Navy will decide whether to yank Eddie Gallagher's SEAL Trident

Published November 20, 2019 3:39pm ET



The Navy’s Special Warfare Command will decide on Dec. 2 whether to revoke Eddie Gallagher‘s SEAL Trident, his lawyer said Wednesday. The move could eject Gallagher from the elite community where he once instructed recruits.

Gallagher, 40, was charged in 2018 for war crimes while deployed in 2017 to Iraq. Following a high profile trial, he was found not guilty of murdering an injured ISIS fighter and of shooting at civilians. He was convicted of posing for a picture with the dead ISIS fighter. As a result, he was reduced in rank from Chief Petty Officer to Petty Officer. Last week, President Trump restored Gallagher’s rank, but the Naval Special Warfare Commander, Rear Adm. Collin Green, countered with announcing he would review Gallagher’s Trident.

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