My dear chap, if Gethin Chamberlain wishes to continue his well documented and endless anti-US rhetoric using the sensationalism of a bloody and thankless military task, that's entirely his affair. But when he purports to report this as "news" he can expect to be challenged. Finding a quote from some red-blooded and loud mouthed adolescent who still gets a buzz from taking out the bad guys is hardly the pinnacle of journalistic integrity or even difficult (in any Army), but reporting it in a manner to deliberately undermine the confidence of Joint US/UK Operations and further his personal and long running agenda of America bashing is seditious and provides comfort to those who would harm us.
In over twenty years of Military service it was an honour to work with a small number of reporters who had a clear understanding of the responsibilities of journalistic integrity, and fully understood the impact that lazy, opinionated, Murdochesque reporting could have on Military morale. My guess would be that number is even smaller today.
And just a minor distinction, getting his ass shot off is entirely his choice, a choice that the deployed Military personnel currently do not enjoy.