Rear Admiral Collin Green issued a four-page directive on August 20th, regarding uniform standards of US Navy commandos, the legendary Navy SEALs, to shore up shoddy conduct, restore moral accountability and create better leaders.
Green’s guidance returns the SEAL and boat teams to standards expected of service members across the fleet, with a mandate for leaders to conduct “routine inspections of your units and strictly enforce all Navy grooming and uniform standards, including adherence to all Navy traditions, customs and ceremonies.”
Within popular culture, SEALs often are depicted as bearded commandos with a shaggy pirate bravado, who's many instances of misconduct are overlooked because of their sacrifice and the hardships of their service.
Rear Admiral Green's directive seems to be the consequence of "bad press" the SEALs have had in recent years.
It is enough to mention at 3 latest cases of violation of regulations by US Navy commandos, from spiking their drinks with the banned substance to murder.
And so, after the boozy of July 4th in Iraq, superiors from SOCOM dismissed the Foxtrot Platoon of SEAL Team 7, to the Coronado Navy base while launching investigations into sexual assault, fraternization and other allegations of misconduct.
In August, after many months of court proceedings and a badly conducted trial, the US Navy eventually cleared Chief Edward "Eddie" Gallagher of the charge of murder of a detained ISIS fighter.
They only found him guilty only of the minor charge of posing with the dead detainee’s body.
US Navy prosecutors also claim that the two Navy SEALs, pictured above, are involved in the death of Logan Melgar, a Green Beret soldier, who was inadvertently killed on June 4, 2017 by the two operators and two marines from Marine Raiders in Bamako, Mali.
In addition to increasing control over the behavior, uniforms and appearance of commandos, Admiral Green also banned the use of non-statutory insignia and patches at a team level. From now on, everything that adores the uniforms and equipment of SEALs is to be officially approved by the US Navy command.
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Sources: navytimes.com, fineartamerica.com, nationalinterest.com, funker530.com
