Sgt. First Class Charles Martland will no longer be serving in the U.S. Army. The decorated Green Beret who spent 11 years with the Special Forces is accused of shoving an Afghan police commander, according to Fox News. The commander in question is accused of sexually assaulting a boy and then physically assaulting the boy's mother when she reported the crime.
Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) wrote a letter to Defense Secretary Ash Carter to express his feelings about Martland's case. "I am once again dismayed by the Army's actions in this case," he wrote, Fox News reported.
Martland was deployed to Afghanistan for the second time in 2011. This is when he had the run-in with the police commander. Martland was disciplined for the incident at the time and is now being discharged.
The Special Forces training program is one of the hardest the military offers. Green Beret training alone requires running two miles in less than 14 minutes and performing 100 push-ups in less than two minutes, according to the official Military website.
Duncan Hunter recently introduced legislation allowing military officers to carry weapons at military recruitment centers. After five members of the Armed Services were killed on July 16, Hunter was inspired to draft new legislation to protect members of the military, according to The Ramona Sentinel.