Current Events > Trump's 'secret' trip to Iraq exposed a covert Navy Seal deployment for vanity..

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https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-navy-seal-iraq-video-1272102

President Donald Trump and the White House communications team revealed that a U.S. Navy SEAL team was deployed to Iraq after the president secretly traveled to the region to meet with American forces serving in a combat zone for the first time since being elected to office.

While the commander-in-chief can declassify information, usually the specific special operations unit is not revealed to the American public, especially while U.S. service members are deployed. Official photographs and videos typically blur the individual faces of special operation forces, due to the sensitive nature of their job.

The presidents video posted Wednesday did not shield the faces of special operation forces. Current and former Defense Department officials told Newsweek that information concerning what units are deployed and where is almost always classified and is a violation of operational security.
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Malcolm Nance, a former U.S. Navy intelligence specialist with experience in Iraq told Newsweek on Wednesday that posting the video was a break from traditional procedures that are usually strictly enforced and designed to safeguard the identities of U.S. special operation forces, especially when deployed to a combat zone.

Operational security is the most important aspect of personnel deployments. The real names, faces, and identities, of personnel involved in special operations or activities, are usually a closely held secret in a combat zone, Nance said. Revealing them casually, through an unusual media exposure even if its the commander in chief, would prove a propaganda boom if any of this personnel are detained by a hostile government or captured by a terrorist group. There would be no denying who you are and what you do.
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The deployments of special operation forces, including Navy SEALs are almost classified events, as to protect those men and women that are on the front lines of every overt and covert conflict the United States is involved in, a Defense Department official told Newsweek on condition of anonymity.

Even during special operation demonstrations for congressional delegations or for the president or vice president, personnel either have their faces covered or their face is digitally blurred prior to a release to the general public, the official said. "I don't recall another time where special operation forces had to pose with their faces visible while serving in a war zone, the Pentagon official added.

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Orange man bad
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He'll get them killed and his people will still love him.
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SquirrelyDan posted...

He'll get them killed and his people will still love him.

best and greatest president trump sent our soldiers to heaven and closer to god more quickly than if they just hung around on earth for longer
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ThyCorndog posted...

SquirrelyDan posted...

He'll get them killed and his people will still love him.

best and greatest president trump sent our soldiers to heaven and closer to god more quickly than if they just hung around on earth for longer

Exactly. "Obama tried to give Americans health insurance so they'd live longer. EVIL BASTARD!"
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God damn
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I wonder if they'll be allowed to get tattoos and tell their families what they do for a living now. I mean, Trump told everyone anyways.
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Literally "at Al Asad Air Base in Iraq."
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