The guy deployed eight times so I’m willing to give him leeway. The thing that bothers me though is that (according to the article) out of a 22 man platoon 7 testified against him. Two testified that they never saw him do anything wrong and 13 refused to cooperate. If those 7 really were making everything up wouldn’t you think 13 that refused to cooperate would have said something to protect Gallagher from false accusations?
The ones that dummied up knew what they were about:
"It is an unspoken rule among their teams that SEALs should not report other SEALs for misconduct. An internal investigation could close off choice assignments or end careers for the accusers as well as the accused. And anyone who reported concerns outside the tight-knit SEAL community risked being branded a traitor."
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An aside - I learned that "dummying up" is the way you deal with situations like this, ESPECIALLY when a "code" like the one above is involved.
I got a problem with Gallagher, I take care of it myself.
Not run crying like a little girl to Æthelblack the Unready’s Perfumed Princes of the Officer Corps.