After a spate of terror attacks in France and Germany rocked Europe, Top Brass are determined not to see another Lee Rigby-style attack on a British hero by anyone inspired by the Munich or Nice attacks. Troops are also warned to run in pairs off base after two Middle Eastern men armed with a blade tried to bundle an RAF airman into the back of a van in a feared abduction attempt this week.
A memo to staff, seen by The Sun on Sunday, said:
"Advice to the Staff. All staff and their families should remain vigilant and report anything that is suspicious immediately. Personnel when running off camp should consider running in pairs. Personnel should consider scrubbing their social media pages to avoid drawing attention to themselves."Insiders said that meant removing pictures of themselves in uniform or on deployment and erasing any posts which state where they are based. It also means troops must wipe personal information, like jobs and birthdays, even if their accounts are private. There was also advice on uniforms.
The guidance, added: "While there remains no ban on the wearing of uniform in public, personnel should not feel compounded to wear it outside MOD establishments when common sense says a lower profile would be more appropriate."
The fresh guidance, issued on Friday, comes after a German student armed with a pistol went on the rampage in a Munich shopping centre leaving scores dead and injured. One serviceman said: "We are being made to live in the shadows."
Comment: Much like the police and military climate in the US, British soldiers are being conditioned within an atmosphere of fear and paranoia to see 'the other', even those in their communities, as the enemy. The real enemy is the Western Empire, using these soldiers as pawns in their games of destruction and chaos. There is no heroism in that.