The Pentagon’s command for elite special operations forces is examining how repeated deployments to the Middle East during the war on terror have impacted the forces' core values and how to preserve the lessons of the nearly 18-year fight after completing an initial review. The evaluation followed a spate of disciplinary incidents.
The US Special Operations Command “is undertaking an assessment of the cumulative effects of over seventeen years of continuous combat,” the elite command wrote to Congress in February. The command said the effort includes “increased support on organizational culture and values.”
