Everytime I feel the need to jump up and defend the US Navy SEALs, it turns out that they've simply SHOT THEMSELVES in the foot because they TALK TOO FUCKING MUCH!
Quite honestly I have never seen a more publicity driven special operations outfit in my life. Only the SAS rivals them, but they can be excused because they're British and they can't help it once they start tossing back a few pints.
But I'm really having trouble sorting this stuff out with the SEALs.
US Army Special Forces is as tight as a virgin on her wedding day at 40 years old. SEALs? Like a hooker in New Orleans!
US Army Rangers. You don't hear a thing. US Air Force Special Ops. Nadda. US Marine Corps Special Ops? Zilch.
But the SEALs seem to keep reaching for publicity and it keeps biting them. Check out this story from the Virginia Pilot....
So I was right in my first post (in the comments section) when I stated that this wasn't a range but specifically a kill house. Interesting. Most kill houses (and to be honest I only know of two) are restricted, no cameras and no civilians. But the SEALs had a ribbon cutting and a tour of the facility. Amazing. Which leads to how the Council on Islamic American Relations found out about the head scarf wearing female target.The range - often referred to as a "kill house" - is divided into four zones by steel doors, meaning four groups can train simultaneously. Scenarios include a mosque, bank, post office, market and residential compound. In one section, nine chairs painted in primary hues sit behind desks in an elementary school classroom. Other rooms are more sinister, like a torture chamber accessed through a bus station wall.
Many of the details were taken from actual raids over the past decade, said Capt. Tim Szymanski, the commodore of Naval Special Warfare Group Two.
"I don't think there's anything comparable in the continental United States," Szymanski said during a brief ribbon-cutting ceremony.
Instructors will observe from above, using catwalks that criss-cross the building.
Larry Pacifico, who manages the complex, said instructors will control each scenario using an iPad to adjust the lighting and movement of the targets. Cameras will record the action, so SEALs will find out where the bullets they fired came to rest, he said, down to specific bones and organs.
C'mon guys! You're better than this! But you can read the whole thing for yourself. First article here. Second (where CAIR goes ballistic) here.
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