[Covenantor]

Good work Jeff. (As always)

Because of your background work and writing and frankly, because while scrolling just now I spotted your post, I have a question.

The photo above marks the arrival of the four coffins of those that died in the Benghazi Consulate/Annex assault. Notice that the Honor Guard Pall Bearers are all US Marines, while the color guard represents all the services.

Glen Dorrity and Tyrone Woods were both former US Navy SEALS, Sean Smith IIRC was former US Air Force. Ambassador Stevens as far as I know had no armed services background.

So my question is this. Isn't the usual protocol to have members of the fallen's service to act as the Honor Guard?

There's the dark imp of my mind that suggests the all Marine composition is political theater, yet Mr. Woods statements today suggest that this may be so and not just imagining.

[Jeff Head]

Well, I cannot rightly say why they did it exactly as they did in this instance. US Marines are a part of the US Navy...but they are not SEALS themselves.

Let me ping Travis McGee here, a former US Navy SEAL himself and ask him.

Trav...do you know why this particular honor guard is set up the way it was, with US Marines carring the SEALS, Sean Smith and Stevens? Is that SOP?