The U.S. Military's Big Problem: An Addiction to Special Forces?
Washington has been overusing its most elite fighters.
Steven P. Bucci [2]
At a recent special operations symposium in Tampa, Florida—home of the U.S. Special Operations Command—a senior Marine commander said he was concerned that America was too often going to the special operations “well†to address its military challenges.
Unfortunately, he is correct.
Lt. Gen. William Beydler, the commander of Marine forces for all of the U.S. Central Command, America’s busiest war-fighting command, rightly noted that while the American people and leaders now have an enormous respect and fascination for units like the Navy SEALs, Army Green Berets, and Army Rangers, it might be leading the nation to neglect other capabilities.
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