How a Green Beret’s Hazing Led to Murder Charges for Elite Troops

Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast/GettyNORFOLK, Virginia—The killing started out as a joke.None of the Navy SEALs or Marine Raiders based in Mali in 2017 took seriously the idea of getting a prostitute or even the suggestion that one of the local guards sexually assault their Army Special Forces teammate as payback for ditching them. At least not until all four were all lined up outside Army Staff Sgt. Logan Melgar’s door with two rolls of duct tape and a sledge hammer.At that po