Did the media do harm by publishing names of service members?

2016-01-13T16:43:13-05:00

Did the Junction City, KS, P.D., local media there and the Army Times harm the safety of the Soldiers that were arrested due to publishing their photo, names, ranks, age, MOS', and Units?

This is a breach of security for the Soldiers, their Units and the Post. I'm thinking that this isn't much different than the recent hacking of OPM files except that it's minus the finger print record being published too.
I'm looking at what the Army Times published in disbelief.

The headline is sensationalist to grab readership and does nothing to protect the Soldiers. I do not think it is necessary for them to publish this much information about the individuals involved.

Here is the situation: "Every soldier arrested that night was charged with possession of marijuana because a single marijuana cigarette was found at the party, McCullum said, citing information the Army has received from police. No one admitted to owning the cigarette, so police officers cited everyone with possession, she said."

Response by SSG Daniel Deiler made Jan 13 at 2016 4:44 PM

2016-01-13T16:44:59-05:00

Absolutely not. If they were civilians their names would be published as well. It's public record.

Response by SSG Audwin Scott made Jan 13 at 2016 4:48 PM

2016-01-13T16:48:18-05:00

For security reasons and them being soldiers I say yes they did.

Response by SSG Michael Hartsfield made Jan 13 at 2016 4:49 PM

2016-01-13T16:49:48-05:00

Absolutely this was a breech and I feel it's harmful to the Soldiers, the unit and the post.
All the civilians will see if something bad happen and Soldiers were involved is "Well, you know those Soldiers at (insert unit) have that reputation."
Putting up NJPs at the unit is one thing. Putting house business out in the street is completely unacceptable

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 13 at 2016 4:50 PM

2016-01-13T16:50:19-05:00

Arrests made off the Military Reservation are Open Public Records, per the Kansas Open Records Act.

It also was not at fault of the Junction City Police Department, because that information is released by the Geary County Jail, in compliance with the Kansas Open Records Act and request of the local press.

And it's their fault for losing their damn minds, on or off the Installation.

Response by SSG Warren Swan made Jan 13 at 2016 5:12 PM

2016-01-13T17:12:38-05:00

I see what you mean, but it's not much different than had anyone else did the crime. Name, age, race sometimes, and location. Also the Army Times has begun posting the courts martial and the names of those involved, rank, location of trial, and a synopsis of what they did and the outcome. This might sound harsh, but did those Soldiers think about what would we think when they did it? Did they care? And if that one troop stopped, would this have happened? Junction City and Manhattan aren't the most "glamorous" of places, neither is Ogden, but those Soldiers knew the standards, and more than likely have done this before. You hardly catch a Soldier using drugs and it's the "first time" even though that's what you're told. I remember back when a Soldier got an Art15, the SSN was blacked out, but everything else was there, and it was posted in the common areas to deter the rest of us clowns from doing the same thing. Sometimes it worked, others didn't listen till theirs was posted.

Response by SGM David W. Carr LOM, DMSM MP SGT made Jan 13 at 2016 5:33 PM

2016-01-13T17:33:55-05:00

CPT Private RallyPoint Member TSgt Hunter Logan this information should not be publicly available to non military personnel. A person's MOS and even rank are not part of a police report. It is not done for civilian employees

Response by SGT Jay Ehrenfeld made Jan 13 at 2016 5:48 PM

2016-01-13T17:48:23-05:00

they don't care about the soldier's right or privacy
esp in Junction city

Response by SrA Edward Vong made Jan 14 at 2016 1:03 AM

2016-01-14T01:03:51-05:00

Considering they are military, it is a little more harm compared to everyone else. Especially with that much information.

Response by SGT Paul Mackay made May 21 at 2016 3:08 PM

2016-05-21T15:08:32-04:00

no, the people had a right to know. anytime soldiers from the 25th inf div does something like what they people need to know how how some soldiers from the 25th inf act. otherwise the 25th will cover it up like in the past.