Lance Corporal Christopher MacFarland; phony POW
I got about 100 emails and messages on Facebook about Lance Corporal Christopher MacFarland who was featured in an article in the Examiner on Monday about his service dog. The article has been unceremoniously yanked since, but through the magic of screen shots, here you go if you are the one person who didn’t see it yet;
Well, being the consummate asshole that I am, I immediately emailed the author of the article, Brandon Dumsky, to ask him if he had verified any of MacFarland’s claims that he had been twice a POW (once each in Iraq and Afghanistan) or about his four Purple Hearts. DPMO didn’t have him listed among their recognized POWs of the recent conflicts, and we usually read about someone with four Purple Hearts.
This is what MacFarland claimed to Mr. Dumsky;
His MOS in the Corps was 0317 Force Recon Scout Sniper, a close quarter combat and long range precision fire and maneuver job assigned with–
“Darkhorse 3rd Marine Regiment 5th Marines”
McFarland went to SERE TRNG course, Recon School, Scout Sniper School, all at Camp Pendleton, California.
5-time Jump Chump; earned the Combat Diving Badge.
Medically retired on March 5, 2013.
6 tours in both Iraq and Afghanistan; wounded in both countries
Engaged in over 40 blasts and consistent firefights. He was awarded 100% retirement disability for PTSD, TBI and mobility.
So we encouraged Mr. Dumsky to contact the Pentagon PAO and use his journalist creds to squeeze some info out of the folks there. He was a Marine;
Dates of service: Sept. 10, 2002 to Sept. 9, 2006
Rank: Lance Corporal
Military Occupational Specialty: Motor Transport Operator
Awards: Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
**No indication in the record that McFarland deployed to Afghanistan nor Iraq.
It turns out that Mr MacFarland did deploy to Iraq and Afganistan. But he was in the Army when he deployed;
Name: Christopher William McFarland
Home of Record: Quantico, Virginia (at time of enlistment)
Rank: Specialist (SPC) effective March 2008
MOS/Branch: Transportation, Motor Transport Operator (88M)
Component: Regular Army
Dates of Service: September 2006 – March 2013
Deployments: Iraq – February 2007 – April 2008; Afghanistan – May – August 2010.
Awards:
Afghanistan Campaign Medal with campaign star
Army Good Conduct Medal (2 awards)
USMC Good Conduct Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Iraq Campaign Medal with campaign star
Overseas Service Ribbon (3 awards)
Combat Action Badge
Driver and Mechanic Badge with Driver-Wheeled Vehicle(s) Clasp
No mention of him being a POW or any wounds. But the tour of Afghanistan was fairly short. It is amazing that the Marine Corps would use an Army 88Mike as a scout sniper, though. I guess they’re running out of snipers because everyone that we’ve spotlighted who said they were snipers were out of the USMC, so it must be a manpower issue. We’re waiting for his FOIA still, but I thought I’d let you all know how it’s going.
Thanks to Mr. Dumsky for sharing his research.
Category: Phony soldiers
Apparently, the Marine Corps deployed nothing but Scout Snipers to Iraq and Afghanistan, and nobody else.
Well, gotdamn, guess I need to change my screenname. Turns out I have been a 0317 this entire time. All Marines are scout snipers dont ya know…
These people, I swear.
When I deployed, I had my MOS changed to 0306 Marine Gunner, because I knew it would sound better than 0650 Data Dink when I got back. Scout Snipers? Hell they worked for me and I trained them.
/Sarc
/BS
He’s sobbing because he really wanted that new red mustang. He’s thinking, “Now I got this fuckin’ dog to feed too. Fuck me.”
I hope that dog bites this fake piece of shit in the ass.
I know I shouldn’t be surprised by this – the fact that douchebag made the false claims AND the fact that the “journalist” didn’t do his research. But for crying out loud!!!!!, a simple freakin’ google search would not have turned up anything about this liar being a POW anywhere.
Between the terrorists and idiots our nation is so screwed
Thanks for your time in setting the record straight on this, Jonn
What about the motherfuckers that gave him the dog in the first place?
You think they would check.
Sometimes you have to give the journalist the benefit of the doubt – as deadlines are often very tight, and verification on these things can take days – especially in a case like this, where the vetting should have been done by the organization giving the service dog, i.e. the journalist is there to cover the story where all the facts have been verified already.
I give the journalist credit for going back and checking, even if they were tipped off, as it is too easy to say, ‘No, it’s done.’
As Green Thumb said, much of the blame for this becoming a story in the first place lies with the service-dog agency.
This spunk monkey needs to be prosecuted.
You know there is a waiting list for those dogs.
These ass clowns are going to keep on wit the bull shit and very soon the public will think everyone who claims military service is full of crap.
Waiting and being turned down. I had applied for a service dog and was told that they were only giving them to guys with PTSD and TBI. I wonder how many have gone to assholes like the one in the article?
Don’t know your case ATC, but I meet a group of Vets at the VA once a week for… well, stuff. We had this discussion about service dogs, that you could get a trained one at no cost, blah blah blah, or purchase an internet orange ‘service dog’ vest for cheap on the internet. Well, one older crankier guy decided ‘Chief’ was his service dog, and our new mascot. Nice little older pup, he sniffs around, no problem. No one says shit to him at the VA. And he saved some money on a vest. His take on it I guess, was just making a point. I like him and Chief. Mostly Chief. (Cue Ret’s snarky shit) Not to be outdone, a long time ago I had obtained some Pterodactyl DNA doing black ops in (redacted) and black op’d my way into a grizzly den last winter in (redacted). In a few months, I’ll have my own mutherfuckin Bear-o-Dactly as my personal service… (dactyle?). Should be cool…
/Sarc and props to TheOatmeal. That dude cracks me up. Not to shit on the whole guide/service dog thing, but like Valor, where do draw the line between the legitimate and my Bear-o-Dactyl? I just hope he doesn’t eat Chief for a snack.
I’ll trade you my Skunkzilla for your Bear-o-Dactyl.
Anyone have the number for the Supreme Court? I guess I just need to have the whole “stolen Valor is a victim-less crime covered by the first amendment” thing explained to me. I guess mostly because from where I sit that dog cost someone a few thousand dollars for the dog and the time to train it- so I guess I need them to explain what the US Supreme Court version of fraud is…
Dumsky.
Yeah, I lol’d.
So, joined the Corps, was a Trucker… got out.
Joined the Army, was a trucker, deployed to Iraq for a year. Later deployed to Afghanistan for four months.
So from that, he did not a thing wrong. Perfectly honorable career…
WHY THE $&@# DID HE MAKE THIS @&!^(#!# STORY UP?
My wife makes me take time away from this kinda stuff… she thinks it’ll give me an aneurysm. She’s probably right.
Same with my girlfriend, God Bless her for putting up with me when I get fired up over this crap. She is a Saint.
You see this more and more from non-infantry personnel.
Is what it is.
And, I hate to say it, who does not have a service dog these days? That (service dogs)concept and privilege has been abused beyond comprehension.
Green Thumb…Thank you. POGS! And yes, if I see one more woman in the grocery store bulk food section with her stank ass, filthy little purse dog who says when asked by me, “My doctor said I needed him to calm my anxieties and it’s none of your damn business!”. The store manager shakes his head when I asked and said, “if they say it is a service dog I can’t pursue it further”. There needs to be a city ordinance here requiring a doctor’s statement and a paid for permit for service animals, minus for the blind, (Including the f@cking CAT I saw in WalMart in a woman’s purse!) which they have to show to the store managers when asked. That would stop a lot of the crap around here.
I thought you had to have some sort of permit for service dogs in the first place. Sorta like the handicapped sticker/mirror hanging thingie.
Ohhh, that reminds me. Did I say he was a Dumbass yet?
There is supposed to be a license or certificate for those with real service animals.
My reading fo the law says that no permit or certificate is required. My wife has a service dog, a real one. Ruby wears a vest and is a lot better mannered than most children and lots of adults. She is a very cool GSD and we have never been hassled about her. My wife carries a copy of the Americans with Disabilities Act in the pocket of Ruby’s vest. We did have a therapy dog that my wife took up to the nursing home to visit the old folks. She was certified by our local vet, but only for the homes liability, as far as I know there was no legal requirement. Once again the shitbird 1% screw up a good thing for the rest of us.
Unfortunately you can get a service dog certificate same way you can get a mail order diploma – just send the fee and you get the certificate.
This hits very close to home. I live in Knoxville, TN. I train service dogs for wounded vets and I currently work with my local VA mental health office to pair eligible vets with Service Dog organizations across the country (and I always require paperwork before pairing vets and dogs) When you get evidence proving this guy wasn’t medically retired you can bet your ads I will do my utmost best to nail his sorry was to the wall here in TN. I have my weekly mental health council meeting with my legacy veteran support group in an hour and I’m glad we have a new topic of discussion this week.
If someone really wants to find out if he is medically retired look him up on AKO. His name should be there.
Look the dude up on AKO.
He’s not there, I already checked. there’s an Armor Captain by that name, but not Mr Truck Driving Man, here.
What a moron. If he was not medically retired must have been due to the massive weight gain.
It says he is 100% disabled by the DVA. He does get a military ID thats sponsored by the DVA but hes not medically retired.
If he is 100% disabled then I’m the Pope! Another leech on the VA system if he is getting disability.
All hale pope starks.
CA_SGT, What documents are required for receiving a service dog? Or what proof do you require? You can find me easier on FaceBook. Thanks.
Maury Christian
Another example of shitty journalism. I mean, there are so few POWs from Iraq and Afghanistan, and absolutely zero two-time POWs. It would have taken 30 seconds to figure that out.
Shame on you, Examiner.
@Stick – As offensive as this dick-head, MacFarland is I don’t know that I personally hold any animosity for the writer, Mr. Dumsky. It appears that he was trying to honor someone he thought was honorable and wound up getting snake bit by this low life.
I have a feeling Dumsky won’t get caught again in a similar situation.
Right,
It is the responsibility of a journalist to check his or her facts when reporting a story. I am well aware that many phonies out there can spin a web of lies that easily can fool those who have little to no experience with the military. Many of these phonies have prior military service themselves. I do not blame the journalist for reporting the false claims of firefights and PTSD.
But in this particular case, the phony claims to be a TWO-TIME prisoner of war. Immediately a red flag should have been raised at this point. There is a very small list of POWs that are still alive from Iraq, and only one POW from Afghanistan who is still making the news.
There have been zero- I repeat- zero people who are two time POWs of Iraq and Afghanistan. It simply hasn’t happened. Ever. Further down in this thread, another poster provided a link to an incomplete list of veterans who were twice POWs. It’s also a very small list and dates back to WWII, Korea, and Vietnam. I found this exact same website in a google search that took me 30 seconds, hence my first comment above.
This journalist missed a major red flag and didn’t even take a few minutes of googling to verify a story that could have easily been debunked.
Stick – good point(s).
GT, I have a service cat. He mostly serves himself.
This bunch of reporters consists of people to whom the word ‘research’ consists of looking up stuff online. They don’t dig into the story, they don’t do background checks, they don’t go any further than the surface and the ‘feel good’ part.
They do the same things my mother used to do: get half of the information, get half of that right, and go with half of what they got right. That’s the story that you get. And then, when they are corrected, they are completely embarrassed to think that they had been hosed by another lying SOS, but it happens repeatedly because they are naive and so damned gullible, they’d swallow bullshit and think it was oatmeal cookies.
They all want to be TV entertainment reporters, you know.
Spoke with some folks at. Well-intentioned if a little naïve about Vets.
The dog was paid for and Tub o’ Shit here had a doctor’s note prescribing the animal for PTSD. Sound like another doctor needs to go before a medical review board.
So the organization is really not to blame. It Semper Fi, the media and Tub o’ Shit that fucked folks over.
“consistent firefights”
I need to add that to my fake service bio. It sounds better than “failed out of Basic Training after 58 days”
Sincerely,
John “Faker 6” Giduck
They fed him pretty well as a POW … he sure is a fat fucht!
I actually knew an Air Force guy who was a POW in Vietnam after his F4 was shot down. He was a bit… on the chubby side. His response when people asked about his weight was “After Hanoi, I will never be hungry again.”
He was a two-time prisoner of war. I like that. POW wasn’t enough. He had to go one each POW for Iraq and Afghanistan. What sort of moron buys that shit at face value? That’s a rhetorical question, thanks. The dumb shit has a name: Brandme Dumsky and call me a dirty poodle. The thing that always gets me about these porters (not a typo) is that if some knucklehead claimed so much as a nomination for a Pulitzer in journalism, they would check out the claim in a NY second. But make obviously bogus military service claims and they can’t wait to serve it up. Who cares if it’s true, right, Dumsky? It makes for a good read.
Hmm. Seems the Army made an error on this guy’s awards somewhere down the line. They’re missing this guy’s ACM.
Both of this guy’s tours occurred after Apr 2005 – the effective date for both the ACM and ICM. Thus, he does not rate a GWOTEM for deploying to either Iraq or Afghanistan – he rates the campaign medal for each tour.
Either they screwed up and awarded him the GWOTEM incorrectly, or he got that during his time with the USMC (a tour afloat in the Persian Gulf would do it) and the Pentagon spokesman missed his ACM.
Either way: an honorable career. Why he had to become a LSoS and falsely claim to be crap he never was (Scout Sniper, POW, PH recipient) is beyond me.
Hondo…Because being a simple but very much needed truck driver in theater is just not sexy enough. In my day and my conflict, I had respect for every MOS doing the job they were assigned, to the best of their abilities. Truck drivers in Iraq and Afghanistan, though not “front line troops” I am sure served a highly needed and valued and often dangerous service to the mission. IEDs and those even bigger which I can’t remember the acronym for, sorry, were meant for trucks, Humvees, tanks and APCs. If that had been my assignment, I would have done it the best I could and prayed before every trip out, to bring us back to base safely. That’s just not enough for some guys I guess. Whatever a Soldier’s or Marine’s job, it is needed and something to be proud of if done well and served in honorably.
I thin sparks your looking for EFP’S. Explosively Formed Penetrators.
I never did convoy escort, my job was PTT, but I did know a group who did and yea, it was dangerous as all hell. If Route Clearance went down a road, those bastards would wait till they passed before setting their crap up for the convoys.
Ex-344MP…Thank you sir. Not being an Iraq or Afghanistan vet I forget a lot of the nomenclatures used for all the bad things you guys encountered. You have all my respect and admiration along with every Iraq and Afghanistan vet for serving there. I cannot imagine the ordeals you troops went through. Bullets are bullets and bombs and booby traps are the same wherever one served. All intended to kill. But you guys faced things some horrible things. So I’ll add this statement to you and all others here, thank you again and I am glad you’re home.
Sparks, thank you.
I’m happy to help. I have so much respect and admiration for the Vets that came before me.
I can’t imagine Vietnam for instance. At least in Korea and the World Wars you knew who you were fighting.
Vietnam changed that because it was both a Uniformed war and also an Insurgency at the same time. At least from what I have read about it.
Besides which, I don’t like jungles. Deserts are hot and dry, easy enough to deal with. Jungles….Hot, Humid, wet….No thank you.
In closing I would like to say Welcome Home to all of the Veterans from Vietnam. You all did a he’ll of a job under less than ideal conditions and My family and I appreciate it deeply.
@Ex-344MP
Nice sentiments, thank you. I am certain that my fellow Vietnam Veterans that regularly visit this site appreciate your kind words.
Take care.
“If Route Clearance went down a road, those bastards would wait till they passed before setting their crap up for the convoys”.
No sh!t, I lost track of how many conveys, contractors, and whom ever else that followed us had ied attacks as soon as we passed the insurgents.
At that time, us combat engineers are the only one’s that had the true MRAP vehicles, while every one else had the standard stuff that was up-armored.
Now why does this sh!t head have to go and take a big dump on his own service record?
Let me add another group to that ‘huge ballz’ group- the dudes that did convoy recovery. Seriously- most of them were ‘contractors’ that drove big tow trucks; they went out late at night to get the things that broke down.
If it was near a bridge, it was grab-and-drag. Otherwise the enemy would heave grenades, buckets of ‘slime’ and bullets at them. (This was in Iraq in ’03-04) They certainly earned their keep.
Terminal Lance and E-4 Mafia. Very high speed.
Seems to be a lot of these service dog orgs getting duped these days.
Sad – hopefully the dog won’t have much time to bond with this douche canoe before being transitioned to someone with actual need.
I didn’t read the article beyond the first paragraph but, certainly, if anything of value he received and kept was given to him based upon his lies, that is a crime. And my guess is that they didn’t just pull his name out of a phone book randomly. Maybe Brandme Dumsky will want to share the pain and reach out to a state or Federal prosecutor. Yeah, not holding out hope here.
John, I was party to the email thread yesterday with Mr. Dumsky. I was able to feed him McFarland’s facebook page and his wife’s page as well. McFarland doesn’t have much that’s public, save for that pathetically fake Sniper School certificate that we all saw.
His *wife*, on the other hand, had a lot of interesting info, because she posts a lot of stuff with the “public” setting. Interestingly, she had *no* public posts during his second overseas tour. But what I *was* able to glean from this, and I tend to believe is credible, is this:
1) he suffered some sort of traumatic brain injury while on active duty. I’m not saying it was in combat.
2) he suffered some sort of knee injury while in the Army as well. A couple of months after he returned from Afghanistan, he indicated in a comment to his wife that he had just been to get a new knee brace.
3) he fractured his ankle while on duty as well, I think in 2011 or 2012.
So my Super Wild Ass Guess is this: he served honorably, and has a legitimate disability claim. He’s also a liar. Perhaps he felt like his needs weren’t being addressed enough by the relevant governmental agencies; we all know what a model of efficiency the VA is. So he decided that creating an outlandish record of heroism would get him an “in” with various charities that might get him what he felt he deserved.
I sympathize with him, frankly. He should be taken care of simply because of his service. But I don’t sympathize with him enough to excuse the fact that he might have defrauded these charitable organizations. He should be stripped of any assistance that depended on his fraud, and prosecuted for same.
Thanx for the SITREP, it would be nice to see one of these guys man up every now and then.
I think a full confession is too much to hope for in this case. Mr. Dumsky was warned against contacting Chris McFarland directly. From a private email to me: ‘I have his email address, but been warned several times that questioning him “might put him over the edge.”‘ How convenient.
“Put him over the edge”… bullshit! Fat Fuck doesn’t want to answer for his lies and is willing to pull PTSD card to get people to leave his sorry ass alone.
Turn the heat up on this fraud… He’s a liar and has bullshitted his way into getting bennies that he probably isn’t entitled to.
I do not sympathize with him.
At all.
I concur with Mr. Thumb. I have no sympathy for this shitheel.
I agree also. There are too many truly injured and deserving veterans out there that need the services this fat POS stole. My guess is that this guy sustained his injuries when he fell out of his truck. Wouldn’t be the first time that’s happened.
Green Thumb…Agreed. Whatever his service was, his situation now is of his own making. As soon as he chose to embellish an honorable service, my sympathy went out the window.
+1
If this guy wants sympathy, he can find it in the dictionary between dung and venereal disease. He forfeited any legitimate claim to sympathy from me when he started falsely claiming PHs and POW status.
I have no sympathy for him at all. Once he threw the lies out there, he lost any and all empathy I may have had with him as a Disabled Veteran.
I am all for all theses amazing oppurtunities that Post 9/11 Veterans have in regards to private organisations and charities who are doing so much for them. They earned it big time.
Yet, if you have an honorable records but feel the need to puff up that resume a little bit(or a lot) to obtain services and benefits you may not otherwise have been elligible for…. you can GFY.
Fair enough, gentlemen… it’s not like I intend to serve his jail sentence for him!
mcg…I do get your point and your intent. I am just one here who loses sympathy for these guys quickly. Especially in an already overloaded VA system and well meaning but often naive service organizations who drink any Kool Aid a guy with a good story hands them. They mean well, don’t get me wrong and to those vets who deserve their services I applaud their work and the veteran’s needs. Real, straight up, honest veterans that is. Not the likes of Mr. MacFarland. Besides that, he furthers the “bad image” of veterans many erroneously hold already. It gives that ilk another, “see, veterans scamming the system again”, example, which hurts ALL. I think the reporter here is another good example of poor journalism and research in favor of a feel good story. Furthering still, the bad image I spoke of. Not to mention my disdain for journalists of his kind.
Gotcha. I’m not a veteran myself, so I appreciate the input. I’m honestly not sure why I got a bee in a bonnet about this one. I do a little bit of web site work for a PTSD/TBI support group in Clarksville, so when I saw that connection I sent it off to one of the guys there to get his take. When he confirmed it was a clear con I decided to send the findings onto the reporter. To his credit he replied to all of us who had done so… and next thing you know I had blown most of Tuesday digging up more dirt
I’m thinking if The Pentagon PAO would disclose “Driver and Mechanic Badge with Driver-Wheeled Vehicle(s) Clasp”, they would disclose Purple Heart Medal(s) if earned.
Any bets on what his vehicle license plates look like?
The problem. mcg, is that once someone lies–and lies big–it calls everything else they say into question. And so it should. He has evidently engendered some sympathy but, for all we know, couldn’t he have fallen off a bar stool and cracked his head open? Sure, if he’s entitled to certain disability, he may have to wait. That’s not unique to him. Some folks believe they are entitled to more income than they earn: That doesn’t make robbery any more palatable or understandable. Twice a POW?
It’s possible he fell off a bar stool, but from what I’m reading it’s not likely.
I’m giving you my best estimate of the facts I’ve seen. I tend to think that the extemporaneous statements from him and his wife, while he was still on active duty, are likely believable. So that’s why I tend to think he served honorably and was legitimately disabled. That’s why I think that his fabrications began largely, if not completely, after he left active duty. It wouldn’t be the first time this happened (Kyle Awesome, Glen Lacroix, etc. etc.)
But again, he *clearly* lied, and certainly, anything he received on account of those likes should be taken from him. As I said, he should be prosecuted.
Fair enough.
“…prisoner of war in both countries…”
Really? Dang. I wonder if he ever ran into Bergdahl.
A POW twice?!? Has that ever actually happened? To answer my own question – yes, it has.
In case you’re wondering. Here is a list of 2x POWs. And they’re honorable men unlike this POS here. (apparently the list isn’t complete)
http://blogs.militarytimes.com/hall-of-valor/2012/03/26/prisoner-of-war-twice/
So everyone missed the part where Semper Fi Fund is paying his son’s private school tuition?
I didn’t miss that at all. Indeed that pissed me off more than the dog. It’s why I got heavily involved yesterday.
Jeez, a dog, private school tuition for his kid, WTF else has that sniveling slovenly lardassed bucket of fresh diarrhea been scamming people and charities for? I hope they at least take the dog back and give him to someone truly in need, and what will he say to his kid when he no longer gets his tuition paid?
Victimless crime, MY ASS!
So I guess it’s ok for me, as a wartime disabled vet, to start trolling charities and make up crap to get my case at the VA moveing forward. Good to know.
Maybe if I say I was blown up 6 times, instead of 3, it will help!
Another perfectly good service record ruined with lies. Dumbass.
Did I say he was a Dumbass yet? Yes. I did, Dumbass.
P.S. The E-4 Mafia is coming for you drc, lol.
I’m not sure how that works.
And when I say ‘I’m not sure how that works’, I mean trolling military charities. Every one that I’ve seen requires proof of service. And the fact that these rampant asshats keep rolling out the same old bullshit makes me think these agencies need some bullshit detectors…like, oh, I dunno…medically retired vets, to start checking out the stories.
That’s actually not a bad idea George.
Not the E-4 Mafia. There are so many of them and so few NCOs. They will overrun the Army.
Lol drc. I stayed an E-4 for so long just because the points for moving up were so dam high and there were so few slots. That was in the Reserves though.
I got out of Active Duty after 3 years as CPL, and when I joined the Reserves about 10 years later, I had to start at the bottom again and ended up leaving as a Specialist
EX……Jesus, three blow ups? I’d “Squad up” with you any time!
You’ve got my upmost respect!
We had one individual that went through three ied dets in just one RC mission. He had 26 total dets when we redeployed and he has yet to even show any symptoms of TBI. Hell, his hearing was not even affected.
He’s a lucky fellow tthen.someone was looking out for him.
The 3 I was involved in were all under 10 ft away from me.
1st one, was in a tower and they placed it on the other side of the T-Wall aimed up towards the tower. It went through the wall and hit the tower, the blast knocked me down and out of the tower.
2nd was a 4 array of EFP’S that was mistimed, I was last truck facing back as usual and the blast wave came at me between the armor and front shield knocking me into the side of the turret armor hard enough to ring my bell. I remember looking in the mirrors and seeing one of the slugs flying over the hood of our truck and off into Baghdad somewhere.
The 3rd was an electrical transformer that blew up right next to my head because we were driving through the muhallas? and the sniper screen on the truck in front us snagged and broke a live wire, which of course blew the transformer and the shockwave knocked me down into the truck off the little platform gunners stand on in MRAPS.
Strangely I passed the MACE tests, but during my Post Deployment Health Assessment they found out I had TBI with loss of balance due to the organ in my ear being destroyed.
All of this occurred in the month of August of 2008. My command sent me home for 2 weeks, came back and became the Targeting NCO for the 91st MP Battalion.
I share because my therapist says it’s a good thing to do. Besides which, with the exception of a few, all of you are my brothers and sisters in arms. Past and present company included.
Would his name be Clark Kent by any chance?
Poor dog. Not only does he have to live with this phony fuckwad he also has to carry his fat shit snacks around all day. This dude is another turd that won’t flush.
Hey there, Lance Corporal Christopher MacFarland; phony POW – Confirmed POS
I know you’re here lurking by now. Kinda scary how fast your story got blowed the hell up, isn’t it. Internets forever dick. What’s your son going to think when he googles his dads name? How about your mom and dad? Bet they’re real proud of you now. And all for some free shit. Seriously, you’ve never heard of stolen valor sites before? Well, you’re paying for it. 2x POW. Yea, no one will question that. Don’t break that dogs back having him lug your fucking chow around either.
Force Recon Sniper Motor T Operator!
*head explodes*
If you’re going to claim high speed low drag force recon you shouldn’t be the walking definition of a seabag with legs.
It seems that all Recon bubbas are Force and Snipers these days.
This turdsucker is s self-reported NBI at best.
Furthermore, he is playing the “mental” card while defrauding organizations for a service dog.
Someone should slap him in the head with an iron pipe to give him clarity.
Loser.
I wish the Examiner, and Mr. Dumsky, would have enough class to issue a retraction of their story. At the very least, they can say that there is now evidence to discredit the claims made by this shitbird. Or, even better, they can use the evidence now in hand to out this charlatan and poseur.
It really rustles my jimmies when a news site just pulls the story and pretends like it never even happened. I genuinely appreciate when they offer a retraction and demonstrate that they have been duped, as it reinforces to the general public that these phonies are out there, that they are cunning, and they are stealing benefits and services from the most deserving.
Modern media works like George Orwell’s 1984. Doubleplus ungood to be accused of unaccuracy – reference unexistent – rectify.
Perfect fix for these assholes that want to steal service animals, Eseaech them before hand to see if they are a fraud. If they are don’t let on.
They day that they get introduced to their “service animal” have it take place in a locked room.
Except the service Animal they get will be a pissed off honey badger or a lowland Gorilla whose taken 10 Viagra pills.
Ohhhhh I like that idea. Can we do that? Anyone got a line on a gorrilla? Badgers are easy enough to find.
How about a Tasmanian Devil on meth and LSD?
With a double-ended “Phildo”.
I like that idea. The thing that pisses me off about the stay puft marshmallow man here is that he is classic Blue Falcon. And if there’s one thing I can’t stand it’s a Blue Falcon. Well, that and phonies.
Well, as Jonn will tell you, Mr. Dumsky is now in direct communication with LCpl McFarland, and offering full cooperation. Which is to say, he’s still lying.
MacFarland ain’t going down easy.
Ooooh. Think he’ll “go Bernath” on us?
*WHOOOOT!* NEW CHEW TOY, *SNARL*, *GNASH!*!
He’s going with the “My ex-wife ate my DD214s” excuse. An oldie but always a goodie.
Get him Jonn. Destroy that fat Blue Falcon fuck.
“Forensic Investigation” offer to McFarland from Chevalier and Associates inbound in 5, 4, 3,2…
If he said he ate DFAC, I’d believe him!
Take the turd down…….I explained how I got I injured above. This guy deserves no less than being drawn and quartered in my book.
I’m surprised certain “lawers” and dipshit poseurs (cough**DullASS**cough) aren’t lighting up their shitty little websites on this one.
I thought the dog ate it?
Earned the Combat Diver Badge and was a 5-time jump chump. Pardon this poor squid, but….what is a “jump chump”?
Having read the description of the Combat Diver training, I’m gonna go out on a limb and call that a lie. Anything with “Chump” in the title seems legit, though…
Damned thief.
BAC graduate.
Ah! “5 jump chump”. Not 5-time. Thanks!
“Five Jump Chump” is a disparaging remark to Noob Recon or Anglico Marines who don’t have the other 5 jumps required to wear the Marine Gold Parachitist Wings.
It’s not something a Recon Marine would brag about. Anyone with BA wings in the Corps is either prior service, somehow weaseled a quota to Benning or is a new operator.
The first thing a Recon guy wants to do after BAC is get rid of those “Embryo wings” and get the Gold ones. Ive seen Recon units in Pendelton doing their 5 jumps in one day to qual.
Thanks for the info!
Makes me wonder what else this guy is into?
Cupfulls of handouts and sympathy.
Double fuck this guy with a rusty chainsaw.
Ever since the initial invasion of Iraq ( and the 7 POWs from the 507th MCo) there have been 11 Americans captured by Insurgents/Terrorists, not including Berdahl the Sparkle Pony and Wassef Ali Hassoun the Marine deserter.
All 11 were tortured and murdered fairly shortly after their capture.
All this info is avaliable through a short internet search.
In my opinion, unless you are blind or deaf, you don’t need a service dog. The whole industry has turned into an over-priced scam…..
What about me whose missing a limb? It must be so though with internet in Afghanistan . POG!!!
By the way I’m missing a limb and have a service dog.
Sorry about your limb loss. Since this presents a mobility issue, a service dog is definitely indicated. Just because you have internet in Afghanistan does not mean you’re a POG. Although, I am on this deployment. I’ve done my fair share of missions on previous deployments.
My deployment experience is one full deployments (7 mo) Iraq and my second was ( 3 mo) in country in OEF. It’s more embarrassing having a service dog. I went to college and my dog was more of a distraction. If I fall how am I to help myself?!? I have no legs!
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fRYmKQeIiNs
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fRYmKQeIiNs
Don’t get me wrong I think the system has been abused.
Very abused.
So just got a reply back from Semper Fi Fund. “We receive many requests for financial assistance, and before we fulfill each grant we first do a thorough review of service and medical records. In the interest of confidentiality we cannot disclose personal details, but we can assure you that we verify each and every service member’s qualifications for assistance, and that they meet the criteria we have established.”
Not sure if he told the truth to them for their assistance or if he fed them some phony paperwork (like that fake ass sniper cert) but as far as they’re concerned he’s legit.
Jonn and I are on a small email list with Brandon Dumsky… one of the other emailers actually spoke with a representative from the Semper Fi fund for about a half an hour yesterday. They claim that McFarland did not give them the fake story, and that he qualified for assistance solely on his officially verifiable record. The caller, who supposedly has some experience working with the fund, is inclined to believe them.
Damn did it again. CA_SGT is my tag used my real name though
What a piece of shit. This story brought tears to my eyes. Someone really deserving can use that dog. Any updates if they took the dog back? What a low class loser. Scum of the earth.
Please post if they give the dog to a real veteran. PLEASE POST what you may hear.
The dog was paid for in full. It was donated by another group.
The company/breeder/trainer, etc., in question, provided the animal for a fee.
My earlier comments rescinded about their culpability, they were financially compensated through a third party to provide a dog.
Naïve, yes. Intentions though are just, I believe.
Running a business.
A While back there was some shit head in Texas who got a free animal because he faked ptsd’ I think the kid up in Pa got ripped off of his lemmade stand money becaue the theif used it to get a support animal
Is he eating the leash in the picture? Looking at the size of him, I’d think it’s a possibility!
Yeah, you’re right, he does appear to be munching on that leash like he thinks it’s a piece of licorice!
He is not eating.
That look he has is “I just got over on them. Suckers”.
Six deployments ? Four PHs and I want him for a day at one of the recuit deploys to make a impression on the new recuits. I am sure after all the Hats got thru with him. No more lies from even if he surives the smoking. Joe
A young vet woman that works with my wife recently received a service dog for her PTSD. The woman told my wife how she is 100% disabled by the VA for her problems she endured during deployment. Come to find out in the woman’s 4 years in the Army, she only “deployed” to Bahrain for 6 months. WTF??!!! 6 months to Bahrain???? PTSD from Bahrain and 100% VA disability???? This is bullshit!!! We went to Bahrain for R&R!!! There is no action there!!!
SMDH…
REPORT HER. Every time someone pulls a stunt like that, it takes goods and services — and service animals — away from injured vets that REALLY need them.
There is one possibility that you might want to take into account, however. Her claim might be for PTSD related to sexual assault. 100% disability without ever hearing a shot fired in anger.
Double standard.
Gotta love the VA.
I bet this puke does.
Purple Heart “winner”?? Really?? Was this journalist straight out of middle school?
You can’t get Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal for service in Iraq and Afghanistan.