[johnnybaptist]

"His involvement with the 77th Brigade was made public when he disclosed it on his page at LinkedIn, the online professional networking site."

Doxing yourself on Linkedin seems like a pretty amateur psyops move.

[chrisseaton]

Many reservists are public about what they do. I have my military affiliation in all my profiles. He's not in some kind of secret special forces unit or anything like that.

Ultimately, being a reserve officer is a matter of public record, as you are formally gazetted and there is no point trying to pretend it is secret.

[mieseratte]

Why would it be a poor idea? Unless he is actively a part of clandestine operations and units there is nothing materially damaging about this. No more than, say, folks like Chris Kyle, Dan Crenshaw, or Jocko Willink revealing they were SEALs.

[VectorLock]

Where I work there is a big move to replace people's last names with only their initial.

Except their LinkedIn URL still displays their name. It was a good attempt, at least.

[KineticLensman]

Not the only amateur thing...

> "The identities of the Twitter accounts which the 77th Brigade uses for engagement and communication remain unclear, however: the unit’s acknowledged account has been locked since it was hacked earlier this year, with the result that only approved followers can see its tweets."