Anyone who's spent a day on a deployment knows how prevalent rumors can be.
Sometimes, rumors can be informative - in fact, more than one soldier has discovered his unit was deploying based on a rumor or a news article. More often, though, rumors create undue anxiety and anger.
Fortunately, Jeff Schogol of Stars and Stripes is here to confirm and debunk all sorts of rumors in a new blog. His first post served to dispel the rumor that the Army was getting rid of the term "battle buddy", and replacing it with "combat companion". Too bad we didn't have Jeff around when those rumors of "stress cards" were going around.
If you've got a rumor you'd like Stars and Stripes to debunk, just contact Jeff at schogol@stripes.osd.mil.