Im not saying weve got to be in Afghanistan forever, but I am saying: Did any of you throw your rank on the table and say, Hey, its a bad idea to evacuate Bagram Airfield, a strategic airbase, before we evacuate everyone? Scheller said in the video. There seems to still be confusion on whether hes officially out of the Corps or in his last few days of service as his discharge is being processed. Not in a country where sixty million plus people would vote for a draft-dodging CHICKENHAWK (at least Bill Clinton admitted gaming the system to avoid service) morally bankrupt asshole like Donald Trump. The former couple shares three sons, and the news suggest his wife moved away with their three kids. Now that Ive had time to process Ill offer this we cant ALL be wrong. It could be weeks, months or even years before he can leave the Marines, according to the Schellers, as his contract still has three years remaining. But that fucking VANITY and useless border wall was more important to Trump so he ILLEGALLY diverted funds for all manner of base and other construction projects. As noted by Breitbart News, many supporters of Trump have donated to Scheller. })(); Help keep the site running, consider supporting. One of those people who was killed was someone I had a personal relationship with, he said. Even though he was losing some support, his message got taken over by politicians who saw in him an opportunity to go after President Joe Biden. In the posts, he doubled down on his criticism of high-ranking members of the Department of Defense, attempted to charge Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr., the chief of U.S. Central Command, with 13 separate violations of the Uniform Code of Military Justice via a Facebook post and called for a revolution. He also wrote a letter of resignation under the agreement and will receive an honorable discharge or general under honorable conditions as part of the agreement, so long as Navy Secretary Carlos del Toro signs off on the character of the discharge, prosecutors said. Sunday's 10-minute video, posted to LinkedIn and YouTube, has a decidedly different tone from his first message, which was widely shared on social media in the military community. What the controversial accountability Marine officer is up to next, Tips for generals: how to navigate politics without partisanship, Navy issues new playbook for addressing sailors mental health needs, Pearl Harbor survivor Jack Holder dies in Arizona at age 101, House Republicans tout Ukraine oversight, brace for funding fight, Troops discharged after refusing COVID vaccine can now rejoin. ", Stu Scheller added, "I'm not saying we've got to be in Afghanistan forever, but I am saying: Did any of you throw your rank on the table and say, 'Hey, it's a bad idea to evacuate Bagram Airfield, a strategic airbase, before we evacuate everyone?'". Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. One of Schellers videos said that he was in the woods in an abandoned school bus. Ill concede maybe Trump was right about one thing, that I was a sucker for joining the Marines because a country where even ten million people would vote for someone so manifestly unfit for ANY public office, much less the Presidency isnt the country I signed up to serve. Tim Parlatore, an attorney representing Lt. Col. Stuart. The events of the past two months stand in contrast to Stuart Scheller Sr.s leadership philosophy, which is one he says he passed on to his lieutenant colonel son. And that the person or persons responsible for the leaked documents he would see back in court., In an Oct. 29 email, a Marine Corps spokesperson acknowledged that an investigation into a leak is ongoing but that any further comment on the investigation is inappropriate.. As for other military matters, he hung our troops and our allies out to dry over and over again. In August 2015, LtCol Scheller checked into The Basic School. But what if everybody remains silent, then where are we? The truth is, you and I will probably never agree on everything, Scheller said. Exploding George Santos Steps In It Again. Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller, 40, a father of three and a Bronze Star winner, has been trapped in solitary confinement at Camp LeJeune. Buttigieg Asked To Resign For Focus On Wokeness He Strikes Back. I watched how much Trump love our military and increased their ability to do their jobs. He started out explaining his experience. According to Task and Purpose, the military confirmed that Scheller is in the brig. Scheller posted a copy of his August 31 resignation request here. Whatever happened to self preservation as the first rule of the day? It still is! I can never look at [the Marine Corps] the same.. In the eyes of the parents, the Marine Corps was hoping that their son would just go away and didnt have serious care for his health or welfare. Meet Tiara Soleim, Chicken Enthusiast and The Bachelor Season 20 Contestant! This article is the exact reason that America is in trouble today. Had he not been born to a rich daddy who bailed him out over and over again hed have spent his adult life hawking crappy used cars on some lot far off the main roads. On Dec. 23, 2021, Stuart Scheller left the Corps and started his second career as a civilian. And volunteered for infantry. Schellers video has received hundreds of comments and many shares as its started to go viral on social media. Scheller went viral after criticizing the United States ' departure from Afghanistan in a series of videos. The rest of the sane world is looking at him and shaking their collective head, so he doesnt seem to have much of a future there. Did anyone do that? We have a Marine combatant commander. Facebook has stopped allowing me to accept friend requests. The escalation in his videos and his calls for revolution caused many to leave his cause. They have sworn allegiance to the country, not to a party. Thank you for your service. He added that he was also disappointed in Congress, whose members on both sides of the aisle took turns calling the operation that left thousands of Americans stranded incompetent and inept then did nothing. Thats what is so heartbreaking.. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. I give up. Right now, we have a bunch of politicians, and I just dont think thats enough. According to the reports, Stu Scheller's wife left him with three kids. He has participated in the non-combatant evacuation of American citizens out of Beirut during the 2006 Israeli/Lebanese conflict and worked as a fire support leader, serving during a Mojave Viper and the Ramadi deployment. According to Insider, "the foundation is 'run by former Navy Seal Eddie Gallagher, who was convicted in 2019 after posing with the dead body of an ISIS captive' until Trump granted him clemency in . I have a growing discontent and contempt for my perceived ineptitude at the foreign policy level, Scheller said in the video. There were other changes, and the much ballyhooed stuff about getting us an appointment in any specialty within 30 days turned out to be complete and utter bullshit and I happen to live in an area (Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill) with all manner of top professionals. Stuart Scheller, 40, lost his job, $2 million pensions, and most importantly, he lost his wife. He brought specific complaints about decisions made in the withdrawal and its lead up, like the sudden abandonment of Bagram Air Base, and asked if any senior Department of Defense official was willing to admit they had made a mistake and take responsibility for it. This latest gambit might only be his attempting to walk things back to a point where he can get the General Discharge that was (too) generously offered to him and at least a chance of keeping his security clearance so he could get a job with some minor league defense contractor. "I was evaluated by the mental health specialists and then sent on my way," he added in the post. Did anyone do that? This asshole Scheller violated his oath, and his duty by opening his suck and shooting off his personal take on his Commander in Chief and did so explicitly under the guise of an actively serving Marine Officer. So just STFU about his rights because he violated both the UCMJ and his duty as an Officer. We have [the] joint chiefs [of Staff], the commandant is a member of that, whore supposed to advise on military policy. Colonel Stuart Scheller Jr. is being released from military brig today after winning a landslide of public support for his condemnation of the withdrawal from Afghanistan. He is quick to add, "I am not pending legal action. In June 2020 LtCol Scheller checked into 6th Marine Regiment and assumed the duties as Operations Officer. That philosophy was grounded in managing down to your people and lifting them up, while helping them grow and improve, according to Stuart Scheller Sr. Leaders lead by example, and the examples that Ive seen in the last two months were awful, he said. The second video has been watched more than half a million times over both YouTube and LinkedIn. Scheller recorded his video just as news broke about the explosion in Kabul. This rule states if the commander of the Marine being court-martialed finds reasonable grounds that a prisoner committed an offense triable by court-martial and will not appear, or will engage in serious criminal misconduct, then confinement remains justified. Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller announcing the resignation of his commission. And none of them are raising their hands and accepting accountability or saying, We messed this up., We have a secretary of defense [Lloyd Austin] that testified to Congress in May that the Afghan national security force could withstand the Taliban advance. We all agree with you Stu, but nothing will change, and it will come at a huge personal cost to you., He added: Obviously I didnt take it down. He helped create a mold that would allow a service member to put attachments on ribbons easily and in regulation. He made the mold with a military officer friend named Zach Rohlfing. "When I am done with what I'm about to do, you all are going to need the jobs and the security," Scheller said in his second video. According to Stuart Scheller Sr., the assertion that his son was a flight risk is ridiculous., He showed up for work every day, said Stuart Scheller Sr. I have watched in the front row [for] the last two months of a grade five officer and how he was treated. Remember ugly trolls either human or robots will be blocked and Cathy Scheller on LinkedIn: Our All-Volunteer Military Force Implodes The court absence of the senior officers who had charged Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller was the ultimate insult to the Scheller family, who said their son took ownership by pleading guilty to all charges. Oh, and even with the General Discharge his security clearance was on the line and he blew that out of the water by continuing his antics. Absolutely honored and proud of you for saying what needed to be said. After the Fall of Kabul in 2021, he was removed from duty after making a video on Facebook criticizing US military leadership. Our founding fathers understood this and so did Eisenhower on his way out of office. We come from different worlds. But that still doesnt mean I cant have humility and admit you handled this better than me.. I love America and I love Americans. Lt Col Stuart Scheller "resigned" second article on his "LETTER TO THE NEXT PRESIDENT". Another day, another incomprehensible action. Stuart Scheller posted his video to Facebook and LinkedIn on Thursday, the day 13 US service members, 11 of them Marines, and reportedly as many as 170 Afghans, were killed in a suicide bomb. But he largely provided a sober and calm call for accountability from senior members in the Department of Defense. This guy is indecipherable. A A. Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller was given a conditional release from the military jail at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, on Tuesday, pending a court-martial, lawyers for the family have confirmed with Newsmax. Theres a reason why MAGAs stopped treating Marine Lt.Col Stuart Scheller like their next big hero, after his initial video about Afghanistan. His wife and brother had spent hours fighting through the crowd with his children ages 13, 11, 10, 7 and 4 in tow. Lt Col Stuart Scheller's court-martial took place on Thursday at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. While Stuart Scheller Sr. did not serve in the military, he has worked at the executive level in the health care industry for nearly 40 years. They were leaving the playground crying, said Scheller, who lives in Emerald Isle, North Carolina. In the video, while in uniform, Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller called for accountability from senior leadership over the nature, and what he called failures, of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. Scheller is accused of the following offenses under the UCMJ: Article 88: Contempt toward officials, Article 90: Willfully disobeying a superior commissioned officer, Article 92: Failure to obey an order, and Article 133: Conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman, Task and Purpose reported, adding that he recorded other videos since the first one went viral; among them he said he wanted to file charges against a general. Scheller was removed from command of the Advanced Infantry Training Battalion at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, on Friday following his first video "due to a loss of trust and confidence in his ability to command," according to Maj. Jim Stenger, a spokesman for the Marine Corps. Then the following year, he was assigned the role of Alpha Company Executive Officer and deployed to Ramadi, Iraq. Marine Corp Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller is in a military jail for denouncing the US over its Afghanistan pullout. "I am forfeiting my retirement, all entitlements -- I don't want a single dollar. Trump and most of them would cut EVERY FUCKING DOLLAR of money going to the VA healthcare system in a heartbeat if they thought they could get away with it. I am willing to throw it all away to say to my senior leaders: I demand accountability., He said he was willing to risk my current battalion commanders seat, my retirement, my family stability to say some of the things that I want to say. He said that would give him some moral high ground to demand the same honesty, integrity, accountability for my senior leaders., He read from a letter written by Marine commandant David Berger, who wrote, was it all worth it?, Ive killed people, and I seek counseling and thats fine, Scheller said. Meet Joe Deters' Wife, Tanya O'Rourke! Her son, Stuart Scheller Jr. then a first lieutenant with 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment was deployed to Ramadi, Iraq, and there had just been an attack in the city. The way the Marine Corps handled their sons situation is a memory the Scheller family says they cannot forget. As of early Sunday, over $2 million had been donated or pledged to assist Marine Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller, the fundraising page said. The remaking of Stuart Scheller. This button displays the currently selected search type. 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Speaking directly to his wife in the second clip, Scheller said: "I don't know what decisions you're going to make in the next 72 hours," without elaborating further. The playbook has been obvious for a while, Dempsey said. In court Thursday, Scheller described his distress after he had posted the first video. Whatever his politics, it looks to me that he went into a free-fall. Marine relieved for viral video now says hes resigning his commission, Accountability Marine gets light sentence; judge blasts command. At some point in Schellers fall from grace, his family life seemed to fall apart. During Schellers court-martial, Republican Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Georgia, Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, and Ralph Norman, R-South Carolina, testified on behalf as character witnesses for Scheller. Despite their displeasure, the Schellers are satisfied with the result from the trial: a light sentence from Hines that docked one months pay, coupled with a stern admonishment of the prosecution. From July 2011 to June 2012 LtCol Scheller attended resident Expeditionary Warfare School. testified on behalf as character witnesses for Scheller. (Authentic Americans). The buses, according to Cathy Scheller, have been used for shelter following days and evenings of talks about war, combat stress and suicide. Much less train with actual missiles, and in an environment where ones life would be measured in minutes, if not only seconds after firing the first missile (thereby revealing your position) getting as many hits as possible as quickly as possible was crucial to slowing down the Soviet advance enough to allow for Reforger and sealift to balance the terms of the fight. One is expected to obey the lawful orders from superiors in the Chain of Command, right up through the civilians who maintain control of the military as is established in our Constitution. Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller insulted Trump and told his family to "stop tweeting about me" before his arrest. I believe the powerful statement he makes in the video must have spoken for many . Several of the comments reference elements of the QAnon conspiracy or the belief that the 2020 election was stolen from former President Donald Trump. Later, Stuart Scheller was court-martialed and placed in the brig for nine days. And the phone doesnt ring, and the phone doesnt ring, and the phone doesnt ring.. I respectfully disagree. Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller, a combat veteran who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, testified that he knew he was defying orders and that his life began "spiraling" down after he posted his first. When expanded it provides a list of search options that will switch the search inputs to match the current selection. It fascinates me when people are riotously self destructive. When Solomon pressed Scheller about the possibility of running for an elected office in the 2024 election cycles, Scheller replied, "I'm sure I will. During this Company Command tour, he completed the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit deployment. I think there needs to be leaders in Congress, Scheller told Marine Corps Times Dec. 26, 2021. But institutions who cant hold themselves accountable lose the moral authority to determine honor.. It would be highly unusual for the commander of any Accused to attend a court-martial hearing out of an abundance of caution regarding even the appearance that the commander sought to improperly influence the case, Marine spokesman Capt. Its a place where he occasionally would informally host Marines. It should be obvious to all but the most dense among you that the left absolutely hates "transparency" when it comes to how they wish to govern. At the end of the clip, he declares, "We're just getting started. Its also people like me who have very different views than Scheller. 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