IG complaint pits Trump, decorated operators against rear admiral who fired a SEAL team triad

SEALS are a different bread who sometimes forget they are IN the Navy. I have worked with SEALS, Delta Force, SAS, and Marine Recon during my tours. Of the SPecial Operators, only SEALS seem to think they are above the rules of their services often and try to get away with all they can. NOT all of them are this way, but the ones that are make the rest look especially bad.

I do remember one deployment where the team we had always showed up for meals in the mess and galley in their PT Gear. it would not have been so bad, but the almost never PTed. They were the laziest team I ever saw and usually just stayed in their racks doing almost nothing. Theur berthing area was the worst I had ever seen and I really hit them hard during inspections, even the CO had to get involved to make them finally get their shit together since their E-7 (not a chief) was not a leader. I tried to mentor his sorry butt, but he was a SEAL, not just a Chief - was his reply!!! With leaders who forget they are part of the Navy, I can see why SOME SEALS have problems.

Icing on the cake was as we returned from an extended deployment, some of the "team" broke into the booze locker and liberated some of the booze that was being transported back to CONUS for them and the crew - orders taken in Europe. They were caught having a Party in the Officers Quarters of all places, very drunk and disorderly. Lack of leadership went all the way to the top with this "team."

Wonder where things will stand when the smoke clears.

Thank you for the share from Navy Times.