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[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 220 points 6 months ago (3 children)

If that's true, it wasn't the reddit user, it was the soldier. You don't fucking give out that kind of info for this reason exactly

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 68 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Reminds me of a Canadian soldier that was talking about going there to help and seeing Ukrainian soldiers getting out of fox holes to have a smoke and getting shot...

When war lasts for a long time you start running out of properly trained soldiers...

[–] wahming@monyet.cc 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

On the contrary, when war lasts a long time you only have trained soldiers left

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 8 points 6 months ago

The important word that you seem to have skipped is "properly"

[–] turtlepower@lemm.ee 33 points 6 months ago

Loose lips sink ships.

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 17 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Eh, it can be both. The soldier shouldn't have posted his location online, but neither should the Redditor have reposted it in public.

[–] Maalus@lemmy.world 36 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Eh, it can't be both, soldiers are trained to avoid shit like that. Once it was somewhere online, the info was compromised. No photos, no geolocation, no phones even.

[–] rockerface@lemm.ee 14 points 6 months ago

Exactly, you can't unpost something from the internet. Even if it wasn't reposted to Reddit, I wouldn't trust Facebook servers

[–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 35 points 6 months ago

If you're in a life or death situation, it's ABSOLUTELY on you to not expose your location. There's a reason people in the army are supposed to keep operational security, because once the info is out, you can't control where it goes.

Even if you trust everyone you tell, one slip up can fuck you over.

[–] Guest_User@lemmy.world 31 points 6 months ago

Eh, one is a professional doing a job and the other is a redditor. I put the blame on the professional who put their own life and the others they work with in jeopardy.