Military: Frustration for the Fabled SEALs
Newsweek, July, 2005 by Michael Hirsh and Jamie Reno
It was the worst setback in the 43-year history of the Navy SEAL program. At least 10 of the elite commandos died when a reconnaissance team came under fire in the mountains of Afghanistan's Kunar province, and a SEAL rescue helicopter crashed trying to save them. For many proud SEALs (an acronym for Sea, Air and Land Team), the Afghan debacle was just a bitter new chapter in a very frustrating war on terror. Since 9/11--but especially since the Iraq war--many SEALs have come to feel like second-class citizens in the exclusive world of Special Forces.
Why? "The main reason has been severe restrictions on the types of missions they are allowed to undertake," says a U.S. defense analyst under Pentagon contract who works closely with Special Forces (he declined to be...
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