Question:
Is it correct that active duty NAVSOF was used for the filming of 'Act of Valor"?

Question:
Is it true that this participation was endorsed by upper level leadership?

Question:
Is anyone surprised that we created a pattern that we are now unhappy with?


Like I say... its like being mad at a fish for eating worms.

YES (it was done over 4 years during normal training scheduled events for the teams) no special pulling of assets or people just to get the Hollywood film in the can faster.

YES (This is done for many shows/movies if the Pentagon thinks it will be positive for the military)

YES/NO (it goes to their maturity, values and moral compass) Hell I could probably put a book out from my past but I know it would not be right in my mind. The majority of our brothers believe the same it is the minority in SOF but the SEAL's seem to have a high propensity for Hollywood and the Press compared to other SOF groups.

the Bin Laden deal is not the meat/potatos...stuxnet, the Paki Dr. who helped ID UBL and is now in prison (his ID leaked) and the operative in Yeman that located Al Alwaki....'We have an inside guy'...that had to exfil and is useless now....those were very top level leaks of past and ongoing ops.

Don't we always say (brag), "I don't do it for the money." ?
Until someone does. And then it's suddenly about exersising the Civil Rights he spent a career defending.

Navy Cross wasn't enough?

Yup, right THERE is the larger deal. We ran into this all the time during the Cold War. It was less about people writing books (well, except for that Philip Agee substance) but about other nationals basically saying, "Why? You doom me even by being seen with you because your leaders cannot keep their f'n mouth shut! Now go away." Who can blame them? Later let's hammer the intel services because something got missed because we had no intel.

Self-licking ice cream cone.

New Developments:


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...=feeds-newsxml

Just remember that the dailymail.co.uk is wrong about 50% of the time especially when they deal with US SOF articles.

Everyone is trying to get as much dirt as they can on this issue.A website I wouldn't want to name has posted a truckload on this issue,heard they are getting an advance copy too.

Looks like (according to a couple of online news portals) the jihadist have gotten a hold of his photo as well...man, where does this end?

It ends if you keep your mouth shut and let Hollywood or a writer tell the story without your help there, teammate.

Then you never pop up on the radar.

TR

Highlighted for the irony-impaired. :rolleyes:

Our standard line was:

"You got a question, you need to go talk to my boss."

"OK, where can I find your boss?"

"He's not hard to find - he wears two stars and is at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. End of conversation."

And so it goes...

Richard :munchin

Unfortunately a lot of the people I find myself surrounded by in my age bracket (mid 20s) are a true subscriber in "Generation Me." I was raised in an SF family, having two uncles proudly serve in Vietnam as SF and my father a Ranger. The first quote in my signature was drilled into me from a very early age and continues to be drilled into my child.

The piper gets a vote (maybe)
 

WaPo Link

Link to a 2 minute interview of the SEAL on 60 minutes.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/the-os...00b_video.html

I pre-ordered my copy today,will be getting it around mid-september.