‘Loose Tweets Destroy Fleets,’ Air Force Advisory Warns

By Published on August 21, 2015

A new twist on an old military slogan is offering up a serious message to armed service members in the information age, revealing heightened concern about targeting by social media-savvy groups like ISIS.

“Loose tweets destroy fleets” is the phrase offered up in a recent operational security notice from the U.S. Air Forces Central Command Public Affairs team. It’s a spin on the old phrase printed on propaganda posters by the U.S. military during World War II, “loose lips sink ships.”

In a news release sent out online from Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, military members are warned of a “fine line between letting your friends see what you’re up to and providing an adversary critical information about your connection to the military and its mission.”

Air Force CENT Force Protection chief Capt. Jonathan McDonald is quoted in the release specifically citing the potential for “ISIS sympathizers” and “lone wolves” to track down military members and their loved ones using their social media activity.

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