General denies request for pardoned Special Forces soldier to regain elite patch

The Army's top Special Forces commander has denied a request from a former soldier who was pardoned of war crimes charges by Trump to have his elite ribbon returned — and the case is now set to go before the service's highest personnel review board

Now, Golsteyn's case is front-and-center again after Lt. Gen. Francis Beaudette, the commander of the Army Special Operations Command, last month denied the request to return his Special Forces Tab.

"On Dec. 3, 2019, following a thorough review, the Commander of the Army Special Operations Command denied Golsteyn’s request for reinstatement of the Special Forces Tab," an Army spokesperson said in a statement Thursday.The next step, the statement said, is for the Army Board for Correction of Military Records to "consider retired Maj. Matthew Golsteyn’s request for reinstatement of the Special Forces Tab and the approval of the Distinguished Service Cross.

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