Navy Must Do More to Protect SWCC Crews from Shock Trauma, IG Finds

Naval Special Warfare Command is not doing enough to protect special warfare combat crew members from traumatic brain injuries and musculoskeletal damage on small Combatant Craft Assault boats, the Defense Department’s top watchdog agency found. A 16-page report, published March 30 by the Defense Department Inspector General, found the Navy has yet to implement recommended modifications and retrofits to make the boats safer despite documented injury risks due to the boat’s rigid hull slamming repeatedly against choppy waves and blast pressure from weapons firing. Instead, the report said, the Navy rolled out a research protocol last year to study the