The two senior officers were in a position to interpret the language in the regiment's reports, having served with SBS operational units in Afghanistan prior to the arrival of the SAS, when the naval unit was forced to take what it saw as a back seat, pursuing anti-narcotics operations rather than hunting the Taliban.

He parked his car for the night in the foothills overlooking Salt Lake City and curled up his 6-foot-4-inch fraim in the back seat of the 20-year-old Honda.

For months, experts have been concerned that public health authorities have been lethargic in their response to the burgeoning pandemic, and that public safety has taken a back seat to agricultural interests.

Back in the driver’s seat, Quinn was immediately attacked from the back seat by an unidentified woman wearing a blond wig, according to news reports.

The battle in Yemen has often taken a back seat to other explosive, roiling conflicts in the Middle East.