Court-martial scheduled for Stuart Scheller,
Marine who criticized Afghanistan withdrawal
Fox News,
by
Brie Stimson
Original Article
Posted By: Moritz55,
10/9/2021 8:28:03 AM
A U.S. Marine who posted videos on social media criticizing military leadership and the Biden administration’s withdrawal from Afghanistan will face a court-martial hearing next Thursday and Friday at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller Jr. faces six misdemeanor-level charges, including willfully disobeying a superior commissioned officer, dereliction in the performance of duties and conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman, the Marine Corps said in a release.
Scheller was freed from the brig last week where he was being held for violating an agreement to stop posting criticism on social media.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
seamusm 10/9/2021 8:35:44 AM (No. 939778)
Scheller knew the consequences of his disobedience to military law. And he needs to pay that price lest the US military become just a better paid and official government form of BLM. He will be discharged and as he predicted lose his career benefits. But he will be rewarded for his acts - afterwards. We should applaud his heroism and be angry at what made his sacrifice necessary. But don't be upset that the military must uphold its code of justice.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
bpl40 10/9/2021 8:51:38 AM (No. 939796)
What Scheller did was brave and required. And his court martial is also necessary. That is, sadly, the price we pay for a free as well as orderly society.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Ladyhawke 10/9/2021 8:56:16 AM (No. 939803)
Don’t care. He dissed President Trump.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
spacer 10/9/2021 9:03:24 AM (No. 939811)
Americans have been begging for a whistle blower from the DOJ, FBI, CIA, the IRS , any number of alphabet government bodies to help right the corruption. None stepped forward. I personally never thought the American military would fall prey to the debauched treason it has and never felt we needed a Scheller. That said I believe this guy yo be a nut or a plant much like the Facebook whistle blower. His deranged rant against Donald Trump and his entire family and me, a Trump supporter was not only wrong it was almost verbatim what the lying democrats have said about President Trump from day one with a few caveats. His sanctimony and self hero worship of honor and sacrifice that he saves for him and him alone is crap.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
czechlist 10/9/2021 9:24:28 AM (No. 939835)
OK. Now what about Milley?
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Maggie2u 10/9/2021 9:58:01 AM (No. 939859)
I think it was George Orwell who said, 'In a time of universal deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.'
It will also get you courtmartialed.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
edgar 10/9/2021 11:22:02 AM (No. 939955)
Someone needs to be held accountable for the Afghanistan debacle. Might as well be the guy that criticized the brass responsible. The Biden Effect.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Rumblehog 10/9/2021 12:03:40 PM (No. 940020)
He didn't criticize the Afghan withdrawal, he asked for military leadership accountability regarding the humanitarian disaster that occurred as a result of the "cut and run" strategy.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
janjan 10/9/2021 1:27:00 PM (No. 940109)
He is a military officer and there is a rule book. It’s called the UCMJ and he is well aware of it.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
MickTurn 10/9/2021 1:48:19 PM (No. 940132)
Scheller set himself up for Failure. He knew the Thugs above him in the chain of command would NOT like what he was saying and he did it anyway.
Time to Pay the Piper, Scheller...
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
DVC 10/9/2021 1:49:16 PM (No. 940134)
He knew that he was going to be court martialed when he made the video. You could see him fondling his silver oak leaf collar device as he spoke. He knew that the silver oak leaves were GONE when he posted the video.
He's brave, but I have to wonder why he didn't wait three more days, and then comment as a RETIRED Lt. Col?
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Turninggrey 10/9/2021 2:03:26 PM (No. 940146)
Honestly, this guy is no different than John Kerry. It appears to me that has decided to publicly take this position and then bash Trump to position himself as a future political candidate in the mold of Liz Cheney, Mitt Romney, Adam Kinzinger etc.
I do not wish him well.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
watashiyo 10/9/2021 10:05:08 PM (No. 940432)
The majority of the applications I interviewed wanted at least one day off out of a week. They needed time off with their family. The family came first. Is the military any different? Scheller's family will pay dearly, socially and financially. Was it pride or the code of military ethics that compelled him to sacrifice his family's livelihood to break protocol and risk court marshall? Lt. Col. is an honorable and a brave officer to compromise and to take his family down with him. I am not the same, however, I will risk my life, shed my pride and honor to save my family to preserve their livelihood and their future. I pray God will intervene to bless him and his family for peaceful and happy ending.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
mifla 10/10/2021 5:21:57 AM (No. 940596)
I had thought that due to public backlash, he would be quietliy discharged. It appears now that the powers that be are going to make an example out of him.
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