Colonel Mike Copenhayer, while not technically an “operator,” has spent a lot of time in SOF units, most likely screwing up awards, losing promotion packets, and generally making it as difficult as possible for the guys on the tip of the spear to do their job.
As the personnel officer who has been the J1 at the Joint Special Operations Command and G1 at the US Army Special Operations Command, he is part of the bureaucracy that has made life exceedingly difficult for a huge percentage of all Special Operations Force soldiers.Not satisfied with only a mere “huge percentage,” Colonel Copenhayer sought to go further by writing “The Integration of Minorities into Special Operations: How Cultural Diversity Enhances Operations” while attending the United States Army War College.
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