November 9, 2012, - 4:36 am
SEAL Team Kardashian: Attention Whore Navy SEALs Punished for Giving Away Natl Security
What ever happened to serving your country quietly and anonymously? Apparently, the Navy SEALs want to be Kardashians instead. At our peril. The latest case of that is the seven Navy SEALs who gave out classified information when they advised makers of a video game, ironically called, “Medal of Honor.” There is no honor in seeking to be a star when your job is to remain silent and protect America’s interests.
Seven members of SEAL Team Six have been punished for supporting development of a video game released last month, according to a U.S. military official.
The SEALs worked as paid consultants for Electronic Arts, the company that made “Medal of Honor Warfighter.” They received letters of reprimand and forfeited half of their pay for two months. . . .
The official did not say what, if any, information the SEALs revealed by participating in the video game’s development. However, a written statement from Deputy Commander of Naval Special Warfare, Rear Admiral Garry Bonelli, indicates this is more about making an example of these sailors after a string of high-profile SEAL products. . . .
The video game hit store shelves on October 23. In a press release, EA said “Medal of Honor Warfighter” was “written by actual U.S. Tier 1 Operators while deployed overseas,” and that it “features a dotted line to real world events and provides players a view into globally recognized threats and situations letting them experience the action as it might have unfolded.”
Let me tell you something: members of Al-Qaeda and Hezbollah and the Taliban aren’t giving out tips to video game makers or movie producers. They are focused on beating us. Sadly our side is focused on attention whoring. But that’s what happens when you live in a fame-obsessed culture, where people get reality TV shows because they made porno tapes (Kim Kardashian), had kids out of wedlock (“Teen Mom”), or because they are hoarders or have weird habits, like eating rocks. Everyone wants to get in on the action. Including Navy SEALs who are supposed to remain anonymous and shut the bleep up.
I’ve written before about the Navy SEALs’ apparent obsession with PR and blabbing. It’s a huge national security concern, and the SEALs who do this–including Matt Bissonette, the author of “No Easy Day,” the book about the Bin Laden kill–are jeopardizing their fellow and future Navy SEALs by giving away methods and other classified information. And they are jeopardizing the rest of America.
What I wrote about Bissonnette applies here in spades:
The men who go into these professions know they are supposed to remain nameless, faceless, and silent. Sadly, in recent years, the Navy SEALs have become a league of publicity hounds, from the anti-Semitic, cheesy “Act of Valor” movie (read my review) to Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, who modestly calls himself the best there is–”the most lethal sniper in U.S. military history–in the title of his own book. You don’t see this kind of braggadocio from the Army Special Forces and other similar outfits in the U.S. Armed Forces. And that’s because they know the deal. You don’t get to talk. We simply cannot operate with everyone in these positions of secrecy blabbing to the world.
Retired General James Vaught, who led the U.S. Army’s elite Delta forces, said this about Bissonnette’s book and “Act of Valor,” and it’s spot on for this incident, too:
“Get the hell out of the media . . . We don’t ever want to get to the point where our sensitive tactics, techniques and procedures are open for everybody to take a look at so the next time we come in on a target we are exposed.” . . .
“They are trying to appoint themselves as unique heroes, when they’re no damn thing. I had guys that worked for me that make them look like children,” he said.
“I think it’s a stupid act and a very grand disservice to the other members of the SEAL community,” Gen. Vaught said.
Attention, Navy SEALS, a nice, warm cup of STFU juice is in order. Shut the bleep up.
Tags: Kardashians, Medal of Honor, Navy SEALS, SEAL Team Six
Yeah you right Deb.
If you want to see how’s it done right,check out Franklin D. Miller’s book “Reflections of a Warrior”
He was in MACV SOG for 6 years in Vietnam.He gave nothing away in his book,yet it gives one of the most down to earth realistic depictions of what went on over there,that I’ve ever read.
He recieved the Congressional Medal of Honor from President Nixon.
He was the Audie Murphy that you never heard of for our generation.
ebayer on November 9, 2012 at 5:09 am