Pretty much yes…
Imo, green horns shouldn’t be deploying the military, and worse if you’re a chicken shit who dodged the draft on bone spurs.
Trump could have served in any number of capacities besides as a grunt…
Yes, it violates the UCMJ, which is why he was convicted.
Sure. But if he was disqualified from the get go take that up with the military and how they qualify and disqualify recruits.
And oh hey, by the way? Trump is serving his country as your President.
You’re referring to Trump there.
Complete rubbish. You think he was tried for killing one of the enemy. Perhaps you should have a look at it closer.
Ousted and Disgraced Navy Secretary Blasts Trump’s Intervention in Gallagher Case
This guy just can’t keep his damn mouth shut!
Former Navy secretary Richard Spencer penned an Op-ed on Wednesday that blasted President Trump’s “unprecedented intervention” in Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher’s case.
“President Trump involved himself in the case almost from the start,” Spencer wrote in the Washington Post.
He also admitted that it was “highly irregular” for high-ranking Navy officials like himself to be so personally involved in such matters.
“Normally, military justice works best when senior leadership stays far away,” he added.
The Navy SEAL was acquitted of murdering an Islamic State terrorist while deployed to Iraq in 2017. Gallagher was convicted of a lesser charge for posing for a photo with the militant’s corpse.
In the Op-ed, Spencer detailed three instances where Trump involved himself in the case, twice by phone call and once in a tweet.
Former Navy secretary Richard Spencer penned an Op-ed on Wednesday that blasted President Trump’s “unprecedented intervention” in Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher’s case.
“President Trump involved himself in the case almost from the start,” Spencer wrote in the Washington Post.
He also admitted that it was “highly irregular” for high-ranking Navy officials like himself to be so personally involved in such matters.
“Normally, military justice works best when senior leadership stays far away,” he added.
The Navy SEAL was acquitted of murdering an Islamic State terrorist while deployed to Iraq in 2017. Gallagher was convicted of a lesser charge for posing for a photo with the militant’s corpse.
In the Op-ed, Spencer detailed three instances where Trump involved himself in the case, twice by phone call and once in a tweet.
“The next day, White House Counsel Pat Cipollone called me and said the president would remain involved,” wrote Spencer. Soon after, Cipollone called back, saying Trump wanted Spencer to reinstate Gallachper’s rank to chief.
“This was a shocking and unprecedented intervention in a low-level review,” said Spencer.
“It was also a reminder that the president has very little understanding of what it means to be in the military, to fight ethically or to be governed by a uniform set of rules and practices.”
In an attempt to ensure Gallagher’s case went before the peer-review board, Spencer said he began to work without consulting his boss, Defense Secretary Mark Esper.
“That was, I see in retrospect, a mistake for which I am solely responsible,” he said.
On Nov. 19, the Navy established the peer-review board.
“But the question was quickly made moot: On Nov. 21, the president tweeted that Gallagher would be allowed to keep his pin — Trump’s third intervention in the case,” Spencer said.
“The rest is history. We must now move on and learn from what has transpired.”
Spencer was ultimately canned because Esper said the Navy official went behind his back to cut a deal with the White House over Gallagher’s case.
Gallagher, meanwhile, will be able to retire and his planned disciplinary was scrapped.
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This goes back to the self licking ice cream cone! These guys get free reign to pen their OPED’s to express their hurt feelings because MSM loves any opportunities to publish anything negative against Trump!
At least he has the sense to obey the CIC. Eddie Gallagher did do anything wrong. President Trumps decision was right and will be allowed to retire with some amont of dignity.
How many senior commissioned officers are spare prosecution under the UCMJ and allowed to QUIETLY retire and fade into the sunset.
About time a CIC stands up for an enlisted person. At least he wasn’t like Chelsea Manning. And no other president was as openly hostile to the military as CIGAR BILL.
Jump the chain of command and go behind the boss’ back, get your at publicly called out and fired.
Completely appropriate and expected.
In the world according to the New York Times, the Pentagon is getting tired of the Commander-in-Chief directing the military. They weren’t tired of 8 years of Obama gutting the Pentagon and treating the military like a social justice experiment…but Trump actually giving a shit is just too much for the Pentagon to tolerate.
