Lieutenant
Colonel Stuart Scheller, the Marine officer who
went viral for criticizing leaders over the pullout from Afghanistan, was
released from the brig on Tuesday, according to his attorney and a Marine Corps
spokesperson, cited cbsnews website.

“Lt. Col.
Stuart Scheller Jr. is being released from confinement today, Oct. 5, 2021, as
a result of a mutual agreement between Lt. Col. Scheller, his Defense counsel,
and the Commanding General, Training Command,” Captain Sam Stephenson,
Training and Education Command, the spokesperson mentioned in a statement. 

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According to
Stephenson, no more specifics regarding the deal will be released at this time.
Scheller was being detained in pre-trial custody at Camp Lejeune’s brig.

Instead of
facing a court-martial, he has sent a letter to the Secretary of the Navy
asking to resign his commission. “Numerous members of Congress,”
according to Scheller’s lawyer, have pushed the secretary to grant the request.

In August,
Scheller uploaded a video in response to a suicide bombing in Kabul that
killed 13 US military personnel and over 100 Afghan civilians. Scheller stated
in the video that senior officials should raise their hands and accept
responsibility for the withdrawal, which he described as a disaster.

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“People are
upset because their senior leaders let them down and none of them are raising
their hands and accepting responsibility and saying we messed this up,”
Scheller communicated in the clip. 

He
condemned Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs
of Staff General Mark Milley for shutting Bagram Air Facility, the country’s
major US military base, and for failing to predict the fall of the Afghan
National Security Forces.

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He might face
accusations of behaviour unbecoming of an officer, disrespect toward
authorities, defying a senior officer, and failing to obey an order or rule,
according to court papers.

Scheller was dismissed
from duty by the Marine Corps when the video was released.