Posted on 07/04/2019 1:20:50 PM PDT by NKP_Vet
I am itching to know who they will cast as the dead guy in the photo.
I think he needs to be promoted next week.
Who was the crazy person(s) making it against the law to pose with the body of a dead Islamic State fighter?!?
I think that Hollywood would prefer to have Jesse Smolett playing the lead role.
This was a pussy move by Obama’s military.
Is there an actual rule in the UCMJ about posing with a corpse?
Who would play his wife?
Maybe he’ll go to the formerly named Blackwater where he’ll be appreciated and really make some $$$.
“Gallagher’s attorney confirmed to Fox News that he will retire from the U.S. Navy when he becomes eligible in about three weeks as he hits his 20 years of service.”
He should wait a few months for the think to blow over so he could quietly get his E-7 back.
Did he kill the ISIS guy, or did the medic kill him?
Will there be some action for killing the guy?
They were going to get him one way or the other.
4 months confinement already served.....fine, reduction in rank and loss of a huge amount of money.....not fine.
That’s wrong to do that to him.
I can't remember ever seeing a picture of the two of them not holding hands.
The Isis guy was going to be turned over to the Iraqis who would have tortured him in ways we cant even imagine. Whoever killed him did a mercy and should not be punished.
Dont think badly of the Iraqis, the Isis fighters burn people alive after they have tortured them. Its a world we are not a part of.
Isn’t retirement pay based upon the highest rank one attained while on active duty?
The current retirement system is based off of the “High Three” formula and not the base rate of the rank you hold on the day of your retirement. Most of his pay will be at the E-7 rate so the hit is not to big but if he stays in, each month will lower his retirement pay and it’s probably safe to say that he would not be promoted back to Chief with a court martial in his records. He can appeal his demotion and sort out the pay differences down the road.
If the rules say no posing with corpses, then don’t do it. But I’m just glad he was acquitted on the big stuff, as the idea of people second-guess our boys in a combat zone is a very slippery slope. Civilians will always get caught up in combat situations, particularly when enemies like ISIS use them as human shields, or actually use them for attacks...it should not be up to the brass to punish our boys because of the behavior of ISIS.
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