Why hasnt anyone been held accountable? Scheller asked. His brother Sami contacted Dan's office multiple times to no avail. He also wrote a letter of resignation under the agreement and will receive an honorable discharge or general under honorable conditions as part of the agreement, so long as Navy Secretary Carlos del Toro signs off on the character of the discharge, prosecutors said. Resigning a commission is not as simple as making a declaration. During this time the Regiment supported four battalions and completed a Service Level Training Exercise. Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller, a combat veteran who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, testified that he knew he was defying orders and that his life began "spiraling" after he posted his first video in . Having kept silent under the court-imposed gag order since his court-martial in October, he is now speaking out, both on his Facebook page. Thats what is so heartbreaking.. The latest development is that after alienating his wife, giving up his career, pension, all that hed worked for, now it comes to light that hes not even a true MAGA. Just days before Schellers scheduled Oct. 14 court-martial, the military news outlet Task & Purpose published a story based on trial documents leaked by an anonymous source. And publicly speaking critically of Trump might, if it provokes enough backlash give him a shot at building some kind of ability to look after himself and his kids. To others, he was a Marine leader gone rogue, inappropriately speaking out of line about senior military officials and on the edge of a mental health breakdown. He gets things done that no one else could or would do. "News & Relationship" powers culturally relevant conversations by creating, covering and curating what's trending on the Internet. Its a place where he occasionally would informally host Marines. In the fathers opinion, the leak was deliberately designed to discredit his sons service record and reputation. The video was posted online by Scheller, the Battalion Commander for Advanced Infantry Training Battalion at School of Infantry East at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. There were other changes, and the much ballyhooed stuff about getting us an appointment in any specialty within 30 days turned out to be complete and utter bullshit and I happen to live in an area (Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill) with all manner of top professionals. I dont want to hear it. Powered by. He understood business and knew how to negotiate and no one dared go against him because they knew he meant what he said and said what he meant. This asshole Scheller violated his oath, and his duty by opening his suck and shooting off his personal take on his Commander in Chief and did so explicitly under the guise of an actively serving Marine Officer. This is the example of a leader of character I look to., Thank you for so eloquently stating what we civilians are asking ourselves. In August 2015, LtCol Scheller checked into The Basic School. The playbook has been obvious for a while, Dempsey said. Marine Officer Who Demanded Accountability for Afghanistan Debacle Jailed Awaiting by Debra Heine The Marine officer who received viral attention in August for posting a video on social media blasting military leadership over the botched withdrawal from Afghanistan, has been thrown in the brig, the United States Marine Corps has confirmed. "I am forfeiting my retirement, all entitlements -- I don't want a single dollar. Links to YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and other services inserted in the comment text will be automatically embedded. He added that he was also disappointed in Congress, whose members on both sides of the aisle took turns calling the operation that left thousands of Americans stranded incompetent and inept then did nothing. Mattis should be picked up today and jailed for treason! 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Marek Posard, a military sociologist with Rand, said losing control of the message to partisan actors is one of the risks that comes with military members airing complaints on social media. The second video has been watched more than half a million times over both YouTube and LinkedIn. Much less train with actual missiles, and in an environment where ones life would be measured in minutes, if not only seconds after firing the first missile (thereby revealing your position) getting as many hits as possible as quickly as possible was crucial to slowing down the Soviet advance enough to allow for Reforger and sealift to balance the terms of the fight. In September 2012 LtCol Scheller checked into 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marines and served as the Company Commander for Headquarters and Service Company. His own posts and the statements by his family indicate that he disobeyed that order. Scheller recorded his video just as news broke about the explosion in Kabul. Still, it looks like the couple has not gotten divorced yet. And I will GUARANTEE that if Trump had managed to get reelected last November, there wouldve been an even greater debacle, especially for the thousands of Afghanis who did manage to get out. You have entered an incorrect email address! But Stuart Scheller, the Marine Lt. Not in a country where sixty million plus people would vote for a draft-dodging CHICKENHAWK (at least Bill Clinton admitted gaming the system to avoid service) morally bankrupt asshole like Donald Trump. Despite that punishment, Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller, a combat veteran with multiple deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, posted several more videos and written social media statements criticizing Marine Corps leadership. He has time to figure it out, he said. Stuart Scheller has been deployed to Beirut, Iraq, and Afghanistan to mention few. His wife and brother had spent hours fighting through the crowd with his children ages 13, 11, 10, 7 and 4 in tow. Dont fool yourself. In a four minute and 45 second video posted to Facebook and LinkedIn, a uniformed Scheller called for accountability and aired his contempt for those in government and the military who made the decisions during the U.S. withdrawal in Afghanistan and that days deadly result. According to the reports, Stu Scheller's wife left him; however, they are not yet divorced. None of Scheller's comments, however, allude or specifically reference either belief. So just STFU about his rights because he violated both the UCMJ and his duty as an Officer. Washington Times Pentagon reporter Mike Glenn, a Persian Gulf War veteran, originally tweeted: The decorated ex-marine started making headlines when he released a series of videos exposing some of the top military brass for the botched Afghanistan withdrawal. The charges against Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller, which he uniformly pleaded guilty to, carried no potential for brig time post-conviction, as Marine Corps Times previously reported. This came this morning after Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller pleaded guilty in a special court-martial Thursday morning at Camp Lejeune. Read Part 1:The making of Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller.. Its a bit of a clown show where have you been the last 10 years? said Dempsey, now an adjunct senior fellow with the Center for New American Security, also in the nations capital. Did anyone do that? pic.twitter.com/e7BB4r4TSr Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) September 17, 2021 I lost everything my wife, my career, my family, Scheller said. And DONT try to tell me if a Saigon type cluster fuck had happened in Kabul if Trump had gotten his way and pulled out before he left office (I graduated high school shortly after the fall of Saigon and remember that chaos well and despite whatb you think the Afghanistan withdrawal went far more smoothly) and an Officer who was a Democrat had publicly used social media to criticize Trump YOU wouldnt be calling for him/her to be executed by firing squad and raising hell that it hadnt already happened. I think there needs to be leaders in Congress, Scheller told Marine Corps Times Dec. 26, 2021. As of early Sunday, over $2 million had been donated or pledged to assist Marine Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller, the fundraising page said. Lt. Col. Stu Scheller was dismissed Friday from command of the Advanced Infantry Training Battalion at Camp Lejeune, N.C., over the original video. Our founding fathers understood this and so did Eisenhower on his way out of office. He pled guilty to all charges after defying a gag order to criticize the US military's chaotic. The Marine Corps is eliminating the scout sniper program as part of the service's big Force Design 2030 overhaul. In court Thursday, Scheller described his distress after he had posted the first video. I was just crying, and Im just looking out the window, she told Marine Corps Times in an exclusive phone interview in October. Stuart Scheller is a retired lieutenant colonel in the United States Marine Corps. He started out explaining his experience. (Authentic Americans), Kori Schake, the senior fellow and director of foreign and defense policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, said, He was likely to be disciplined for undercutting good order and discipline since there are other means for him to express his concerns internal to the service.. Editors note: This story has been updated to delete a sentence saying that Task & Purpose obtained or published Lt. Col. Stuart Schellers medical documents, including those about mental health. When you raise your right hand and swear to support and defend the Constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic you also give up certain rights and privileges so as to maintain good order and discipline in the ranks. We have your back financially and any other way., Real leaders are hard to come by, we must stand with them., Thank you sir. His ass belongs in the fucking brig, and thats exactly where an enlisted puke like me would have been all this time! Former Lieutenant Colonel Stuart Scheller was the kind of infantry officer I probably would have loved as an enlisted Marine back in 2008. He can forget that contributor spot on Newsmax or the shot at anchoring at OAN after this revelation. Never forget, it is men like Stuart Sheller who protect the right for people like you to regurgitate this drivel. Over time that could erode the quality of the force. 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