"""From the minute you get in, they teach you that you cannot be successful on your own - it takes a team. """

What a steaming pantload.  In my Military the weak aka (WIMPS) and useless got left behind in boot camp and the Combat Arms School.  They were there to weed the undesirables out.  Only the driven and fit got to soldier on then you became a team.
Sajjan may have misspoken but he is still one hell of a soldier and is entitled to one mistake.

""" it was about throwing "the team" under the bus."""   How did you get thrown under the bus.  How did it affect you in any way??