Small victory for the good guys. My question, how has social media affected our Armed Forces? https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/small-victory-for-the-good-guys-my-question-how-has-social-media-affected-our-armed-forces <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><a target="_blank" href="http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/a-selfie-slip-up-let-the-us-air-force-target-and-destroy-an-isil-command-post/ar-BBkHqMd">http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/a-selfie-slip-up-let-the-us-air-force-target-and-destroy-an-isil-command-post/ar-BBkHqMd</a> <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> <img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images/000/015/364/qrc/c22c7d.gif?1443044231"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/a-selfie-slip-up-let-the-us-air-force-target-and-destroy-an-isil-command-post/ar-BBkHqMd">A selfie slip-up let the US air force target and destroy an ISIL command post</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">t’s known that intelligence officers working for the US air force in Florida keep tabs on social media accounts and online forums where enemies dwell, and it seems those efforts can pay off—at least according to the story one man told his colleagues recently</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> Fri, 05 Jun 2015 09:23:08 -0400 Small victory for the good guys. My question, how has social media affected our Armed Forces? https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/small-victory-for-the-good-guys-my-question-how-has-social-media-affected-our-armed-forces <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><a target="_blank" href="http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/a-selfie-slip-up-let-the-us-air-force-target-and-destroy-an-isil-command-post/ar-BBkHqMd">http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/a-selfie-slip-up-let-the-us-air-force-target-and-destroy-an-isil-command-post/ar-BBkHqMd</a> <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> <img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images/000/015/364/qrc/c22c7d.gif?1443044231"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/a-selfie-slip-up-let-the-us-air-force-target-and-destroy-an-isil-command-post/ar-BBkHqMd">A selfie slip-up let the US air force target and destroy an ISIL command post</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">t’s known that intelligence officers working for the US air force in Florida keep tabs on social media accounts and online forums where enemies dwell, and it seems those efforts can pay off—at least according to the story one man told his colleagues recently</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> CW4 Private RallyPoint Member Fri, 05 Jun 2015 09:23:08 -0400 2015-06-05T09:23:08-04:00 Response by Capt Seid Waddell made Jun 5 at 2015 9:33 AM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/small-victory-for-the-good-guys-my-question-how-has-social-media-affected-our-armed-forces?n=725121&urlhash=725121 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Warnings have gone out that identifying oneself as military brings on the attention of the lone wolf terrorists.<br /><br />Has anyone here or their families been confronted in this way?<br /><br />It was good to hear that the process works the other way too - in spades! Capt Seid Waddell Fri, 05 Jun 2015 09:33:25 -0400 2015-06-05T09:33:25-04:00 2015-06-05T09:23:08-04:00