Eddie Gallagher forgets his rank and earns his negative reputation

Attacking his former colleagues in the U.S. Navy SEAL community, Eddie Gallagher has shown why the Navy was right to push for his demotion and removal from the service.

Gallagher, a SEAL who was tried for numerous war crimes and convicted on one count, had his demotion countermanded by President Trump last year. The president claimed that this ill-advised decision ensured Gallagher was treated fairly, but the actual result was a diminishing of the Navy’s integrity and its professional ethos.