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As another commenter mentioned here, sailors usually have family and/or relatives that they call in addition to myriad other ways of communicating to the outsid
by MrOwen 7y ago
As another commenter mentioned here, sailors usually have family and/or relatives that they call in addition to myriad other ways of communicating to the outside world. There is no way that a breakout of COVID-19 could remain a secret. What are sick sailors going to tell their families? And how would you prevent a news investigation from talking to those sailor's families and putting together 2 + 2?
- 93po 7y agoYou're giving way too much credit to the media to do anything other than shit on Trump 24/7
- smitty1e 7y agoWhen one enlists or takes a commission, one falls under the UCMJ[1]. One's 1A rights are constrained. Aside: this feeds the distaste of veterans for the authoritarian leanings of so many public figures. Among the things sailors are ordered NOT to do is talk to the media without running the communications by a Public Affairs Officer. There is also regular OpSec[2] training. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Code_of_Military_Justice https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Code_of_Military_Jus... [2] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operations_security https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operations_security