Dear President Trump,
Sir, it is within your power to promote Chief Gallagher directly to Lt Commander. This can be done without Congressional review. Further, if the Chief holds that rank for 6 months, he will be eliegable to retire at that rank. I believe that this would be fair compensation for the legal attack on his name and service.
The Chief could be given an assignment where he could serve for 1 year - perhaps as a liasion to the Army or teaching post. I suspect that he has great expertise on how conventional forces can itegrate with Navy Seals. After that assignment, retirement.
Perhaps that arraingment would really make the liberal heads explode. It would also allow the Chief a structured environment to transition from military service to civilian life.
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don’t call me chief call me Commander!
That would be a good thing for Chief Gallagher if he would want to do it and saying liberal heads would explode is probably an understatement. :)
No, not to a teaching post - I'd be afraid of what he would teach and how many minds he could ruin.
“I believe that this would be fair compensation for the legal attack on his name and service.”
This has been the problem with all the threads on this topic. He was convicted through a general court-martial under the UCMJ, and was sentenced for his actions. President Trump had a difference of opinion and took an action that did not overturn the decision by the court-martial board, just relieved him of the sentence which was loss of rank.
In Gallagher’s own words, right after the C-M was completed, he said, “I put a black eye on the two communities that I love — the U.S. Marine Corps and the U.S. Navy — specifically the SEAL community,” he said.
https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2019/07/03/seal-sentenced-for-posing-with-dead-detainee/
A military member is expected to conform to actions consistent with the needs of the country and their mission, especially a senior NCO.
Determining the further actions of a senior NCO that has been convicted of a court-martial for inappropriate actions/expectations under Article 133 can place the member into question and not fit for the requirements of an assignment or career field. It’s nothing new. The MEB is for that purpose using the conviction of the court-martial as a display of possible inappropriate actions.
The military justice system is different from the civilian world. He’s still guilty of the crime, just forgiven. And that directly effects his expected, and required, performance as a combat member in a sensitive area. So he can have his rank back by Trump, but is he qualified to remain in the SEAL career field? That’s for the MEB to decide. Until then, he cannot perform in the career field and cannot display any identification that says he is within it. He is out of uniform at that point.
As a former senior NCO from Vietnam to Desert Storm as military member, and Afghanistan and on as a DOD civilian, I have empathy for his situation. But he needs to be cleared to “go” before he does. More power to him. But he screwed up based upon expectation. He has to answer for those the military way, not through empathy.
rwood