Editor's Note: Captain Bradley Geary still has $60,000 in legal debt after battling the charges against him. Those who wish to contribute and alleviate that debt can donate here.

Navy officials dropped their accusations against Captain Bradley Geary, the officer who commanded the famously rigorous Hell Week program responsible for training Navy SEALs, marking the end of an extended legal nightmare in which he was wrongly accused of causing the death of a trainee determined to be using steroids who passed away amid the training.

Geary had been accused by senior Navy officials for two years over the death of Kyle Mullen, whose use of performance enhancing drugs played a role in his demise immediately after Hell Week. Navy officials told the public in a press release that “performance enhancing drugs were not a contributing cause,” but a recent investigation from The Sentinel based on internal Navy communications showed that senior Pentagon officials knowingly falsified the press release.

Deputy Chief of Naval Operations Vice Admiral Rick Cheeseman Jr., who sent Geary a letter months ago requiring that he “show cause” for his retention in the Navy due to his “alleged misconduct and substandard performance,” sent the officer another letter last week announcing that his upcoming board of inquiry was dismissed, while all charges against him were dropped.

“I have reviewed your case again, and after careful consideration, determined that you are no longer required to show cause for retention,” Cheeseman wrote in the latest document.

The decision, which was first reported by former Navy SEAL and podcast host Shawn Ryan, also dismissed claims against Erik Ramey, who served as senior medical officer for Hell Week.

Geary celebrated the decision in comments provided to The Sentinel and thanked God for the latest development, revealing that the dismissal came after more than thirty members of Congress sent a letter of concern to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin with respect to the case.

“God is good. He sustained us in this fight,” Geary commented. “Over time the lies perpetuated about our instructors and medical professionals crumbled under the weight of the truth.”

The accusations against Geary, who previously received distinctions such as the highly prestigious James Bond Stockdale Award for Inspirational Leadership, came even after a Naval Special Warfare investigation determined that “contributing factors” for the death of Mullen included the “use of prohibited performance enhancing drugs.” The investigation said there was “substantial evidence” that the twenty-four-year-old was using the substances.

Naval Criminal Investigative Service officials indeed discovered vials of substances such as injectable testosterone believed to be from Pakistan in his vehicle, as well as text messages on his phone in which Mullen had discussed the use of illegal drugs with four other individuals.

Geary, a Christian husband and father, noted to The Sentinel that his case “was not an anomaly but a symptom of larger problems” in the Navy, a reality he wants to address in the near future.

“While I hope to retire soon, this only marks the end of a phase of our fight,” the officer commented. “I hope to continue fulfilling my oath to the Constitution by helping make changes that prevent this from happening to other honorable service members.”

Geary added that the crackdowns on such service members are “undoubtedly linked” to lackluster recruitment and retention in the Navy and the other branches, warning that “with potential conflict on the horizons of both major oceans, that is a risk we cannot afford to accept.”

Jason Wareham, an attorney for Geary, similarly told The Sentinel that while he is “grateful that the Navy has finally dismissed the charges,” and credited “Geary’s unwavering dedication to his team, the truth, and his faith in God,” he said the decision comes “more than two years too late.”

“The financial, emotional, and mental toll caused by the Navy’s unethical actions cannot be overstated or undone,” Wareham remarked. “This case should alarm policymakers and the American people: how many others has the military sacrificed to a corrupted agenda?”