User talk:Andrewaranda

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Hello, I'm Buckshot06. I wanted to let you know that I undid one or more of your recent contributions because it did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks.

Removal of sourced content
Please do not remove referenced content as you did from United States Central Command. Wikipedia relies on references to ensure accuracy. Buckshot06 (talk) 03:29, 4 October 2015 (UTC)

I am a public affairs officer for US Central Command and our Command Historian's office is 20 feet from mine. After verifying with him, we found that wikipedia was showing the wrong official CENTCOM Seal, and the official history was wrong, so I updated them on the wikipedia page. If wikipedia wants to rely on bad or opinionated sources, that's fine, but for USCENTCOM, you won't get a better source than us.

Since updating the Seal, we have noticed that others throughout the internet have started using the correct Seal when talking about USCENTCOM, so thank you for that. As far as the history is concerned, several sources were taken from opinion pieces and not historical fact pieces. Anyone can go to our centcom.mil page and get our official history, or submit a FOIA request to verify it if they desire. We just want people to get the facts.

Thanks!

Andrewaranda (talk) 18:34, 5 October 2015 (UTC)

Thankyou for adding the correct seal, Mr. Aranda. I've got no problem with the seal at all. There may have been a misunderstanding however over the history text. Could I get an e-mail address to contact you or your colleagues on? Kind regards Buckshot06 (talk) 01:02, 2 November 2015 (UTC)

Feel free to email me at Andrew.m.aranda.mil@mail.mil