Posted on Nov 24, 2019
Trump reportedly stands down in fight for Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher
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Sorry to see this, but I support my President either way. PFC (Join to see) SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL SSG(P) James J. Palmer IV aka "JP4" LTC Stephen F. CPL Dave Hoover SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth SSG (Join to see) Capt Dwayne Conyers CPT Jack Durish
Trump reportedly stands down in fight for Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher
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This is the right answer, especially as it pertains to Special Operations Forces.
Let them determine who gets to have the prestige of the Trident.
Let them determine who gets to have the prestige of the Trident.
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CW3 David Covey
Did he not go through seal training? Or was he just awarded the trident because he signed up for it? Seems to me he was put through hell in order to get that trident and now someone doesn't think he should have it so they want to take it away.
I just read somewhere that a lower ranking member could not be charged with more than the higher ranked commander for the same crime. So Gallagher should not lose his trident if his team commander doesn't lose his. They both posed in the same picture.
Hypothetical, should you be singled out to lose your EIB if you did something that your entire team did to include your commander?
I just read somewhere that a lower ranking member could not be charged with more than the higher ranked commander for the same crime. So Gallagher should not lose his trident if his team commander doesn't lose his. They both posed in the same picture.
Hypothetical, should you be singled out to lose your EIB if you did something that your entire team did to include your commander?
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CW3 David Covey
I stand corrected. It's not that lower enlisted cannot be charged, rather it was a policy..
"Punishing juniors for the same incident
The executive clemency that set aside the reduction in grade in Chief Gallagher’s case conforms with a long-standing Navy practice of not punishing a junior more heavily than a senior for offenses arising out of the same incident.
It may also impact his retirement pay and thus his family, a common reason for clemency.
Since Chief Gallagher was found guilty by the court members solely of the offense of posing with a dead detainee and Lt. McNeil was not convicted, Chief Gallagher should not have been punished.
This policy was restated in the aftermath of the fatal collision between the aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy and the guided-missile cruiser Belknap in 1975.
Belknap’s commanding officer was acquitted of all offenses arising from the mishap but the officer of the deck was found guilty.
The OOD’s punishment was set aside by senior Navy leaders because of this policy.
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https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2019/11/22/op-ed-a-seal-his-commander-their-cno-and-the-boss/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2011.25.19&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief
"Punishing juniors for the same incident
The executive clemency that set aside the reduction in grade in Chief Gallagher’s case conforms with a long-standing Navy practice of not punishing a junior more heavily than a senior for offenses arising out of the same incident.
It may also impact his retirement pay and thus his family, a common reason for clemency.
Since Chief Gallagher was found guilty by the court members solely of the offense of posing with a dead detainee and Lt. McNeil was not convicted, Chief Gallagher should not have been punished.
This policy was restated in the aftermath of the fatal collision between the aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy and the guided-missile cruiser Belknap in 1975.
Belknap’s commanding officer was acquitted of all offenses arising from the mishap but the officer of the deck was found guilty.
The OOD’s punishment was set aside by senior Navy leaders because of this policy.
"
https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2019/11/22/op-ed-a-seal-his-commander-their-cno-and-the-boss/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2011.25.19&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief
Op-ed: A SEAL, his commander, their CNO and the boss
Using the lens of Navy history to make sense of the Eddie Gallagher case.
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He’s generally just a bully. And bullies just about always back down. Particularly when they realize they’re wrong about something.
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