It was almost the end for Green Beret and Sgt. 1st Class Charles Martland. For doing something no one in America would ever say was wrong. But it was.

You may recall, if you read the blog, that he was at first kicked out of the United States Army for defending a rape victim who was brutally sexually abused by an Afghan police commander (who also beat up his mother) during a deployment in the Middle Eastern country back in 2011. This despite the fact that he held a Bronze Star, was a U.S. Special Forces dynamo who was once praised highly by none other than General David Petraeus himself, and was regarded by many who served alongside him as the finest soldier they ever encountered.

Soon after, in the midst of congressman defending his good name along with many others, his appeal to be reinstated was rejected.

But then, a month later, the skies opened up, albeit slightly, and Army Secretary John McHugh issued Martland a 60-day reprieve to pursue yet another appeal. It was reported that the Army brass was moved by a letter they received from Rep. Mac Thornberry, who said it was wrong for the military to punish him for such actions.

Now, nearly seven months later, it’s come full circle. And the decorated Green Beret will get to keep the job he does so damn well.

This from Fox News:

“I am real thankful for being able to continue to serve,” said Martland when reached on the telephone by Fox News.  “I appreciate everything Congressman Duncan Hunter and his Chief of Staff, Joe Kasper did for me.”

As first reported by Fox News, while deployed to Kunduz Province, Afghanistan, Martland and his team leader confronted a local police commander in 2011 accused of raping an Afghan boy and beating his mother. When the man laughed off the incident, they shoved him to the ground.

Martland and his team leader were later removed from the base, and eventually sent home from Afghanistan. The U.S. Army has not confirmed the specifics of Martland’s separation from service citing privacy reasons, but a “memorandum of reprimand” from October 2011 obtained by Fox News makes clear that Martland was criticized by the brass for his intervention after the alleged rape. Asked for comment in September 2015, an Army spokesman reiterated, “the U.S. Army is unable to confirm the specifics of his separation due to the Privacy Act.”

An Army spokesman said Thursday that Martland’s status has been changed, allowing him to stay in the Army in a statement to Fox News.

“In SFC Martland’s case, the Army Board for Correction of Military Records determination modified a portion of one of SFC Martland’s evaluation reports and removed him from the QMP list, which will allow him to remain in the Army,” said Lt. Col. Jerry Pionk.

But perhaps it wasn’t the lawmakers on Capitol Hill nor one of the biggest names in the U.S. Army who enabled justice to prevail. Perhaps it was the guy in the following clip?

No, not Samuel L. Jackson or John Travolta. Or Quentin Tarantino. Nope. We’re talking about former U.S. Marine himself, Mr. Harvey Keitel.

He pushed for Martland to get his job back, too.

“When I was a young Marine I understood we were present in order to help others who did not have the wherewithal to protect themselves,” Keitel wrote in a missive to Joe Kasper. “Whomever owns the idea that decided to reprimand these two men instead of giving them a medal for their actions should be asked what the hell they would’ve done if it was their child in question …”

“I am a citizen of the U.S., married, a father, actor and former Marine. American values are on the line here, and no person I know would not have taken the same actions SFC Martland and Capt. Daniel Quinn did to protect a child, period,” he wrote. “That’s an American value.”

Well-penned, Mr. White.