SEAL Scandal Shadows Pentagon Appointment
Hell Week scandal follows Brad Geary to Washington, derailing top Navy job
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A decorated Navy SEAL captain who once oversaw the unit’s elite training pipeline has had a high-level Pentagon job offer quietly rescinded amid political backlash and renewed attention to his role in the 2022 death of a SEAL trainee.
Brad Geary, who recently retired after 25 years in the SEAL teams, had been tapped to serve as chief of staff to the undersecretary of the Navy, a powerful behind-the-scenes post that would have made him a gatekeeper and senior advisor to the Navy’s No. 2 civilian leader.
Geary’s appointment, which had not been publicly announced, was shelved after conc…