" "hate them , but wanna be them" attitude. In a way the SEALS are a victim of their own success from what I have read." is probably pretty true. Part of the problem with being so mission oriented is that not a lot else matters after awhile---that is why it has taken us so long to get a *** Admiral---most SEAL Os of yor just didn't care, except people like Smith, but it was so obvious that that was all he cared about.
I think there is probably something to your last sentence also---people are really surprised when we start talking tech etc particularly in Fasri
Good Luck, I think you've got it.