New Florida Wing Commnader

[Maj Ballard]

Back to the original topic...

I had the priviledge to serve under Col. Moersch as a Squadron Commander when he was Group II Commander. I can think of no one more deserving or capable. This is good news for Florida Wing, and I look forward to the things the team will accomplish.

[flyguy06]

How is that a "violation"?  It was a communication within the CAP community of non-sensitive information.  Every member of a unit has access to that information on their unit if they log into eservices. 

The purpose of OPSEC is supposed to be to control the release of non-sensitive information, which is generally unclassified, but which concerns your intentions and/or your capabilities. You do this by identifying, controlling, and protecting the indicators associated with your planning or operations.

The e-mail that was sent out by the GAWG/DO went to the ALL GAWG USERS group, and there is no way to ensure that the information stayed within the CAP community. For example, there are Cadets who use their parents e-mail accounts, and their parents are not bound by a NDA. On top of that, these pilots were not all from the same unit, they were from several units around the Wing.

Now, does that information mean anything by itself? Not necessarily, but that's the point of OPSEC, because there is no way to tell who is paying attention to it, or what else they have managed to pick up. I will bet that there's at least one group of people out there who would be interested in knowing the status of our pilots, it might make their life a little easier if they know they aren't being watched for a while because CAP stood down a large number of pilots.

The point is that this information should not have been sent to all users like this, it was an obvious violation. Information concerning our capabilities should be limited to the people who have a need to know, not passed out to everyone including the lowest ranking Cadet on an e-mail list.

Let me put it in plain terms, because I got that email. I had no reason to know individual names of people whose flight proviledges were suspended. It was none of my business. So why was it sent to me? Also, like was said it was sent out throughtout the wing. You may have folks that didn't renew their membrship but are still on that list. Or people that are inactive but still onthe rosters. Point is it should have been sent to the individuals and jot the whole wing.