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Posted on 10/06/2021 3:27:49 PM PDT by PROCON
Marine Corps officials at Camp Lejeune, N.C. ordered a court-martial for Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller, a 17-year veteran who released several videos and social media posts sharply criticizing senior U.S. government and military leaders over operations in Afghanistan.
He has been charged with six violations of the Uniform Code of Military Justice: contempt toward officials; disrespect toward superior commissioned officers; willfully disobeying a superior commissioned officer; dereliction in the performance of duties; failure to obey an order or regulation and conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman.
The charges were referred to a court-martial on Wednesday by Maj. Gen. Julian Alford, who heads Marine Training Command. Lt. Col. Scheller had been held in the Camp Lejeune brig for a week without charges. He was released a day before the court-martial was ordered after complaints from Congress over his treatment.
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And I don't give a damn if he did criticize President Trump or not, this Marine has had a stellar career serving America and hopefully will excel in his next endeavor when this is all over.
I’m not sure what his MOS is, or where he’s served, but being in “fight or flight” mode for who knows how long has serious effects. That in conjunction with the colossal fubar of Afghanistan could certainly cause someone to “lose it”.
He, and others, have numerous reasons for anger.
What is the price of mutiny on a ship? Answer-you walk the plank. He’ll get off easy comparatively speaking. It will be more a message for the others. Don’t go that route. What that means is that a ship captain has the right to take his ship down to the bottom of the ocean with everyone on it.
Whatever happened to John Kerry?
His ship wasnt under way at sea or in dry dock and he wasnt on board.
THEY CANT HANDLE THE TRUTH!
Lt. Col. Scheller is guilty mainly of criticizing superior Officers.
https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2018/06/19/commie-cadet-sends-vulgar-message-on-his-way-out-of-the-army/
Yes, but what he did isn't mutiny. What ship did he plot to take control of? What mission did he refuse to execute? Name the officer to whom he showed contempt? What direct lawful order did he disobey?
C'mon man, rooting for communism and criticizing a superior officer have absolutely nothing in common.
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So I'm trying to get caught up on the brouhaha over statements regarding the recent Afghanistan debacle made by one Marine Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller that got him tossed in the brig. We all thought that was unjust, and somebody organized some fund-raising that pulled in over $2 million dollars.
Then a Breitbart article claimed that, prior to his arrest, Scheller
...issued a lengthy post on Facebook in which he criticized various political and military figures, including former President Trump and Gen. Michael Flynn...
In the same post, Scheller criticized former Presidents Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush. He also scolded Generals Michael Flynn, David Petraeus, and James Mattis.
I'm kind of disappointed that he's not a fan of Trump, but so what, that doesn't change the fact that jailing him is a chickensh*t move. It's just the left once again doing whatever it can to stifle dissent.
But, that aside, it looks like Scheller doesn't appear to like anybody.
Read the original Facebook post that got him in trouble. It's all over the map. He has many opinions about many things, and none of them favorable.
The guy who he's reminding me of is Frank Serpico, the police whistleblower who exposed the NYPD culture of corruption back in the late 60s and early 70s and got shot in the face for his efforts. It took guts for him be the lone guy standing up for what's right, but the more I read about him, the more I thought he's just one of those guys who wants to be different from everybody else. I guess "contrarian" would be a close enough word to describe guys like that. "Loose cannon" is another. It's like they draw a circle around everybody else and then make sure that they themselves are standing outside the circle. Because it's somehow in their nature that they just want to be different.
In my opinion, Serpico's incorruptibility stems from his contrariness, and not the other way round.
Frank Serpico never really fit in to the NYPD culture. But I think that's because he really doesn't fit in anywhere. Just after 9/11, I happen to stumble on the blog he was writing at the time. I have long since lost the link. He sounded like a real nutcase. Although, to be fair, being a resident of New York City, he might have been traumatized by the attack on the World Trade Center. But You have to ask Serpico/Scheller, "ok, so you don't like the guys we have now, any of our leaders, fine, so who do you like? What would you prefer?" and they have a hard time answering that question. Although Serpico did support far left loon Ramsey Clark's candidacy for the NY Senate seat back in 1974.
Although I'd like to note that by the standards of the Democratic Party of today, Clark would be a moderate.
Anyway, I think Scheller comes from the same mold. Such men speak in terms of lofty ideals, and nothing ever seems to be good enough for them. I suppose that can be a good trait to have, but leaving it unchecked makes for a difficult life, tailor-made for frustration, depression, and perhaps even despair.
I suspect that if one of our crack national journalists (stop laughing) interviewed the other guys in Scheller's unit, who know him and work with him day to day, it would be apparent how much of an oddball he is.
So who cares what Scheller's politics are? It doesn't matter. He just wants to run his own course. I wish him Godspeed on whatever journey he's on.
I wish you hadn’t reminded me of that bum. West Point has certainly changed since I was there 20 years ago.
He can rot in H*ll for his Facebook comments about Flynn and Trump.
Agree. He knew the rules and broke them intentionally so now he gets what he deserves. All about his conduct not about his beliefs.
My good friend’s granddaughter is at West Point and the stories she tells ... Horrible.
What could be an interesting problem for the prosecution is that they have to name the person who is the complaining witness. In a civilian criminal trial, the complaining witness must testify if called by the defense.
What superior officer is going to be the complaining witness?
How many other officers could be called as witnesses who also criticized the military leadership regarding the withdrawal from Afghanistan? It also appears that members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff testified that they were critical of Biden in the manner with which the withdrawal was conducted; and did so in front of Congress. Do they really want to push for the LTC’s court martial.
In the end, he will be allowed to resign from the Army with an honorable discharge; general discharge in a worst case scenario.
If he's looking for leniency, he probably doesn't have the right lawyer. I know Tony Buzbee. He's an excellent lawyer, but he's a major grandstander, and as far as I know, not experienced in criminal defense or military law (he was a Marine officer, but not a JAG). I'm sure he has knowledgable lawyers on his team, but if Buzbee's involved, it's to make a scene, not work out a deal.
He will never go hungry. He is this generation’s Ollie North.
You bring up some interesting points, I’m not sure how court-martial proceedings differ from a civilian criminal trial but I doubt that it will be publicized much until a verdict is reached.
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