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Chief Edward Gallagher has a clemency package before the Chief of Naval Operations. What started off as charges that included premeditated murder ended up with the SEAL being convicted of posing with a dead ISIS fighter. He was acquitted of the other charges.<\/p>\n
His lawyer forwarded a clemency package on Gallagher’s behalf to the Chief of Naval Operations, asking that this sentence be removed and that Chief Gallagher be subjected to non-judicial punishment instead. Plenty is at stake if the current sentence holds.<\/p>\n
From the Navy Times:<\/span><\/p>\n After acquitting him of all but the photograph charge the previous day, a panel of Gallagher’s military peers on July 3 recommended the chief be reduced to petty officer first class, forfeit $2,697 of pay per month for four months and be confined to the brig for four months, half of what he’d already spent in pretrial confinement in San Diego.<\/p>\n Under Navy regulations, however, he’s slated to be automatically demoted to the pay grade of E-1 for receiving a sentence of confinement following a general court-martial.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n The Navy Times article continues on to compare what he could get if he retires as chief versus what he’d get if the current sentence is supported:<\/p>\n If Gallagher retires as a chief, the likely value of his pension before he dies is about $1.7 million, according to an analysis added to his clemency filing.<\/p>\n As an E-1, it would be worth only $654,135.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n One of the things that the article points out is that other members of the unit Gallagher was with also took pictures with a dead ISIS fighter. This was followed by individuals posing with the dead body for a photo. Chief Gallagher is the only one that has been convicted of doing this.<\/p>\n