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| The Pentagon is reviewing the special operations community after a series of high-profile scandals |
| 2018-12-08 |
| [Military Times] This fall has been rough for headlines involving special operations troops. Two Navy SEALs and two Marine Raiders face murder charges in the death of a Green Beret last year in Mali. Meanwhile, a Navy SEAL is under investigation for murdering an Iraqi detainee, and a dozen of his colleagues could be called as witnesses. Now, after U.S. Special Operations Command has been entrenched in the Global War on Terror for going on two decades, Congress is calling on a Defense Department review of the entire organization, from its operational load to ― notably ― the state of its professionalism and ethics programs. The most recent National Defense Authorization Act points to "growing congressional concern with misconduct, ethics, and professionalism," according to a Congressional Research Service report published in late October. "That review is ongoing right now," a defense official told Army Times on Wednesday. Senior leaders within the Army have also taken notice, pushing out guidance ahead of DoD’s official report back to Congress. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #6 ....and that meant guys who ordinarily never would have gotten near these outfits got selected. BINGO ! |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2018-12-08 10:57 |
| #5 ...The same problem that the SF units ran into in Vietnam has raised its ugly head here: demand for these guys increased exponentially, and that meant guys who ordinarily never would have gotten near these outfits got selected. When this is all over (from my lips to God's ears), watch the SF communities get shrunk hard. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2018-12-08 10:46 |
| #4 ...nowadays? |
| Posted by: DooDahMan 2018-12-08 07:22 |
| #3 Isn't SOF considered its own service any more? |
| Posted by: DooDahMan 2018-12-08 07:22 |
| #2 This review will go absolutely nowhere. The Pentagon (Big Army) no longer controls SOF forces (Tier-1 and Tier-2). You can thank Goldwater-Nichols Act and the separate SOF budget for that. Wiki: The Goldwater–Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of October 4, 1986 Pub.L. 99–433, (signed by President Ronald Reagan), made the most sweeping changes to the United States Department of Defense since the department was established in the National Security Act of 1947 by reworking the command structure of the United States military. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2018-12-08 07:19 |
| #1 Naughty, naughty. |
| Posted by: DooDahMan 2018-12-08 07:14 |