Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller faces trial by court-martial Thursday for criticizing senior military officials over the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. A former military judge with 30 years of experience spoke with The Epoch Times about what Scheller and the public should expect. Scheller has been charged with contempt toward officials, disrespect toward superior commissioned officers, willfully disobeying a superior commissioned officer, dereliction in the performance of duties, failure to obey order or regulation, and conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman. His hearing will take place at the Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. Typically, the U.S. Marine could have been facing up to eight years imprisonment, forfeiture of all his pay and allowances, and a dismissal from the service—the equivalent of a dishonorable discharge, said Jeremiah Mahoney, who was a judge advocate and military judge for the U.S. Air Force from 1970-2000. However, Scheller and the Marines have reached …