Navy Notice Officially Warns Personnel, Families to Scrub Social Media of Military Ties

Sailors, reserve members and civilian staff of the U.S. Navy are being asked to take extreme actions to protect themselves, their families, and Navy assets against multiple threats that the military branch has deemed noteworthy.

Hung Cao, acting Navy secretary, put the Department of Navy's (DON) 340,000 active-duty personnel, 58,000 reserve personnel, and 210,000 civilian workers on alert, asking them in part to "remove any information that could identify your connection to the DON" as part of a new written notice titled "Epic Vigilance: Immediate Actions for Force Protection and Personal Security."

“In the current global security climate, adversaries and hostile actors are executing a coordinated, multi-domain campaign against the DON enterprise,” the notice reads. “Recent incidents across the globe demonstrate a clear growth in adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures.

"These are not isolated events; they are part of a deliberate effort to gather intelligence, test our defenses, disrupt our operations, and intimidate our force.”