It's better to be safe than sorry. Apply sunscreen often and all over. Appearances are only skin deep. Also spray-on sunscreen is junk. Use a liquid sunscreen that is a minimum 50+ SPF.
I haven't been able to find evidence that NASA posted anything with this headline. It seems to come from a jpost article that links to this Facebook post which does not mention elephants.
I don't know about DoD but DoD Source has servers. For folks down under the ANZAC server starts to get going at about 6pm AEST each night with friendly admins to help shoo the dickheads away.
It's better to be safe than sorry. Apply sunscreen often and all over. Appearances are only skin deep. Also spray-on sunscreen is junk. Use a liquid sunscreen that is a minimum 50+ SPF.