I get that the Chief was toxic to team morale. I get that he was blood thirsty. I get that some frogs have claimed he killed innocents. I get that he became toxic within the teams. I get it. The problem is that the SEALs have become Sea Rangers (hat tip to Travis Mcgee/Matt Bracken) and not a special operations unit. They take down airports instead of the Army Rangers. They get embedded into regular troop units. They get assign mundane chores. They simple no longer represent special operations. Much of that the SEALs used to do can now be done with precision munitions and specialized surveillance systems. Instead of finding unique and specialized missions, the SEALs have been assigned regular troop tasks.
Toss in that the SEALs have been receiving far less adult supervision, and you have a toxic environment that the Chief simply took advantage of.
Toss in the fact that Gallagher was on his EIGHTH TOUR to Iraq/ Afghan
Think he might have seen the enemy at their worst and been a little “ distrustful” of them? Even those hijabi clad women collecting intelligence on, delivering explosives and helping kill Americans for allah
i.e. to a hammer, everything is a nail, as it should be. But don’t toss a hammer into an environment rich in eggs. And don’t blame the hammer when you suddenly have the makings for a lot of omelettes.