My nephew's ANG unit is being deployed to one of the various sandboxes around the world and I've been thinking about him and his family. Its not a hot spot (no pun intended) at present but who ever really knows. I wanted my FB "friends" to know but a person can't give much for specific details so I posted something this morning. I like to use Scripture verses in various occasions but perhaps this one or others like it are only seen by some of these folks in death announcements. Here is what I posted:

"Lt. Col. .......,may the Lord God Almighty hold you and your family in HIs hands. As it was said in Isaiah 41:10 "Don’t be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be discouraged, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you." Until we see each other again!"

My nephew actually saw it fairly early and "liked" it but by the afternoon, I was getting "I care" hits and a comment where I was getting the vibe that people (all women so far-- I love the love the ladies but... ) were thinking I was announcing my nephew's death. Now, if he really would have died or been killed, I would have worded things a bit more plainly. It makes me wonder how all the small screen time (I don't use a small screen except to actually text message) and constant stimulation of new information coming in at people truly has caused attention spans to decrease to about 30 seconds or less.

I updated my post in the afternoon by adding this:

"UPDATE: I may have been too cryptic in my writing. My nephew ......is fine, only that his and his family's situation has changed for a while. It sort of comes with the territory if you are involved in the military."

This evening, there still seems to be some confusion but I think I'll let it rest and people can contact me or my wife or my nephew's parents privately if they want. It was sort of an eye opening day.

Prayers for His continued Safety

Remember the circle in school where you told your neighbor and they passed it on? Life is exactly like that. The story keeps changing.

I've never signed up for or posted on the Facebook

Life is a lot simpler that way

Truth

That is probably true but people don't tend to call others too much except I suppose your tightest circles. I have north of 25 first cousins and had a high school class of over 600 so its easy to see what people are doing by being on FB.

I also sell stuff through FB rummage sale groups so its useful. Even with all the warts.

Thanks 330 Trapper!! Much appreciated.

This is one of the aspects of being the "policeman" of a global financial empire, We have people in lots of places, with some sort of U.S. military base in over 80 countries, and some sort of military presence (some may be very small) in over a 100 countries. We can debate whether that's a good idea or not but its the current reality. The nephew's unit is into supplies and to make sure all those various sized bases in a certain global cluster get what they need. I'm not sure if they are replacing some other unit or if the supply chain is getting augmented but that's the situation.

Facebook marketplace is one thing.

The rest is background noise

I am not sure why you thought your friends should know that he was deploying, but I would delete the post. I did 20 years in the military and deployed more them my share, sometimes to classified locations. If your friends do not know him well enough that he told them, they have no need to know. Everyone in the world knowing he is deploying does not help keep him safe.

I was kind of wondering about this, myself. I was giving him the benefit of the doubt.

The real point was the to let people in their close group know.
But the MSM/MEDIA/ FACEBOOK , made it into a smear campaign .
There was no mention of where he was deployed !

Did you actual read that I said on FB that he was being deployed...? No, in either the first or updated posting.

You all know he's being deployed BUT you don't know all the other information pieces, such as his name or the country that he's deploying to.

His dad, a retired Colonel, didn't think what I wrote was a problem.

I think it could be interpreted that way with the religious jargon involved. Just say it in English and there should be no confusion.

Yeah, probably so, but I like some Scripture involved. Anyway, the wave appears to have passed.

lumberjack391- Do you still sell some collections on ebay or has that come mostly to an end...?

I do, I usually have 20-30 things up.

That's exactly why I use it

I agree. My wife signed me up for Facebook. She said I would like it. I've never gone onto it and don't plan to. I've sold a couple things on FB Marketplace after she listed them on her account.

I'm with you, Steven; no Facebook for me either. All of FB is on ignore as far as I'm concerned.

It's simpler on here to just use this site's ignore feature on those who I don't wish to hear from or deal with.

The thread asking for prayers for Paul and the other member is a good example how rumors get started.

Sorry for your loss NonPCfed. Praying for your family in this time of mourning.