Perpetual War Is The Future For America's Elite Troops

Members of the 320th Special Tactics Squadron exit an MC-130P Combat Shadow / Reuters

For Elite U.S. Troops, War's End Will Only Mean More Fighting -- The Atlantic

Even as the U.S. winds down in Iraq and Afghanistan, some special forces have done 10, 12, even 14 tours, and are only likely to do more as the conventional troops go home.

Army Ranger Kristoffer Domeij was killed in Afghanistan on Saturday while on his 14th combat deployment, highlighting a dispiriting fact of life for some of America's warriors: conventional forces are leaving Iraq and Afghanistan in large numbers, but the sky-high demand for special-operations troops like the Rangers won't be changing anytime soon.

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My Comment: Bottom line .... being in the Special Forces will mean being involved in multiple conflicts and deployments .... a state of perpetual war that can easily last for decades. While many Special Forces have families .... this will probably not be the ideal career choice for someone who believes family is everything.