The Man in the Arena

From Fighting ISIS to Fighting for My Freedom

By: Eddie Gallagher, Andrea Gallagher

Narrated by: Eddie Gallagher, Andrea Gallagher

On September 11, 2018, Navy SEAL Chief Edward Gallagher - a highly-decorated combat veteran with nine deployments to war zones in Africa, Afghanistan, and Iraq - was arrested for war crimes at the TBI medical clinic where he was receiving treatment. His incarceration was the culmination of a year-long whisper campaign started by a group of disgruntled members of his SEAL platoon after a successful deployment fighting ISIS in Mosul, Iraq. At the end of that deployment, Chief Gallagher was named the number-one chief at SEAL Team 7, put in for a Silver Star for valor on the battlefield, and listed for promotion to Senior Chief. The junior members whom Chief Gallagher had called out for cowardice and ineptitude in combat decided they couldn't let any of those things stand and escalated minor complaints into false accusations of stabbing a captured ISIS fighter and shooting noncombatants that gained international attention.

Despite a corrupt investigation and a deceitful prosecutor who would be removed from the case for spying on defense attorneys, Chief Gallagher was found innocent on all major charges, and freed from prison. But only after his family was put through hell, and President Trump intervened to allow Chief Gallagher a fair trial in a military justice system designed to break and persecute our country's warfighters.

While heavily covered in the media, the full story of how a war hero was railroaded and nearly sent to prison for life for crimes he didn't commit has never been told. Chief Gallagher did not testify at his trial and has spoken in little detail about how this travesty came about. Until now. A shocking, raw, tell-all expose that pulls no punches, and identifies each and every bad actor in this surreal story. Book includes QR codes that link to videos of the accusers’ NCIS interviews, trial audio, and text message threads highlighting the plot to take Chief Gallagher down.

"People always tell me, if our life was a movie, no one would believe it." (AG)

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2021 Andy Symonds (P)2021 Ballast Books

Incredible

Why read fiction when you have amazing real storie ssuch as this. Chief Gallagher and his amazing family went through hell and back both in ciuntry and home thanks to corrupt NCIS agents. He doesnt hide his wrongs and explains everything from an objective point of view (as much as possible). I find myself wishing there was a sequel, but I dont rhink Chief wants to go through this again lol.

God speed Chief

bad ass book

loved how it was red for audio kept me going from beginning to end listen to it again

holy shit.

what a story. what an atrocity. I'm in awe and inspired. I'm angry and I'm contented... if only temporarily. another reminder that it's up to each of us as individuals to hold the line. stand for something or allow this kind of governmental Domestic terrorism.
cheers to a badass family.

Cleared Hot! Danger Close!

Read this over the holiday. Reminded me of the changes in 1990s recruits. Woke mind virus has been in the wild for >20yrs. Best to your family and supporters Chief. The state is deeper than I would've guessed.

Great story, horribly narrated

It is hard to believe that this can happen to a member of the US military. It made me angry. However, this is the most poorly produced audiobook that I have ever listened to. Mispronounced words, repeated sentences, pauses-apparently at page turns, background noise, etc. I still recommend the book because the story is so good/appalling. They should really go back and reproduce the audio.