Army Allegedly Issued ‘gag order’ to Silence Green Berets

Coach is Right ^ | September 19, 2015 | Jim Emerson, staff writer

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FOXNEWS was the first to publicly report the Army’s decision to kick out 11-year Green Beret Sgt First Class (SFC) Charles Martland. On September 11, Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif a member of the House Armed Services Committee, blasted Army leadership for issuing an alleged “gag order” forbidding them talking about the discharge of SFC Martland. The congressman said “more troubling” is that he’s learned “Army leadership has pushed a ‘gag order’ … prohibiting both the Chain of Command and soldiers from speaking to anyone regarding the case.” If true such a gag order would be a gross violation of 10 U.S. Code § 1034 – Protected communications; prohibition of retaliatory personnel actions.

(a) Restricting Communications with Members of Congress and Inspector General Prohibited.—

(1) No person may restrict a member of the armed forces communicating with a Member of Congress or an Inspector General.
(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to a communication that is unlawful..

Senior Leadership probably wishes this would all just go away and doubtless it would were it not for the determination of Rep Hunter. Issuing a “gag order” is a crime in itself having severe consequences on the command and any legal advisors. Unlike most members of Congress, Rep. Hunter is a vet.

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The Sargent should have settled this in private late at night. He would still be a Sargent.

[Nachum]

We have a lot of undoing to do, come 2016-17.

You betcha.