Were you aware that the JAG prosecutors hack into the defense legal team’s computers by using malware? As soon as that was discovered the case should have been thrown out.
“Were you aware that the JAG prosecutors hack into the defense legal team’s computers by using malware? As soon as that was discovered the case should have been thrown out”
He was demoted for taking pictures of a dead ISIS fighter and bragging about the way he killed him with a knife. He was demoted for his actions and properly so. In one photo shown to the jury, Gallagher is holding the detainee by the hair with one hand and his knife in the other.
The military has a list of do’s and don’t’s for combat operations. Rules of engagement (ROE) are the internal rules or directives among military forces (including individuals) that define the circumstances, conditions, degree, and manner in which the use of force, or actions which might be construed as provocative, may be applied. They provide authorization for and/or limits on, among other things, the use of force and the employment of certain specific capabilities. In some nations, ROE has the status of guidance to military forces, while in other nations, ROE is lawful commands. Rules of engagement do not normally dictate how a result is to be achieved, but will indicate what measures may be unacceptable. The above photo actions clearly violate that rule. It is, at the least, a lawful order and further reflects on Article 92, failure to follow orders.
The Navy’s decision to start the original process to oust Chief Gallagher and three SEAL officers who supervised him was not made in haste, according to the officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss private deliberations. The commander of Naval Special Warfare, Rear Adm. Collin Green, discussed the matter with Navy Secretary Richard V. Spencer and the chief of naval operations, Adm. Michael Gilday, and the Navy briefed Defense Secretary Mark Esper about it.
What he did to get demoted, and possibly lose his career field, was public and there is no question. He is lucky he got his rank back but he embarrassed the SEALs by his actions and clearly displayed a lack of control and created a display of questionable trust. And he is a supervisor of numerous troops and has an appearance to maintain.
For what he was demoted for, there was no question. He supplied his own case against him and deserved to be busted. And he very well has created a problem with joint support for the Navy SEALs from other members and countries for this appearance of violation.
Even he admitted it. He’s lucky, but it ain’t over for him as the MEB may decide the whole thing finding him disqualified from his career field, and forced into retirement at 20 years with a general discharge under honorable conditions. However, if he keeps his nose clean, it will be at chief.
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