SEAL Team 7 platoon kicked out of Iraq for drinking, sexual assault

[DrDoug]

The whole thing sounds more like a frat house than a group of professional warriors.

The statement did not say what led to the decision, but a defense official with knowledge of the situation said that a female service member working with their platoon reported being sexually assaulted by a senior enlisted SEAL in the platoon during the Fourth of July holiday weekend. The official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the situation, said the report triggered scrutiny of the platoon, including drinking while deployed.

The SEALs declined to cooperate with investigators, prompting Hill to send them home for both that and the alcohol use, the official said.

Later in the article they mention:

The disclosure by the military comes two days after the independent Navy Times reported that six members of SEAL Team 10 in Virginia Beach tested positive last year for cocaine use. Some of them had masked their use of it in previous tests, some of the SEALs told investigators, Navy Times reported.

On the drinking, if their leader had kept his hands to himself they probably would have got away with it. But cocaine-powered SEALs? They would probably shoot at anything that twitched.

 

[IronWing]

Note to self: If ever drafted, buy cocaine.

 

[pauldun170]

Do you still have to thank them for their service?
Can they still be part of our veterans day parade?


On a side note, I bet there is somebody in congress right now talking about how it's the woman's fault for the behavior and that they should have never let woman in on the front lines.

 

[K1052]

How long util Trump invites them to the WH and feeds them lukewarm Filet o Fish?

 

[DrunkenSano]

Not sure if anyone is surprised. SEALs are highly trained killers who are good at their job. Just because you put a uniform on them doesn't suddenly change them into professionals that act like perfectly behaved robots. They are still killers, their mindset has been warped to something that is not like a normal persons. No one with a normal mindset could do what SEALs are tasked to do.

 

[brandonbull]

These guys have become a mess and now view themselves as Hollywood stars at times. They need to take a page from the Delta Force guys.

 

[BoomerD]

Boys will be boys...amirite?

 

[hal2kilo]

These guys have become a mess and now view themselves as Hollywood stars at times. They need to take a page from the Delta Force guys.

Agreement, no. 2 I think.