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The Navy SEAL Who Went to Ukraine Because He Couldn t Stop Fighting – WSJ

By Thomas A. Smith

Mr. Swift died while still a SEAL, though AWOL, in a war to which the U.S. hasn t committed troops. This has complicated his family s effort to collect benefits from Washington.

A Navy spokesman said Mr. Swift was considered to be an active deserter at the time of his death, and that we cannot speculate as to why the former Sailor was in Ukraine. The Pentagon has yet to make a ruling on the family s petition.

On Feb. 11, several SEALs attended Mr. Swift s funeral in Oregon. In a video viewed by the Journal, one by one they punched metal SEAL pins into the surface of his casket, a SEAL ritual to the fallen.

via www.wsj.com