Thanks for the reply.
1. I don't recall him referring to himself as Sp Ops anywhere in person (two occasions) or his very few posts here. I confess to not being an expert in Mil. acronyms and abbreviations.
2. If he IS Sp Ops but badly wounded and sure to be discharged for that reason, his cover is no longer an issue.
3. I'd rather have great fighters than great spellers in our uniforms, if I have to make the choice. I'd rather have a crude article posted by a genuine soldier in a battle zone--than a perfect article posted by a fraud.
4. I don't see anything that I consider compromise of security or strategy--and I am VERY touchy on that topic.
5. I could be wrong but am certain I am right unless proven otherwise.
I am an expert--that's what socomofficer is 'Special Operations Command'. While he could just be a pogue attached to a spec ops unit, he has posted about 'being on the front in Iraq' (there ain't no front) and 'taking light casualties (I have been in the Army a while and no one would ever use that term). So, yes, he is claiming to be a spec ops officer....
2. If he IS Sp Ops but badly wounded and sure to be discharged for that reason, his cover is no longer an issue.
That's not for him to decide. Besides, he wasn't wounded when all those pictures were taken and he gave out his name.
3. I'd rather have great fighters than great spellers in our uniforms, if I have to make the choice. I'd rather have a crude article posted by a genuine soldier in a battle zone--than a perfect article posted by a fraud.
It's incumbent that the spec ops officers in the theater speak a little arabic--I don't think a real one would botch transliterating 'Al Qaeda'. Besides, no one refers to the insurgents as that over there. If you want to get technical, they are 'former Baathists'. Besides, actual spec ops officers are doggone smart...
4. I don't see anything that I consider compromise of security or strategy--and I am VERY touchy on that topic.
Only, y'know, his picture, his name and rank and the information that he was just wounded in an attack. Oh, yeah--and the name and rank of another guy in his unit. I'm sorry--you're being swindled.