His Own Platoon Accused Him of Murder | Eddie Gallagher

Eddie Gallagher was the number one platoon chief at SEAL Team 7, on his ninth deployment, pushing through the west side of Mosul against ISIS. A year after he got home, NCIS arrested him at a brain treatment clinic, raided his house and pulled his kids into the street at gunpoint. The charge was premeditated murder. The accusers were guys from his own platoon.

He spent eight and a half months locked up before trial, in a brig where the guards were told to make him snap, with plea offers that started at 60 years. His wife Andrea ran the Free Eddie campaign while raising three kids. His brother Sean knocked on doors in DC until two congressmen listened. Then Trump tweeted. Then the prosecution got caught spying on his lawyers. Then a medic from his platoon, testifying with full immunity, said he was the one who killed the ISIS fighter.

This week I sat down with Eddie, a Navy corpsman who became a Marine scout sniper and then a SEAL chief. We get into the 3 a.m. Navy commercial that got a high school burnout off the couch, a sniper school harder than BUD/S, Hell Week on three and a half hours of sleep, hazing in the teams, and the rules that kept SEALs 800 meters behind the fight in Mosul.

We also get into the part that never makes the highlights. The torture room next to where his platoon slept. The 17-year-old ISIS fighter dropped on the hood of a truck. The group photo he calls wrong and says he paid for. The Red Bull, the $15 haircut and the sunglasses his accusers called theft.

He retired as a chief in 2019 with everything he earned, started the Pipe Hitter Foundation with Andrea, and trains cops and civilians in Florida now. Whatever you think you know about this case, hear it from him. Hope you guys enjoy this one.

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Chapters

(00:00) Meet Eddie Gallagher

(02:37) Half the Country Hates You

(04:47) Born in Paterson Raised Everywhere

(07:33) A Rebellious Kid on Drugs

(08:23) A Navy Commercial at 3 AM

(11:35) A Corpsman at Sniper School

(12:06) Sponsor Break OMRE

(15:19) Tougher Than BUDS

(16:51) One MRE for Five Days

(18:41) Stalking Is a Bitch

(21:19) Living on a Ship Sucks

(26:23) Watching SEALs Come Over the Beach

(31:14) Fast Eddie

(34:30) Hell Week on 3.5 Hours of Sleep

(38:14) Ken Quit the Ironman in Hawaii

(42:25) You Aint Shit

(43:15) Reconnecting With Andrea

(44:35) Hazing in the Teams

(47:32) Throw the First Punch

(50:24) A Chair to the Back of the Head

(53:13) The OIC Lost His Legs

(1:00:41) Im Going to Die for Him

(1:05:11) Dropped From Green Team

(1:15:24) Taking Over Alpha Platoon

(1:17:07) Fast and Loose With the Rules

(1:21:45) Mosul

(1:24:03) 800 Meters From the Front

(1:26:33) An Iranian Backed Partner Force

(1:29:01) The Carl Gustav

(1:33:50) 600 Yards From ISIS

(1:36:03) VBIED Palooza

(1:37:53) The Worst of Humanity

(1:41:14) On the Hood Like a Deer

(1:42:31) The Torture Room Next Door

(1:45:59) Bored Team Guys and a Body

(1:46:37) I Paid My Dues for That

(1:51:48) I Got Him With My Knife

(1:53:54) You Called Me a Thief

(1:59:06) Ill Fight Every One of You

(2:01:11) NCIS Is the Biggest Joke on the Planet

(2:02:55) Arrested in the XOs Office

(2:04:55) Your Kids Are Outside in Their Underwear

(2:12:43) Arrested at the Brain Treatment Center

(2:18:50) A Kangaroo Court

(2:21:02) Andrea Takes the Reins

(2:22:26) Brother Sean Bangs on Doors in DC

(2:26:29) Make Him Snap

(2:29:34) God Put You in a Prison Cell

(2:34:05) Prisoner Gallagher Get Up

(2:42:34) Plead and Get 60 Years

(2:42:50) Caught Spying

(2:46:17) Bernie Kerik and Tim Parlatore

(2:48:39) Home to Florida

(2:54:12) Lets Get Our Story Straight

(2:55:47) A SEAL Planted on the Jury

(3:01:31) Trump Offered a Pardon

(3:03:23) Full Immunity

(3:06:10) I Forgive You

(3:09:18) I Killed Him

(3:12:16) The Old Man and the Little Girl

(3:15:33) Eight Miles in a Weight Vest at 4 AM

(3:16:55) Not Guilty

(3:20:02) A Call From Trump

(3:22:51) The President of the United States

(3:25:27) Retired as a Chief

(3:28:02) A Dividing Line in the Community

(3:30:53) QR Codes to the Evidence

(3:34:11) The Pipe Hitter Foundation

(3:34:35) Training Cops and Civilians

(3:37:42) Shoot Me Straight

(3:40:52) A Quad Ripped Off the Knee

(3:43:13) Choose Your Discomfort

(3:43:32) Host Outro and Subscribe

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