It's true that there are privacy issues with geotagging, facebook profiles. But the military and the para-military need their FUD to keep the money flowing.
1. The first part talks about disabling geotagging for deployed soldiers in classified locations, and gives an example where geotagging allegedly led to a morter attack and materiel losses,
2. The second part talks about disabling geotagging at home if you are worried about your safety. These are not hypothetical risks: imagine an ex-boyfriend with a constant stream of your GPS coordinates through social media.
The point you could make is that if you're worried about people figuring out where you are, you probably shouldn't publish photos of your location on the internet.
As to the second point, the risk is overblown (but yes, geotagging is stalker heaven). But, when to make a point, the expert says:
"Do you really want everyone to know the exact location of your home or your children's school?" Sweetnam said.
Two third of the article are not about the alleged helicopter incident, they're about ramping up the paranoia in the besieged homeland.