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Navy confirms Eddie Gallagher will retire with rank and SEAL Trident

By Russ Read

Published November 26, 2019 1:07pm ET

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Navy confirms Eddie Gallagher will retire with rank and SEAL Trident — Navy Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher, right, walks with his wife, Andrea Gallagher as they arrive to military court on Naval Base San Diego, Tuesday, June 18, 2019, in San Diego. Jury selection continued Tuesday morning in the court-martial of the decorated Navy SEAL, who is accused of stabbing to death a wounded teenage Islamic State prisoner and wounding two civilians in Iraq in 2017. He has pleaded not guilty to murder and attempted murder, charges that carry a potential life sentence. | (AP Photo/Julie Watson)

After nearly two years of legal battles, Eddie Gallagher will retire with his rank and Navy SEAL Trident intact, according to the Navy.

“The Navy has canceled the naval special warfare designation review board for [Special Operations Chief] Edward R. Gallagher,” Cdr. Clay Doss, a Navy spokesman, told the Washington Examiner in a statement. “He will retire from active duty. We will not provide additional details due to privacy concerns.”

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