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FOR MILITARY FAMILIES PLEASE DO FOLLOW THESE SIMPLE BUT IMPORTANT RULES........... OPSEC Rules for blogs, forums and chat (free to use and modify) Operations Security cant be summed up in a brief list of rules and regulations and be expected to cover every possible situation. However, many forum, blogs and chat rooms need to set certain standards and guidelines in order to promote good OPSEC practices. These guidelines are often referred to as OPSEC Rules, and must be acknowledged before an account is created. This article will provide a basic set of OPSEC rules for free, unrestricted use on any site or forum. Please note that this is not an inclusive list, and should be modified to fit the requirements on the medium. Please note that these OPSEC rules are primarily directed towards Military sites, but it may be modified to fit any other application. OPSEC Rules for (forum, blog, chatroom name): 1. Do not post exact deployment dates or redeployment dates 2. Do not reveal camp locations, including nearby cities. After the deployment is officially announced by Military officials, you may discuss locations that have been released, normally on the Country level. 3. Do not discuss convoy routes (we travelled through Takrit on our way to X) 4. Detailed information on the mission, capabilities or morale of a unit 5. Specific names or actual nicknames 6. Personnel transactions that occur in large numbers (Example: pay information, powers of attorney, wills, etc) 7. Details concerning security procedures, response times, tactics 8. Dont discuss equipment or lack thereof, to include training equipment 9. Dont speculate about future operations 10. If posting pictures, dont post anything that could be misconstrued or used for propaganda purposes. A good rule of thumb is to look at your picture without your caption or explanation and consider if it could be re-captioned to reflect poorly on coalition forces. For example, your image might show your Soldier rescuing a child from a blast site, but could be re-captioned to insinuate that the child being captured or harmed. (its happened!) 11. Avoid the