Special Operations Command Chief Issues Warning That After 10 Years Of War US Special Forces Are Showing Signs Of 'Fraying'

Photo: Special Operations Command chief Adm. William McRaven

McRaven: US Special Forces 'Fraying' After Decade Of War -- The Hill

On the two-year anniversary of the daring U.S. special operations raid that killed Osama bin Laden, America's cadre of elite troops are starting to buckle after more than a decade of constant combat.

Even before the May 2011 Navy SEAL raid on bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, U.S. special operations forces had already shown signs of fraying, according to Special Operations Command chief Adm. William McRaven.

"That fraying has [only] accelerated" during McRaven's tenure as command chief, he said Thursday during a speech at the Wilson Center in Washington.

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