Special operators are bitterly fighting over the latest Medal of Honor announcement

Reuters

• President Donald Trump announced on Monday that he would award retired Navy SEAL Britt Slabinski the Medal of Honor for his actions during a 2002 battle in Afghanistan.
• Slabinski rallied his team to attempt a rescue after one SEAL fell out of the helicopter during the initial insertion, led a frontal assault on enemy positions, and repeatedly exposed himself.
• But members of the Air Force and Naval Special Warfare communities have taken sides and offered competing versions of events.

The White House announced on Monday that President Donald Trump would award retired Navy SEAL Britt Slabinski the Medal of Honor for his actions during the 2002 Battle of Roberts Ridge in Afghanistan.

On March 4, 2002, then-Senior Chief Slabinski was leading a seven-man reconnaissance team tasked with reaching a 10,469-foot peak, where his SEALs and an Air Force combat controller, Tech Sgt. John Chapman, could call in intelligence and direct air strikes.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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