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March 7, 2014 Vol. 72, No. 9 March 7, 2014 Assault planning Soldiers of 1st Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, prepare to assault a mock village during a bilateral exercise in Kuwait, Feb. 19. The weeklong military-to-military exercise fostered partnership and interoperability between U.S. and Kuwaiti forces. See story on pages 20-21. Photo by Staff Sgt. Andrew Porch 4IBCT cases colors By Sgt. Nelson Robles Lt. Col. Daniel K. Kirk, deputy commanding “When next we uncase our unit colors, (it) will 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team Public officer, and Sgt. Maj. Danny L. Day, senior again be in a hard place calling us to hard work, Affairs Office, 4th Infantry Division enlisted adviser, 4th IBCT, conducted the ceremony steadfastly defending a nation and a way of life that’s symbolizing the third official movement of the unit truly worth defending.” With the casing of 4th Infantry Brigade Combat into the region. Headquartered in the Kandahar Province, the 4th Team, 4th Infantry Division, colors Wednesday, the “Today, we executed a traditional casing of the IBCT’s Security Force Assistance Advisory Teams brigade’s mission moves into the Kandahar colors ceremony. It indicates that a unit is leaving will support the Afghanistan National Security Forces Province of Afghanistan in support of Operation (its) garrison and deploying on an operational Enduring Freedom. mission,” Kirk said. See Casing on Page 4 INSIDE Message board INSIDE Spring forward Daylight Saving Time starts Sunday at 2 a.m. Don’t forget to set clocks ahead one hour before Page 9 Page 17 going to bed Saturday. Pages 32-33 2 MOUNTAINEER — March 7, 2014 MOUNTAINEER Social media Commanding General: Maj. Gen. Paul J. LaCamera Garrison Commander: Col. David L. Grosso Not everything needs to be posted Fort Carson Public Affairs Officer: By Dani Johnson I’m not complaining. I’m stating the reality of our Dee McNutt Garrison Public Affairs Office “new” world that involves instantaneous release of Chief, Print and Web Communications: information, accurate or not. Rick Emert I love social media. I am totally an addict. However, there are many things that can be done to Editor: Devin Fisher Personally, it has allowed me to be in contact with ensure that the Army policy on social media is not being family and friends that, in my chosen nomadic lifestyle, violated and that people are not being misinformed by Staff writer: Andrea Stone I would have lost contact with years ago. We can share what is posted on social media sites. This includes: Happenings: Nel Lampe our lives with each other, even when we don’t talk Use the chain of command and Public Affairs to or see each other often. verify the information you heard. Sports writer: Walt Johnson Professionally, as a public affairs Consider if you were the individual or Layout/graphics: Jeanne Mazerall specialist, I have a love-hate involved in the situation; what would you relationship with social media. want to be said about you or the situation? I love it because it allows me the This commercial enterprise newspaper is What are the consequences to posting an authorized publication for members of the ability to get news out quickly, — could someone be hurt by your Department of Defense. Contents of the especially during times of crisis. I can tell comments or could it cause a situa- Mountaineer are not necessarily the official the Army story through multiple avenues tion to be worse than it already is? view of, or endorsed by, the U.S. Government or versus just traditional media outlets. Many times humor and sarcasm the Department of the Army. Printed circulation I hate it because we’ve become a are not translated well when posting — is 8,000 copies. The editorial content of the society that overshares and, in some the comment or photo could be mis - Mountaineer is the respon sibility of the Public instances, that oversharing can lead to construed and cause a lot of problems. Affairs Office, Fort Carson, CO 80913-5119, inappropriate release of information Would you be willing to say, face-to- Tel.: 526-4144. The e-mail address is during crisis situations, investigations and face, what you are posting to the individual or [email protected]. so forth. Therefore, creating rumor and organization? If not, you shouldn’t post it. The Mountaineer is posted on the Internet at http://csmng.com. misinformation that is hard to recover from. Would your spouse, parent, child or boss be upset by The Mountaineer is an unofficial Many of the media queries my office receives are what you posted? 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