Ever since my sisters husband went over to iraq he would call her almost every night. But in the past 2-3 days he hasn't called, which is not normal. And now ever since that ambush that took place we are wondering if he was possibly involved. Hes in that area where they were ambushed. So as everyday passes that he doesn't call we are starting to think the worst. although we are hoping for the best. Thats why i was wondering if there was a certain type of rule that wouldn't let soldiers use cell phones for a certain period of time if there was a recent attack? If we know that they arn't allowed to use phones for a period of time then that would give us some relief for the time being because the odds of him being involved are on our side if you know what im saying...
yeah thats what they say but its only been like 1 day? and i think they said they were still trying to identify who they were. even if they have Tags and what not i guess they still have to verify it is who it says it is and they were badly burned.
Could be an outage of the communication system. I know from a friend who just returned from his mission as a communication engineer. He was in contact with us by internet from Iraq and he told us that the system sometime's down. Lets hope that it is only that. If you want I could contact him to see if he's any idea about that.
sure, even if its just like there not allowed on cell phones right now. what ever it might be, something just to ease our minds i guess.
I just forwarded your message and I don't know when I'll get an answer, but think within 24 hours or so. I'll pm you then.
killafawk, this seem to be good news First I very much hope your brother in law is ok. I know how hard it is on the families to worry. My poor Mom went through many sleepless nights and I'm sure your sister does too. Fortunately, as a member of the US military, her husband is one of the best trained and best supported warriors in the world, and that means there is a very good chance he is just fine. To answer your specific question, yes, it was policy for us that whenever an event occurred, we were not allowed to use any communication for roughly 72 hours. This is done for many reasons: 1. To protect the families of the victims. Many of the wives are in constant communication, and if a soldier called his wife to tell her the tragedy before the military had a chance to contact the relatives, it could get back to the family before they could be properly notified. 2. Opsec (operations security). If he was calling your sister using an Iraqi cell phone (highly doubtful), that is no doubt being jammed in the area. After incidents, one of the first things we would do was to cut off all civilian communications to limit the insurgents abilities to coordinate. 3. Stop accidental leaks of information. By cutting off communications, it limited soldiers abilities to accidentally reveal too much information while trying to assure everyone they were ok. Also, I'm sure there is a massive ongoing hunt for the survivors, and the most likely scenario is that he is simply involved in this search and is probably spending all his time on that. Finally, in my experience, family members of victims are notified within 24-36 hours. If your sister has not been contacted by the military at this time, she is probably in good shape (although I'm sure she won't feel that until she re-establishes contact). Hope that is helpful,