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Marine officer who blasted leaders over Afghanistan withdrawal now in the brig
Task & Purpose ^ | 9/27/21 | JEFF SCHOGOL

Posted on 09/27/2021 8:52:44 PM PDT by MAGA2017

Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller, the Marine officer whose meteoric rise to internet fandom began with a video criticizing military leadership over Afghanistan, is currently in the brig, his father told Task & Purpose.

“All our son did is ask the questions that everybody was asking themselves, but they were too scared to speak out loud,” said Stu Scheller Sr. “He was asking for accountability. I think he even asked for an apology that we made mistakes, but they couldn’t do that, which is mind-blowing.”

He said that his son is expected to appear before a military hearing on Thursday.

“They had a gag order on him and asked him not to speak,” the senior Scheller said. “He did, and they incarcerated him. They don’t know what to do with him.”

After this story was first published, the Marine Corps issued a statement confirming that Scheller has been sent to the brig.

“Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller Jr. is currently in pre-trial confinement in the Regional Brig for Marine Corps Installations East aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune pending an Article 32 preliminary hearing,” said Capt. Sam Stephenson, a spokesman for Training and Education Command. “The time, date, and location of the proceedings have not been determined. Lt. Col. Scheller will be afforded all due process.”

Scheller first gained notoriety when he posted a video on Facebook and Linkedin criticizing the handling of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. In the video, Scheller accused senior military leaders of shirking their responsibilities, and questioned some of the command decisions that were made leading up to, and during, the final moments of America’s longest war.

“People are upset because their senior leaders let them down, and none of them are raising their hands and accepting accountability or saying, ‘We messed this up,’” Scheller said.

(Excerpt) Read more at taskandpurpose.com ...


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KEYWORDS: 3rdthread; afghanistan; brig; marine; marines; scheller; scrolldown; usmc
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To: Scott from the Left Coast

https://www.brighteon.com/ffcf5913-4933-44dd-a555-6fc12e1a3125


21 posted on 09/27/2021 9:49:37 PM PDT by Dick Bachert
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To: Steve_Seattle; Pelham

Freepers live in Sean Hannity Glenn Beck self serving illusion land that fascism is actually leftism

Freeper logic means all right wing ideology is a OK

Franco,,,,a phalangist fascist would be amused to hear he’s a leftist now

Jeff Davis ditto to learn since by same insane reasoning that all dems are the same.....old Jeff must support transgenderism and abortion on demand and open borders same as Maxine waters.....

This sort of reductionist simplicity logic is for the uninquisitive dullards

And I like Franco for the record......fascist or not.....any catholic should appreciate Franco


22 posted on 09/27/2021 10:03:44 PM PDT by wardaddy (Fear Republic land of grumps and scolds peppered with good folks .....empathy always in short supply)
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To: wardaddy

My view of fascism is that it was nationalist socialism, whereas communism was internationalist socialism. But even in Soviet Russia, there was a kind of messianic view of Russia. The philosopher Berdyaev talked about it. Putin may have - sincerely or not - tried to tap into that old idea of Mother Russia.


23 posted on 09/27/2021 10:08:05 PM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: MAGA2017

How you know we have a communist regime........


24 posted on 09/27/2021 10:14:59 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin ( )
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To: DoughtyOne

The former gets an article 32 hearing, followed by a general court-martial, followed by a period of confinement, followed by a dishonorable discharge.

The latter gets a fat pension and lucrative “consulting” gigs with defense contractors.

Does not bode well for the future of the Corps, or the United States.


25 posted on 09/27/2021 10:20:55 PM PDT by absalom01 (You should do your duty in all things. You cannot do more, and you should never wish to do less.)
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To: absalom01

That’s why I always tell people that I am “OLD CORPS”; not this new PUSSY BULLSH!T contract corporal crap they are now days.

Back in the 60’s and very early 70’s when I was in, our job was to blow sh!t up and kill people!
We were pretty damn good at it to!


26 posted on 09/27/2021 10:33:53 PM PDT by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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To: 5th MEB

In the OLD CORPS you didn’t see male “Marines” kissing at the end of a deployment. You didn’t see female infantry commanders. You didn’t see Sikhs given permission to wear a turban in uniform. And disturbingly, you didn’t see young girls who should have been starting families blown away by enemy bombs. You didn’t see suggestions that males who want to chop off their penises should be respected.
And you NEVER saw communism and blatant contempt for the constitution.

They attacked the USMC because it represented old America.


27 posted on 09/27/2021 11:27:53 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up....)
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To: DesertRhino

USMC=

“Uncle Sam’s Misguided Children”.
—U.S. Navy translation


28 posted on 09/27/2021 11:37:55 PM PDT by Does so (USA is run from 2446 Belmont Rd, NW, DC, (Kalorama). Why else the 9/11 deadline for Afghanistan?)
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To: absalom01

I agree, and it’s really a problem.

Look, I agree that the rank and file should not be criticizing
the leadership, but if the generals are going against service
policy and really screwing things up, there should be a way
to get it out there.

Remember back when Kerry was shooting his mouth off, lying
about everyone? I don’t remember any disciplinary action
back then. And then there should have been.


29 posted on 09/27/2021 11:40:15 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Biden = Green Light to > China, N. K., Russia, M/E Terrorists, FBI, CDC, MSM, & the Left...)
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To: MAGA2017

The military became WOKE as a result of the magic negro firing a couple hundred high ranking officers and replacing them with his sycophants.
A-holes like Milley.


30 posted on 09/28/2021 2:49:03 AM PDT by Joe Boucher (Dementia Joe and the Whore, leaders of the Free world. ( F-you dementia Joe.))
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To: MAGA2017

it was a clusterf*ck. not a big secret.


31 posted on 09/28/2021 2:49:27 AM PDT by joshua c (Dump the LEFT. Cable tv, Big tech, national name brands)
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To: Steve_Seattle

“fascism” is a term the LEFT lied about and said it was a right wing movement. The truth is it is LEFTY thru and thru.


32 posted on 09/28/2021 2:51:01 AM PDT by joshua c (Dump the LEFT. Cable tv, Big tech, national name brands)
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To: wardaddy

There’s a simpler dividing line:

A) Those who feel the State should control people and make decisions for them and that people have a duty to work to advance the goals of the State, as laid down by the Leaders, or

B) Those who feel that people have the right to make their own decisions, and pursue their own goals and dreams, and that the purpose of government is to maintain a safe and orderly environment for them to do so.

And I agree with you that Franco was one of the good guys, who saved Spain from a Communist blood bath.


33 posted on 09/28/2021 3:10:28 AM PDT by SauronOfMordor (A Leftist can't enjoy life unless they are controlling, hurting, or destroying others)
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To: DoughtyOne

“Milley actually discussed our nuclear weapons policy with
Communist China, and had a plan to circumvent the President
of the United States from fulfilling his duties to protect
this nation.”

Funny how that story has disappeared like Brian Laundrie. Brian will be found, the story won’t be.


34 posted on 09/28/2021 3:12:23 AM PDT by Brooklyn Attitude (I went to bed on November 3rd 2020 and woke up in 1984.)
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To: Brooklyn Attitude

Yeah, that’s probably true.


35 posted on 09/28/2021 3:14:27 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (Biden = Green Light to > China, N. K., Russia, M/E Terrorists, FBI, CDC, MSM, & the Left...)
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To: DoughtyOne

This is what happens when you don’t have an opposition party. The House GOP recently voted to increase the Biden/Austin DOD budget. This is one party state fascism.


36 posted on 09/28/2021 3:17:33 AM PDT by lodi90
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To: Joe Boucher

The military became woke long before the the kenyan arrived on the scene.


37 posted on 09/28/2021 3:18:46 AM PDT by lodi90
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To: bray

If one were to take just a moment to look at everything going on across the nation from the removal of due process for the capitol “rioters” to the vaccine mandates, it’s really hard to find any remains of the republic we used to be.

Since January, the Democrats have systematically destroyed our nation. They’re tearing down the walls to the studs.


38 posted on 09/28/2021 3:34:39 AM PDT by rarestia (Repeal the 17th Amendment and ratify Article the First to give the power back to the people!)
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To: MAGA2017
He will be remembered as the only Marine officer who seemed to have moral courage.


39 posted on 09/28/2021 3:41:21 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (Everything that’s been achieved in the history of mankind has been achieved by not being safe.)
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To: MAGA2017

I thought he has also resigned? If so then how can they jail him? Or am I thinking of another officer?


40 posted on 09/28/2021 3:49:42 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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