It never fails to amaze me how people still put passwords on sticky notes. I would expect the armed forces to know better.

Jim

A couple of years ago, I saw a cardboard box containing a laptop sent back for repair. The user had written their username and password on the outside of the box!

I haven't seen the passwords, but the following xkcd strip on password strength demonstrates why users may be encouraged to write down passwords:

http://xkcd.com/936/