After consulting with her staff judge advocate, Capt. The reporter and at least one editor know the identity of the source. First, they started telling their commanders about little problems. She also let stand charges related to what officials contend are offensive text messages shared by Webb with the other SEALs. Well, so what is going to happen to those SEALs who testified against Gallagher? A decorated Navy SEAL veteran who served two deployments in Iraq is now recovering from a debilitating injury after a bar fight here in Spokane. A defense attorney described them as, quote, entitled millennials. And he made a big deal about how whiny they were about how he was taking their beef jerky and their PowerBars without asking. JB: You've done two things in your life that are almost impossible to do. Every character is identified onscreen by a title. In a courtroom at Naval Base San Diego, close to the harbor where hulking destroyers and missile cruisers dock, a jury of five Marines, a member of the SEALs and a Navy officer, nearly all with combat experience, spent two weeks hearing testimony in the trial, including unvarnished accounts of one platoon in the Navys celebrated elite commando force. (Jason Redman), "Two is mental leadership," he continued. And because before the trial the medic had been given testimonial immunity, he couldnt be punished for anything he said on the stand, even murder. Redman joined the Navy in 1992 and spent 11 years as an enlisted SEAL. SEALs testified that after giving the fighter first aid, Chief Gallagher, a trained medic, stabbed the fighter repeatedly in the neck. Pentagon leaders told Navy Times to expect far deeper reforms. And in this day and age, that meant that they had done multiple tours on the ground in Afghanistan and Iraq. It was 36 pages with no dialogue and followed the journey of a kilo of cocaine from the plant all the way to the nightclub in Canada. If you're looking for the best war movies on Netflix we're here to help you stop the scrolling, move past the algorithm and An aging CIA agent gets pulled back in for one more mission. Navy judge Capt. Who do you think you are? At that time, this marked deadliest moment in the war in Afghanistan. Why don't you take some acting classes? But that day, Edward Gallagher chose to bring his children into the courtroom. JB: We talk to a lot of SEALs and the idea of 20 years service and being a SEAL don't really seem to go together that often. In a sense, hes the coach of the basketball team with his clipboard and his Xs and Os. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. And I would say bring that back. The defense said it was a mutiny. So they made up something bigger and bigger until it was a murder charge. Prine came to Navy Times after stints at the San Diego Union-Tribune and Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. And I didnt want him to spend his whole life in prison. And he left. This is not actually a murder case. The commander and the senior enlisted officer of a U.S. Navy SEAL team have been relieved of their duties after investigations into alleged sexual assault and Jake Portier, the officer in charge of the SEALs platoon in Iraq. Marc Mukasey, another of his lawyers, said the chief began to cry when the verdict was read. His testimony also deviated in other significant ways from what he had told investigators before trial; the Navy has indicated it is considering charging him with perjury. According to testimony, Chief Gallaghers platoon built a rooftop bar at their compound and had empty beer cans rolling around in their trucks; a lieutenant made a video montage for the platoon, set to music, of enemy corpses from the deployment; a number of SEALs and Marines besides Chief Gallagher took photos with the dead ISIS fighter; and one SEAL mistook a car loaded with women and children in Mosul for ISIS fighters and flew a hand-launched explosive drone, known as a Switchblade, into the vehicle, killing them all. Aaron Rugh had determined that Czaplak played a key role in violating Gallaghers constitutional rights before his trial kicked off. Upon hitting the ground, Hogan broke three vertebrae and bruised his spinal cord, and he is experiencing paralysis on the left side of his body. And finally, they have two text messages after the fact, where the chief texts pictures of himself holding up the body of the dead ISIS fighter by the hair, with his knife next to him, saying, good story behind this one. The lead prosecutor was removed from the case in May after he was caught improperly attaching tracking software to email messages sent to defense lawyers, leaving his replacement with just a few weeks to catch up before trial. He was also charged with obstruction of justice by threatening to kill SEALs who reported him. Image 1 of 5. It is show business, and a lot of people just want to be creative. As recently as the early 2000s, SEAL candidates had to also complete a six-month probationary period on an operational team. Prosecutors held them up as courageous whistle-blowers who broke the SEAL code of silence to stop a rogue chief who was on a track to higher leadership positions. What is full? They just now have to live with the aftermath. You're making stories that aren't fixated on your military past. Then I did a spec commercial for Ford that never got released. This week, Chief Petty Officer Edward Gallagher was in danger of losing his. Sign up for BINGE to watch. Meg Larrea conducts a uniform inspection in late 2017. I think that's why I'm doing okay in Hollywood. But just a few hours later, after a total of eight hours of deliberation, we get a frantic text from a Navy spokesman that the verdict is in. Maybe if he said, yes, I saw him stab and kill this man, this jury of combat veterans, of senior enlisted guys whod been on the ground multiple times, would have come to the same conclusion, that this guy deserves to go free. Two of his current books: "TheCase for a Creator" by Lee Strobel and "1984" by George Orwell. In a Skype interview conducted by Lita, the WWE Universe learned tonight that competitor Dianna Dahlgren was leaving WWE Tough Enough in part to tend to her friend and employee, Jason Hogan. Retired Navy SEAL Jason Cabell is launching his Hollywood career as a writer/director with "Running With the Devil," a star-filled action picture that offers insight into the lower levels of the drug trade without forgetting to deliver the thrills. JB: What gave you your perspective on the drug trade? About 20 minutes after the captive died, Chief Gallagher posed for what both sides in the trial described as trophy photos with the corpse. JB: You've succeeded at pulling this off, something that thousands of people to do and never get the opportunity. The medic says that he killed the captive. "This thing up inside our head is the most dangerous battlefield you'll ever be on. In one hand he held the captives hair; in the other he held a small, custom-made hunting knife by the captives bandaged neck. O.K. You talk to people and I think everybody wants to tell their El Chapo/Escobar story about the kingpin and the mansions. It's these little independent ratlines, if you will, and people just hiding in plain sight. And to me, what I quickly learned was there was this really big and kind of existential schism within the SEALs, between a group that calls themselves the pirates these are the rogues, the old-school dudes who really value their skills as war fighters and the other folks, which I think the pirates call the boy scouts, people that see their role as elite commandos is absolutely dependent on transparency and rule of law. He is also Theyre disappointed. He was commissioned in 2004 as a SEAL officer, and in2006, he graduated from U.S. Army Ranger School before deploying to Fallujah, Iraq. I think that's my emerging style. So, I said, "Yeah, well, I'll figure it out." I got him with my hunting knife. The original sign was signed by then-President George W. Bush and framed at theWalter Reed National Military Medical Center. I dont think so. He anticipated a kind of exoneration? Barry Pepper ("Saving Private Ryan"), Adam Goldberg ("Saving Private Ryan"), Leslie Bibb ("Talladega Nights"), Clifton Collins Jr. ("Traffic"), Peter Facinelli ("Nurse Jackie") and Cole Hauser ("Yellowstone") all contribute star-quality performances to smaller roles. BTS will be on hiatus until all seven members complete their mandatory military service in South Korea. I got Frankie Faison, who has done a few big movies, like "Silence of the Lambs." Dave, the last time we talked, you told us about the allegations against Navy chief Edward Gallagher just as his case was heading into trial. But there were several signs from me sitting in the courtroom that I saw that suggested to me that something larger was at play the presence of his family, the extended eye contact between the medic on the stand, the defense attorneys and Chief Gallagher. And Im not sure how deep it went. I might eventually make a military movie. Who is going to prevail in this culture, the guys who want to do anything that they feel is necessary to get the job done, or the guys who want accountability and want the rule of law? 5:52. And it's gonna be a really big cast again, if they like the material. And just stay loyal. They were driving around convertibles and it looked pretty cool, so I went down and talked to them. The movie runs a tight 100 minutes and Cabell is content to let the action speak for itself when it can. And the prosecutor sat down from his examination, clearly perplexed about what was happening. Well, I did and it got distributed and it did its run on pay-per-view and it won 19 awards worldwide. Chief Gallagher is the highest enlisted person in the SEAL platoon. SEALs pounded their pins into the coffin of Special Warfare Operator 3rd Class Denis Miranda during his funeral in 2010. Edward Gallagher, the SEALs and Why the Trident Pin Matters, https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/21/us/navy-seal-trident-insignia.html. I understand the syncopation and the beats of a normal studio script, but I kind of like flipping it upside down a little bit and being a little unconventional. And, he's a vicious little son of a bi---, and he will frequently tell me, 'You're not good enough. Once people finally understand they have a problem, we rush to get out of it and sometimes make things worse. It is a ritual that has been repeated at many funerals of Navy SEALs and dramatized in Hollywood movies: SEALs approach a gravesite one by one, remove the They say write what you know, but I've been in over a hundred countries. And early, early the next morning, he gets together with his family and his lawyers for a live shot with Fox & Friends, which has been his biggest supporter for months. Did Chief Gallagher kill this man? View It feels like I've been given a second chance," Redman told Fox News. Equal pay, equal pay, equal pay, equal pay! And the defenses theory is that because of these small slights, a group of SEALs in the platoon decided, were going to get rid of Chief Gallagher. My next two movies coming up aren't focused on the military, either. Thank you all for joining us . The first thing that comes in my head is this is not supposed to happen. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. The jury of officers and relatively high-ranking enlisted troops listened as matters the Navy probably did not want to air publicly were discussed in court. His ability to give hope to others was the driving force behind his miraculous recovery,and it has continued to fuel his actions to this day. But many SEALs just refer to it as the bird.. Jason ", FORGING AND RE-FORGING OF A NAVY SEAL LEADER, Redman at the Combat Support Hospital in Baghdad on Sept 13, 2007 -- after emergency surgery, following the firefight that almost took his life. Their star witness was a medic named Corey Scott. During the tournament, the team became a symbol of a broader fight for gender equality after the players sued their employer, the U.S. Soccer Federation, citing inferior wages and working conditions compared with the U.S. mens team. What we consider before using anonymous sources. Is that on purpose? Wow. There is no proof they ever happened, period.. And they said to me, were just as shocked as you are. "Facial injuries are the worst because as humans, we speak to each other by looking at each other's faces," Redman said. And so they start to remember less. In making this movie, I hung Nick and Laurence off the side of a cliff at 11,000 feet. What does that look like in the courtroom? Dave, what was the scene in the courtroom as the jury prepares to announce its verdict? So what happens when this trial actually begins? The only thing that he was guilty of was the most minor charge, which is that he showed behavior prejudicial to good order and discipline by posing with the dead body of the ISIS fighter. Is there anything from your SEAL career that gives you some personal knowledge? The defense described the accusers as disgruntled conspirators who plotted in a group text chat they called the sewing circle. The chiefs lawyers said the men were bitter because their chief was stealing snacks from them, needlessly exposing them to fire and then calling them cowards when they questioned his tactics. The Purple Heart recipient required dozens of operations and skin grafts to survive but managed to find meaningwithin his intense suffering. You get beat up. Navy SEAL Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher with his wife, Andrea Gallagher, at Naval Base San Diego on Tuesday. I was in bootcamp when the Navy SEALs movie came out, so before that, I don't think too many people knew very much about [the SEALs]. So, I hosted a couple of pilots that never got picked up. You've been a SEAL and you've written and directed your own movie, one with a lot of movie stars in it. Five-year-old Beau Wise's big brothers were more A lot of them made sacrifices that now seem to have been, they feel, for nothing. Eddie, whats your message, briefly, to future Navy SEALs, guys who would wear that trident, who would go do the things youve done? JC: Well, I was in SEAL Team. JC: Yeah. They sentenced him to four months in prison, which was automatically wiped clean because of his prior time in the brig. 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