We also have lots of guys who have deployed numerous times in the last fifteen years. The burden has fallen unevenly on special ops.
Yes, it has. I think the reason for that is Special Ops can be referred to as ‘advisors’ so they don’t have to admit ‘boots on the ground’. I still tear up when I think of all those SEALs lost on ONE helicopter in Afghanistan. I would LOVE to know who made the decision to put them all on ONE helicopter and who actually authorized that mission.