![]() ![]() official, speaking on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter, said Gallagher and three other SEALs are likely to be notified Wednesday that they must appear before a board that will decide whether they should be stripped of their SEAL status. Critics said Trump's moves undermined military justice and sent a message that battlefield atrocities would be tolerated. Last week, Trump restored Gallagher's rank and pardoned two Army officers accused of war crimes in Afghanistan. In July, a military jury acquitted him of murdering a captured Islamic State fighter by stabbing the wounded prisoner in the neck, but it convicted him of illegally posing with the detainee's corpse. ![]() Gallagher, a SEAL team platoon leader, was accused of committing war crimes while deployed in Iraq in 2017. ![]() Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher, whose rank was recently restored by President Donald Trump in a controversial move, could be removed from the U.S. ![]()
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