and told me he is not allowed to say what is going on. I think at lease the families should know.
He did tell me what happened when he got back ...to some guys that was on his ship.
One young guy committed suicide, and other had a heart attack one year before retirement.
I ask him what was happening over there from his eye view and He said it was confidential.
My question is… Don't we as Americans have the right to know everything that is happening if we at have family in the service?
I hope this is not a stupid question but it really makes me upset that he will not tell me what is going on. I mean there is more then what the media is saying...
My dad also was in the army 20yrs...WW2 and Korea -Salute-
2006-07-20 12:25:21 · 12 answers · asked by Chhaya05 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
What have said is so far is not confidential. If it was I wouldn't say anything. Everyone who knows me personally knows my lips are sealed when it is confidential. I just ask a simple question and I wanted to know why families could not know. Please don't jump my case here. I have tons of family in the sevice.
2006-07-20 12:46:54 · update #1
I really don't care much for media, I would rather hear it from my brother. But I understand now... so ok. Thank you
2006-07-20 12:55:18 · update #2
shop4tots
I wasn't trying to be disrepectful. Sorry if I affended you, but like I said simple question. Ok I understand now. You didn't have to be so mean. And nobody even knows where or who these people are. SO GET OFF MY CASE!!!
2006-07-20 14:53:33 · update #3
Dear:Chhaya JUST PRAY FOR YOUR BROTHER AND ALL THOSE IN THE WAR,FOR IT IS SAD FOR BOTH SIDES.BE
HAPPY THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO TALK TO HIM AND GIVE HIM SUPPORT.AMERICANS WE ARE,SOME THINGS HAVE TO BE
?.DONT ASK TOO MUCH,HE CAN GET IN TROUBLE.JUST SUPPORT HIM. GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR BROTHER
2006-07-20 15:51:02 · answer #1 · answered by flindo61 4 · 2⤊ 5⤋
ABSOLUTELY NOT! And I find it disrespectful that you even posted it! My husband has been in the military for over 20+ years and has a TOP Secret security clearance. I have NEVER asked him what is going on. 1st of I don't want to in danger his job or him or his soldiers. Even my own family.
There is TONS of stuff that he knows that I don't know. Even though what your brother told you my not be confidential. It could be. And If I were a soldier wife and read that and put two and two together. I might start making some phone calls.
And I don't EVEN think you can keep your mouth shut about it. It was NOT your place to come on Yahoo Answers and post the Details. You could have asked the question WITHOUT giving the details.
Even though the families do not know you posted this ( or maybe they do) I find it VERY disrespectful!
And the Navy will frown upon your brother even telling this information. Even though it may APPEAR to be confidential it just might NOT be!
When they can't tell you things it is for your own well being and the well being of the military and United States!
2006-07-20 12:58:00 · answer #2 · answered by shop4tots 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No matter how much you want to know those things, they are better left unsaid. Not just for National security, but your own.. The secrecy of it is dictated by the level of risk involved, and trust me, Americans know a lot more than they should, I think all this publicity is dragging the war on and on... A lot more and faster could have been done if the media wouldn't interfere... I mean, heck, it's war, no???It's not Olimpics!
2006-07-20 12:33:50 · answer #3 · answered by Pivoine 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ok well first off, no families DON'T have a right to know everything, because there is a thing called operational security. and secondly if your brother is in the navy he's not really seeing a whole lot of anything, he's on a ship, the action is taking place on the land. so he's probably telling you he can't tell you anything because 1. there is nothing TO tell you, and 2. he wants it to sound like he knows things that he probably doesn't know. sorry to make it sound harsh but that's the reality of it.
2006-07-20 14:04:14 · answer #4 · answered by thirteen_fox 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As a military wife, I don't even have the right to know what my husband does and what he has seen, heard, etc. There is reason things are confidential, so that CIVILIANS (which you are) do not need to know.
Therefore, family members do not have that right because it doesn't directly pertain to you.
2006-07-20 12:51:26 · answer #5 · answered by Erin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it is not your right know everything that is going on. Remember the old saying "loose lips, sink ships". If you had a need to know your brother would tell you.
2006-07-20 12:29:22 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You absolutely, positively don't have that right - and it's for the good of your own loved ones.
Certain operations and activities are classified for a reason.
"Loose Lips Sink Ships" as they say.
2006-07-20 12:30:24 · answer #7 · answered by rsantos19 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, we don't have the right to know everything that's going on, regardless of whether or not we have loved ones in harm's way. For one thing, there are OPSEC and PERSEC issues. For another thing, it is difficult for some people to talk about what they have seen and endured.
sometimes, ignorance really is bliss.
2006-07-20 14:28:56 · answer #8 · answered by Mrsjvb 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The military is completely seperate from the civilian world. It is its own branch of government, and it has its own laws.
2006-07-20 12:30:19 · answer #9 · answered by Doggzilla 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No you do not have the right to know national security information.
2006-07-20 13:58:46 · answer #10 · answered by MikeGolf 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
defint not just look what u just told us u couldn't keep your lips sealed for a million dollars.
2006-07-20 12:38:49 · answer #11 · answered by brook88_2006 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋