My non-disclosure didn’t only refer to officially classified information. In our case, many SEAL tricks are very easily countered if the enemy knows where to look. After VN, it was 20 years before any detailed personal histories were written, and even then, a lot of folks were upset, because the same tricks were still in use. Not “classified,” just simple tricks.
The big wave rebounding around the ST community today has to do with the SEAL ethos of NEVER COMPROMISING OUR TACTICS, because they are so easy to counter, that their compromise will result in dead SEALs. “Mark Owen” is not going to get a pass on this one, nor should he.
And BTW, I worked for such a soooooper dooooper way above top secret unit, that you don’t even know the name of the city it was near, blah blah blah, (my BS meter is pegged).
Oh, that would be “EEFI,” and I see nothing like that in the SEAL book. . .but them again, hmmmm. . .seems I recall your books reveal methods. . .hmmm. .
“...I worked for such a soooooper dooooper way above top secret unit, that you don’t even know the name of the city it was near...” LOL. Yeah, that’s about it. Well, I worked for an organization that EVERYBODY’S heard of, and we had secrets coming out of our asses. And as you pointed out down thread, ANY information is useful in a particular context. Not to mention E-8s don’t get to pick and chose what they think should be classified and what shouldn’t, I don’t care how many sea stories they’ve got to tell...