He was kicked out of the Marines Corps after 17 years of service for posting a social media video, which went viral, of himself, in uniform, criticizing the U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan last year.
, which went viral, of himself, in uniform, criticizing the U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan last year.He says his goal now is to spread a message of moral courage and accountability.
“I did it out of love for service, love of country -- not out of anger and emotion,” Scheller said. “I went into that day not knowing I was going to make a video. It was like one of those things where I needed an outlet to vent. I wrote something on the computer. And I was, like, somebody needs to make a video. Made a video. And even then I didn’t post it. Like, I drove home and chewed on it and thought about it. I finally posted it.
“My problem, my whole series of videos had to do with the general officers that, the general officers that preach to me about accountability but don’t hold themselves accountable. The double standard,” Scheller said. I said to Scheller during our interview, “There may be some who might not agree with what you did and say, you know what, you took an oath and you violated that oath.”
Scheller responded: “So, to qualify, like, if you were going to go out on that ledge, you can’t act like a victim when the branch breaks. And you then have to answer for all those things that you did. I was willing to do it. To be honest, knowing that I was taking the brunt of everything that was going on, I really thought more people would ask for accountability within the military. And it just didn’t happen, but I understand why I didn’t. They got a lot to risk. But somebody needed to say it.
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