> “The bullet in Tim’s arm was a result of his service in Afghanistan. Tim never reported it because he didn’t want to trigger an investigation of his team, be pulled from the battlefield, and see a fellow teammate be punished. It was always about protecting a fellow team member of his unit he thought could have been responsible due to friendly fire ricochet in the heat of an engagement with the enemy,” O’Brien, Sheehy’s spokesperson, told the Daily Montanan in an emailed statement Monday.

Even if that were true, that would still be terrible from a safety culture perspective. I also have no idea why you would need to lie about it after the fact by creating a fake accidental discharge event. This double down strategy appears to be headed toward a painful end…