Airplane mode does not disable receiving GPS signals so the moment Cell/Wifi is re-enabled location is available. There are apps to spoof GPS coordinates but s

Airplane mode does not disable receiving GPS signals so the moment Cell/Wifi is re-enabled location is available. There are apps to spoof GPS coordinates but soldiers should not be bringing personal phones into battle, ever. Certainly not phones manufactured by global economic partners of the enemy. The correct way for a soldier to call home is to have a military spec radio with military grade encryption specific to that nation and have the command unit create a channel back home. This has been standard procedure in other countries for a very long time and the tech has improved significantly since I served. The communications are monitored by the military but that is probably better than being monitored by the wireless provider that may have been compromised by the enemy. I've monitored calls in both circumstances, military and civilian.