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PETE: WELCOME BACK.
WELL, MARINE LIEUTENANT COLONEL
STUART SHELTER AFTER HIS
ACONCERN SHELTER IS FACING A
SPECECIAL COURT-MARTIAL HEARING
NEXT WEEK FORMALLY CHARGED WITH
SIX VIOLATIONS.
SCHELLER WAS JAILED, IN PART,
FOR HIS CALLS FOR A REVOLUTION.
HERE NOW TO REACT IS OUR FRIEND
JOEY JONES.
JOEY, THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS HE WAS GIVEN
AN POWERFUL OF A GENERAL
DISCHARGE -- AN OFFER OF A
GENERAL DISCHARGE.
HE’S SAID HE DID SOMETHING FROM
THE BEGINNING BUT BELIEVES IT
SHOULD BE AN HONORABLE
DISCHARGE.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE RECENT
CHARGES AND WHERE THIS GOES FROM
IF HERE?
>> YEAH.
FIRST OF ALL, I DON’T BLAME HIM
FOR FIGHTING FOR AN HONORABLE
DISCHARGE.
WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO COMMIT IF
HEINOUS CRIMES, THEY GET IT, AND
SIX MONTHS LATER THEY’RE ABLE TO
UPGRADE THEIR DISCHARGE.
IT’S A LITTLE BIT OF A GAME THAT
THE MILITARY PLAYS THERE.
BUT I THINK YOU’D BE
HARD-PRESSED TO FIND A GENERAL
OFFICER OR EVEN A COLONEL IN THE
MARINE CORPS THAT DOESN’T
UNDERSTAND WHY HE HAS BEEN
CHARGED.
I THINK THE BIGGEST RUB IS THE
FACT THEY PUT HIM IN THE BRIG TO
BEGIN WITH, THE FACT IT LOOKS
LIKE THEY’RE THROWING EVERYTHING
IN THE BOOK AT HIM, TRYING TO
MAKE AN EXAMPLE OUT OF HIM.
MEANWHILE, WE HAVE PEOPLE LIKE
GENERAL McKENZIE WHO, YOU
KNOW, ONLY ONE OF THE THREE WHO
TESTIFIED BEFORE CONGRESS WHO
TOOK ACCOUNTABILITY, BUT AT THE
END OF THE DAY HE’S RESPONSIBLE
FOR 13 OF OUR SERVICE MEMBERS
DYING, 10 CIVILIANS DYING IN A
DRONE STRIKE.
ALL OF THAT HAPPENED UNDER HIS
DIRECT COMMAND, AND THERE’S NO
ACCOUNTABILITY THERE WHICH IS
EXACTLY WHAT THE LIEUTENANT
COLONEL IS TALKING ABOUT.
AS A MARINE, PART OF ME SAYS,
HEY, THIS IS NOT HOW WE DO
THINGS.
BUT AS AN AMERICAN AND ALSO A
MARINE, A BIG PART OF ME ALSO
SAYS WHERE’S THE ACCOUNTABILITY
FOR THOSE WHO REALLY SCREWED
UP --
PETE: NO, YOU’RE RIGHT.
AND THE COLONEL’S ACKNOWLEDGED
HE WAS GOING TO GET IN TROUBLE
FOR THIS, KNEW HE WAS BREAKING
THE CHAIN OF COMMAND.
ONE OF THE CHARGES IS
DERELICTION IN PERFORMANCE OF
DUTY WHICH DOSE TO YOUR -- GOES
TO YOUR OTHER POINT, HOW IS
THERE NO RECOGNITION OF THAT
ANYWHERE UP THE CHAIN?
>> YEAH.
LET’S TAKE THESE SIX CHARGES, I
DON’T HAVE THEM IN FRONT OF ME,
AND LET’S OVERLAY THEM ON
SEVERAL EVENTS AND INSTANCES
THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN THE PAST
SEVERAL YEARS.
WE HAD AN INCIDENT WHERE A
MARINE CORPS BASE WAS OVERRAN,
AIRPLANES, BILLION DOLLAR
AIRCRAFT WERE SAAB STRATEGIED,
AND -- SABOTAGED, AND IT BECAME
A BIG CONSPIRACY NOT BECAUSE IT
HAPPENED, BUT BECAUSE THE JUNIOR
OFFICERS WERE PUNISHED, AND THE
SENIOR OFFICERS WEREN’T.
AND THAT’S THE PROBLEM WE HAVE
MANY OUR MILITARY TODAY.
ACCOUNTABILITY GOES DOWNHILL
INSTEAD OF UPHILL, AND THAT’S
NOT HOW IT’S GOESED CONCERN IT’S
SUPPOSED TO WORK.
PETE: NOT TO DIMENSION THE
COMMANDER OF THE JOINT CHIEFS
TALKING ON AND OFF THE RECORD.
EXACTLY.
JOEY, YOU WERE RECENTLY IN
NASHVILLE FOR THE SECOND ANNUAL
TIM MONTANA AND FRIENDS CLAY
SHOOT.
TELL US ABOUT IT.
>> YEAH.
YOU KNOW, THIS WAS A FANTASTIC
TIME.
IT WAS GOOD PEOPLE, A GOOD CAUSE
AND, LEAPT ME TELL YOU -- LET ME
TELL YOU, I GOT TO SHOOT SOME
SPORTING CLAYS WITH AMAZING
PEOPLE.
LET’S TAKE A LOOK.
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>> GUYS, WE’RE IN NASHVILLE,
TENNESSEE, TIM MONTANA AND
FRIENDS SPORTING CLAY SHOOT.
>> GOOD TIME.
THE CONCERT --
♪ IF.
♪
>> SHOOT SHOTGUNS.
>> IT’S AN ALL-AMERICAN
JAMBOREE.
>> I’M HAVING A BLAST.
ALL THESE PEOPLE GETTING
TOGETHER ON ONE DAY.
>> SERVICE, 2019, RAISING MONEY
FOR --
[INAUDIBLE]
ALWAYS IMPORTANT TO ME TO TAKE
CARE OF THE ACTIVE DUTY GUYS AND
THE VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES.
>> WHAT WE DO WITH THAT MONEY,
IT GOES DIRECTLY TO THE --
[INAUDIBLE]
AND THEY GET TO DO THE EXCLUSIVE
EVENTS IN THE OUTDOORS.
COULD BE HUNTING, COULD BE
FISHING, BUT IT’S GOING TO BE
AMAZING.
>> SO AS A RETIRED SPECIAL
OPERATOR, YOU WENT ON A SPERM --
SPECIAL OPS --
[INAUDIBLE]
AND NOW YOU VOLUNTEER TO HELP
THEM OUT?
>> THAT’S CORRECT.
WHETHER IT’S CARLYING
CARDBOARD -- CARRYING CARDBOARD
BOXES OR TAKING GUYS UP, I DO
WHAT I CAN TO GIVE BACK.
>> WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT
EVERYONE HERE.
>> MY DAD WAS MY WORLD, MY HERO.
HE SERVED IN AFGHANISTAN.
WHEN HE PASSED AWAY, I HAD AN
ADMINISTRATOR REACH OUT TO ME,
AND THEY HELPED FUND MY
GRADUATION.
I WAS ABLE TO GRADUATE -- MY
EDUCATION.
I WAS ABLE TO GRADUATE
DEBT-FREE.
>> SOMEONE FREAKED OUT AND
OFFERED TO PAY.
IT COMPLETELY TOOK AWAY THE
FINANCIAL BURDEN FROM US.
>> ALL THESE PEOPLE PUTTING
THEIR TIME AND EFFORT TOWARD
SUPPORTING SOMEONE LIKE YOURSELF.
>> I MEAN, IT MEANS SO MUCH.
♪ THANK GOD --
>> I THINK IT’S OUR DUTY AS
CIVILIANS.
IT’S NOT A --
>> UNITED STATES MILITARY, THEY
HAVE MY HEART AND THEY ALWAYS
WILL.
I’LL ALWAYS DO STUFF FOR ’EM
BECAUSE THAT’S MY DUTY.
>> EVERYBODY’S HERE FOR THE SAME
REASON, TAKING CARE OF OUR
TROOPS.
>> THIS IS AMERICA RIGHT HERE.
>> WE COME TOGETHER AROUND THESE
CAUSES.
IT JUST UNITES EVERYBODY
TOGETHER.
>> BEYOND THE BATTLEFIELD --
>> WE KNOW WHAT IT’S LIKE TO
SERVE.
WE WANT TO SERVE THOSE LIKE US.
>> WE’VE GOT SOME PRETTY COOL
EQUIPMENT.
THAT’S A BIG DEAL.
LANDED A HELICOPTER HERE A FEW
MINUTES AGO.
THESE GUYS ARE GOING TO SKY DIVE
TOO.
WE’VE GOT A LOT OF PUMP AND
CIRCUMSTANCE.
ARE YOU GOING TO SHOW ME HOW TO
SHOOT THIS COURSE?
>> I COHAVE A SPECIAL VEHICLE
THAT I THINK WOULD BE PERFECT
FOR A GUY LIKE YOURSELF.
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>> ALL RIGHT.
LET’S SHOOT.
♪
[GUNFIRE]
>> TWO SHOTS.
OKAY.
THAT WORKS FOR ME, GUYS. I ONLY NEED TWO.
I ONLY NEED TWO.
PULL.
[GUNFIRE]
>> RIGHT ON TARGET.
THAT’S THE MOST I’VE MISSED
TODAY.
[LAUGHTER]
GET THAT OUT OF HERE.
PULL.
>> THE LEADER OF THE PACK.
PETE: OH, THE LEADER OF THE
PACK.
LOOKS PRETTY AWESOME THERE,
JOEY.
[LAUGHTER]
>> YEAH, THAT WAS A GREAT TIME.
REALLY, REAL QUICK, THANK GOD
FOR PEOPLE LIKE TIM MONTANA.
THAT GUY WAS UP THERE AT 4:00 IN
THE MORNING UNTIL 10:00 AT
NIGHT, HE’S THE REASON THIS
EVENT HAPPENED.
AND WE NEED PEOPLE LIKE HIM IN
THIS COUNTRY TO REMIND THE REST
OF US HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE OUR
MEN AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM.
PETE: WELL SAID AND WELL DONE.
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