January 31, 2012 at 3:34am
FROM THE FAYETTEVILLE OBSERVER...
Soldiers who fought overseas during World War II sometimes made souvenirs of Nazi helmets, swords or daggers. Today's troops have war relics, too: digital photos and videos with the potential to reach a vast audience.
"Oh yeah, I've got hundreds of 'em," said Army Spc. Bryan Bishop, a Florida native stationed at Fort Bragg. He was clicking on his laptop to open files of photos and footage he took during a year-long deployment to Iraq that started in 2009. "I put them up on Facebook and show them to family. People like to look at them."
Over the past decade, the ease with which Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines can collect and disseminate images from even the most forward bases in combat zones has become a benefit and a bane to the U.S. military. Improvements in technology made it easier for troops to collect their own photos and video and share them through the Internet with the rest of the world.
Mostly, the images are tame and reassuring. Occasionally, they start a scandal.
In the latest example, earlier this month, a video that went viral showed four Camp Lejeune-based Marines urinating on what appear to be the corpses of Afghans.
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