the Internet responsibly in a videotaped message on Operations Security.

Posted Thursday, November 10, 2005

By Gary Sheftick

WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Nov. 10, 2005) – This is not your father’s war, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Peter J. Schoomaker tells troops in a videotaped message emphasizing proper Operations Security procedures and responsible use of the Internet.

The video is part of the Army’s comprehensive OPSEC Action Plan that has Mobile Training Teams visiting deploying units to teach how improper information and photographs posted on the Worldwide Web could endanger lives.

For instance, photos of combat operations and destroyed military equipment could provide the enemy with clues about U.S. vulnerabilities, said Maj. Michael Pate, the Army’s OPSEC officer at the Pentagon.

`OPSEC is not censorship'

“This isn’t censorship,” Pate said about the OPSEC plan he had a key role in devising. “It’s about striking a balance between freedom of expression and protecting sensitive military information.”

In World War II and Korea, it took a long time for information to move from the battlefield to the public, Schoomaker says at the beginning of his video. Today with the Worldwide Web, it’s immediate with the push of a button.

CSA: Info-tech explosion global

“We have an information-technology explosion that is global,” Schoomaker said. “Our adversaries have the ability to take our utterances, our writings and our pictures and do all kinds of things to harm us.”

Web logs, or blogs, are a venue where instances of unauthorized photos and some sensitive information have been inadvertently disseminated, Pate said.

MNC-I first with blog policy

So the Multi-National Corps-Iraq headquarters came up with a policy for the increasing number of Soldiers posting blogs in theater. Some of the Soldiers found that posting a periodic blog to the Web was easier than sending multiple e-mails to friends and family. Others have found a modicum of fame for their descriptive coverage of life in the combat zone.

The MNC-I policy requires Soldiers to register their blogs through their unit chain of command. A list of blogs is maintained at the division level, complete with Web addresses and points of contact.

The policy also identifies established elements such as Army Web Risk Assessment Cells and Information-Assurance teams that assess Web sites and monitor information for compliance with Army policy. Such information includes classified info, casualty information before next-of-kin notification, info prohibited by the Privacy Act and details of incidents under investigation.

Commanders are able to develop their own OPSEC policy addressing blogs, Pate said, under the umbrella of Army policy and guidance.

OPSEC plan comprehensive

The Army’s new OPSEC initiatives are comprehensive and range from individual to institutional training, Pate said.

The Mobile Training Teams provide unit-level training, Pate said, to priority-one units scheduled to deploy. The MTTs come from the Army OPSEC Support Element established earlier this year out of the 1st Information Operations Command (Land). located at Fort Belvoir, Va.

MTTs recently visited the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) to provide OPSEC instruction to one of its brigade combat teams at Fort Campbell, Ky.

Smaller units can access OPSEC training modules through Army Knowledge Online, Pate said. He said users can click on center right of the AKO front page on “Army OPSEC News,” sign in again using their AKO password and enter the OPSEC Portal.

The OPSEC Portal includes a number of Power-Point briefings that Pate said assist in satisfying OPSEC training requirements.

http://www.armystudyguide.com/conten...low-up-b.shtml

A related link to the topic of OPSEC.