Why are navy SEALs such glory addicts? There gotta be at least 12,000 books, films, and podcasts with them talking about themselves

If I passed SEAL training I'd be bragging too.

The SEAL’s have the adoration of a large part of the US and global name (brand) recognition. Which means they get more publishing deals.

>>58066980 (OP)

Because there is a market for that shit. If people didn't eat it up then it wouldn't be pumped out to such a high degree.

>>58066980 (OP)

Because muh spec ops have become fashionable. It now attracts glory hound primadonnas. This is true of every developed nation with access to media nowadays. They're just glorified grunts with somewhat better training at this point, not highly specialized small teams built from the ground up for very specific tasks.

>>58066980 (OP)

GBs had a lot too in the 80s and even the early 90s. People always want to read about super cool operators. NSW has fucking clamped down hard though after chris kyle.

>theyre just glorified grunts

>not highly specialized



my nigger what are you talking about?

They aren't used in the specialized use cases they once were. Now they're a one size fits all soldier who's main benefit is slightly better combat performance than the average soldier. prove me wrong

In Afghanistan they had regular legs doing all the same shit SF guys did. SF had significantly better chow halls though. FOB Liley was like heaven.

Some anon made a good post a few weeks ago on how the SEALs, a maritime demolition unit, became the face of the war on terror in two countries with no ocean borders. I wish I'd capped it.

>inb4 akshuyally Iraq has 2 feet of border on the Gulf

>>58066980 (OP)



while at JSOC McChrystal explicitly told the SEAL teams that after retirement they should serve as ambassadors of the military &amp; the GWOT as a whole as the whole affair was becoming increasingly unpopular and enlistment was suffering. This isn't some secret initiative, prior to that there were plenty of SEALs building side hustles off consulting gigs or helping gear companies get contracts, going back to Dick Marchenko (who actually got prosecuted along with a couple small companies for fraud). McChrystal effectively sanctioned using SEAL cred to establish incredibly lucrative post-service careers as a public figure or brand ambassador and who's going to say no to free fame and money?

>>58066980 (OP)

marketable position

They are elite so they get the high profile jobs. Everyone wants to hear their stories so they write books. Not hard to figure out. 



You upset OP? You jealous? You mad no one ever wanted to read a book about your life? You sad no one ever made a movie about you?



Wait...maybe they did -> picrel

>>58066980 (OP)

>glory addicts

Green Berets are far more honorable that SEALs. SEALs are just authors with guns who can swim really well.

this, its the same as film actors getting payed to do liberal social engineered films, dan crenshaw and the like are doing the same to get nato fags and reddit trannies to be proseal fart sniffers



god damn you're a dumb motherfucker

You forgot the part where they are low profile*, unless something goes horribly tits up. 



*until after they ETS and put the details in the book deal/patreon podcast story time.
