Cpl. Micah D. Carlton with 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, takes pictures of Afghanistan compounds in April 2011. Marines have been told that taking unofficial pictures outside the wire is prohibited. Cpl. Benjamin Crilly / Marine Corps
General Restricts War-Zone Photography -- Marine Times
CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan — Marine commanders in Afghanistan have cracked down on war-zone photography in the wake of two international scandals this year in which U.S. troops were depicted posing with dead Taliban fighters.
Rank-and-file personnel assigned to Regional Command Southwest, headquartered here in Helmand province, have been ordered to take photographs only for official purposes while outside the wire, said Maj. Gen. Charles Gurganus, head of I Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward). Recreational souvenir photographs — “happy snaps,” as Gurganus called them — should only be taken on bases in-between missions, he said.
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My Comment: Considering the number of video and pic scandals this year .... this crack down is not a surprise. But to enforce it .... in a war zone .... I wish them luck.
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Strong censorship.
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