Navy SEALs who drank so much booze that platoon was sent home from Iraq are at the center of another scandal after member is accused of raping a female colleague - and his entire unit refuse to speak to investigators
By Rod Ardehali
Daily Mail
July 26, 2019
A platoon of Navy SEALS, who were sent home from Iraq for drinking so much booze that their Commander 'lost confidence' in their ability to serve, are also at the center of a sexual assault allegation filed by a female service member.
Foxtrot Platoon of SEAL Team 7's held a Fourth of July party in which a senior enlisted member of the team allegedly raped a colleague - and when questioned the entire platoon invoked their right to remain silent, the New York Times reported.
When the platoon refused to comment on the allegations, bosses took the radical steps of sending every single member of the unit home, including the lieutenant in command, sources said.
The removal of the platoon was ordered by Major General Eric Hill of the Air Force 'due to a perceived deterioration of good order and discipline within the team during nonoperational periods,' according to a Special Operations Command statement.
The team was ordered to undergo drugs testing, with the results yet to be released.
'There were allegations of wrongdoing, and the commander initiated an investigation, which is still ongoing,' said Ken McGraw, a spokesman for the Command.
'After the investigation began, the commander lost confidence in the platoon's ability to accomplish the mission and ordered the platoon's redeployment.'
2 comments:
Unit cohesion and internal loyalty are important, especially in a special ops team like this. At some time, however, there is a line that should not be crossed and if it is you have to do the right thing. Looking from the outside in, it appears to me that this is one of those times.
It appears the LT. wasn't a true leader.
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