A sargeant has no authority to decide the value or emotional impact of this. Thisshould have been a command decision. They were’nt in a war zone, there was time to make a measured decision about this. I find it deeply troubling.
Absolutely correct. The sergeant didn't have the authority. All he had was his experience in dealing with teenaged and slightly older soldiers and how they use and abuse all the personal communications technology they have access to these days.
Thisshould have been a command decision.
Absolutely agree and said that it should have been preserved as evidence at the beginning of my original post.
They were’nt in a war zone, there was time to make a measured decision about this.
Absolutely agree. I'm always calm and deliberate in the aftermath of having a dozen or more of my comrades (or their family members) murdered in cold blood and having several dozen more seriously wounded. Yep, I'm always calm and deliberate, always thinking things out real thoroughly before doing anything. Yep, that's me.
I find it deeply troubling.
You are entitled to your opinion. Its not mine.