3d Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Battalion

Commander, LTC Christopher P.Bartos Command Sergeant Major, CSM Jeffrey A. Elliott Disclaimer: The following User Agreement (”Agreement”) governs the use of official Department of Defense social media sites and pages to include social networking pages, web blogs and file sharing sites, along with all policies applicable to the .mil domain. Please read the rules contained in this Agreement carefully. You can access this Agreement any time. Your use of any aspect of the Web sites will constitute your agreement to comply with these rules. If you cannot agree with these rules, please do not use the Web sites. The Agreement may be modified from time to time; the date of the most recent revisions will appear on this page, so check back often. Continued access of the Web site by you will constitute your acceptance of any changes or revisions to the Agreement. Your failure to follow these rules, whether listed below or in bulletins posted at various points in the Web site, may result in suspension or termination of your access to the Web site, without notice. COMMENTS BY OTHERS ARE NOT ENDORSED The Department of Defense does not necessarily endorse, support, sanction, encourage, verify or agree with the comments, opinions, or statements posted on the Web site. Any information or material placed online, including advice and opinions, are the views and responsibility of those making the comments and do not necessarily represent the views of The Department of Defense, the United States Government or its third party service providers. By submitting a comment for posting, you agree that the Department of Defense, the United States Government and its third party service providers are not responsible, and shall have no liability to you, with respect to any information or materials posted by others, including defamatory, offensive or illicit material, even material that violates this Agreement. Moderation policy: 3D EOD BN reserves the right to remove comments containing: profanity, sexual innuendo violation of U.S. laws and/or DoD and service-specific policies and regulations (Copyright, HIPAA, Privacy Act, OPSEC, etc.), commercial activity (ie: advertising or "spam"), implied military endorsement of a commercial product, political party, or private organization, abusive language, personal attacks, or comments predjudicial to maintenance of an environment condusive to good order and discipline. Repeated violations of this policy may result in action to block users from commenting on the site. Monitoring public use of this site: This site and comments to this site are monitored by 3D EOD BN staff. Additionally, the Army Web Risk Assessment Cell includes external official presences (EOPs) in its regular rotation of sites monitored for compliance with security requirements or signs of fraudulent or objectionable use. A list of registered Army external official presences is available, at: http://www.army.mil/media/socialmedia/. External link disclaimer: The appearance of external hyperlinks (including advertising links) does not indicate endorsement by DoD, military services, or JBLM of the linked site or of information, products, or services contained at such locations. Operational security (OPSEC): All military personnel have a personal and professional responsibility to ensure information that could place service members in jeopardy or be of use to adversaries (including local criminal elements) is not posted to public websites. Sensitive organizational information, to include Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI), should not be discussed on any public-facing website (including sites requiring usernames or passwords for access not located in the .mil domain). Such information includes, but is not limited to: - Classified information - Casualty information, before next-of-kin has been formally notified by the service concerned - Information protected by the Privacy Act - Information protected by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) - Information considered Essential Elements of Friendly Information (EEFI) - For Official Use Only information (FOUO) - Information identified on a current Critical Information List (CIL) - Personally Identifiable Information (PII), when protection is required under applicable service-specific or DoD policies - Sensitive acquisition or contractual information 3D EOD BN urges everyone to give careful consideration to what they reveal, intentionally or inadvertently, when participating in a public forum, such as the 3D EOD BN Facebook page. We advise all service members, employees, and military family members to consider OPSEC whenever sharing information online. 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