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Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller, USMC, is seen in this screen capture from his Aug. 27, 2021, Facebook video, wherein he criticized senior military leadership and its handling of the evacuation of Kabul in light of the deadly suicide bombing attack at the Hamid Karzai International Airport. [https://www.facebook.com/stuart.scheller/videos/561114034931173/]

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“There is a forum in which Marine leaders can address their disagreements with the chain of command, but it’s not social media,” Maj. Jim Stenger, a Marine Corps spokesman in the Pentagon, said in a statement at the time.

Stuart Scheller at court-martial wants Pentagon leaders to admit Afghan failures →

“He is going to give the Pentagon a personal class in accepting responsibility,” said a source familiar with the case, who asked not to be identified because of a gag order imposed by Marine Corps officials.

Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller debate goes on as Marine seeks deal at court-martial →

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