{"id":19549,"date":"2020-01-06T21:59:11","date_gmt":"2020-01-06T21:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2020\/01\/06\/no-cell-phones-laptops-were-allowed-to-go-with-82nd-paratroopers-deploying-to-middle-east\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T02:23:55","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T02:23:55","slug":"no-cell-phones-laptops-were-allowed-to-go-with-82nd-paratroopers-deploying-to-middle-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/cyber\/2020\/01\/06\/no-cell-phones-laptops-were-allowed-to-go-with-82nd-paratroopers-deploying-to-middle-east\/","title":{"rendered":"No cellphones, laptops were allowed to go with Army 82nd paratroopers deploying to Middle East"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Paratroopers deploying to the Middle East<\/a> were told to leave behind their cellphones, laptops, tablets and other personal electronic devices, according to Army 82nd Airborne Division<\/a> officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The move was made to ensure operational security was maintained during the emergency deployment, which saw 3,500 paratroopers from 1st Brigade Combat Team begin to fly out of Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, over the first week of January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnything considered a personal electronic device. All those things,\u201d Lt. Col. Mike Burns, division spokesman, told Army Times. \u201cBut banned is a harsh word. The decision was made so soldiers weren\u2019t put at risk.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Burns confirmed that the decision was intended to both ensure that sensitive information pertaining to the deployment and mission was not shared outside official channels, and also to prevent any potential cyberattacks against the soldiers.<\/p>\n\n\n\t