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Navy SEAL Punished for Criticizing Politicization of Military Seeks Accountability
Via Susan
Special Operations Petty Officer 1st Class Carl Higbie is seeking accountability for the politicization of the military he witnessed while in the Navy SEALS. Higbie saw this politicization affect the lives of others through death of a fellow SEAL, killed while following an “obsolete”–but required–”Standard Operating Procedure” in Iraq, and in the manner in which three SEALS were treated after being “falsely accused of physically abusing Ahmed Hashim Abed, following his capture in 2009.”
According to The Daily Beast, these two events spurred Higbie to write Battle on the Homefront: A Navy SEAL's Mission to Save the American Dream.
After the book's release, Higbie felt the politicization of the military in his own life, as his July 2012 Honorable Discharge was changed to a General Discharge in September 2012. It was the first of many ramifications he would face for trying to do what he thought necessary to return accountability to military leadership.
Higbie's Honorable Discharge was restored in May 2014–after a nearly two-year legal battle–but he is still looking for the accountability.
Source: http://freenorthcarolina.blogspot.com/2014/08/navy-seal-punished-for-criticizing.html
