An image taken from the website of Eric Greitens’s campaign for governor of Missouri, which prominently features his experience in the Navy SEALs.
New York Times: Rift Among Navy SEALs Over Members Who Cash In on Brand
Eric Greitens’s bid for governor of Missouri hinges on his experience as a Navy SEALs member, which he has chronicled in three books and promotes on his campaign web site, where he is pictured wearing his combat uniform, holding a rifle. “In the SEALs we learned, ‘there is no prize for second place in a gunfight,’ ” he said recently on Twitter.
Now Mr. Greitens, seeking the Republican nomination, finds himself in a battle with some former comrades, who charged in a slickly produced YouTube video that he exaggerated his record and was unduly benefiting from his time in the SEALs. The dispute lays bare a widening rift among Navy SEALs, provoked by what leaders and many in the ranks describe as rampant commercial and personal exploitation of a brotherhood that once prized discretion.
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WNU Editor: We are living in a different time. U.S. Defense Secretaries, Generals and Admirals, even regular soldiers .... many do not have a problem in exploiting their military career for profit. Some write a book, some join companies and use their contacts in the U.S. Defense department to push a product, some start companies .... everyone is after a buck (or more).