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Tag: Navy SEALs
Top Navy SEAL admiral fires entire leadership team of SEAL Team 7
The top admiral in charge of Naval Special Warfare has fired the entire leadership team of SEAL Team 7 over a “breakdown of good order and discipline,” a Navy official told Task & Purpose on Friday. Cmdr. Edward Mason, the commanding officer of ST7; Lt. Cmdr. Luke Im, the executive officer; and Command Master Chief […]
Adm. John Richardson just showed he still doesn’t understand why he failed as Chief of Naval Operations
Adm. John Richardson does not have to wait for history to judge his tenure as chief of naval operations. The verdict is in.
Top SEAL says the service’s special operations community has ‘drifted from our Navy core values’
In an Aug. 20 memo, the commander of Naval Special Warfare Command, Rear Adm. Colin Green wrote that "our force has drifted from our Navy core values of honor, courage, and commitment … due to a lack of action at all levels of leadership."
Navy secretary expands JAG review ordered after the Gallagher fiasco to include Marine Corps
Navy Secretary Richard Spencer's move builds on a review of the Navy's legal system ordered by former Chief of Naval Operations John Richardson on Aug. 1 following the disastrous prosecution of Navy Special Warfare Operator 1st Class Eddie Gallagher, who was acquitted of killing a wounded ISIS fighter but found guilty of posing for an unofficial picture with the man's corpse
Navy drops charges against SEALs accused of abusing detainees in Afghanistan
The U.S. Navy dismissed charges on August 6 against four SEALs accused of abusing detainees in Afghanistan seven years ago,
Navy reassigns prosecutor caught trying to spy on Gallagher defense team before trial
The Navy has reassigned the lead prosecutor who was caught in an email spying debacle prior to the Eddie Gallagher trial that resulted in the judge removing him from the case. “In an effort to move the [Region Legal Service Office Southwest] Trial Department forward, Capt. Jennie Goldsmith, the new commanding officer, has reassigned the […]
No, SEALs don’t need ‘slack’ from their elite standards
[shortcode-Op-Ed-disclosure] The commander of the US Navy Special Operations Command, Rear Admiral Collin Green, issued a letter to his subordinates last week telling them that there is a problem with discipline within the SEALs that must be addressed immediately. It’s been obvious for awhile that there is something dysfunctional within special operations generally, and naval […]
Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher’s fate is now in the hands of the service’s top admiral
Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson will now make all decisions regarding sentencing for Special Warfare Operator 1st Class Eddie Gallagher, who was found not guilty of killing a wounded ISIS fighter but convicted of posing with the fighter's corpse, the Navy announced on Saturday
Navy drops all charges against Eddie Gallagher’s platoon commander
The Navy has dropped all charges against Lt. Jacob X. Portier, the former platoon commander for Special Warfare Operator 1st Class Eddie Gallagher, who had been accused of failing to report alleged war crimes up the chain of command, the Navy said on Thursday. “Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson today dismissed all charges […]
HR rep to replace SAW gunners in all special operations units
Navy SEALs and Army Green Berets are in trouble for their misconduct on and off the field. Here’s how we solve it (obviously a parody). This video was created for Mandatory Fun, the entertainment and humor vertical of Task & Purpose. Follow Mandatory Fun on Facebook and Instagram for much more.
Top Navy SEAL: ‘We have a problem’
The head of Naval Special Warfare Command reportedly sent a letter to commanders on July 25 proclaiming that “we have a problem,” while urging them to detail what issues they see and provide recommendations by Aug. 7 on how to get the SEAL community off the skyline. “I don’t know yet if we have a […]
Trump’s nominee to lead the Navy vows to find ‘root causes’ of SEAL misconduct despite empty ethics training review
Testifying before the his Senate confirmation hearing on Wednesday, Vice Adm. Michael Gilday pledged a long, hard look at the Navy Special Warfare community's underlying issues following several high-profile disciplinary problems involving Navy SEALs
Disgraced Navy SEAL gets 60 years in jail for molesting kids
A former member of SEAL Team 1 in San Diego has been sentenced to 60 years in prison for child molestation on Tuesday, which comes on top of a previous federal sentence of 27 years he’s currently serving for manufacturing child porn in Virginia. Ex-Petty Officer 1st Class Gregory Kyle Seerden, 33, pled guilty to […]
A Navy SEAL and Marine Raider accused of murdering a Green Beret in Mali are due in court next week
Navy Special Operations Chief Tony DeDolph and Gunnery Sgt. Mario Madera-Rodriguez are both charged with murder in connection with Special Forces Staff Sgt. Logan Melgar's June 2017 death in Mali.
After Navy SEAL Chief Eddie Gallagher was found not guilty of murder, the prosecutors who lost the case received awards for ‘superb results’
The Navy's Region Legal Service Office in San Diego hosted an award ceremony on July 10 in one of its courtrooms for four attorneys and four legal support staffers involved in the Gallagher case.
The SEALs can learn a lot from the Marines about honesty
The SEALs and Marines showed totally different approaches to openness when service members are accused of serious misconduct.
The Navy reportedly booted SEAL Team 7 out of Iraq after a senior enlisted platoon member allegedly raped a female service member
A senior Navy official revealed to the New York Times' David Philipps that a senior enlisted platoon member had allegedly raped a female service member assigned to the SEAL platoon
Booze. Coke. Hazing. Forced redeployment. What’s wrong with the Navy SEALs?
Navy SEALs are in denial about the extent of their disciplinary problems.
Eddie Gallagher was found not guilty on the most serious charges, but he could still leave the Navy as an E1
Eddie Gallagher dodged the most serious charges the Navy threw at him during his court martial, but his final sentence could be far worse than what the jury originally handed down, according to Navy officials
Trial for Navy SEAL who was Eddie Gallagher’s commanding officer set to begin in September
Navy SEAL Lt. Jacob “Jake” Portier is expected to go on trial starting on Sept. 3.
Eddie Gallagher busted down one rank after being found guilty of posing for photo with ISIS fighter’s body
A military jury sentenced Navy SEAL Chief Eddie Gallagher to a reduction in rank to E-6, along with four months confinement and forfeiture of pay.
Trump says ‘glad I could help!’ in congratulatory tweet to Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher
President Donald Trump said in a congratulatory tweet on Wednesday morning that he was "glad he could help" Navy SEAL Chief Eddie Gallagher, a day after Gallagher was found not guilty of murder but found guilty of posing for a photo with a corpse.
Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher found not guilty of murder
The jury in the military trial of Navy SEAL Chief Eddie Gallagher has found him not guilty of premeditated murder and attempted murder during a deployment to Iraq in 2017.
Eddie Gallagher’s life is now in the hands of 7 jurors
NAVAL BASE SAN DIEGO — The military judge in the war crimes trial of Navy Chief Eddie Gallagher said that some witnesses offered “inconsistent” testimony, but it was solely up to the jury to “determine the believability” as they deliberate over whether the veteran SEAL murdered a wounded ISIS fighter or shot at innocent civilians […]