After War Zone Scandals, Special Operators Are Curbing Deployments and Investing in Ethics Training
After War Zone Scandals, Special Operators Are Curbing Deployments and Investing in Ethics Training A U.S. Army Special Forces soldier qualifies at a stress shoot range at Ft. Carson, Colorado, Mar. 10, 2016. (U.S. Army/Sgt. Connor Mendez) 12 Apr 2021 In the world of special operations, the moral choices troops must make are "definitely not black and white," Robert Mitchell, associate dean for Joint Special Operations University, acknowledged. But in recent years, some special operations forces have pushed the envelope on "gray area" behavior, acting in ways that are clearly unethical or ille...