So, try getting into a missile silo. That's paid for with tax dollars as well. Maybe we should allow anyone in there.
Why not the allow people to walk into the oval office?
Never mind, you're right, the Capitol is also a building where mass death & destruction is launched from.
> Why not the allow people to walk into the oval office?
They do. Call up your congressman and get set up a schedule.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/tours-event...
They still want to keep up the illusion that the government works for the people.
Basically anyone could get in there if they want, but they probs don't want to because knocking over a wrench could easily set the whole place on fire in a conflagration of missile fuel
I served in the Marines with people from Marine Corps Security Forces. If you go anywhere near a nuclear silo there is a Security Forces Quick Response Force platoon that has already been tracking you and is on their way to intercept you. If you somehow overwhelm a Security Forces platoon you will now need to face the onslaught of the rest of the Security Forces Regiment, all of which are classified as part of Special Operations capabilities within the Marine Corps.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_Corps_Security_Force_Re...
That must make the ordinary operations feel bad they don’t get to be special.
Keep in mind I come from the Marines and our base ideologies are wildly different from the rest of the services.
I've served with people in line companies (what you refer to as "normal operations") that definitely take issue with the fact that Special Operations, and Special Operations Command, receive more funding and by proxy better gear and training.
Special Operations as a broad term generally ends up referring to a level of training and gear. I served with former Force Recon Marines who had more extensive training in Close Quarters Battle (CQB), foreign weapons, field trauma and medical, linguists, etc... in addition to better selection of weapons, lighter/better gear, etc... Note that these members still serve the actual Marine Corps. Each branch maintains it's own "special operations capabilities" and if memory serves me correctly these are mandates by Congress.
I only have one friend that actually serves in Special Operations Command as a Marine. The difference with him is a broader set of training. For instance you won't go to some in-house training if they need a comms specialist, they will send you to college. They have personal trainers, dieticians, and different height/weight/grooming standards than the rest of the services. Their gear selection is essentially whatever they prefer. These people work for Special Operations Command and are only loosely responsible to the branches they joined under.
Even the average Marine line company is trained regularly in guerilla operations. They organize without formations or with very loose ones, they're cross-trained heavily with other MOS', and they're taught to thrive in very minimalist and harsh environments for which they train year round as part of the 24 hour response programs.
Special Operations capabilities and SOCOM are just sharper versions of the same spear in my view. Unfortunately, that's not really what SOCOM was supposed to be about, but nonetheless that's part of their job. SOCOM also does anti-terrorism operations across the globe from small incidents or recon you might never hear about to interdiction operations of high value targets or rescues.