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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Acquitted US Navy Sailor Gallagher Gets Celebratory Tattoo
2019-07-05
[Breitbart] Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher celebrated his acquittal Tuesday by having a picture of his wife’s eyes tattooed on his arm.

Photos of the tattoo were posted to the "Free Eddie Gallagher" Facebook page on Wednesday night. "So this happened," the caption under the photos showing the stages of the tattoo’s development says.

The tattoo depicts the eyes of Gallagher’s wife, Andrea, framed in the folds of an American flag. Reports state that she campaigned relentlessly for her husband’s acquittal after he was accused by junior SEALS in 2017 of stabbing a wounded ISIS fighter and shooting at civilians during a deployment in Mosul, Iraq.

President Trump on Wednesday tweeted his congratulations to the Gallagher family after the acquittal was announced.
Posted by:Besoeker

#15  since a go fund me is started for everything why not start one too make up the difference in paythey want too takke away from this man.
Posted by: chris   2019-07-05 13:22  

#14  Petty revenge by the Beltway Bandit Top Brass

President Trump had already promised to pardon the chief after ordering him to be released from the brig, so it might well be that the rank reduction and fine will be made to go away.

Whether there will be requests for resignations preceding long-planned retirements to spend time with various families now that the court martial has completed its work is a different question. That’s what happened with the Mueller team...
Posted by: trailing wife   2019-07-05 13:15  

#13  Just like any good sailor would do to mark a significant event in his life...
Posted by: 49 Pan   2019-07-05 11:40  

#12  ...a nice little letter from the Commander-in-Chief in their personnel jacket about lacking confidence in their judgement might hasten retirement papers. Pour encourager les autres. They always have the lucrative 'consulting' jobs out there.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2019-07-05 11:25  

#11  #8. ...You have got to believe that there are some seriously pi$$ed off Admirals out there today, and I was fully expecting them to get the last measure of revenge on Chief Gallagher. --Mike Kozlowski

Petty revenge by the Beltway Bandit Top Brassâ„¢ (i.e. high ranking officers bureaucrats in the Pentagon) that are still mad at SOCOM cutting into their influence peddling?
Posted by: magpie   2019-07-05 11:13  

#10  Mike, he had already spent 9 months in the brig and so it was considered "time served".
Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839   2019-07-05 09:39  

#9  ^Omorong?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2019-07-05 09:03  

#8  Unfortunately, I doubt we've seen the last of this fellow.
Posted by: Besoeker   2019-07-05 09:00  

#7  P2K,

He was courtmartialled - the 'abuse of corpse' charge was one of several that also included that unfortunate 'killed-a-mortal-enemy-of-our-nation-and-way-of-life-in-an-unapproved-manner' thing.

Myself, I was VERY surprised that the USN didn't make him (or at least try to) go back to jail for the four months anyways. You have got to believe that there are some seriously pi$$ed off Admirals out there today, and I was fully expecting them to get the last measure of revenge on Chief Gallagher.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2019-07-05 08:54  

#6  that's what local media reported
Posted by: Frank G   2019-07-05 08:52  

#5  Ref #4:. My guess, reduction and pay forfieture resulted from foto with him and dead enemy combatants.....on which he was convicted.

Absin, just a guess.
Posted by: Besoeker   2019-07-05 08:44  

#4  Anybody got a link to why he's being reduced in rank and having his pay tagged? You just can't do that administratively. Even a GO level Article 15 can be refused and a courts martial taken instead.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2019-07-05 07:58  

#3  I think conservative minded 'experts' should be persuaded by those of us 'with means', to lobby and induce the DoD and Veteran Affairs to recognize an ailment called 'Mosul Fever', so that future Gallaghers can avail of the leeway.
Posted by: Dron66046   2019-07-05 07:45  

#2  I predict a book in the near future, revealing how the SEALS have been sissified via social engineering.
Posted by: Kojo Snore9943   2019-07-05 07:34  

#1  Goodness knows Chief Gallagher has earnt whatever legal celebration he wants. But also:

Gallagher will now have his rank reduced to an E6 paygrade and was sentenced to pay $2,697 monthly for the next four months. Gallagher also plans to retire in three weeks as he will reach the 20 year anniversary of his service, Fox News reported.
Posted by: trailing wife   2019-07-05 07:01  

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