Posted on Mar 4, 2014
Has Social Media become part of your Friday safety briefs?
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If so, what are you saying to your soldiers?
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When I initially read the question, I laughed a little bit. Then I thought, yep, if I still had my Diamond, I would absolutely talk about social media in my weekly safety briefs. I used to always explain that if any of them would call me before they do something stupid, I would be there for them to help them out. I further explained that if they called me after the police or MPs were on scene, my ability to favorably help them out diminished exponentially. Same thing with social media. If you are upset or frustrated with something, sit down and lets talk about it. If you sit at home, maybe have a few adult beverages, and get all fired up at something, and then "post," my ability to favorably help you out has diminished exponentially. It is very difficult to pull back something that you have posted on the internet...regardless of the intent. Think before you post and for the love of all things holy, don't drink and post...
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It unfortunatly has, I beleive with the recent craziness that is transpiring with pictures and comments that it is necessarry for all Commands to incorperate this into thier briefings, to, once again, remind Soldiers that what is posted can and will be used against them if they are out of pocket with thier statements or photos.
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