♪♪ >> -- AN EXEMPLARY MARINE, AND HE HAS BEEN FOR 17 YEARS. HE THOUGHT IF HE TOOK THE LEAD, OTHERS WOULD STAND UP AND CALL FOR ACCOUNTABILITY. THEY DID NOT, SO HE IS TAKING THE WHOLE BRUNT HIMSELF -- >> THEY'RE DIGGING IN, AND THEY'D LIKE TO BURN OUR SON. IT COULD BE A LONG PRISON TERM. PETE: THEY'D LIKE TO BURN HIM. JAILED MARINE OFFICER STUART SHELTER DEFENDING THEIR SON AS HE SEEKS AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE, THE DETAINED MARINE'S HEARING HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL TUESDAY. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HEARING. WHAT CAN WE EXPECT THE OUTCOME TO BE? HERE NOW TO REACT THE FOX NEWS CONTRIBUTOR AND OUR FRIEND, JOEY JONES. JOEY, THANKS FOR BEING HERE. THIS LIEUTENANT COLONEL SPOKE FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, KNEW WHAT HE WAS DOING WOULD BE AGAINST MARINE CORPS POLICY, YET IT'S RESONATED WITH A LOT OF FOLKS. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF WHERE THIS IS RIGHT NOW AND THE FACT THAT THE MARINE CORPS' CRACKING DOWN ON HIM HARD? >> YOU KNOW, TWO THINGS CAN BE TRUE AT ONCE. HE CALLED IN THE FIRST VIDEO, HE KNEW WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN, HE KNEW THAT'S HOW THE MARINE CORPS WORKS. I'M NOT GOING TO GO SO FAR AS TO SAY THAT THE MARINE CORPS IS GOING ABOVE AND AND BEYOND TO PUNISH HIM, BECAUSE WE JUST DON'T KNOW HIM. THE OTHER THING IS THERE'S A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF HYPOCRISY WHEN YOU SEE GENERAL MILLEY GO AND DO THESE BOOK INTERVIEWS AND SIT IN FRONT OF CONGRESS AND TALK ABOUT CRT AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND THEN SAY THAT LIEUTENANT COLONEL SHELLER HAS BROKEN RULES BY BEING CRITICAL. ESPECIALLY IN THE MARINE CORPS, THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN HAVE TRUE ACCOUNTABILITY IS IF YOU COMMAND RESPECT AND HAVE CONSISTENCY. I UNDERSTAND WHY HE'S BEEN PUT IN THE BRIG. HE DID VIOLATE LAWFUL ORDERS X HE'S ACKNOWLEDGED THAT HIMSELF. BUT I HOPE HE'S BEING TREATED WITH RESPECT, DIGNITY AND GIVEN A FAIR OPPORTUNITY TO DEFEND HIMSELF AND, ULTIMATELY, THE MARINE CORPS SHOULD WANT THE FIND A POSITIVE RECONCILIATION, NOT MAKE AN EXAMPLE OUT OF HIM. THAT'S WHAT I'LL BE LOOKING FOR, DO THEY GO ABOVE AND BEYOND TO PUNISH HIM OR PUNISH HIM AS THEY WERE IF THIS WEREN'T SO -- PETE: THAT WAS MY NEXT QUESTION BECAUSE HE VOLUNTEERED, HE WANTED TO RESIGN HIS COMMISSION AND HAVE AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE. THEY DIDN'T ALLOW THAT BECAUSE THEY WANT TO PUNISH HIM -- >> YEAH. YOU DON'T GET TO, YOU DON'T GET TO DO THAT ON YOUR OWN TIME. YOU DO ANYTHING LIKE THAT ON THE MARINE CORPS' TIME -- PETE: ABSOLUTELY. WE'LL SEE WHERE IT GOES. JOEY, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU, BY WAY, THE 2021 PURPLE HEART PATRIOT PROJECT IS PRESENTING YOU THE GENESIS LEGACY MODEL. TALK TO US ABOUT THIS, PRETTY COOL. IF ANYONE DESERVES RECOGNITION, IT'S YOU. NOW YOU HAVE TO TALK ABOUT YOURSELF. >> YEAH, LISTEN, I'M BEYOND HUMBLED. I WAS AT AN EVENT NEAR WEST POINT A DAY AGO, AND THERE WAS A WIDOW OF A MAN WHO RECEIVED SEVEN PURPLE HEARTS IN SIX MONTHS OF COMBAT. PETE: WOW. >> THERE WAS A MAN THAT WAS ALIVE THERE WHO RECEIVED FOUR PURPLE HEARTS IN HIS CAREER. YOU KNOW, ONE WAS ENOUGH FOR ME. [LAUGHTER] I DIDN'T GET IT ON PURPOSE. BUT THE CRUX OF THIS MEDAL, THE REASON FOR THIS MEDAL IS ESSENTIALLY WHAT YOU DO AFTER YOU'RE AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART WITH THE REST OF YOUR LIFE, AND LONG BEFORE I WAS ON TELEVISION, I WAS HELPING RUN NONPROFITS AND TRYING TO MAKE LIFE BETTER FOR THE OTHER WOUNDED VETERANS WHO AREN'T QUITE AS OUTGOING AND TALKATIVE AS I AM. SO I'M JUST TRYING TO PUT THESE TALENTS GOD GAVE ME TO WORK AND TO HELP VETERANS, RAISE AWARENESS AND TO BRING IT ALL THE WAY BACK AROUND. LIEUTENANT COLONEL SHELLER'S ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW? I HOPE HE GETS OUT OF THIS WITH AN HONORABLE DAMAGER, AND I HOPE THAT PEOPLE LIKE GENERAL -- DISCHARGE. AND I HOPE THAT PEOPLE LIKE GENERAL BERGER UNDERSTAND WE DIDN'T NEED A LETTER FROM HIM TELLING US OUR SERVICE WAS WORTHWHILE. WE NEED IT FROM GROUND COMMANDERS LIKE LIEUTENANT COLONEL SHELLER WHO WENT TO COMBAT WITH US AND SERVED ALONGSIDE US. THOSE ARE THE MEN AND WOMEN WE WANT TO HEAR FROM AND EACH OTHER. I DON'T MEAN TO BRING IT FULL CIRCLE, BUT THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THIS IS. IT'S ALL THE SAME ISSUE. WE FOUGHT FOR 20 YEARS, GOT HURT, A LOT OF US, IT KILLED SOME OF US, AND THOSE MEN AND WOMEN NEED TO KNOW THAT IT MEANT SOMETHING, AND I BELIEVE IT DID. SO IF I RECEIVE THIS GENESIS LEGACY AWARD, IT'S BECAUSE I'M TILL TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF THESE MEN AND WOMEN. PETE: NO DOUBT. THAT'S THE KIND OF GUY YOU ARE. YOU'VE GIVEN SO MUCH FOR THIS COUNTRY, BUT YOU USE THAT EXPERIENCE TO AMPLIFY THE OPPORTUNITY THAT SO MANY OTHERS DON'T HAVE AND DESERVE.
