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2018-12-08 Government

The Pentagon is reviewing the special operations community after a series of high-profile scandals

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Posted by Besoeker 2018-12-08 01:15|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Naughty, naughty.

Posted by DooDahMan 2018-12-08 07:14|| 2018-12-08 07:14|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2018-12-08 07:19|| Front Page Top

#3 Isn't SOF considered its own service any more?

Posted by DooDahMan 2018-12-08 07:22|| 2018-12-08 07:22|| Front Page Top

#4 ...nowadays?

Posted by DooDahMan 2018-12-08 07:22|| 2018-12-08 07:22|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2018-12-08 10:46|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2018-12-08 10:57|| Front Page Top

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