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Originally Posted by Draco771
Please, I mean no disrespect, please do not take this the wrong way.
But SUT is Small Unit Tactics correct?
SEAL Teams work in teams of 2, to teams of 16...
And a SEAL Officer didn't care about the training? WTF?!?! You mean an Officer is going to be in COMMAND of a SMALL UNIT and doesn't care if he knows WTF he's doing? Do SEAL Officers mentally contemplate the small fact that his men might actually have to depend on him to have their backs? Did those SEAL Officers mentally contemplate the fact they may actually be in situations where things that are covered in SUT may actually come into play?
What ever happened to the "Never Quit" attitude? The whole "Push your limits and do the best you can every opportunity you can" Mentality they get in BUD/S?
I've only spoken with two SEALs one on one throughout my entire life, and those are what they always went into whenever I asked them about the SEAL Training Pipeline. Their Officers have equal, if not greater responsibility to their men in knowing their stuff as an ODA Commander/WO.
No offense, but WTF???  
Going back to the shadows. |
But, I'll like to add that I have worked with SEALs in the past. SEALs are warriors. I think part of the issue is that these officers were entry level frogs just out of the Naval Academy, or other comissioning source and recently graduated from BUD/S. In a way, it's like expecting 2nd Lieutenants to have the aggregate maturity to perform at the level we expect from our SF Candidate Captains (already 5 or 6 years in service). I'm not excusing them, but, it factors into it. I still feel they could have done better, and should have. But, to encourage this, it would be useful to have a Navy O3 liaison permanently as an instructor in Camp Mackall.