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During the Stated Meeting of Philadelphia City Council held December 10, 2015, Councilman David Oh (At Large) presented a resolution urging the United States Congress to investigate the involuntary discharge of SFC. Charles Martland from the United States Army and urging that he be retained in the military.
Captain Nicholas Panarella Jr., Assistant Secretary & Director of External Communications, Special Forces Association, accepted the resolution from Councilman Oh.
A
This
time
the
chair
recognizes
councilman,
oh,
who
presented
resolution
urging
the
United
States
Congress
to
investigate
the
involuntary
discharge
of
sergeant
first
class
Charles
martlin
from
the
United
States
Army,
and
urging
that
he
be
retained
in
the
military,
with
captain
Nicholas
Pinarello
jr.
of
the
US
Army
Special,
Forces
and
decorated,
Vietnam
combat
veteran
and
those
accompanying
him.
Please
join
the
councilman
at
the
podium
at
this
time.
Thank.
B
You
council
president
I
would
like
to
invite
also
Colonel
Tim,
Williams
retired
Special,
Forces
chapter
38,
buddy,
roads,
chapter
64,
Mike,
force,
Association,
James,
Weiss,
broad
chapter
657,
Jack,
McFadden,
treasurer
chapter
64,
Bob,
Wagner,
chapter
19
and
Bob
McDowell,
chapter
64
of
Mike
force
association,
while
they
assemble
I'd
like
to
state,
because
I
know.
This
is
a
little
unusual.
B
There
are
people
who
are
fighting
for
their
freedoms
and
their
dignities,
and
many
of
them
are
right
now
fighting
in
the
Middle
East
and
some
see
these
entire
groups
of
people
as
enemies,
while
other
people
see
them
as
friends,
allies
and
fellow
fighters
for
democracy,
none
more
so
than
the
US
Army
Special
Forces,
who
are
also
known
as
a
u.s.
army.
Green
berets,
who
have
a
special
mission
and
a
small
group
of
soldiers
embedded
with
out
much
support,
living
off
the
land,
making
allies
and
gathering
support
to
fight
the
enemies
of
democracy.
B
This
is
a
resolution
urging
the
United
States
Congress
to
investigate
the
involuntary
discharge
of
sergeant
first
class
Charles
martlin
from
the
United
States
Army,
and
urging
that
he
be
retained
in
the
military,
whereas
in
September
2011
sergeant,
first
class
Charles
Martin
was
serving
in
the
Afghanistan
war
torn
couldn't
province.
Where
he's
a
member
of
the
United
States
Army
Special
Forces
a
team
commonly
referred
to
as
Green
Berets,
it
was
tasked
with
establishing
a
new
local
police
force,
with
the
support
of
local
Afghan
tribal
leaders
and
whereas
sergeant
first
class
Martin
Lin
and
his
team
commander.
B
Captain
Dan
Quinn
were
approached
by
a
local
mother
and
her
child
who
was
limping.
She
told
them
that
the
local
Afghan
police,
commander,
Abdul
Rahman,
who
was
trained
and
supported
by
their
team,
had
kept
the
12
year-old
boy
as
a
sex.
Slave
Abdul
Rahman
kidnapped
the
boy
and
kept
him
tied
to
a
post
in
his
house
where
he
was
brutally
raped
by
Rahman
for
over
ten
days
and
whereas
the
boy's
mother
dret
desperately
sought
the
release
of
her
son.
B
Abdul
Rahman
beat
her
for
complaining
to
the
authorities
and
whereas
captain
Quin
and
sergeant
first
class
Martin
question
of
dual
Rahman
about
the
matter,
and
he
was
by
laughing
and
saying
it
was
not
an
important
matter.
Captain
Quin
picked
up
Abdullah,
Rahman
and
body
slammed
into
the
ground.
Sergeant,
first
class
Martland
followed
up
with
a
kick
and
whereas
captain
Quin
was
immediately
relieved
of
his
command,
he
has
since
left
the
military
sergeant.
B
The
decision,
but
the
US
Army
Human
Resources
command,
told
Martin
'land
that
his
case
did
not
meet
the
criteria
for
the
appeal
and
whereas
captain
Quinn
stated
in
an
interview
with
The
New
York,
Times
quote.
The
reason
we
were
we
were
here
is
because
we
heard
the
terrible
things
that
the
Taliban
were
doing
to
people,
how
they
were
taking
away
human
rights,
but
we
were
putting
people
into
power.
Who
would
do
the
things
that
were
worse
than
the
Taliban
did?
B
American
citizens
should
voice
their
opinion
to
provide
guidance
to
our
government
and
our
military,
our
doctors,
our
democracy,
depends
on
the
citizen
soldier
and
they
pledge
allegiance
to
the
Constitution
of
the
United
States
of
America.
We
are
not
protected
by
mercenaries,
but
by
American
citizens
who
bring
American
values
and
the
light
of
democracy
with
them
wherever
they
go,
whereas
the
United
States
holds
as
its
high
ideal
freedom,
democracy
and
self-determination.
B
Now,
therefore,
be
it
resolved
by
the
Council
of
the
City
of
Philadelphia
that
we
hereby
urge
the
United
States
Congress
to
investigate
the
involuntary
discharge
of
sergeant
first
class
Charles
Martland
from
the
United
States
Army,
and
that
he
be
retained
in
the
military
and
be
it
FURTHER
RESOLVED
that,
in
gross
copies
of
this
resolution,
be
presented
to
the
special
forces,
Association
National,
Headquarters,
special
forces
associations,
chapter
64,
26
and
chapter
19,
evidencing
the
sincere
admiration
and
respect
of
this
legislative
body.
Thank
you.
C
David
has
described
what
happened
in
this
case,
but
basically,
if
you've
listened
now,
our
president
has
said
we
are
going
to
use
special
operation
forces
in
order
to
fight
truly
the
war
on
terror,
because
it's
a
much
smaller
footprint
Thoreau
some
of
the
services
Vietnam,
some
in
the
Gulf
War.
Each
of
us
was
a
force
multiplier
in
Vietnam
for
roughly
3,000
Americans,
the
Train
organized
equipped
and
leg
60,000
Mountain
yards
Mountain
yards
were
intrinsically
adverse
to
Vietnamese.
They
were
their
natural
enemies.
They
were
our
most
effective
fighters.
C
If
you
I
absolutely
guarantee
sergeant
märklin
with
the
aid
of
his
commander,
made
a
value
judgment
and
said
this
situation
is
deplorable.
But
how
do
we
best
accomplish
the
mission
that
we
were
assigned
to
perform
and
they
made
a
judgment
that,
if
you
will
winning
the
hearts
and
minds
of
the
population
and
the
force
that
they
worked
with,
was
best
served
by
the
actions
that
they
took,
that
can't
be
second-guessed
by
people
who
were
not?
Who
don't
have
that
training
who
weren't
there
and
who
basically
look
at
things
in
a
different
frame
of
reference?
C
I'll
leave
you
with
a
parable
that
you
can
ask
yourself
without
an
answer,
but
I
personally
know
from
once:
I
speak
you're
on
a
battlefield,
an
enemy
combatant
was
attempting
to
inflict
serious
bodily
injury
on.
You
is
in
fact
struck.
You
look
at
him
after
the
firefight.
You
make
an
assessment
that
that
individual
will
has
a
mortal
wound.
C
C
Okay
and
that's
the
world
that
we
live
in,
that
we
fight
and
we
chose
a
city
runs
really
well.
You
know
with
the
within
with
a
with
a
city
solicitor
right:
okay,
that's
not
how
a
war
should
be
fought.
Rules
of
engagement
should
be
promulgated,
but
then
left
at
the
discretion
of
those
who
are
executing
the
mission.
C
When
you
empower
a
small
group
of
highly
trained
individuals,
okay,
who
come
from
some
of
the
they
are
the
best
in
America,
has
to
offer
the
today's
force.
Then
you
need
to
let
them
do
their
mission
and
they
cannot
be
looking
over
their
shoulder
and
having
that
mission
absent
some
egregious
act,
questioned
I
gave
Dave
a
cup.
I
won
our
national
magazine.
This
issue
is
so
important
to
us
that
I
had
a
sa
former
colonel
who
was
Special
Forces
and
a
Jag
to
do
an
article.
C
C
B
What
what
I'd
like
to
say
that
captain
pannarello,
who
I'm
proud
to
say
is
was
my
commanding
officer,
is
stating
is
that,
right
now,
when
our
soldiers
are
making
life-and-death
situations
and
in
this
case
to
protect
human
rights,
they
face
jail
and
career
ruin
if
they
are
second-guessed.
Certainly,
it's
important
for
the
American
public
to
let
our
government
know
that
we
support
our
troops
and
the
tough
decisions
they
have
to
make
when
we
put
them
in
life-and-death
situations.
Thank
you
very
much.