Please name me ONE other person who, as President of the United States, would be so decisive and handle this the way Trump just did! ‘Get back to business.
Perfect!
We have ourselves a great guy in the oval office!
Getting Chief out of the the Detention Center and giving him back his rank was perfect. Getting deeper into the woods and making a decision as to whether or not Chief stays in the teams... not so much in my opinion. I think CIC is out of line here. 154 SEALs and SWCCs had their pins pulled by the Trident Review Board (TRB) since 2011. If Chief DIDN’T go to TRB, everyone else would firmly believe he was getting special treatment... which is what it would be. I firmly believe Chief knew he was going to go in front of the TRB with the POSSIBILITY of loosing his pin. He’s going to TRB with three other frogs, all officers, all within his chain of command or who were there. Please keep this in mind... the admiral initiated the board, but he is NOT a part of the board and he only acts on the board’s recommendation. The board is made up of Chief’s peers and if they say he keeps his pin, he keeps it. If they rescind it, it’s gone.
I will say there have been folks in front of the TRB who lost their pins for much worse things than taking a pic of an enemy combatant. Chief has a pretty good chance here I think.
No lawyers involved, he can’t introduce evidence... he’s pretty much at their mercy.