policy
T he E volution
of
U.S. S pecial F orces
Imagine a plot summary reading session on Ben Affleck’s 2012 Argo, only this
time the guest speakers are actual former military with real-life experience both in
the field and in the boardrooms of the Pentagon & White House. On Tuesday, Feb-
ruary 13th, Retired Lieutenant General Jim Huggins and former Navy SEAL Chris
Fussell transported the ballroom at the Junior League through time - from the
humiliating failure of the Iranian Hostage Crisis to the horrifying scenes of smoke
rising from lower Manhattan as the Twin Towers collapsed in front of our eyes, and
finally to war-ravaged Iran and Afghanistan – all in their attempt to the answer the
question: how has the U.S. Special Forces changed since 9/11?
38 iF Magazine | March 2018