Marcus Luttrell and the BUD/S "Switch"
How a Texas congressman helped his twin brother cheat his way through SEAL training
There’s another story about flawed training that didn’t make it into my article last week about the myths of “Lone Survivor,” former Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell’s account of a 2005 ambush in the mountains of northeast Afghanistan. This one involves his identical twin brother, Rep. Morgan Luttrell, R-Texas.
Long before he emerged from a crowded GOP primary field and won a three-way race in the 2022 general election to represent the Houston suburbs, Rep. Luttrell helped his twin cheat his way through SEAL training. The caper the Luttrell brothers pulled off is legendary in Naval Special Warfare. At the same time, it raises more questions about whether Marcus Luttrell should ever have been on the mountain in Afghanistan.
It doesn’t take a feat of investigative reporting to find out what happened. Marcus Luttrell has told the story publicly more than once. His brother, Morgan, confirmed it in a 2021 video posted on his brother’s nonprofit, Team Never Quit. (Rep. Morgan L…