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Well as far as I am aware we were allowed to bring them out although people transitting through Marchwood (narrowly avoiding the nutty peace people)were told they couldn't by their units. *

I am also led to believe that your location can be triangulated if your mobile is switched on

Lots of mobiles on - big target. :-/

Now wouldn't it be nice if the same rules applied to our colonial brothers and sisters (way to hussle)

As for EMail - still got it here - for now. I take it back - cheers USA !!

OK PTP I'll play nicely. But she's still a mong (no offence to those who suffer GENUINE learning difficulties) *;)*

Lucy , despite you, my post has generated a sensible discussion and *that's all that was intended by it.
Please refrain from insulting me.

Its not a big issue, having your phone taken away aint gonna hurt.

I fully understand it following OPSEC. A good security system deals with possible threats/gaps rather than just occuring threats & problems.

Bint/Lucy..I am going to throw in some jelly and video this cat-fight for porn!

It is quite common on operations that the guys on the front line have mobiles/pagers taken off them and mail is sometimes proof-read and censored for security purposes. *Triangulated phone signals will not be a major issue.

One of the things that the MoD is worried about is families finding out about casualties before anyone has had the chance to notify the next of kin. A real issue is preventing families going out of their minds when the phone goes over to vmail or rings off when they only spoke to Tommy the day before. It may be that Tommy can't answer the phone for a whole number of reasons and is still alive and well, but it may be that he isn't. In a way, removing mobile phones from some troops is not only a way of ensuring that something is said that shouldn't be, but also to try and get round some of the issues around casualties and notifying the NoK. As we go more and more "real time" in our ability to communicate, the issues get more and more intricate. The simplest answer is to call in all of the mobiles out there rather than try and give the lads a set of rules for use and even more to get their heads around.

Well done to those guys who snuck their mobiles out and are still using them.

If you can't have enough food or decent bog roll, at least you can SMS the missus to say goodnight.

Blacking-out is simply cruel on everybody. If you don't provide the chaps with links back home they're going to forget what they're fighting for!

That's my 2p worth anyway.

(Woopert - you can buy that stuff from mates in the Balkans - no need to film it yourself).

Chickidee

I wonder if you will still be congratulating those individuals who have 'snuck' their mobiles out and are still using them when the Iraqis pick up on a constantly emanating signal then put a couple of rounds of 155mm down on it? *Of course you will, after all saying good night to the missus and having a nice clean bot will be worth the risk - won't it? >:(

Right Time - Right Place for Mobiles

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/2861449.stm

Battlefield with incoming - *not the right time or place

Luc,

In the immediate run up to an op, the "plan" gets briefed down to as many as is necessary. *The sum total is that even wee low-level chaps will have knowldege of tactically important stuff, even something as basic as a unit move and tmie is of high importance to an enemy. *

Moreover, the electronic signature that leakers give off is distinctive and the point made by Oracle is well stated.

TT

Now that the news hounds are all in place we'll get plenty of info, albeit dressed up as info-tainment. *Watch out for the blackout as things start to happen.