Navy SEALS Leak Classified Info To Make MoH More Realistic

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Navy SEALS Leak Classified Info To Make MoH More Realistic

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Seven U.S. Navy SEALs have been reprimanded for giving up classified information connected to their tradecraft so a video game could seem more realistic, according to a navy official.

The seven were charged with the unauthorized showing of their official combat gear and dereliction of duty for disclosing classified material after an investigation found the seven to have worked as paid consultants for two days with the video game company Electronic Arts, according to a U.S. Navy official familiar with the investigation.

The work, done around the late spring and early summer, was unauthorized by their commanders and against military regulations according to the Navy official.

All seven are active duty members of SEAL Team 6, considered the most elite of the Navy’s SEAL community. At least one of the team members was on the raid that killed Osama bin Laden last year, according to a Navy official.

The seven, all senior enlisted sailors, received their punishment Thursday at their base in Virginia. All seven were given a letter of reprimand and their pay taken for two months. The move essentially prevents their chances for promotion and ends their military careers.

Four other SEALs who have since transferred to west coast SEAL teams are still under investigation, according to the official.

The seven members were consulting with Electronic Arts on the game “Medal of Honor: Warfighter,” according to the official. The game touts that it is developed with the help of former and active duty commandos.

"Naval Special Warfare (NSW) takes all allegations of misconduct seriously and conducts investigations to determine the facts. We likewise take seriously the Non-Disclosure Agreements signed by Sailors and adherence to the articles of the Uniformed Code of Military Justice,” said Rear Adm. Garry Bonelli, Deputy Commander of the Naval Special Warfare Center in a statement given to Security Clearance.

"We do not tolerate deviations from the policies that govern who we are and what we do as Sailors in the United States Navy. The non-judicial punishment decisions made today send a clear message throughout our Force that we are and will be held to a high standard of accountability,” Bonelli, said.

The disclosure of the extra curricular activities of the SEALs comes on the heels of recently retired SEAL who was on the bin Laden raid and wrote a book about the operation.

The publication of the book released a firestorm of complaints toward the author by the Pentagon which said the book revealed secret information about how the SEALs operate. Pentagon officials threatened the author with legal action if the book was published.

To date there has been no further action toward the author Matt Bissonette, who wrote the book under the name Mark Owen.
I haven't broken out the ol' Picard Facepalm in a while, but if this isn't an appropriate moment to do so, I do not know what is:

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Making money on the side by leaking classified information to the press or a foreign government would be bad enough, but leaking it to a fucking videogame developer is just kind of sad.
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Yeah, I think this is being blown way out of proportion. The whole 'showing their offical combat gear'? Seriously? There are entire websites dedicated to taking a current picture of any special operations type and breaking down the exact make up of their gear and weapon attachments. From exactly what plate carrier they are using, to if it's an EOTech 551 or 552 that's sitting atop the rail of their Daniel Defense M-4A1 with a free float barrel, with an attached Surefire M-951 and PEQ-15.

And tactics, nothing else new there. Speed, surprise, accuracy, and overwhelming fire superiority; those are the tactics boiled down to their most simple.
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Foreign governments probably know our tactical plans already. How many foreign soldiers have we trained? How many of those are trustworthy?

Besides, this'll teach every soldier that the government has a monopoly of information.
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Its because the SEALS in question never went through the proper channels with the Navy to get permission to work on the project. This is really just a giant slap on the wrist to restore discipline and what not.
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Admiral Drason wrote:Its because the SEALS in question never went through the proper channels with the Navy to get permission to work on the project. This is really just a giant slap on the wrist to restore discipline and what not.
Yeah, does the US actually have a problem with people seeing their military in action? From what I can tell they'll loan their men out to any production that is patriotic and pro-military enough, fuck they'll make their own movies with -supposedly- accurate tactics.
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Admiral Drason wrote:Its because the SEALS in question never went through the proper channels with the Navy to get permission to work on the project. This is really just a giant slap on the wrist to restore discipline and what not.
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Scrib wrote:
Admiral Drason wrote:Its because the SEALS in question never went through the proper channels with the Navy to get permission to work on the project. This is really just a giant slap on the wrist to restore discipline and what not.
Yeah, does the US actually have a problem with people seeing their military in action? From what I can tell they'll loan their men out to any production that is patriotic and pro-military enough, fuck they'll make their own movies with -supposedly- accurate tactics.
Medal of Honor is an exception though, the military explicitly pulled all support when it looked like you might be able to play as the Taliban.
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