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Marine Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller was relieved of duty on August 27th for a viral video he posted in which he asked for "accountability of senior leadership" following the attack at the Hamid Karzai International Airport that took the lives of 13 U.S. service members and about 180 Afghans.
Scheller has now been formally charged with 6 violations of the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) and referred to a special court-martial, according to a Marine Corps spokesman. Meanwhile, Gen. Milley has not been charged with treason in spite of his admission that during the Trump administration, he told Communist China's military leader that he would warn them if the U.S. intended to strike them.
“In the military there are proper forums to raise concerns with the chain of command,” Capt. Sam Stephenson, a spokesman for Training and Education Command, said in a statement emailed to Marine Corps Times Wednesday. It is unclear as to whether Stephenson is an official "butt-kisser" but the evidence points that way.
“In a general sense not specific to any case, posting to social media criticizing the chain of command is not the proper manner in which to raise concerns with the chain of command and may, depending upon the circumstances, constitute a violation of the Uniform Code of Military Justice,” Stephenson said.
Scheller has been charged with Article 88 (contempt toward officials), Article 89 (disrespect toward superior commissioned officers), Article 90 (willfully disobeying a superior commissioned officer), Article 92 (dereliction in the performance of duties), Article 92 (failure to obey order or regulation) and Article 133 (conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman), Stephenson said.
Scheller has been charged with Article 88 (contempt toward officials), Article 89 (disrespect toward superior commissioned officers), Article 90 (willfully disobeying a superior commissioned officer), Article 92 (dereliction in the performance of duties), Article 92 (failure to obey order or regulation) and Article 133 (conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman), Stephenson said.
What happens next is unclear.
Scheller posted the first video after news broke that 13 service members, including 11 Marines, had been killed in a suicide bombing at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul as thousands were fleeing the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.
He immediately was fired from his position as the battalion commander of Advanced Infantry Training Battalion at School of Infantry–East at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
Despite the reprimand, Scheller posted several more videos and written statements to social media where he called for accountability from specific political and military leaders, including those in his chain of command. [In other words, his direct bosses.]
In one post Scheller said his goal was to “bring the whole system down.”
Scheller was sent to the brig Sept. 27, but was released on Tuesday after his lawyers came to an agreement with the Marine Corps. [Contrary to former President Barack Obama's pronunciation of the word 'corps,' the "s" is silent.]
When several Republican members of Congress learned of Scheller's brig incarceration, they came to the lieutenant colonel’s aid, writing a letter to Marine Corps Commandant Gen. David Berger demanding the Marine be released from the brig.
During his short-lived brig time, rumors circulated that Scheller was put in solitary confinement. Stephenson denied the rumors. “While Lt. Col. Scheller was in an individual cell, he was never held in solitary confinement,” Stephenson said.
The Marine Corps had no comment regarding the deal made between Scheller’s defense team and the Marine Corps.
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Scheller posted the first video after news broke that 13 service members, including 11 Marines, had been killed in a suicide bombing at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul as thousands were fleeing the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.
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He immediately was fired from his position as the battalion commander of Advanced Infantry Training Battalion at School of Infantry–East at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
Despite the reprimand, Scheller posted several more videos and written statements to social media where he called for accountability from specific political and military leaders, including those in his chain of command. [In other words, his direct bosses.]
In one post Scheller said his goal was to “bring the whole system down.”
Scheller was sent to the brig Sept. 27, but was released on Tuesday after his lawyers came to an agreement with the Marine Corps. [Contrary to former President Barack Obama's pronunciation of the word 'corps,' the "s" is silent.]
When several Republican members of Congress learned of Scheller's brig incarceration, they came to the lieutenant colonel’s aid, writing a letter to Marine Corps Commandant Gen. David Berger demanding the Marine be released from the brig.
During his short-lived brig time, rumors circulated that Scheller was put in solitary confinement. Stephenson denied the rumors. “While Lt. Col. Scheller was in an individual cell, he was never held in solitary confinement,” Stephenson said.
The Marine Corps had no comment regarding the deal made between Scheller’s defense team and the Marine Corps.
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