And this problem is only likely to get worse, as the new demands of great power competition add even more to their workload while these ongoing missions continue unabated. As conventional combat forces have largely returned home, special operations forces continue to be whipsawed by these largely unconstrained demands and the never-ending stream of deployments that result. All of the combatant commanders have a substantial and often growing set of requirements for special operators in their areas of responsibility. Since 2001, special operations forces have been continuously tasked with missions as diverse as striking America’s enemies abroad, countering violent extremist organizations and insurgencies, building host-nation special operators, and conducting security force assistance. The first and most obvious is the unremitting pressure of continuous combat and operational deployments. Such clear warning signs of problems in the special operations community stem from at least three key reasons. These cases are deeply troubling, and should be viewed as the canaries in the coal mine. In July 2019, SEAL Team 7 was ejected from Iraq for drinking and debauchery.In April 2018, members of SEAL Team 10 were caught using cocaine, resulting in several being separated from the service.Another SEAL subsequently admitted to the killing in court. In January 2019, SEAL Chief Eddie Gallagher was charged with murdering a captive in Iraq in 2017, and was later convicted of posing with dead enemy soldiers (and was also recently pardoned by the president).Another Raider and SEAL are charged with murder in the incident, and could face life in prison. In June 2019, a Marine Raider and a Navy SEAL were sentenced to prison terms after pleading guilty in a court martial to charges of negligent homicide in the hazing death of an Army special forces non-commissioned officer in Mali two years earlier.Despite strong evidence, the incident was dismissed with no corrective actions by the SEAL Team’s higher command. Army soldiers for allegedly beating and murdering captives in Afghanistan.
In June 2012, members of SEAL Team 2 were reported by U.S.In November 2016, an Army special forces major publicly admitted to killing an unarmed captive during an interrogation in 2011 (and was recently pardoned by the president).During the last two years, special operators have been involved in an explosion of very public misconduct and indiscipline cases. Its size has more than doubled since 1999, but still includes only about 66,000 troops out of a total active force of nearly 1.4 million. Twenty years of relentless pressure on special operations forces is clearly showing.
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