GALLAGHER: A handful of people that were called out for cowardice. His wife suggests it’s payback by members of the SEAL team who were disgruntled by his leadership in Mosul. Seven SEALs under Gallagher have been granted immunity to testify against their former platoon leader. WALSH: Gallagher is charged with killing a wounded teenage ISIS fighter in his custody during a deployment in Mosul in 2017. So to me, it was just a blessing alone that my husband was alive. I have so many friends that have buried their husbands. It was – it was the culmination of an extravagant and decorated career that we had survived. His wife, Andrea, says he was getting ready to begin a new assignment as a trainer for SEALs on the West Coast.ĪNDREA GALLAGHER: We were going to set the stage for him retiring. STEVE WALSH, BYLINE: When Navy SEAL Chief Eddie Gallagher was taken into custody September 11, 2018, he had finished his eighth combat tour in his 19-year career. Steve Walsh with member station KPBS has more. The case has drawn the attention of the White House. Members of Gallagher’s own unit are scheduled to testify against him. His name is Eddie Gallagher, and he is charged with allegedly shooting an elderly man and a girl in Iraq in 2017. Navy SEAL is preparing to go on trial for war crimes. President Trump and others have criticized the military’s decision to prosecute the case.Ī U.S. Members of Edward Gallagher’s unit are scheduled to testify against him at the trial in San Diego.
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