In a rare move by U.S. military officials, a Naval Special Warfare platoon has been expelled from Iraq and directed to return to San Diego, California for alleged drinking while deployed to the
Another high-profile scandal still impacting both the Navy and Marine Corps special operation communities involves the murder of U.S. Army Green Beret Staff Sergeant Logan Melgar, in the west African country of Mali back in June 2017.
In May, Chief Petty Officer Adam Matthews, a member of the elite SEAL Team Six, was sentenced to a year in prison after he pled guilty to his role in the strangulation death of Melgar. U.S. Marine Staff Sergeant Kevin Maxwell was sentenced to four years in prison last month after he pled guilty in Melgar's death.
"I was willing to hurt that relationship with him because I was too weak to stand up for him and say, 'I won't do this.' I was trying to fit in with this group," Maxwell said,."I'm a terrible man. I'm a terrible friend. I'm a terrible guy. I betrayed an American. I betrayed my friend." The other two U.S. service members involved in Melgar's death, Gunnery Sgt. Mario Madera-Rodriguez, a special operations Marine and U.S. Navy SEAL Anthony DeDolph, are still awaiting their trial dates
"Whatever the issue, these teams have been toxic for a long time, and the community has been in denial," a former special operations troop commander toldon Wednesday evening."I sincerely hope this incident prompts a meaningful examination of the deep cultural root within the SEAL community."
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