From a historical perspective this is sad. King Canute comes to mind.
I took my camera along on many sorties over the years and I hope to publish a book of Phantom images soon. It'll benefit military charities if I can persuade any of them to respond!
I know that OPSEC is important but, properly cleared, pictures taken on operations are part of history and we, clearly, don't need the media to dictate what is published.