about me. but i quickly realized that they were scared that the truth would come out of how cowardly they acted on deployment. his defense attorney said, the tapes were quote, a road map to acquittal because there were conflicting stories of gallagher killing civilians and other misconduct. really, you re seeing a small slice of the story not reflecting what the ultimate result was. reporter: president trump s determination to reverse the military s punishment of gallagher against the advice of top pentagon officials was so controversial navy secretary richard spencer was ousted. the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff insists that discipline anded a her race, to war will not suffer. we will maintain good order and discipline. we will not turn into a gang of raping, burning and pillaging. reporter: but some say it s all led to festering bad feelings.