SOCOM is in disarray.
If you follow military matters they've been going bad for quite a while now. You had the cluster that was the SEAL movie. People played the patriot card and laughed and said it was good fun. Then you had McRaven speaking to every news outlet that would hear him...you had McRaven ask Congress for world wide Combatant Commander powers (that kind of power would make him the most powerful person in the US military...SOCOM would be answerable to no one and missions could have theoretically been run inside the US if the Admiral saw fit) and now you have a SEAL way off base writing a tell all book about a top secret operation.
Even if no secrets are spilled he gave up the most important thing of all. His identity. With that little tidbit and a google search, enemies of SEAL Team 6 can not only trace him and his family down, but they can also locate other team mates of his.
Yeah. SOCOM is in shit shape right now.
Let me ask you this. If you had a top secret mission that needed to be run right now would you pick Navy SEALs or would you opt for another SOCOM unit?
I would opt for another unit. Especially if I was concerned about news of it getting out.
Lucky for SOCOM, there is a man of with experience, courage, ability and perhaps most importantly the humility to take the reigns and steer the organization back to what it was always suppose to be.
I don't expect it right now (although it couldn't hurt) but I can see General Mulholland taking over early next year...right after the elections. Remember the General in S. Korea that talked about missions being run in the North? A few months later he was relieved of duty.
The same will happen with this. I don't know what's wrong with the SEALs but the culture appears to be broken. Something is off with that outfit and I can't quite put my finger on it.
The only question that needs to be answered is this. Is General Mulholland man enough to save SOCOM from itself?
