A local Marine is speaking out against senior military and civilian leaders after the current fallout in Afghanistan and an attack that took over a dozen service member's lives.
Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller posted a video to Facebook last Thursday, "demanding accountability, integrity, and honesty from senior leaders in the Marine Corps" after 13 U.S. service members were killed in Thursday's suicide bombing in the Afghan capital of Kabul.
A veteran of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, Scheller was recently assigned to the School of Infantry East, Advanced Infantry Training Battalion, as the commanding office aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in June, according to his bio.
Scheller's video comes in the wake of social media outrage from civilians and alleged service members, questioning the process of procedures that took place to evacuate U.S. personnel.
President Joe Biden authorized the beginning of removing U.S. troops from the region before Taliban forces successfully took over control of Kabul, prompting the return of 5,000 troops to oversee the evacuation of military personnel and civilians.
"People are upset because their senior leaders let them down and no one is raising their hands and accepting accountability, saying we messed this up," Scheller said in the video. "Did any of you throw your rank on the table and say, hey, it’s a bad idea to evacuate Bagram Airfield, a strategic airbase, before we evacuate everyone? Did anyone do that,"
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