Personally, I believe the special operators are the most likely group in the military to be "in on the plan." I don't think rank and file or NG would have any idea. SpecOps have worked in secrecy all their lives. It's part of what makes them worthy of being selected.

The service plans to brief Capitol Hill in the coming days on the reductions. Mostly, the Army plans to cut special-operations troops in supporting roles such as psychological warfare, civil affairs, intelligence operators, communications troops, logistics and other so-called enablers, U.S. military officials said. The cuts would follow the reallocation last year of more than 700 special-operations troops from the Army and other services. In sum, the cuts to the Pentagon’s umbrella Special Operations Command would amount to about 3,700 troops since last year.

If I were to hazard a guess, this is an effort to weaken them, because they know what's up.

u/#afraid