U.S. Navy SEALs Scandals: Part 1 - The Phony "Heroes"

Over 150 SEALs have lost their tridents over the past decade due to misconduct. Did you know that?

SEALs began taking Tomahawks on raids and were at times desecrating bodies and cutting off body parts. They had special tomahawks made and they began carrying them as status symbols.

Bottom Line Up Front: The SEALs are a scandal ridden SpecOps unit that suffers from a deformed, unprofessional and unaccountable culture. It was designed that way from the start and made far worse by Richard Marcinko, the founder of SEAL Team 6, now called DevGru. From hazing that does real harm to new SEALs to using tomahawks on the battlefield to shooting innocents ‘for numbers’, it’s a nightmare. I’m not being hyperbolic, the more I delved into this subject, the worse it got. They have committed many war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan, and are also duplicative of other forces we have. They are utterly unnecessary and we should shut the entire thing down. Delta and Green Berets and Ranger Regiment and Marine MARSOC can handle any mission SEALs would take, and do them better.

I’ve always been a big suppor…