As far the press are concerned, if past incidents are anything to go by, Sky will make up where he is, the enemy will bomb said base, Sky will report that he wasn't there but further up country, enemy will bomb base up country and so on...
By acting as a media forward observation officer, the media will eventually succeed in getting Harry injured at the expense of every other man in theatre.
If the press can be ordered not to report where the Bliar family are on holiday, surely the same can be done in this case.