- Reaction score
- 114
- Points
- 680
It may also be possible that the father (I note the poster mentions only the dad) wasn't notified. It also depends upon who the primary and secondary NOK are on the PEN form filled out by the member.
The Primary NOK is the one who gives the go ahead for the news release announcing the name to go out to the media outlets.
Sadly, in situations where a soldier has parents who are divorced etc, sometimes one of the parents is not on the list.
If the soldier is married and has his wife listed as Primary, and his divorced mother as Secondary...the fathers name would not be on the notification listing. It would be up to the Primary and/or secondary NOK to the arrange for extended family notifications in the manner they wish (and extended family in this case would include the father if the soldier did not list him on the PEN)...then the Primary would authorize the news release.
Don't be too quick to blame the media before the facts are in. Sadly, situations like this can occur. We'll have to wait to see what was the situation in this specific case.
The Primary NOK is the one who gives the go ahead for the news release announcing the name to go out to the media outlets.
Sadly, in situations where a soldier has parents who are divorced etc, sometimes one of the parents is not on the list.
If the soldier is married and has his wife listed as Primary, and his divorced mother as Secondary...the fathers name would not be on the notification listing. It would be up to the Primary and/or secondary NOK to the arrange for extended family notifications in the manner they wish (and extended family in this case would include the father if the soldier did not list him on the PEN)...then the Primary would authorize the news release.
Don't be too quick to blame the media before the facts are in. Sadly, situations like this can occur. We'll have to wait to see what was the situation in this specific case.