Lt. Col. Scheller Released, Pending Court-MartialBy Eric Mack | Tuesday, 05 October 2021
Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller has been given a conditional release from the brig Tuesday, the military jail at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, pending a court-martial, according to a Washington Times reported tweeted.
Pentagon reporter Mike Glenn, a Persian Gulf War veteran, tweeted:
"BREAKING: Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller has been released from the brig at Camp Lejeune, NC pending courtmartial. The USMC combat vet was taken into custody after publishing several social media posts critical of US military/gov't leaders over Afghan withdrawal"
Scheller is accused of violating a gag order placed on him by Maj. Gen. Julian Alford of the Marine Corps Training Command, having repeatedly posted calls for accountability from the Biden administration's military leaders amid the Afghanistan withdrawal.
Amid the evacuation operation under CENTCOM Commander Gen. Kenneth McKenzie, 13 U.S. service members were killed by an ISIS-K suicide bombing outside the Taliban-controlled Kabul airport.
Scheller sought to resign honorably from the Marines, but the time-consuming process left Alford to strip Scheller of his command, rejecting an immediate honorable discharge.
After multiple social media posts seeking accountability, Alford issued a gag order on Scheller, who willingly violated it and accepted pretrial confinement.
Scheller had been due to attend a Tuesday hearing on his pretrial confinement.
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