Our Rotten Navy Promotion System

A Marine sniper serving throughout the Afghanistan evacuation not too long ago gave testimony to the Home Overseas Affairs Committee on the Afghanistan evacuation. His ache was palpable. A revelation price analyzing was his identification of the doable suicide bomber previous to the incident. After the sniper, Sgt Vargas-Andrews, confirmed the goal with a number of companies, he requested his Battalion Commander, LtCol Whited, for permission to shoot. The reply from Whited, one by which Vargas-Andrews mentioned he’ll always remember, was, "I do not know."