in the history of the seal teams or the military has ever had general court-martial conviction for a photo like this. one of the things that we intend to bring out through this process is how many officers who serve on admiral green s staff, how many officers and senior seals are there out there that also have photos like this? if you want to enforce this standard, you are going to do it teams. brian: absolutely. tim parlatore great work. we will see what happens now. i hope they vote to let him keep his trident and we can move on. thanks so much. thank you. brian: we reached tout to the navy but we did not hear back. meanwhile, straight ahead, we change gears. let s talk a little politics. elizabeth warren declaring war on the wealthy at last night s debate. i m tired of free loading billionaires. i think it s time that we ask those at the very top to pay more. brian: right, free loading billionaires. i can t stand it. is that the winning strategy? two former advisors to
the admiral year seeing the navy s.e.a.l.s refers to navy core values what does this stem from, what are the charges? hi, brooke. you will remember there have been a number of very high profile cases of misconduct in the elite navy s.e.a.l.s organization, allegations of alcohol use, sexual assault, misconduct on the battlefield, a whole slew of events. that led colin green, the head of navy s.e.a.l.s to write a memo a couple weeks ago saying, we have a problem. that got worldwide attention actually, and green ordered fixes within days. and now today we have admiral
he s trying to reinstill discipline. it is one thing for navy s.e.a.l.s to be the commandos who operate fairly secretly around the world, the toughest of the tough doing the jobs that are so difficult that no one else can do, but what admiral green is saying to the navy, and saying to the navy s.e.a.l.s, you are not that special, you have to adhere to discipline, you are part of the military community. and your duty, this is really his message, your duty is not to your teammates, not to protect them, but your duty is to the country honor, duty, courage, commitment, he s trying to reinstill this, the s.e.a.l.s know they have a big problem, admiral green knows he has to do something to fix it. brooke. bash remark thank you very much. coming up next, a fascinating take on why the trump presidency may be good for progressive change in this country. the author of a cnn opinion
green s new memo about just how very unhappy he is about what s going on, and what hen watts to do about it, let me start with him saying right off 9 top, he says, our force has drifted from our navy core values of honor, courage and commitment and he says it s due to a lack of action at all levels of leadership. he goes on to say, the drift stop now, it doesn t get much tougher than that. the actions admiral green is ordering, there will be more direct oversight over any allegations of misconduct, more attention paid to issues of misconduct involving sexual assault, alcohol abuse, more attention paid to issues like suicide, discipline action will be very heavily regulated. even grooming standards that s.e.a.l.s have to show up to work on base in their uniforms with the correct haircuts and grooming standards.