USMC Lt. Col. Scheller sentence to reprimand, forfeiture in pay

The U.S. Marine who, on social media, had the stones to criticize the military's and Biden administration's mishandling of the Afghanistan withdrawal has been issued a letter of reprimand and a forfeiture of $5,000 worth of pay for a month after he pleaded guilty to all charges in his court-martial hearing.

Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller Jr. pled guilty to all six misdemeanor-level charges on Thursday. These charges include: willfully disobeying a superior [read 'inferior'] commissioned officer, dereliction in the performance of duties [because he is not supposed to criticize incompetence of higher-ranked officers] and conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman.

On Friday, yhe judge, said he would have given a two-month forfeiture of pay, but let it slide since Scheller had previously spent 9 days in the brig for pre-trial punishment [my take].

Scheller was freed from the brig last week where he was being held for refusing to give up on his personal campaign to point out the breathtaking incompetence of those leading the clown show in the Afghanistan clusterfrack of a withdrawal that saw hundreds killed, including 13 US servicemen and women and dozens of Afghan-American citizens.

The judge said he does not condone Scheller’s offenses, but noted his 17 year Marine Corps career, saying that before his [selfless act of courage] social media incident, his record was outstanding and that he weighed this heavily.

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The letter of reprimand was much less than what was recommended. The prosecution recommended a forfeiture of $5,000 of pay for 6 months and a letter of reprimand. The maximum penalty could have been forfeiture of 2/3 monthly pay for 12 months and a letter of reprimand.

Lt. Col. Scheller was relieved of his command at a Camp Lejeune infantry training battalion in August after he posted the video to Facebook and LinkedIn discussing the bombing at Hamid Karzai International Airport.

"Did anyone raise their hand and say, ‘We completely messed this up?'" Scheller had asked in a video. "I’m not saying we can take back what has been done. All I asked for was accountability, for people to comment on what I said and to say, ‘Yes. Mistakes were made.’ And had they done that I would've gone back into rank and file, submitted, and accomplished what I wanted."

His other charges include contempt toward officers, disrespect toward superior commissioned officers and failure to obey order or regulation given by Biden sycophants.

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