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Marine Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller was released from pretrial confinement at Camp Lejeune, N.C., the service announced Oct. 5, 2021. Scheller was relieved of his command in August after posting a video critiquing military and civilian leaders for failures in Afghanistan hours after a terrorist attack killed 13 service members at Kabul\u2019s international airport. (U.S. Marine Corps)<\/em><\/p>\n Lieutenant Colonel Stuart Scheller, the Marine officer who\u2019s videos went viral criticizing US officials who were responsible for the debacle in the Afghanistan, has been released today.<\/p>\n He was being held in the brig at Camp LeJeune, without being charged with any infraction.<\/p>\n He is reportedly facing possible charges of conduct unbecoming an officer, contempt toward officials, disobeying a senior officer and failure to obey an order or regulation.<\/p>\n ChipNASA sends.<\/p>\n BY COREY DICKSTEIN<\/strong><\/p>\n A Marine lieutenant colonel jailed last month after Corps officials said he violated a gag order for issuing social media videos disparaging top American officials and generals will be released from the brig, the service announced.<\/p>\n Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller Jr. was set to be released Tuesday from confinement at Camp Lejeune, N.C., where he\u2019d been held since Sept. 27 after he and his attorneys forged an agreement with Marine Maj. Gen. Julian D. Alford, who leads Marine Training Command, said Capt. Sam Stephenson, a spokesman for the command.<\/p>\n He was held in pretrial confinement last month after posting several videos on Facebook and LinkedIn that were highly critical of top officials over the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.<\/p>\n Scheller, a 17-year infantry officer who has served in Iraq and Afghanistan, was fired from his job as the commander of an infantry training battalion at Camp Lejeune on Aug. 27, after posting a video demanding accountability for top military officers and U.S. officials in the hours after a bombing killed 13 U.S. troops in Kabul amid the U.S. evacuation from Afghanistan.<\/p>\n In the video that garnered hundreds of thousands of views, Scheller expressed his \u201cgrowing discontent and contempt for \u2026 perceived ineptitude at the foreign policy level.\u201d<\/p>\n In follow-up videos, he accused Marine Gen. Kenneth \u201cFrank\u201d McKenzie, the commander of U.S. Central Command, of dereliction of duty, promised to resign his commission and help \u201cbring the whole (expletive) system down.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n He is the only Service Member currently being punished for the unmitigated disaster that continues in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n Stripes.com<\/a><\/p>\n Thanks, Chip.<\/p>\n It’s official, Special Court Martial.<\/p>\nMarines to release lieutenant colonel fired, confined for videos bashing US officials over Afghanistan withdrawal<\/h3>\n