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When the military looks for innovation, it typically turns to its special operators – those elite forces on the cutting edge of new equipment, tactics and techniques. So if a new program here proves as successful as expected in helping Navy SEALs and their families cope with multiple deployments, officials hope to expand it, not just throughout the special operations community, but military-wide. Several hundred SEALs and their support forces just back from deployments, as well as their family members, will take off next weekend for four days at a popular resort. The retreat is part of a unique new Naval Special Warfare Group 1 program to build resiliency within the force, explained Wally Graves III, the group’s family support coordinator. Few military units are as heavily stressed as special operators. These elite forces … Read entire article »