Devil's Island is a tourist trap now but it doesn't have any mosquitos unlike Kourou...should be enjoyable
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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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.
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And some senior officers criticized/undermined Trump with no punishment. Lots of examples of hypocrisy and preferential treatment for the defense to cite.
YGBSM
He will never go hungry. He is this generation’s Ollie North.
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No, but his family will suffer from this ordeal.
contempt toward officials;
disrespect toward superior commissioned officers;
willfully disobeying a superior commissioned officer;
conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman.(That is a subjective catch-all)
Consequences? Reduction in grade, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, other than honorable discharge.
Scheller strikes me as being more like Terry Lakin than Oliver North.
Devil's Island is a tourist trap now but it doesn't have any mosquitos unlike Kourou...should be enjoyable
No, not really. Just trying to make a comparison and Rapone was the first asshole I could come up with........
The Corps has. USMA 78.
He spent his entire career and adult life executing his country’s strategy in the war against terrorism. It was effectively his life’s purpose. His chain of command from flag officers to POTUS just crumpled his life’s work and threw it in the trash. Everything he’s done, any men he’s lost, personal sacrifice, accomplishments, loyalty, love of country. All trashed. I know a lot of guys in his position or recently retired who are incredibly angry. Some are having difficulty with a large part of their personal identity being flushed down the toilet.
He did what he is accused of. He knew what he was doing and will pay a high price. I wish him well when this is over.
WTFYTA......GFOAD
DUWTFIS? NDI......
Agree. The good Ltc. knew what he was getting into. He as much said so. And I hope they only, at most, cashier him out with loss of pay and allowances. No Brig time.
And I agree with you about not caring that he is adverse to Trumps help as that would certainly make him a political pawn.
I have been a bit surprised with his actions. He knew what would happen. I am only hoping his reasoning process hasn’t been degraded by his multiple combat deployments.
He and his family are in my thoughts and prayers.
A fate worse than death since he is a Marine officer. They already turned down his resignation. He'll be dismissed, he has already lost his pay, allowances and retirement.
This may not be a popular sentiment here on FR, but I found his criticism of the withdrawal from Afghanistan to be highly disingenuous. Our involvement in Afghanistan was a fiasco for most of this guy’s military career, but I never heard a peep out of him until after we had fled from that dump.
I guess that exchange means you two won’t be swapping Christmas Cards any time soon.
This is a GCM. He’ll get about 3 years confinement and a dismissal from service, which for an officer will be the same as a dishonorable discharge.
https://pipehitterfoundation.org/who-we-support/lt-col-scheller/
All part of the plan.
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