Couple of points, we use handles to post like truckers use theirs to commo/CB, it is more neutral/safer. Member joins from say Washington, lists his name as John Q. Doe living in Airway Heights, 99224, and FLAMES me, my Mom BAD and does a Liquid-Gag with Adobe Photoshop [for Trolls edition]. I get meltdown mad and f-ing AYE he is listed by road and 12 mins drive away, I lock & load and I proceed to drive myself over to his hooch and commit a murder-1, so mug shots and too much presonal stuff is risky, plus it profiles you to your local LEO's who may or may not give a hoot, but sure will know you pack as will the millons of guests who drop by USA Carry daily we never see but they read our posts, and the final part of the triad is OPSEC, there are some ex-military mates of mine who by virtue of ther jobs did some life taking, M.P. to Infantrymen, I do not want to screw their pooch with out their even knowing that say the brother of a perp a CID agent dropped in a drug bust now knows where he can get revenge.
Not blowing the idea away, much more easy way of looking up old M8's is they can be found on serveral web-site where military post their real name, units and the works, others log on and find old M8's that's all these sites do most for free and I know of a few ending in .mil where retirees and DOD civilians can locate exacly where a M8 is and what they are doing, allowing contact (if wanted) in a VERY secure DOD run cyber environment, here is one: Link Removed
DO NOT EVEN TRY ENTRY THERE UNLESS YOU ARE A MILITARY RETIREE OR DOD CIVILIAN or you may find ABC's all over your cyber world!
Good Luck.
Canis-Lupus