navy seals warned about speaking of chief's war crimes

navy seals warned about speaking of chief

The clear message, one of the seven told investigators, was “Stop talking about it.” According to a confidential Navy criminal investigation report obtained by The New York Times, they gave him the bloody details and asked for a formal investigation.īut instead of launching an investigation that day, the troop commander and his senior enlisted aide - both longtime comrades of the accused platoon leader, Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher - warned the seven platoon members that speaking out could cost them and others their careers, according to the report. Tired of being brushed off, seven members of the platoon called a private meeting with their troop commander in March 2018 at Naval Base Coronado near San Diego. But their frustration grew as months passed and they saw no sign of official action. Navy SEAL commandos from Team 7’s Alpha Platoon said they had seen their highly decorated platoon chief commit shocking acts in Iraq. Indiscriminately spraying neighborhoods with rockets and machine-gun fire. Picking off a school-age girl and an old man from a sniper’s roost. According to a confidential Navy criminal investigation report obtained by The New York Times, they gave him the bloody details and asked for a formal investigation.īut instead of launching an investigation that day, the troop commander and his senior enlisted aide - both longtime comrades of the accused platoon leader, Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher- warned the seven platoon members that speaking out could cost them and others their careers, according to the report.Stabbing a defenseless teenage captive to death.

Stabbing a defenseless teenage captive to death.

Navy seals warned about speaking of chief's war crimes