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Excerpt: On March 30, the president took to Twitter to announce that he ordered the Pentagon to release Gallagher from pretrial confinement in San Diego’s Naval Consolidated Brig Miramar.
“In honor of his past service to our Country, Navy Seal #EddieGallagher will soon be moved to less restrictive confinement while he awaits his day in court," Trump tweeted. “Process should move quickly!”
And it did, with Navy officials immediately moving to spring Gallagher from the brig.
A day after the verdict in Gallagher’s court-martial case, Trump also tweeted congratulations to the SEAL, his wife Andrea, and his entire family.
“You have been through much together. Glad I could help!” the president wrote.
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On Tuesday, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday decided to retain the spirit of a military jury’s recommended sentence for Gallagher, 40, letting stand the panel’s call to demote him but keeping him a petty officer first class and not the E-1 pay grade where Navy regulations would’ve automatically left him after more than two decades of service.
Do you feel CNO Admiral Mike Gilday acted fairly in demoting Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher to E-6 and should Rear Admiral Colin Green pull Gallagher's trident?
“In honor of his past service to our Country, Navy Seal #EddieGallagher will soon be moved to less restrictive confinement while he awaits his day in court," Trump tweeted. “Process should move quickly!”
And it did, with Navy officials immediately moving to spring Gallagher from the brig.
A day after the verdict in Gallagher’s court-martial case, Trump also tweeted congratulations to the SEAL, his wife Andrea, and his entire family.
“You have been through much together. Glad I could help!” the president wrote.
...
On Tuesday, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday decided to retain the spirit of a military jury’s recommended sentence for Gallagher, 40, letting stand the panel’s call to demote him but keeping him a petty officer first class and not the E-1 pay grade where Navy regulations would’ve automatically left him after more than two decades of service.
Do you feel CNO Admiral Mike Gilday acted fairly in demoting Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher to E-6 and should Rear Admiral Colin Green pull Gallagher's trident?
Report: Trump makes SEAL Gallagher a chief again
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War Crimes
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Clinton, Bush II, and Obama seemed dead set on turning our soldiers into cops and our cops into soldiers. Any higher ups in either organization that did not go along were eased, squeezed, or retired out. And now we have soldiers who worry too much about rules of engagement rather than finishing the mission, and cops who have armored vehicles but don't know the names of the people in their patrol area.
It seems to me both organizations need to get back to basics, which includes removing nit-picking oversight.
(The First Sergeant steps down off his soap box and vows to try not to rant again for the rest of the day.)
It seems to me both organizations need to get back to basics, which includes removing nit-picking oversight.
(The First Sergeant steps down off his soap box and vows to try not to rant again for the rest of the day.)
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NO! Restore his rank and his Trident, and quit prosecuting our combat troops for doing their jobs!
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No, no, and NO! Did all those other posers in the photo get punished? Did they lose rank? Did the spend over 200 days in Miramar?
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