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Marine Officer Charged with 6 Crimes for Criticizing Biden's Afghanistan Withdrawal
The Western Journal ^ | October 7, 2021 | Jack D

Posted on 10/07/2021 3:25:17 PM PDT by Hostage

The Marine Corps has filed six charges against Marine Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller over his passionate attack on the leadership mistakes that marked the debacle of the Afghanistan withdrawal.

Scheller will face a misdemeanor-level special court-martial, according to Fox News.

The charges were referred by Maj. Gen. Julian D. Alford, and came a day after Scheller was released from the brig at Camp LeJeune, North Carolina.

Scheller ripped into senior military leadership in a series of videos and posts that began on the day a terrorist attack killed 13 U.S. service members in Kabul. He noted in his final Facebook post that he was defying orders to stop his public comments.

Scheller is accused of displaying contempt toward officials, disrespecting superior commissioned officers, willfully disobeying a superior commissioned officer, dereliction in the performance of his duties, failure to obey an order or regulation, and displaying conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman.

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To: Hostage

He’s not a soldier at all.


61 posted on 10/07/2021 6:25:57 PM PDT by Bruce Campbells Chin
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To: Hostage
He was a stellar soldier Marine for about 18 years....

Never refer to a Marine as a soldier. It's considered a slur and an insult. The Marine Corps has Marines. The army has soldiers. So endeth the lesson. Semper Fi.

62 posted on 10/07/2021 6:29:06 PM PDT by AlaskaErik (In time of peace, prepare for war.)
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To: M Kehoe

A Special Court Martial is not a Captain’s Mast/NJP/Office Hours. It is an actual Article 32 court-martial.


63 posted on 10/07/2021 6:32:23 PM PDT by Bruce Campbells Chin
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To: damper99

That’s funny. I presided over three as a Major, all by my lonesome.

Indeed, some specials have a panel as you state, and counsel is allowed.

Max of 1 year ( misdemeanor) confinement, forfeiture of three months pay if I recall and possibly a BCD.


64 posted on 10/07/2021 6:39:53 PM PDT by Manly Warrior (US ARMY (Ret), "No Free Lunches for the Dogs of War" )
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To: AlaskaErik

Soldier, like Marine Sailor or Airmen is capitalized.


65 posted on 10/07/2021 6:41:08 PM PDT by Manly Warrior (US ARMY (Ret), "No Free Lunches for the Dogs of War" )
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To: AlaskaErik

Well call me soldier.

I was in the Navy.

But yeah, good point. I’m sloppy when tired.


66 posted on 10/07/2021 7:11:24 PM PDT by Hostage (Article V)
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To: Grampa Dave

Appears some confusion and who knows what the reporter knows if anything.

Confusion is UCMJ vs. Special Court Martial.


67 posted on 10/07/2021 7:13:23 PM PDT by Hostage (Article V)
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To: Hostage

Will he get the Big Chicken Diner with that?


68 posted on 10/07/2021 8:37:52 PM PDT by Delta 21 (Quarantine the sick. Protect the vulnerable. Hang the guilty. Free everyone else.)
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To: Manly Warrior

69 posted on 10/07/2021 8:50:06 PM PDT by Delta 21 (Quarantine the sick. Protect the vulnerable. Hang the guilty. Free everyone else.)
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To: Hostage

He resigned his commission and the command refused it. They had an official gag order on him. He was under investigation for his remarks and it was progressing and he was ordered to stand down and he took to social media at his 1st opportunity. So they arrested him and threw him in the brig.


70 posted on 10/07/2021 8:55:42 PM PDT by Delta 21 (Quarantine the sick. Protect the vulnerable. Hang the guilty. Free everyone else.)
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To: OwenKellogg

Same here. He’s a pompous jerk-off.


71 posted on 10/08/2021 5:28:28 AM PDT by paddles ("The more corrupt the state, the more it legislates." Tacitus)
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To: Seruzawa

Court Martial cannot reduce the rank of a commissioned officer.


72 posted on 10/08/2021 6:00:38 AM PDT by ops33 (SMSgt, USAF, Retired)
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To: AlaskaErik
Never refer to a Marine as a soldier. It's considered a slur and an insult. The Marine Corps has Marines. The army has soldiers. So endeth the lesson. Semper Fi.

That's one of those things that leads me to discount anything else that person may say about military culture, etc.. If you aren't familiar with the basic distinction between "soldier" and "Marine", then you lack the requisite background knowledge to have an informed opinion about the rest of it.

Semper Fi.

73 posted on 10/08/2021 7:08:34 AM PDT by Bruce Campbells Chin
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To: midwest_hiker
Retired officers speaking out has always been treated differently. Active duty...Vindemann was a weasel who knew how to take advantage of a claim of whistleblowing, and did it under the shield of passing info to Congress. Scheller, in contrast, just charged straight into that machine gun without getting any cover or concealment. Didn't give any help to those who might otherwise have tried to defend him.

You just can't say the stuff he said repeatedly, and in uniform. There were other ways that he might have been able to get away with it -- he just chose the worst.

74 posted on 10/08/2021 7:11:43 AM PDT by Bruce Campbells Chin
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To: Bruce Campbells Chin

Huu Ra!!


75 posted on 10/08/2021 7:12:30 AM PDT by New Perspective (#NotMyPresident -Proud father of a son with DS & fighting to keep him off biden's death panels.)
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To: Delta 21

A Special Court-Martial cannot impose a BCD on an officer.


76 posted on 10/08/2021 7:14:01 AM PDT by Bruce Campbells Chin
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To: M Kehoe

I feel for the guy but truthfully he would have been smarter to resign then unload on high command. He could be on the talk show circuit instead of rotting in the brig.


77 posted on 10/08/2021 7:23:45 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: dragnet2

The contrast here is too great. A slap on the wrist and keeping his pay/benefits and retirement, or spending many years in Fort Leavenworth, a DD and poverty.

I am reminded of Eddie Slovik. A deserter, he was chosen almost at random for execution, because at that point the Army morale was poor in the face of a German attack. So he was going to be executed to raise moral.

But then the Malmedy Massacre happened. They no longer needed to execute him, so were very honest and said to him:

“If you say you were lost and separated from your unit, you will be forgiven and sent back to your unit. But if you insist that you deserted and would do so again if given the chance, you will be executed.”

“But I wasn’t lost, I wanted to desert! And I would do it again!”, insisted Slovik.

Thus, having no other choice, they executed the dumbass.

****

There are some people who will always insist on it, for what they think is their “honor”, or politics, or religion. I knew a Marine who always thought honesty was such an absolute that he would take a bullet for dumb reasons.

I asked him what he would say if his gf/wife asked him if she was getting fat. Sure, I’d tell her that she looked like a sack of blubber, he said.

“Ashes to ashes, and dust to dust, son”, I replied.


78 posted on 10/08/2021 7:24:07 AM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy (Jen Psaki - The Ginger Goebbels)
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To: Hostage

You are not allowed to be political in a uniform. He did so many times.

He was told to stop. He did not.

And yes, he was right. But if you have ever worked in a big organization, call out the bosses failures in public is a sure way to end your career and face consequences.


79 posted on 10/08/2021 8:18:14 AM PDT by redgolum (If this is civilization, I will be the barbarian. )
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To: Hostage

He is a Marine and not a soldier (Army).


80 posted on 10/08/2021 8:19:05 AM PDT by Enlightened1
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