An image taken from the website of Eric Greitens’s campaign for governor of Missouri, which prominently features his experience in the Navy SEALs.
New York Times: Rift Among Navy SEALs Over Members Who Cash In on Brand
Eric Greitens’s bid for governor of Missouri hinges on his experience as a Navy SEALs member, which he has chronicled in three books and promotes on his campaign web site, where he is pictured wearing his combat uniform, holding a rifle. “In the SEALs we learned, ‘there is no prize for second place in a gunfight,’ ” he said recently on Twitter.
Now Mr. Greitens, seeking the Republican nomination, finds himself in a battle with some former comrades, who charged in a slickly produced YouTube video that he exaggerated his record and was unduly benefiting from his time in the SEALs. The dispute lays bare a widening rift among Navy SEALs, provoked by what leaders and many in the ranks describe as rampant commercial and personal exploitation of a brotherhood that once prized discretion.
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WNU Editor: We are living in a different time. U.S. Defense Secretaries, Generals and Admirals, even regular soldiers .... many do not have a problem in exploiting their military career for profit. Some write a book, some join companies and use their contacts in the U.S. Defense department to push a product, some start companies .... everyone is after a buck (or more).
Former military members have been writing books for centuries, I have no problems with it.
ReplyDeleteWhy not presidents do all the time.
ReplyDeleteWhat else are these guys supposed to do, they are no longer the silent secret operators that they used to be, they are now SEAL team 6, and Delta Force whose presence is now being announced prior to missions. If they are offered no anonymity by their government why would they not make some money telling their stories?
ReplyDeleteThey put their lives and l8mbs on the line day in day out. Derserve whatever they can get $$
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