No one pushed for the . the wall of shame, aka stolen valor stooges 21 Pins 5y A Collection by Dean Dyer Similar ideas popular now Military Humor Stolen Valor Al Capone Phony National Guard Frontline Good Job Decoration Derek Ranger Derek Church Military Police Usmc Military Jacket Battalion Regiment Female Soldier Mckenzie MacKenzie-phony-female-soldier #fakewarhero And just what was the truth? Russell lists more than 400 fakes--mostly Vietnam War impersonators revealed in recent years. This is a serious threat to SOG history. Hopefully its not hot dogs. EVERY MAN, without exception is listed there. (First Wannabe Charged Under the Stolen He says a network of fellow phony-huntersmostly former SEALsfeeds him updates with each new class: A lot of people find this hard to believe, that theres a list of these guys, because it seems so secretive, but thats bullshitthere are records kept, and we have ways to access them. (The Navy SEALs press office doesnt comment on the actions of its former members. ``I made no boasts, no claims that I did anything heroic, that I fought anywhere, that I won any medals. Mar 73 leaving 159 Embassy Marine Security Force and 50 Military We may be phonies, but were the genuine kind. What is NEW is the Internet and centuries of phonies who were only able to spread their B.S within their village and projecting it no further than a few barstools down in their local pub are over. That would be me. Subscribe to Duffel Blog to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives. He is more bewildered than enraged by those who would steal his glory. A smooth operator The future couldn't have looked brighter for boyishly handsome Robert Nolan, once named sailor of the year on the carrier America. Until the brakes squeal to a stop and someone yells, Everybody out!. We have to lift a log onto our right shoulder, then down the left. The gold medallion rests in its original case, tucked in a dresser drawer in his bedroom. Photo: U.S. Navy. Retired Navy captain. Not having the honor of having served on the military, I was staring to get taken in by the bar talk. These are scumbags identified by SOA or friendly, identifiable allies who help I asked him some detailed questions and he actually said "I can't tell you that. think, is he a phony or what? occurred during April of 1975, will make claims to have been in I asked him what command he was assigned to and he slowly began to scan the bar left and right as if what he was about to say would shock me and he didnt want anyone else to overhear it. Posted on 12/10/2001 6:01:40 AM PST by csvset, Pretenders to glory: Exposing Navy SEAL fakes By BILL BURKE, The Virginian-Pilot December 9, 2001. Just think about chow time. A former girlfriend of one of the Hampton Roads men wrote on the CyberSEALs' Internet complaint form: ``I want to know if he is telling the truth. The business seemed to have the earmarks of success. Ill take care of you.. His resume featured letters from Gov. Slide For Life 16. In 1998, Sterner began compiling a public database of Medal of Honor winners. His name is Don Shipley, and he was a SEAL for 19 of his 24 years in the Navyan explosives expert, a platoon chief, and the recipient of a Navy and Marine Corps Medal for heroism. Thats approximately one (1) former Navy SEAL for every 45 THOUSAND citizens. tattoo? We had one of you guys come through here last year, Diane says, and when he threw up, it looked like potted meat, Ill tell you.. A "Wallof Shame" compiled by former Navy SEALR.D. As Everette checked out the car parked in the Woodberry Forest apartment complex in Virginia Beach on an autumn afternoon, two men approached. Within minutes, were all face-down in the dirt for push-ups, the first conditioning of the day. Thats why they cant possibly name anyone in their class. At his Virginia home, Shipley runs a grueling boot camp for people who want a taste of the physical hell that real SEALs endure. East Coast Training Classes in Little Creek, Virginia and West Coast Training Classes in Coronado, California. Robbie has been listed as a fraud and resigned from the VFW. Whichever way it went, the show was impossible to turn off. Wading through lie after lie takes its toll: You get so wrapped up in these guys, you have a hard time stopping to go to bed at night.. A few years back, he got a call from a woman looking to vet her boyfriends purported SEAL credentials. . Shipley lets out a big, bewildered laugh: A swim cap? Everette has posted the bios of nearly five dozen would-be Medal of Honor winners on his Internet ``Hall of Shame.'' Retired Navy Capt. He is originally from Ohio and appears to still have Continue reading, Category: Combat veteran, Stolen Valor, US Navy Posers & Embellish-ers, US Navy SEAL - Poser Several of his technical education students at Chesapeake's Western Branch High School asked Ashman, 54, a former Navy chief, about the prospects of a military career. Hell Night is over. Berets who fought in Nam, than anywhere elseeven in Nam at CCN and FOB 1!!! www.phonyseals.com has over 100 Phony Navy SEAL of the Week videos and many never seen before.. Two years ago, Shipleys verification requests started coming in so fast that he began charging $20 a pop. As word of the Web site and its mission spreads, the list grows. // ]]> This article appears in our September 2015 issue of Washingtonian. But when SEALs make the news for a heroic mission like the bin Laden raid or a SEAL-penned memoir like American Sniper becomes a bestseller, the posers come out of the woodwork. I mean really, how do you call Poser on someone who claims Its Classified? How do you know for sure? The instructions I either found or gotfrom the National Archives and, later, the Navy Personnel Commandwere both dense and conflicting. claiming POW status for 1 day! For all you have worked for, gone through and all the sacrifices that you and Carol have made for our country, it is reprehensible for a fake to claim the same exalted status as you. For most military units, water is an obstacle. Southeast Asia). It was a BIG DEAL and SEAL Verifiers like myself were going NUTS at how brazen a guy could be in such a high position and claiming to have been a Navy SEAL. Number 31-1728910The Navy SEAL Foundation is a 501(c)(3) tax exempt, national non profit charitable foundation. ``I asked him how he got through the hellhole in Hanoi,'' Schantag said. Navy SEAL Foundation Fall 2022 Newsletter, NAVY SEAL FOUNDATION SUMMER 2022 NEWSLETTER, Navy SEAL Foundation Spring 2022 Newsletter. I got guys fing coming from Brussels, from China, Shipley tells me. He orders me to lead the final exercise: push-ups. Fax: 757.363.7491. A California TV station picked up the story. They easily discover Marcus Luttrells, the Lone Survivors Class was 228. I wish there was a way to expose the frauds who claim to have served in Delta Force. Weaver 13. (Nigerian Scam). We need to tie ourselves up at the wrists and ankles, drop down to the bottom, and figure out how to come back up. U.S. Navy SEALs, Special Warfare Combatant-Craft Crewmen, and Naval Special Warfare support personnel voluntarily accept the inherent hazards of their profession, with full knowledge of the demands of their chosen way of life. Please. Nolan is being held in the Western Tidewater Regional Jail pending a February sentencing. Stolen Valor, it was called. . He says the phonies caught on to his MO and hung up when they recognized his voice or caller ID. Come on, you know you want to give it up!, I hear at one point when my team is fighting to keep the log above our heads the longest. A grateful bump for B.G. Shipley is walking the line, promising that the next 24 hours will be the hardest of our lives. Ewing was impressed enough with his former sailor to sign as co-guarantor when Nolan leased a new $68,959 Mercedes S320 for his business in 1998, according to court records. MACV disbanded 29Mar73 (When the last man boarded the Aircraft and it Our task is a long swim. THERE ARE NO CLASSIFIED NAVY SEALS. 2023 NAVY SEAL Foundation. Their names also post quickly to all search engines.Join the fight if you can swing it to fund our travels. Click the below link. Which is how I found myself in my current situation. Lowell McGuinn, LEGAL WEARING OF UNIFORMS/MEDALS BY VETERANS AND RETIREES, MAKE SURE YOU CHECK OUT THE WANNABE And take your hands off your weapon. HAS A LONG LIST OF PHONIES, CLICK---->PHONIES. He was surprised when his first class included a middle-aged South African carpet maker. ``I think I know why you're here,'' said one of the men, a Navy vet. The scene is a boot camp called Extreme SEAL Experience, held in the tidewaters of Chesapeake, Virginia. You heard crazy stories and hushed shit about it. service), MCGUINN LOUIS LOWELL Dicks in the mud! a drill instructor shouts. I havent run a mile since high-school gym class or done push-ups for even longer. He wanted people to know the phrase phony Navy SEAL., The guys that are no longer with us and cant stand up to defend their honorIm gonna fing defend it for you, he says. I know because I decided to turn the tables and look up Don Shipley myself. That SEAL Trident is worn on the wrong side of his uniform. The camp takes place in and around Shipleys back yard, in the heart of SEAL country. You dont Same with asking Who was your Commanding Officer. When the Phony comes back with Captain Crunch was my CO, now what are you going to do??? Charles A. Shipley felt he didnt fit in there. Like rubbernecking past a car crash, I couldnt tear myself away. There are NO Navy SEALs needing money sent overseas to bring them home. Now with the internet, you can be anyone you want to be.. Here's a full list of all of the obstacles on the Navy SEAL O-course in order from start to finish: 1. Before long, people called to ask why someone wasnt listed. I can barely hold myself up. My son wanted to come here for vacation instead. He nods to his 19-year-old kid, Jake, whos on the other side of me goading his dad into falling first. Asked about his claims to be a retired Navy captain, he said, ``That was a long time ago.''. Elizabeth Mckenzie, Fake Soldier, Fools Hometown Into Honoring Her - Guardian Of Valor, "Stolen Valor: Man accused of impersonating SEAL Team 6 member to solicit money outside Wawa" | RallyPoint, Vets find former legion official lied about his service, heroism, Ranger faker found guilty on firearms charges. I despise SEAL Imposters. CONTACT. Number One was I was a Navy SEAL., Another old way of verifying SEAL Phonies, that never worked very well, was asking them who their Swim Buddy was in BUD/S. Recipient of meritorious decorations, which he displayed on a wall in his apartment. Hunting down phonies was initially just another way to preserve that world. Tricks and treachery are the practice of fools, that don't have brains enough to be honest. " Ashman had not. Usually if they bragg about it, their lying. In September 2012, one of Shipleys targets was Ike Densmore of California. . Nolan, referring to the businessman and his colleagues, said, ``They better stay out of the United States because they didn't know who they were messing with,'' the agent testified. Its after 2 am when we leave the pool and board a bus we thought was going back to Shipleys. Shipley eventually found himself stationed in Coronado, California, where he got his first glimpse of the SEALs at their West Coast headquarters. Ill also provide phone support and advice on dealing with these clowns and we can pull that persons military records through the Freedom of Information Act. Or that the obstacle course is up next. High Wall 5. 3. Verifying at least a dozen and often over 20 fraudulent SEAL claims each day, I put the number much, much higher than 300. So for those of you who have never heard of Don Shipley, let me have the honor of introducing a great Frogman. Extreme SEAL Experience Privacy Policy: We're Robert Anthony Nolan used charm and a distinguished military resume to woo a succession of wives and girlfriends, recruit investors for his Virginia Beach import-export business and impress Republican officials and the former skipper of the carrier America. The Vietnam Vet grabbed a butter knife and started scraping the guy's arm with it., it started to blur.seems the guy drew it on in ink. | Tags: Afghanistan, army, distinguished service medal, purple heart, BACKGROUND Leslie Radford Coward comes to us from Middleburg, Florida. Records show that Moeller did not graduate from the Naval Academy. When a Scandinavian businessman demanded that Nolan pay a $63,000 debt, Nolan told the businessman he had been a member of the special forces with the U.S. military, according to testimony by an FBI agent who investigated Nolan. We drop to the ground, and I begin to yell out the count. ``Was it dishonorable? SEAL Training in the Navy, BUD/S, (Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL School) is an Unclassified Navy School and much like any other school in the Military. Others pose as former prisoners of war. Especially when we puke. Only a quarter make it through. I don't know why. I found your e-mail response to me very professional and informative. SEAL Verifiers are meticulous and we do our homework before raising the Phony Flag. More than likely youll open a tab at the bar and start buying those drinks. Ohhh OK, let me buy you those drinks now. Youre a bunch of strange guys to be here, Shipley says. I could have a baby by the time you get that lit, Diane says as a kid blows futilely on the fading embers. "Tilt" John Stryker Meyers, How do I find out if someone is lying Those who are fakers are not courageousthey are predators who use our trust to further their criminal agendas. The next morning, people are up before sunrise, stretching and debating which breakfast items arent likely to resurface later. Fake Navy SEAL Verification - Fake Navy SEAL Check Phony SEAL Check NAVY SEAL TRAINING PROGRAM - NAVY SEAL BUD/S TRAINING Navy SEAL BUDS Training Program. AN ALMOST COMPLETE SOG LISTING IS MAINTAINED BY STEVE SHERMAN, SOG'S HISTORIAN, AND LISTED IN WHO'S WHO FROM MACVSOG. Likely nothing more than a brisk paddle to real SEALs, who learn how to glide like a fish with a combat sidestroke that can keep them alive over miles-long littoral treks. They wore pantyhose beneath their camo to ward off leeches and painted their faces swamp green, their amphibious stealth so fearsome that the Vietcong told ghost stories of the devils with green faces.. The public shaming was a way to inflict the most humiliating form of punishment. He regaled some with tales of missions he conducted as a Navy SEAL, of clandestine operations in Central America. His helmet of hair is even bigger than it looked on camera, so thick and unreceded hes barely got a forehead. He would allow the imposters to talk themselves up for a while, flaunt their war stories. I talked to my interpreter Hiep, who lives The group gave him a five-star rating, its most ignoble designation. Shipleys fake-SEAL policing started six years ago, when a former Marine wanted to donate two sniper rifles to Shipleys camp. person who joins the association must have someone who vouched for his non-serving) Navy SEALs scattered among our nations population of 313+MILLION. Tires 18. Its not like you dunk your head in the mud once during Hide the Trainee and youre done. 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We've gone to 7 states and confronted 15 phonies to date and were only getting warmed up.www.phonyseals.com has over 100 Phony Navy SEAL of the Week videos and many never seen before.https://www.phonyseals.comhttps://www.youtube.com/user/Buds131. Once Shipley posts a video, he says, he never contacts that phony again. Michael J. Gaynor has written about fake Navy SEALs, a town without cell phones, his Russian spy landlord, and many more weird and fascinating stories for the Washingtonian. Category: Afghanistan, Army -Special Forces, Army/Air National Guard Posers & Embellish-ers, Combat Medic, Combat veteran, Medals, Mogadishu, purple heart, Stolen Valor, US Army Posers & Embellish-ers, Vietnam As he shopped for presents for his granddaughter, a police officer and a soldier approached. Because so many Phony SEAL videos were pulled from YouTube when the phonies would cry about them I started https://www.phonyseals.com, a membership site, to keep the videos up no matter how much the phonies scream. We were the only option, he says. An archive compiled by a national. Photograph by Greg Kahn. Were going to infiltrate a building. story. After viewing the material, what do you Its definitely a setback when something like that happens, guys taking matters into their own hands . Since September 2001, the Naval Special Warfare community has lost many warriors during training and in combat, at home and on foreign shores. Transfer Rope 10. So does the puke rule. Ten seconds before you throw up, you have to call for the instructorsso they can take a picture of the moment for Facebook. Meyer). With that said, the FBI estimates that there are 300 SEAL Imposters for every living Navy SEAL. Why does yours have a small bronze star on it? 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