Not silent as in lips tight. Just silent as in nothing to say on the matter. Jsut because someone is in the MIL, doesn't mean they have access to top level secrets.
This... And even if you do have access to info, its normally straight line info. Its hard to connect dots together because its all so compartmentalized.
Imagine all the Russian Spys that have came through the service, they have had years to practice being tight lipped..
My drill sgt always talked about this guy who he KNEW had to have been a spy... During something as basic as learning about the days events, or getting ready for a class he would haul off and ask some strange question unrelated about the "propulsion rate of a tomahawk missile" or the type of steel armors were made from...
Not silent as in lips tight. Just silent as in nothing to say on the matter. Jsut because someone is in the MIL, doesn't mean they have access to top level secrets.
This... And even if you do have access to info, its normally straight line info. Its hard to connect dots together because its all so compartmentalized.
Imagine all the Russian Spys that have came through the service, they have had years to practice being tight lipped..
My drill sgt always talked about this guy who he KNEW had to have been a spy... During something as basic as learning about the days events, or getting ready for a class he would haul off and ask some strange question unrelated about the "propulsion rate of a tomahawk missile" or the type of steel armors were made from...
Sometimes I worry because I ask questions like that. Good thing I'm not in the military...unless digital soldier counts