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Navy Secretary Richard Spencer

Fired Navy leader highly critical of Trump in SEAL case

Fired Navy Secretary Richard Spencer has written an opinion article sharply critical of President Donald Trump for intervening in the war crimes case of a Navy SEAL.

By Robert Burns, The Associated Press

4 years ago

Eddie Gallagher

Navy cancels review for SEALs after firing of Navy secretary

The Navy on Wednesday cancelled a peer-review process for three Navy SEAL officers who supervised a fourth SEAL convicted of posing with a dead teenage captive in Iraq.

4 years ago

Esper: ‘Robust’ conversation with Trump about proposed pardons for SEAL, two soldiers

The president is expected to make his decision by Veterans Day.

By Meghann Myers

4 years ago

Navy CNO takes over Gallagher court-martial amid controversy

"Any previous post-trial action has been rescinded,” read a statement emailed to Navy Times by the Pentagon.

By Carl Prine

5 years ago

Sexting, salacious snapshots: Inside SEAL Team 6′s spoofing scandal

It's the latest imbroglio to embarrass the SEALs, the elite special operators once lauded as “silent professionals” who eschewed the shenanigans that snagged headlines.

By Mark D. Faram and Geoff Ziezulewicz

5 years ago

SEAL sentenced for posing with dead detainee

The sentence will not go into effect until it is approved by the admiral overseeing the court-martial.

5 years ago

SEAL war crimes suspect not guilty on murder charge

Special Warfare Operator Chief Edward “Eddie” Gallagher found guilty for inappropriate photo with a corpse, not murder or other alleged crimes.

By Carl Prine

5 years ago

Panel weighs fate of SEAL accused of war crimes

Defense attorneys called it a “mutiny” by entitled, junior SEALs trying to oust a demanding chief. Prosecutors contend that the sailor's own words, photos and junior SEALs convict him.

5 years ago

A ‘Sewing Circle’ of SEALs and a chief fighting to clear his name

A panel composed mostly of Marines with combat experience will decide the fate of the 19-year-veteran charged with murder, attempted murder and conduct prejudicial to good order and discipline for posing with the corpse for photographs.

5 years ago

Legal bombshell explodes on SEAL war crimes trial

SEAL medic says that Special Warfare Operator Chief Edward “Eddie” Gallagher didn't kill an Islamic State prisoner of war. He did.

By Carl Prine

5 years ago

Witness: Navy SEAL called dead prisoner an ‘ISIS dirt bag’

A Navy SEAL charged with killing a captive teenage militant in his care had told fellow troops that if they encountered a wounded enemy, he wanted medics to know how “to nurse him to death,” a former comrade testified Wednesday.

5 years ago

Navy judge won’t dismiss SEAL war crimes case but sanctions prosecutors

Special Warfare Operator Chief Edward “Eddie” Gallagher, 40, is charged with premeditated murder and other crimes allegedly committed in Iraq in 2017.

By Carl Prine

5 years ago