“For that reason, he no longer deserves to wear anchors,” the prosecutor said. John said Gallagher should have stopped the photos from being taken. Brian John, said Gallagher was the platoon chief and should not have been the centerpiece of the photos in which nearly all the members posed with the body. The photos were taken after Gallagher and other SEALs provided medical treatment for the captive who was wounded in an air strike in 2017 and handed over by Iraqi forces. One image shows him clutching the hair of the corpse with one hand and holding a knife in another. Gallagher told the jury he was fully responsible for his actions on the day he took photos with the body of the 17-year-old militant. Gallagher also got credit for 201 days of pretrial confinement.Ī Navy prosecutor had asked only for a reduction in rank, not confinement. The judge then modified the sentence, capping the pay cut at two months and giving Gallagher 60 days’ credit for being held in overly harsh conditions before being tried and being deprived of treatment for a traumatic brain injury. The jury reduced Gallagher’s rank by one grade to petty officer 1st class and ordered his monthly pay cut by $2,697 for four months. I’m ready to bounce back from this,” he said. “I’ve made mistakes throughout my 20-year career - tactical, ethical, moral - I’m not perfect but I’ve always bounced back from my mistakes. He said he tried to lead by example but didn’t always succeed. Navy - specifically the SEAL community,” he said.
“I put a black eye on the two communities that I love - the U.S. The sentencing came after Gallagher addressed the jury that had acquitted him Tuesday of murder, attempted murder and other counts stemming from an incident during a 2017 deployment to Iraq.
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