Marine Who Criticized Military Leaders over Afghan Exit Fired

Marine Who Criticized Military Leaders over Afghan Exit Fired and said he was ordered to undergo mental health screening<br /><br /><br />A U.S. Marine officer who was relieved of his command for breaking rank and calling out the brass over the chaotic and deadly evacuation of American troops from Afghanistan in which 13 service members were killed said that he was ordered to undergo a mental health screening. <br /><br />Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller was fired after posting a video on social media where he criticized military leaders over the botched exit. In the footage, the 17-year Marine, just three years shy of a full pension, said took leaders to task.<br /><br />"I'm not saying we need to be in Afghanistan forever, but I am saying, did any of you throw your rank on the table and say, ‘Hey, it’s a bad idea to evacuate Bagram Airfield, a strategic airbase, before we evacuate everyone?'" Scheller. "Did anyone do that? And when you didn’t think to do that, did anyone raise their hand and say, ‘We completely messed this up?'"<br /><br />In an online post, Scheller said his commanding officer ordered him to go to a hospital for the mental health screening. He said he was evaluated by mental health specialists and "then sent on my way." <br /><br /><br />Biden faces new criticism on Afghanistan withdrawal <br />President Biden said earlier that he promised to stay in Afghanistan until every American is evacuated, but after withdrawal, critics say he did not live up his vow.<br /><br />Marine Corps Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr. announced that the last of the U.S. troops stationed at the Kabul airport had left, completing the military’s drawdown in the country, even though hundreds of Americans likely remain.<br /><br />McKenzie, commander of U.S. Central Command, said some American citizens who wanted to leave Afghanistan remained in the country.<br /><br />"We did not get everybody out that we wanted to get out," he said.<br /><br />President Biden told ABC News' George Stephanopoulos during an interview on Aug. 18 tha