via FoxNews.
Brezler's lawyer Kevin Carroll said his client’s immediate chain-of-command in the United States is not recommending punitive action, and the Marine command in Afghanistan called for the relevant document in the case to be declassified “because there is no information in the document which, if released, would damage national security."Read the entire article at Fox News here.
Brezler now faces a board of inquiry as early as next month where he could be forced from the Marine Corps. He could get what amounts to an "other than honorable" separation for sending the warning from a Yahoo account.
Brezler received the urgent request in summer 2012 from fellow Marines in Helmand Province, Afghanistan looking for background information on the official, Sarwar Jan, who was routinely allowed on base as part of the U.S. strategy to train local security forces before the 2014 withdrawal.
Brezler immediately responded, but there is no evidence that immediate action was taken. And days later, one of Jan's assistants allegedly opened fire on the Marines.
The problem isn't with leadership at the tip of the spear. They're acting as Marines always have...with dedication, resolve, a desire to get the job done and in the highest traditions of our organization.
The problem is with the people occupying the highest ranks of the Corps.
They're fucked up beyond recognition. Instead of giving this Marine a medal or at least an atta-boy, they instead give this Fire Fighter/War Fighter a board of inquiry instead.
Chesty must be cussing up a storm...wherever he is.
Maj. Jason Brezler was called by Lt. Gen. Richard Mills, commanding general of Marine Corps Forces Reserve, to stand before a board of inquiry.
ReplyDeleteGeneral Mills has an exemplary record, so his wrongful behavior in this case is perplexing.
http://tinyurl.com/lge5o2z
met the guy. he's a stud. you're right. this is confusing. its got to be something political. maybe fallout from the SNowden affair? dictate from the WH to punish? i don't know but it doesn't sound like the man i know. i'm tempted to write and ask about the rationale behind this.
DeleteMajor Brezler sent a warning to his people about an immediately impending threat.
ReplyDeleteBrezler had probably read "Leading Marines," because by Nov. 10, 2013, every Marine above the rank of lance corporal was expected read "Leading Marines." From its introduction:
"Leading Marines describes a leadership philosophy that reflects our traditional strengths as an institution and attempts to define the very ethos of being a Marine. It is about the inseparable relationship between the leader and the led, and is as much about the individual Marine—the bedrock upon which our Corps is built—as it is about any leader. . . ."
http://www.fs.fed.us/fire/doctrine/genesis_and_evolution/source_materials/MCW-6-11_leading_marines.pdf
Major Jason Brezler learned then, if he didn't know it before, about "the inseparable relationship between the leader and the led." And he took immediate action to warn his people.
Unfortunately, General Amos, General Mills and many of their immediate subordinates have not read, or not understood, the precepts in "Leading Marines." Brezler's superiors knew about this threat but did nothing about it. (We know how General Amos has wanted to "crush Marines.") And now Major Brezler has to face a board of inquiry called by General Mills for sending a nonencrypted message about an immediate threat. Brezler, an "individual Marine the bedrock upon which our Corps is built" is being needlessly thrown to the dogs. Shame.