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| The Alpha platoon SEAL Team 7 which was splintered by Edward Gallagher's trial: Once close group of sailors now considers itself split into two 'brotherhoods' - one which tolerates war crimes and one which doesn't |
| 2019-07-03 |
| [Daily Mail, where American gets its news] Utter nonsense. It wasn’t about nobly repudiating war crimes, but about viciously ganging up to destroy the sergeant who had required them to live up to the SEAL standards of performance, and to keep him from getting the Silver Star he’d earnt despite them. |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #12 Lots of truth in those movies, Procopius. |
| Posted by: Sgt.D.T. 2019-07-03 18:05 |
| #11 I made my LTs watch the Cain mutiny. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2019-07-03 16:42 |
| #10 #5 Always believed all newly minted LTs should have a mandatory class showing Breaker Morant, Gallipoli, and Paths of Glory. The latter was inspired by the French Army mutinies of 1917. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2019-07-03 16:24 |
| #9 He's dodging his beatdown cause he knows it's gonna hurt. Where can he go? Not to another team. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2019-07-03 16:18 |
| #8 So we are going to listen to the gospel from some left leaning anti American rag? Really, so lets break this down. He goes on trial. The team seems split in the court room on him. The guy that spoke out against him loses his slot at team Six. The medic, prosecutions ringer, get immunity to testify and then confesses to the killing. Looks to me like team 7 played this like some B movie plot and won. The team was tight, everyone played their part, and he is free from prison. A win win for team 7 after some do gooder let it get out of control. I wonder where the guy that blew the whistle on him is now... |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2019-07-03 10:40 |
| #7 This whole thing seems to be a good way to destroy a military. |
| Posted by: gorb 2019-07-03 10:13 |
| #6 No they don't. The rest of the teams know that many of team 7 were dirtbags. After the deployment, most of the dirtbags were quietly reassigned to desk jobs or allowed an early ETS. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2019-07-03 09:26 |
| #5 From the Daily Mail title, no political agenda there whatsoever... B, thank you for the Lieut Morrant reminder. A friend to me to see "Breaker Morrant" movie in 1980. Chilling story of battlefield politics worthy of Obama's military today. |
| Posted by: Woodrow 2019-07-03 08:46 |
| #4 |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2019-07-03 06:51 |
| #3 Right. There is no place for dissension in specialist units. Whoever is of two minds must be given their cushy asshole desk and left to play the staff games. |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2019-07-03 06:42 |
| #2 No mention of officers, measures to facilitate unit cohesion, or leadership responsibility. War crimes are not an option. These are small elements. Malcontents and non-team players can be quickly identified. They are sailors first. Reassign them to less stressful, less demanding units back in the rear with the gear. Do it quickly. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2019-07-03 06:35 |
| #1 There's always people who want to move to the carpeted suite of offices. They play company politics to get there. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2019-07-03 06:18 |