Posted on Nov 7, 2018
Open Source Monitoring of NATO Trident Juncture Exercises - bellingcat
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"Soldiers who take part in large-scale exercises, regardless of nationality, love to share photographs of their trip on social networks. While social network use is relatively restricted among Russian soldiers, thanks to a series of embarrassments in Ukraine in 2014-5 and recent legislation, it is hard to stop a 19-year-old conscript or new contract soldier from sharing photographs on Instagram of themselves in interesting locations surrounded by impressive military hardware. The same can be said for NATO exercises, which, when compared with the Russian and Belarusian Armed Forces during the recent Zapad exercises, has a much more open, public relations-focused mindset about their demonstrations of armed strength.
The first place to start to find participants sharing photographs and videos of the exercises is with popular hashtags, including #TridentJuncture and #NATO. The top results for these hashtags will be glossy, professional photographs shared by various press services, public figures, and official accounts, including from Lasse Løkken Matberg (arguably NATO’s most photogenic exercises participant), the official NATO Instagram account, and the official British Army account."
The first place to start to find participants sharing photographs and videos of the exercises is with popular hashtags, including #TridentJuncture and #NATO. The top results for these hashtags will be glossy, professional photographs shared by various press services, public figures, and official accounts, including from Lasse Løkken Matberg (arguably NATO’s most photogenic exercises participant), the official NATO Instagram account, and the official British Army account."
Open Source Monitoring of NATO Trident Juncture Exercises - bellingcat
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This article ought to be passed along to every PAO.. just so they can have it for their use as a great How To article. There are times you need to track this, and times you need to optimize it when you are attempting to maximize an effort (such as this exercise). But also know that you can reverse this and apply it as IW as well.
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Social media is a greater security problem than most military and civilian personnel think. A geo tagged picture (or not), tweet or liked can be tracked and filtered by fake followers or via true connections (your family, friends or colleagues). The connection between you and a tracker doesn’t need to be direct. At times, your family, friends or colleagues are greater information source than you are. This all applies to private accounts as well. You should try tracking yourself based on the information you or family members post
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LTC Eric Udouj
And knowing that information - as well as maybe learning a few item from the How To aspect of articles like this -- allows you to reverse that same process if you have to run a deception operation. Importance of understanding all that communications have changed is critical to Officers and NCOs at every level of a command.
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