{"id":120982,"date":"2021-12-24T11:49:45","date_gmt":"2021-12-24T16:49:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=120982"},"modified":"2021-12-24T11:49:45","modified_gmt":"2021-12-24T16:49:45","slug":"lt-col-sheller-is-no-longer-a-marine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=120982","title":{"rendered":"Lt Col Sheller is no longer a Marine"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Jeff LPH 3 sends in the breaking news that Lt Col Sheller, who very publicly questioned the Brandon Administration’s atrociously botched Afghanistan pullout, has finally had his resignation accepted by the Commandant of the Marine Corps. He’s a civilian once again. Thus endeth the tale of the principled leader of Marines, one that went all the way to a court martial.<\/p>\n

You can now call him \u201cMr. Scheller.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a Thursday Facebook post, the now former Marine Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller Jr., who publicly called for accountability from the military and political leaders who led America\u2019s longest war, announced he had been discharged from the Marine Corps, effective Thursday.<\/p>\n

An infantry officer with deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, Scheller crashed into the national dialogue following a now-viral Aug. 26 social media video of him speaking out in uniform. His demands for accountability from military and political leadership, both current and past, for the conduct of the war in Afghanistan eventually saw him jailed and court-martialed.<\/p>\n

Scheller\u2019s father, Stuart Scheller Sr., had taken to social media in November to lament how long the process of discharging his son from the Marine Corps had been taking.<\/p>\n

\u201cCommandant David H. Berger talks about treating Marines as humans as opposed to inventory,\u201d Scheller Sr. wrote. \u201cBut 5 weeks to sign a resignation? Seriously!? They should be ashamed of themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n

More than a month later, and more than two months after accepting his resignation as part of a plea deal, the Marine Corps processed the resignation of the lieutenant colonel\u2019s commission.<\/p>\n

Scheller\u2019s post also stated that he had received a general discharge under honorable conditions, the lowest allowed under the conditions of his plea deal.<\/p>\n

The Marine Corps has yet to respond to questions asked by the Marine Corps Times regarding both the timeline and nature of Scheller\u2019s discharge.<\/p>\n

In his announcement, Scheller thanked the Marines who \u201call the Marines who served, led, bled, and suffered\u201d alongside him over his 17-year career. Additionally, Scheller thanked the Marine Corps for \u201cforging him into a man.\u201d Scheller also compared his \u201cdefeats\u201d in demanding accountability from political and military leadership to early setbacks the U.S. faced during the Revolutionary War.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut George Washington, undeterred, mobilized his force for a surprise attack over the holidays…as history shows, it was a turning point in the war,\u201d Scheller wrote.<\/p>\n

Scheller went on to criticize his treatment by the Marine Corps. He stated that he had been \u201cslandered\u201d by the Marine Corps, \u201cimprisoned under false pretense as a \u2018flight risk,\u2019\u201d and \u201cheld illegally\u201d in jail.<\/p>\n

\u201cWas it worth it? Well… unfortunately for them\u2026 the war isn\u2019t over,\u201d Scheller wrote. \u201cI think we just arrived at a turning point.\u201d<\/p>\n

Scheller noted a \u201ctelevision media blitz\u201d he is about to embark on, and his new website authenticamericans.com.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Source; Marine Corps Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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