The Gallagher issue brings up the differences in the modern Military mission. Marines are just green kids who learn to follow orders in Boot Camp better than most other branches and as Admiral Nimitz said it during WW2 "uncommon valor was a common virtue". Army Airborne and Special Forces are full of hard charger motivated kids who follow orders and often achieve greatness. The SEALS are a different breed. They are motivated enough to withstand hypothermia in special training but not much else. SEALS distinguished themselves in the sniper killing of the pirates who hijacked a commercial ship and kidnapped an American but that's just about it and that's the limited SEAL mission in a nutshell. Other than that Seals get the the same sniper training as Marines and Army Special forces. Marcus Luttrell's best seller didn't deal with victory, it focused on failure. The point is why were SEALS sent to eliminate Bin Ladin when Marines and Army special forces were just as skilled? The short answer is that SEALS have become the private little military force of the CIA and they are accountable to no military leadership including the Pentagon. Seals are a loose cannon. That brings the issue back to CPO Gallagher. By all accounts he is a hard charger of hard chargers but why are the kids under his command whining about his leadership? The short answer is that SEALS are no supermen, they are kids who are filled with bullshit and celebrity legend and easily offended about the harsh realities of modern warfare. My guess is that the CIA decided that CPO Gallagher should be eliminated for some reason and the dumb assed kids went along with it and filled the NY Times with bogus crap.
Wow. Ok fucknuts. When veteran Navy seals are saying he murdered innocent children, that isn't "kids whining about leadership who are easily offended". That's having the courage and integrity to do the right thing.
And no, Seals don't get "the same sniper training". They have their own scout/sniper school, the longest of all of them with the highest attrition rate. What you are doing is one of two things there. Either arguing from a position of ignorance on the subject (which would make sense from your depiction there, seems like if Hollywood didn't make a movie about it, it doesn't exist in your world), or intentionally lying to further your cause.
Either you are a fool or a liar.
I'd request that maybe instead of continuing this conversation, you first go educate yourself on the topic of which you speak (watching Charlie sheen in Navy seals does not count). Or not, just prove you are a lying fool instead.
