![]() Accountability has at times been scant.įor example, in 20 years of fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, despite repeated reports of Navy SEALs needlessly beating and killing civilians in war zones, only a handful of SEAL team members have ever been charged with such abuses and none have been convicted. ![]() The Pentagon has come to rely heavily on special operations troops, who often conduct missions with little oversight, backed by a military and nation that often idolize the elite fighters. ![]() The four-paragraph memo, which was first reported by Task & Purpose, could have seismic repercussions in the special operations community, current and former commandos and military legal experts say. The office sent a memo on Monday to the Joint Chiefs of Staff and to Special Operations Command, advising them it was beginning an inquiry into whether the forces overseen by the command, which include the Navy SEAL teams, the Army’s Delta Force, Marine Raiders and other elite commandos, have programs in place to ensure they are following the law during combat, and whether they are reporting troops when those laws are broken. The department’s Inspector General’s Office now may be taking its first broad look at whether those shadowy strike forces committed war crimes along the way. For decades the Defense Department has relied on covert and classified special operations troops to kick in doors and raid high-value targets around the world.
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