A former Green Beret pardoned by President Trump will fight to regain his Special Forces tab despite the Army rejecting his request in December.

Retired Army Maj. Mathew Golsteyn was charged in 2018 with the murder of an alleged Taliban bomb maker while deployed to Afghanistan in February 2010. He admitted to the killing during a CIA polygraph in 2011, leading the Army to open an investigation. The Army stripped Golsteyn of his tab and Distinguished Service Cross in 2014. Golsteyn claimed that he killed the alleged bomb maker in a lawful ambush and burned his body to prevent spreading diseases. Trump pardoned Golsteyn on Nov. 15, 2019, while he was awaiting trial.