And . JB: What gave you your perspective on the drug trade? "Anytime you have a facial disfigurement it causes people to do a double-take. It is show business, and a lot of people just want to be creative. So lets say that Chief Gallagher killed a verified, designated ISIS combatant. Market data provided by Factset. Meg Larrea, awarded Navy Achievement Medals to four junior prosecutors under Czaplak. You have people saying they saw him do it. In this day and age, social media and the media [itself],there's a lot of negativity in the media How much time do you allow yourself to get put into that? What does that look like in the courtroom? See you tomorrow. WebJason went on to serve as a decorated, active, combat Navy SEAL. So essentially, you have him saying hes going to do it. I hope not. I like seeing people get better. And they said to me, were just as shocked as you are. His ability to give hope to others was the driving force behind his miraculous recovery,and it has continued to fuel his actions to this day. The United States has won the Womens World Cup in a 2-0 victory over the Netherlands. Never testified, never spoke to the media, never released any statements before trial. She named Cmdr. It was a private ceremony, without a band or an end of the tour award, officials disclosed. I like helping people. The medic said, no. It involved devoting time to "fitness, nutritionand sleep," he explained. They could convict him of murder and foreseeably sentence him to no punishment. JC: It's bananas. And the medic said, because I killed him. Ais assessing possible options and outcomes. So the court-martial is convened at Naval Base San Diego. Those words became a way of life for the soldier-turned-authorafter he battled back from 37 surgeries and years of recoveryto become one of America's most inspirational figures. And the prosecution starts getting flustered. Don is one of a few Navy SEALs in the nation who has been entrusted with a SEAL database. A million percent. They sent it to Nic Cage and they called me the next day and I flew to Vegas to meet with Nic. And, he's a vicious little son of a bi---, and he will frequently tell me, 'You're not good enough. JC: Yeah. All rights reserved. It's not just Nicolas Cage and Laurence Fishburne. Plus, get every WWE Premium Live Event, your favorite shows, new movies, live sports, and more. ", Redman added, "You got to get off that X, whatever that X is, and it was one of the things I talked to a lot of the wounded warriors about. Who do you think you are? Alexander Bennett, 23, Army. Bolivar had been mulling a plea deal that would send them back to NJP , but on Tuesday she quashed the case, two weeks before a court-martial trial loomed. But the military repeatedly stumbled in investigating and prosecuting the chief. And we finally get to hear from him and what his take on this whole thing is. And he looked at Chief Gallagher and said, because hes got a wife and a family. I put my thumb over his breathing tube, and I suffocated him. JC: Well, they responded to the material. And he was important because he had been right at the head of this ISIS captive the whole time that they were treating him. And what the defense says is they decided they didnt like him over small things, that he was too hard on them, that he was taking them on missions they thought were too dangerous. And a key witness changed his story on the stand to favor Chief Gallagher. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. There was little physical evidence in the case, so the trial hinged on the credibility of the platoon members who testified. And so he comes up on the stand. He was on the front in a gun truck helping the Iraqis. When war fighters whose job it is to perpetrate violence make those threats against other war fighters, they take it very seriously. That was a big thing for me. And finally, they have two text messages after the fact, where the chief texts pictures of himself holding up the body of the dead ISIS fighter by the hair, with his knife next to him, saying, good story behind this one. In making this movie, I hung Nick and Laurence off the side of a cliff at 11,000 feet. All rights reserved. The only thing that he was guilty of was the most minor charge, which is that he showed behavior prejudicial to good order and discipline by posing with the dead body of the ISIS fighter. Both Nicolas Cage and Laurence Fishburne take lead roles in the picture, but Cabell has assembled a supporting cast that loaded with many more familiar faces than you usually get in a modestly-budgeted action movie. Heres what else you need to know today. I just wrote another movie that's going in production in January and I'm about to close a contract to write and direct another movie as well. There [are] micro, mini and major life ambushes. Bennett grew up in Tacoma, Wash., before joining the Army and had served in Iraq. This is the true story of the drug trade. The Navy marked a first earlier this year when a woman completed Navy SEAL officer assessment and selection The First Woman Has Made it Through SEAL On Sunday, Iran said it would begin enriching uranium above the limits of the 2015 nuclear deal with the U.S. and its allies, moving the country closer to being able to produce an atomic bomb. Chief Gallagher emerged from the courthouse beaming, hugging his wife and brother as photographers thronged around his legal team. I got Frankie Faison, who has done a few big movies, like "Silence of the Lambs." "Facial injuries are the worst because as humans, we speak to each other by looking at each other's faces," Redman said. A lot of them made sacrifices that now seem to have been, they feel, for nothing. At the heart of the scandal was a warrantless surveillance program featuring Czaplak that was cooked up with Naval Criminal Investigative Service agents to track emails sent by defense attorneys and Navy Times, allegedly to uncover leaks after questions emerged that military officials were hiding evidence that could clear Gallagher. A few combat deployments to Iraq and, then I got in, ran BUD/S, and retired. That is the absolute utmost physically my body has the ability to recover. They sedated him. Chief Gallagher has a great reputation. Redman joined the Navy in 1992 and spent 11 years as an enlisted SEAL. Even with these questions satisfied, The Times uses anonymous sources as a last resort. Such an action is tantamount to excommunication, being cast off to the hinterlands of the conventional Navy for reassignment. Everybody wants the glitz and glamour of Pablo Escobar, of the kingpins, but this is how it moves. Is there anything from your SEAL career that gives you some personal knowledge? I have to say that so on rules of engagement, Im not going to speak on rules of engagement or anything that overseas. Jake Portier, the officer in charge of the SEALs platoon in Iraq. And so they start to remember less. Yeah. People who have been watching Nic Cage over the last decade or so have gotten accustomed to his incredibly experimental, daring performances. But he could still face administrative punishment from the Navy, including an other-than-honorable discharge. The Navy dropped charges Tuesday against four SEALs accused of abusing detainees in Afghanistan in 2012, the Navy said. And he had told Navy investigators and prosecutors repeatedly about this in detail. Prine came to Navy Times after stints at the San Diego Union-Tribune and Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Im going to leave that to the people that are fighting the fight over there. (Jason Redman), Redman, who's lived in Chesapeake, Va., for almost 30 years, embraced two pillars of thought during his own recovery. "In military jargon, it's an ambush. WebLieutenant Jason C. Redman, USN (Ret) is a retired naval officer and U.S. Navy SEAL. ", "The last one is spiritual leadership," he added. Fox News Flash top headlines for Dec. 24 are here. Thank you all for joining us . He requested it an 8th time and it got approved. Buckley See production, box office & company info Watch on Paramount+ S1-6 with Prime Video Channels More He thenwould dive into "mental leadership" by educating himself on important topics, readingthree books at a time and trying to devote 20 minutes a day to seeking knowledge. But Czaplak was gone from the case a month before Gallaghers case unraveled at trial, with a panel of his military peers on July 2 rejecting all the serious allegations against the highly decorated SEAL. They say write what you know, but I've been in over a hundred countries. He is the founder and spokesperson of the nonprofit organization Wounded Wear. Step one: "physical leadership." The reporter and at least one editor know the identity of the source. In a Skype interview conducted by Lita, the WWE Universe learned tonight that competitor Dianna Dahlgren was leaving WWE Tough Enough in part to tend to her friend and employee, Jason Hogan. But people testify that when he hears its actually an ISIS captive, he says, no one touch him. We had a SEAL in my class in 2003. And so everybody in the courtroom was shocked. How much of this comes down to the medic and to what he claimed happened? Hes there to watch your back. And I said, how could this happen? You're making stories that aren't fixated on your military past. WebView the profiles of people named Jason M Hogan. The commander would then make a judgment about the sailors fitness to perform in related occupations, or recommend that he be separated from the Navy entirely. And so the medic is essentially the last witness to the stabbing they call. Upon hitting the ground, Hogan broke three vertebrae and bruised his spinal cord, and he is experiencing paralysis on the left side of his body. We spent trillions on the war on drugs and it's a futile effort. 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