Milbloggers on Hugh Hewitt

I love me some milbloggers, boy howdy:

HH: Of course not. I've been reading the comments at your site, and they're heart-wrenching, especially from a sister of a SEAL, or sister in law. My sister cannot even call some of the other wives for fear that these women may not have gotten the telephone call that she did last night. Her husband's CO's wife called all the wives of the team to let them know that their husbands were okay, but she wanted them all to get together very soon. In all the years my sister's been the wife of a SEAL, she has not once ever received a call like that, even though she knows her husband it okay. Although he knows all of those killed, she's sick at the thought of those who perished. Matt, describe for the civilian community, what this community is like, and what the impact of this is.

MH: Well, I mean as you can imagine, you know, the SEAL team community is extremely small. And just about everybody knows everybody. The way that...the teams are structured in a way that, you know, everybody holds each other accountable in the sense that everybody wants to be the best, because you know, your reputation is your most valuable asset in the team. Everybody, if you're a good SEAL, everybody knows it. And if you're not, everybody knows it. It's an extremely tight-knit family. We have reunions every year on the West Coast and the East Coast in the summertime, where we have, you know, guys that were on UDT and naval combat demolition units back from, you know, World War II days, D-Day guys. Guys from Korea. Guys from Vietnam. My father in law was in Vietnam.

Stand-up Americans, for sure.