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Three Navy SEAL officers who served with Chief Edward ” Eddie ” Gallagher — and like Gallagher had been ordered to undergo its consideration of the item to determine whether they would maintain their SEAL status — are no longer at risk of losing the Trident pins recognizing them as members of the elite unit.
The detectives will instead are assessed through other administrative processes.
Lt. Cmdr. Robert Breisch, Gallagher’s troop commander; Lt. Jacob Portier, the officer in charge; and Lt. Thomas MacNeil, the aide detective in charge, were with Gallagher during the 2017 deployment in Mosul, Iraq, in which Gallagher was found guilty of posing for a photo with the body of a teenage ISIS fighter.
In a statement on Wednesday, Nov. 27, acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly said plans to review the officers were terminated, as they were for Gallagher. The recollects would have determined if the officers’ wars during that deployment were matching of a Navy SEAL.
” Given the unique circumstances of these three remaining occasions, I have determined that any outages in behavior, action, judgment or professionalism exhibited by these officers be addressed through other administrative measures as appropriate, such as symbols of teaching or achievement observations on their polouse fitness reports ,” Modly said.
” The United District Navy, and the Naval Special Warfare Community specific have dangerous and important work to do ,” he said.” In my judgement, neither deserves the continued distraction and negative attention that recent events have rekindled .”
The three officers, along with Gallagher, received letters Nov. 20 calling them before committee inspects. The characters were signed by SEAL Commander Rear Adm. Collin Green advising them that a Trident Review Board would assemble in December. Such assess can be held for various reasons, including medical publishes, booze or drug abuse and loss of confidence by command.
A day eventually, President Donald Trump tweeted that the Navy “will NOT be taking away Warfighter and Navy Seal Eddie Gallagher’s Trident Pin .”
On Nov. 25, Defense Secretary Mark Esper fortified Trump had dictated him to stop a disciplinary review of Gallagher. That proclamation followed the firing of Navy Secretary Richard Spencer, who served as the Navy’s civilian leader. Esper said Spencer expended back channels to go around him and offer a secret deal with the White House.
Navy officials proved on Tuesday, Nov. 26, that Gallagher’s review board will not go forward and that Gallagher will retire from the Navy at the end of the month.
” Our special operators are participating in a peculiar fighting force that has been at war for practically 20 times ,” Modly said.” We ask them to meet a very high standard of competence in the use of deadly force, matched by an evenly quality standards for ethical behaviour in fighting. This anticipation is no higher than the standard our special warriors have specified for themselves .”
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He pointed to the SEAL ethos: “I serve with honor on and off the battleground. The ability to control my feelings and my acts, regardless of circumstance, sets me apart from other beings. Uncompromising coherence is my standard. My character and statu are steadfast. My word is my bond.”
Modly said his decision should not be interpreted in a way that increases the SEAL ethos or the high expectations of the nation that SEALs hold to it.
He also vowed to service members that he will continue to address the challenging cultural issues within the Naval Special Warfare community, instill good order and self-restraint and enforce the highest professional standards.
” These are standards that scores of brave sailors have given their lives to establish and preserve ,” he said.” It is our obligation to honor their sacrifice, and the values of our nation, in everything we do in peace, in crisis, but most especially in war. We can, we must, and the authorities concerned will do this right .”
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