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In reply to the discussion: Why do we buy into the worship of the military? [View all]Hoyt
(54,770 posts)"One of the members of Gallaghers unit Alpha Platoon, SEAL Team 7 is expected to testify that Gallagher confessed that he killed four women, according to Naval Criminal Investigative Service files and legal records provided to Navy Times."
https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2019/04/22/what-motivated-fellow-seals-to-dime-out-eddie-gallagher/
Snipers testify that Navy SEAL Edward Gallagher shot young girl and old man in Iraq
https://nypost.com/2019/06/21/snipers-testify-that-navy-seal-edward-gallagher-shot-young-girl-and-old-man-in-iraq/
Prosecutors say the Navy SEAL fired indiscriminately into Iraqi crowds. They say he shot an elderly man carting a water jug in Mosul, as well as a girl walking along a riverbank there, the AP reported.
https://www.npr.org/2019/01/04/682113654/navy-seal-to-plead-not-guilty-to-war-crimes-including-killing-isis-teen
"Veterans account for 13 percent of the adult population, but more than a third of the adult perpetrators of the 43 worst mass killings since 1984 had been in the United States military. It is clear that, in the etiology of mass killings, military service is an important risk factor."
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/22/opinion/veterans-and-mass-shootings.html
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-11-09/the-link-between-military-service-and-mass-gun-violence/10482852
The Facts About Abuse in Military Families
https://www.domesticshelters.org/articles/statistics/the-facts-about-abuse-in-military-families
https://www.sfgate.com/opinion/article/High-risk-of-military-domestic-violence-on-the-5377562.php