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USMC LTC who resigned in protest put in Brig


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2021 Sep 28, 1:40am   367 views  9 comments

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His resignation was rejected, instead he was banned from social media. He made a social media post, and thus was put in the Brig:


The Marine who had spoken out in August against the Biden administration's senior military leadership over the unconditional Afghanistan withdrawal was jailed by the Marine Corps on Monday morning for violating a gag order with a social media post over the weekend.


"It is with a heavy heart that we, his parents, are informing you that our son, Lt. Col Stuart Scheller, has been incarcerated by the USMC this morning, Sept. 27, 2021," his family wrote in a statement. "He was issued a gag order which he broke this weekend by posting on social media."

The Marines acknowledged that Scheller has been detained before a trial.

"Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller Jr. is currently in pre-trial confinement in the Regional Brig for Marine Corps Installations East aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune pending an Article 32 preliminary hearing," Capt. Sam Stephenson, Training and Education Command spokesman, told Task & Purpose in a statement.

"The time, date, and location of the proceedings have not been determined. Lt. Col. Scheller will be afforded all due process," the statement continued.

After his Aug. 26 Facebook video — in which he called for senior military leaders to be held to account for their role in what he called the "messed-up" withdrawal — Scheller had his resignation rejected by the Marines, according to his family.

"Recently, Stu asked to resign; The USMC told us, his parents, that our son serves at the pleasure of the president," the family's statement continued. "They have not accepted his resignation.


"All our son did was ask the questions that everyone was asking themselves, but too scared to speak out loud. He doesn't deserve this treatment."

His father, Stu Scheller Sr., told Task & Purpose his son faces a hearing Thursday for his violating a gag order.

"Like us, he is a proud American that has honorably served his nation for 17 years and was simply asking the system that he dedicated his life to, the military, to also support him," the family's statement added.

"His command seems to be concerned but does not appear to have the tools to support him at this time. Incarceration appears to be their only solution. The lack of accountability for the botched Afghanistan withdrawal has caused many issues and stressors for thousands of our service members who have asked, 'was it all worth it?'

"In thirty days, our son Lt. Col Stuart Scheller went from being an exemplary Marine, handpicked by the [Corps] and placed in a highly prestigious position as the commander of the Advanced Infantry Training Battalion, to a Marine that is being incarcerated for demanding accountability and integrity from military leadership."

https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/stuartscheller-taliban-marines-gagorder/2021/09/27/id/1038149/

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1   HeadSet   2021 Sep 28, 7:00am  

Wow. I suspect some higher up is trying to score points with the Pentagon by putting Lt Col Scheller in jail or giving a dishonorable discharge. Loss of pension was not enough.
2   Shaman   2021 Sep 28, 7:29am  

Fuck the Left and fuck Joe Biden!!!
3   Nufsaid   2021 Sep 28, 8:00am  

When you enlist in the military you give up your right to question the actions they take. Follow orders.
Keep your mouth shut. Plan on an early retirement with benefits no civilian will ever have.
Who started these two senseless wars?
Oh, yea, draft-dodger "W". A patriot.
But it is all Biden's fault.
Simple.
4   AmericanKulak   2021 Sep 28, 8:15am  

HeadSet says
Wow. I suspect some higher up is trying to score points with the Pentagon by putting Lt Col Scheller in jail or giving a dishonorable discharge. Loss of pension was not enough.


Make an example of him to dissuade others from attempting to speak out and resign.

"By complaining about the most humiliating withdrawal, worse than Saigon, this officer has made a joke of the Pres... I mean, the Marines"
5   AmericanKulak   2021 Sep 28, 9:20am  

The only person punished for the Afghanistan Debacle is the guy who complained about it and demanded accountability.
6   HeadSet   2021 Sep 28, 10:33am  

MisdemeanorRebellionNoCoupForYou says
Make an example of him to dissuade others from attempting to speak out and resign.

Maybe the brass heard others soldiers were about to speak up, and wanted to discourage that.
7   AmericanKulak   2021 Sep 28, 3:50pm  

Nufsaid says
When you enlist in the military you give up your right to question the actions they take. Follow orders.
Keep your mouth shut. Plan on an early retirement with benefits no civilian will ever have.
Who started these two senseless wars?
Oh, yea, draft-dodger "W". A patriot.
But it is all Biden's fault.
Simple.

That's how I feel about Teachers, but that's superfluous like most of the comment.
I notice neither Clinton, Obama, nor Biden served in the military, either.

But, yeah, the Afghanistan Debacle is 100% Biden's fault. Not Bush's or Trump's.
8   Misc   2021 Sep 29, 8:53am  

Under Trump's plan for the Afghanistan withdrawal, we were to:

1) Remove the civilians
2) Remove our allies
3) Remove the Afghanis we determined should go
4) Close our bases
5) Remove our troops

Biden, gave orders to close our bases in the middle of the night, without even notifying our allies as the first thing on the list.

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