This article has been passed around for a year now with no basis in fact.
It is an effort by MARSOC to solicit funds for a 'new command' and nothing more. Guest had been paid by the Marine 'SpecOps' command to write this article because they were standing up a new unit meant to rival, or attempt to, the US Army Special Forces.
It's all about money, gentleman, and MARSOC is searching. Guest never earned the respect of the men under him, as attested to on this thread by quite a few BTDT's, and his paper supporting the developement of MARSOC as a possible 'replacement' to USSF is just a testament to who the man really is and where he came from.
Soldier of Fortune is promulgating the story to sell copy.......no more, no less.
We're not going anywhere, and to get spun up about a non-story is to allow yourself to believer the propaganda spewed by 'the right'......
The recent MARSOC 'incident' in A-stan didn't aid their cause.
http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news...marsoc_070505/
This should be the main story.
