Mavis
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He's phooey. i live just outside of Fort Campbell, my hubby retired 20 years Army. while he was scared to go to adult clubs and such because of being found out, His name and address are NOt and never were regulated by the Army in any way. His unit affiliation is not private, but there are units that are. There is one group here at Campbell we know exisits and not exactly where, and members of that unit don't say which unit they are affiliated with, BUt they don't hide thier names and addresses, they live in the nightborhoods with the rest of us. It's just understood if someone asks "What unit are you with?" and get a reply like "It's not important, I'm changing units soon anyway" we just assume "oh, he's with that group" and drop it. Even if someone is undercover with the CIA, His name and address isn't a secret, only his association with a particular role and position is. He'd have a cover story that he worked for.. i dunno... a grocery. Still, the name and address isn't govt property. You are correct, even an enemy capturer would get "name, rank and serial number" but usually not a unit affiliation if they can avoid giving such info out. I will say, giving out his identifying info is terrifying for a military member. If his "unwholesome activities" did get leaked, he could be charged with various crimes, booted out, possibly jailed. If married, and found out, his wife could charge him with adultery, which will ruin his career, and whop him worse in any child custody or spousal support awards. Honestly, if something is so top secret, you can bet that person has a fully fleshed out cover story and you'd have been told he worked for Wal-Mart or something. He'd still have a name and address! lol.
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~ Mavis none of this applies to me, i'm only playing with lables this week.
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