It's for OPSEC. OK.

The network & machines are gov't property. Check.

Soldiers have no rights. Hmmm. Fine.

The bandwidth is needed to monitor drone feedback. Good enough for me, though I was unaware that the most powerful nation in the world couldn't afford to build more bandwidth.

Like I said: We'll just find another way to seek reassurance in the face of daily reports of soldiers' deaths, abductions, etc, and just add this inconvenience to the list of tiny indignities military families tolerate.