Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller

It got real weird, Charlie. After I made that video, I was fired the next day immediately. I knew that I was risking my career. If you watch that video in its entirety, I call the shot. I say, I know I'm risking my career, my retirement, my family's stability. It did end up losing really all three of those things. But there should have been an investigation that took place.

It got real weird, Charlie. After I made that video, I was fired the next day immediately. I knew that I was risking my career. If you watch that video in its entirety, I call the shot. I say, I know I'm risking my career, my retirement, my family's stability. It did end up losing really all three of those things. But there should have been an investigation that took place.

But like I told you, I was shot right into the political realm. The cardinal sin in the military is making your bosses look bad. And so I was fired immediately. And I was told at that time that if I just shut my mouth, that the generals would take care of me.

But like I told you, I was shot right into the political realm. The cardinal sin in the military is making your bosses look bad. And so I was fired immediately. And I was told at that time that if I just shut my mouth, that the generals would take care of me.

So the best case scenario, I would be hidden in a cubicle and make PowerPoints for some general officer for the next three years limping towards my retirement. And I just knew I couldn't live my life that way, number one. And number two, I fully believed all those comments I made and no one was addressing the content of my statements. And that's what really deeply bothered me.

So the best case scenario, I would be hidden in a cubicle and make PowerPoints for some general officer for the next three years limping towards my retirement. And I just knew I couldn't live my life that way, number one. And number two, I fully believed all those comments I made and no one was addressing the content of my statements. And that's what really deeply bothered me.

So it became this fight, you know, and I continued to fight all the way to the end.

So it became this fight, you know, and I continued to fight all the way to the end.

Yep. So Matthew Lohmeyer, there's a lot of people out there advocating to get rid of woke generals. And I think there's a lot of generals that need to get cleaned out. Historical precedence for George Marshall after World War One is probably the best example. That being said, just going after woke ism is actually attacking the symptom, not the root cause.

Yep. So Matthew Lohmeyer, there's a lot of people out there advocating to get rid of woke generals. And I think there's a lot of generals that need to get cleaned out. Historical precedence for George Marshall after World War One is probably the best example. That being said, just going after woke ism is actually attacking the symptom, not the root cause.

The root cause is that you have general officers that it takes 40 years to make a four star general. Every evaluation for an officer in the military is a subjective evaluation, i.e. I'm trying to please my boss and get a higher evaluation than my four peers.

The root cause is that you have general officers that it takes 40 years to make a four star general. Every evaluation for an officer in the military is a subjective evaluation, i.e. I'm trying to please my boss and get a higher evaluation than my four peers.

And so the people that are four-star generals have literally pleased their boss for 40 years more so than all of their peers that are competing for the same jobs. And I'll tell you what, it should be based on the best performers, but pleasing your boss and being the best performer diverge at certain places in your career. Anyone that's worked in a bureaucracy understands this.

And so the people that are four-star generals have literally pleased their boss for 40 years more so than all of their peers that are competing for the same jobs. And I'll tell you what, it should be based on the best performers, but pleasing your boss and being the best performer diverge at certain places in your career. Anyone that's worked in a bureaucracy understands this.

And so the reason why wokeism is so prevalent, one, because some of the moves that President Obama made, but two, more importantly, the general officers are so fickle, they care most about self-advancement and they'll do whatever is the topic du jour and they have no backbone.

And so the reason why wokeism is so prevalent, one, because some of the moves that President Obama made, but two, more importantly, the general officers are so fickle, they care most about self-advancement and they'll do whatever is the topic du jour and they have no backbone.

I mean, when Carter Hamm was in Germany and Benghazi took place and he was watching on screens Americans fighting 1V1000 and he had eight military options and he was told to stand down and he did. Why? Because he's conditioned to please his boss. And that's what all general officers do. I think what Pete Hegseth needs to do is he needs to get into the military.

I mean, when Carter Hamm was in Germany and Benghazi took place and he was watching on screens Americans fighting 1V1000 and he had eight military options and he was told to stand down and he did. Why? Because he's conditioned to please his boss. And that's what all general officers do. I think what Pete Hegseth needs to do is he needs to get into the military.

He needs to clean out a lot of the archaic leadership, but then he needs to implement a performance based system.

He needs to clean out a lot of the archaic leadership, but then he needs to implement a performance based system.