Loose lips sink ships. You are not wrong; whoever disclosed operational information during wartime is traitorous as well as wrong.

You are absolutely right. I'm also at Barksdale AFB and I seemed to have noticed that we're too eager to show the public what we're up to. I think we should also be a little more sensitive to the info we disclose.

Always remember OPSEC, which apparently you are very mindful since these articles are troubling you. Always remember that most information is dished out to reporters via the PAO. Now, I said "most." If a reporter asks enough of the right kind of questions to the right amount (and type of) people, then they can easily deduce and put together enough accurate information. And, the reporters should have gone through the PAO to see of the article was safe enough to print. And perhaps, these articles were vetted by the PAO/S2/S3 and given a green light. Honestly, news stations and news articles have always troubled me when troop movement is broadcast and printed. While I was in Iraq, we were always stressed to about OPSEC and how Big Brother was watching and listening to our comms to the home station. If ANY kind of specifics were given over the phone or email or FB, then arrivals/departures were delayed. I knew of one unit whose departure from theatre was kicked back 90 days because someone put on FB when they were heading home. Since this is troubling you enough, bring it up through your Chain and voice your concerns. You may very well produce change. You never know until you try.