And DONT try to tell me if a Saigon type cluster fuck had happened in Kabul if Trump had gotten his way and pulled out before he left office (I graduated high school shortly after the fall of Saigon and remember that chaos well and despite whatb you think the Afghanistan withdrawal went far more smoothly) and an Officer who was a Democrat had publicly used social media to criticize Trump YOU wouldnt be calling for him/her to be executed by firing squad and raising hell that it hadnt already happened. Lt. Col. Stu Scheller was dismissed Friday from command of the Advanced Infantry Training Battalion at Camp Lejeune, N.C., over the original video. Conservatives have long dreamt of privatizing the entire system and he had a trio of MD pals down at his FL club go to work on things. His second video, posted on Aug. 29, 2021, which featured Scheller seemingly unhinged and in an abandoned bus in the woods somewhere in North Carolina, pushed people to donate to his wife, Jacklyn. They have sworn allegiance to the country, not to a party. He made us weaker in the world and has placed the lives of our troops at greater risk especially where Russia (and their paramilitary forces have been deployed) trying to suck up to Putin! Remember ugly trolls either human or robots will be blocked and Cathy Scheller LinkedIn: Our All-Volunteer Military Force Implodes When expanded it provides a list of search options that will switch the search inputs to match the current selection. The Taliban wouldve swept over Afghanistan just as they did (only a few months earlier) and the Afghani government wouldve collapsed just as rapidly as it did and Trump would not have given a rats ass about any Afghani whod helped US troops over the last couple of decades. On Dec. 23, 2021, Stuart Scheller left the Corps and started his second career as a civilian. Theres way to change policy that dont invite in external political actors to tear apart the armed forces, Dempsey said, noting that Scheller could have written an article in the Marine Corps Gazette or even opinion pieces in the Marine Corps Times if he wanted to get his complaints out. 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 it became apparent on election night 2016 hed win the electoral college my reaction was that my service didnt mean a fucking thing. It still is! I can never look at [the Marine Corps] the same.. Its rather disgusting to say that he should have kept quiet if he wanted a job at Newsmax or OAN. So, that in my book is the exact opposite of what a leader should do.. But that still doesnt mean I cant have humility and admit you handled this better than me.. I lost everything my wife, my career, my family, Scheller said. This is the example of a leader of character I look to., Thank you for so eloquently stating what we civilians are asking ourselves. Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller, shown here in a screenshot from his first viral social media video, is now supporting getting veterans elected in Congress. The infantry Marine lieutenant colonel made waves in August when he posted a now-viral video shortly after news broke that 13 service members, including 11 Marines, were killed in a suicide bombing at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul amid the U.S. withdrawal from the country. Keep your thoughts and opinions on the matter. Stuart Scheller, a freshly minted accountant and recent University of Cincinnati graduate, was . He has time to figure it out, he said. Meet Joe Deters' Wife, Tanya O'Rourke! Lt. Last month, Scheller posted videos slamming military . Stuart Scheller has been married since 2005 and the marriage was blessed with three children, Paul,Sean, andMark. Posted On January 6, 2022 By Prashasti Vasudevan Lt Col Stuart Scheller's court-martial took place on Thursday at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. During the trial, Hines described the leak, along with the pretrial confinement, as raising the specter of unlawful command influence, Marine Corps Times previously reported. 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. The former guy was, and still is, corrupt as a four-day-dead skunk, and so are all the people associated with him. When expanded it provides a list of search options that will switch the search inputs to match the current selection. Squeaker McCarthy Blinks, And Slams The Brakes On Tucker Carlson. ", Read Next: Final Troops Withdraw from Afghanistan, Ending Evacuation -- and the War. His own posts and the statements by his family indicate that he disobeyed that order. _Hasync.push(['Histats.track_hits', '']);
In the fathers opinion, the leak was deliberately designed to discredit his sons service record and reputation. But there are plenty of others who disagree that Scheller should have kept his complaints within the system and chain of command. READ NEXT: These Are the 13 Marines & Service Members Who Died in the Afghanistan Attack at Kabul Airport. The truth is, you and I will probably never agree on everything, Scheller said. He served as a US Marine infantryman in Iraq. He was the battalion commander with the advanced infantry training battalion at the time of the video. 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. Whatever happened to self preservation as the first rule of the day? Between Aug. 26, 2021, and Sept. 25, 2021, the Marine made more than a dozen posts on his Facebook page. But no, he had to keep shooting off his mouth and put himself on the chopping block for a Courts Martial and a less than honorable discharge which carries significant baggage in civilian life. The people in the country need to unite, and he gathers them up with ANTIFA spittle. (function() {
My own service in the Corps was long ago, serving on active duty during the Reagan years. At some point in Schellers fall from grace, his family life seemed to fall apart. Stuart Scheller, 40, lost his job, $2 million pensions, and most importantly, he lost his wife. Thats why we have a strong military in the world.. The cost of incompetence is permanent for those young men., You threw it on the line and if big government takes it away. Chaps was turned off by Schellers calls to burn the system down and the former lieutenant colonels willingness to turn what originally was a nonpartisan call for accountability into a political message. Scheller has admitted that he was ordered not to make any more posts on social media. It was just a day later that he was fired from his job as battalion commander at the Advanced Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry-East, in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Performance & security by Cloudflare. "I don't think that's the path I'm on," he declared. I give up. His video immediately went viral and led to him being fired from his position as the battalion commander of Advanced Infantry Training Battalion at the School of InfantryEast at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. The reason so many people are upset on social media right now is not because the Marine on the battlefield let someone down, Scheller said, noting that those service members always have risen to the occasion. In July 2019, LtCol Scheller checked into Marine Special Forces Command and assumed the duties as the Executive Officer of 2nd Support Battalion. 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. One said, "I don't think it's safe for me to comment at this time.". Over time that could erode the quality of the force. Until then, according to Stuart Scheller Sr., Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller has been ordered to show up for work each day and remains under a gag order. It is motivating them to speak publicly. Scheller said their split has been amicable. A more recent post from Dec. 28, 2021, has Scheller apologizing to former President Donald Trump. Because he might feel some obligation to see to the needs of the family he alienated and has left twisting in the wind with him. Stuart Scheller said he felt the only way there would be an attempt for accountability in Afghanistan was if he spoke out publicly. Stuart Scheller was arrested and imprisoned on September 27, 2021 by the USMC for violating the military code. 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. To all my friends across the social networks, he wrote. pic.twitter.com/e7BB4r4TSr Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) September 17, 2021 Scheller reiterated that he is "moving forward with my resignation. Its ridiculous to think these men care about political affiliation. So yes, you are right about one thing, you dont understand him. 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. 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. 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. Somehow shutting down Bagram before the Kabul exfill and leaving hundreds of Americans behind doesnt jive with my version protecting Americans. Following these criticisms and breaking a gag order from the Corps, Scheller was sent to the brig in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, on Sept. 27, where he remained until a plea deal between his legal defense team and the Marine Corps eight days later secured his release. Scheller shared a Facebook post saying that, as of 14:30 on Friday, he had been relieved of duty and he noted that he would have taken the same action if he were in the position of his . I would have preferred for him just to make the initial statement, take the lashings from the DOD and be on his way, Chaps said. But it wasnt the right thing to do.. In his eyes, that first video was about helping Marines and calling out people who made mistakes that costs lives. I had initially thought he was looking for a talking head position on right-wing media but hes now toast there. The decorated ex-marine voice against his seniors cost him a little too much than he anticipated. Thank you for your service. The action you just performed triggered the security solution. At the end of the clip, he declares, "We're just getting started. His brother Sami contacted Dan's office multiple times to no avail. . Follow him on Twitter @ktoropin. (Screenshot via YouTube / Stuart Scheller). (Stuart Scheller), "I lost my retirement, I lost my marriage, I lost all my friends in the military, I lost my wife and I lost my way of life. Your IP: Via Citizen Free Press. Lt. Col. Stu Scheller (center) walks out of his court-martial along with his parents, Cathy and Stu Scheller Sr., after the verdict was read on Friday, Oct. 15, 2021. Cloudflare Ray ID: 7a125c1698b6ef38 In later posts, Scheller attempted to separate himself from all political parties. 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You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked. Lt. Weve all made bad decisions from time to time, thats why hindsight is 20/20. He can forget that contributor spot on Newsmax or the shot at anchoring at OAN after this revelation. He spent a year in Paktika and Ghanzi provinces while supporting the Armys 101st Infantry Brigade. Nowhere to run to, baby, nowhere to hide. Martha and The Vandellas. And when you didnt think to do that, did anyone raise their hand and say, We completely messed this up?. It will take years to find out what all really went wrong, though, obviously some things are already pretty clear. 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. The Sept. 25, 2021, post that attacked conservatives has since been deleted. 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. Just days before Schellers scheduled Oct. 14 court-martial, the military news outlet Task & Purpose published a story based on trial documents leaked by an anonymous source. Im making it because I have a growing discontent and contempt forperceived ineptitude at the foreign policy level and I want to specifically ask some questions to some of my senior leaders., I feel like I have a lot to lose, he said, adding that he thought through what might happen to meif I had the courage to post it. (Authentic Americans), Kori Schake, the senior fellow and director of foreign and defense policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, said, He was likely to be disciplined for undercutting good order and discipline since there are other means for him to express his concerns internal to the service.. Here are 13 more things about him: Stuart Scheller Jr. (US Marines Corps) He had been locked up as flight risk, the Scheller family and defense team asserted at the time, and multiple news outlets reported. ", "I'm resigning my commission as a United States Marine effective now," Scheller declared. Except where otherwise noted, content on this site is licensed under a. [The judge] said his 27 years he has never seen a Marine come in for a court-martial with the exemplary record that Stuart had, Cathy Scheller said. That includes spending more than the past 20 years running a health care consulting business, where he provides executive coaching and leadership counseling. Colonel who went bonkers after the withdrawal from Afghanistan, making a video critical of his superiors, is in a different category. Attempts by Marine Corps Times to reach her for comment went unanswered. UPDATED: Raskin Now Says He Was Joking When Saying the GOP https://www.monumetric.com/publisher-advertising-privacy. And I will GUARANTEE that if Trump had managed to get reelected last November, there wouldve been an even greater debacle, especially for the thousands of Afghanis who did manage to get out. Stuart Scheller, a United States marine who made news after his inciting comments about Afghanistan withdrawal went viral, has separated from his wife. Former Lieutenant Colonel Stuart Scheller was the kind of infantry officer I probably would have loved as an enlisted Marine back in 2008. Because hed have to spin and tell lies like every other talking head in the media. These men are prepared to fight and die for our country. 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. You can speak to his attorney, but his parents, Stuart Sr. and Cathy said they were only allowed to . Hines also referred to it as unfair and possibly illegal., [Judge Hines] said he would expect the prosecution and the Marine Corps to do an investigation, Stuart Scheller Sr. said. And then during Covid they actually SHUT DOWN the office that searched for private medical providers! 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