Former Navy SEAL Dan Crenshaw is demanding answers after claims were made an unqualified female airman was pushed through special tactics officer training after quitting in the hope she would be the first woman ever to complete the elite course.
The claims were made in an anonymous email that was posted to Instagram and subsequently shared by Crenshaw, now a Republican U.S. Rep for Texas.
The trainee was allowed to repeatedly quit then rejoin the training 'pipeline' and was offered an 'unheard of' special assignment in one of the military's most elite units in the hope of encouraging her to keep going.
'We cannot sacrifice training standards. Ever. Full stop,' Crenshaw wrote on Twitter. 'If this account is true, our military needs to address it now.'
The Air Force is also now calling for an investigation by the Inspector General over claims preferential treatment was given to the the female captain who was hoping to become the first female elite special tactics airman.
According to the accuser, who has remained anonymous, a female captain was given more favorable treatment than is typical under 'societal norms' for airmen undergoing special tactics selection and training.
Special tactics airmen, under 24th Special Operations Wing, make up the service's ground combat forces and embed with SEALs, Army Rangers and Marine Raiders to help call in airstrikes, provide medical care and recover wounded and slain personnel.
The training is as tough as it gets with the two-year...
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