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Local head of POW/MIA under fire

| July 26, 2019 | 357 Comments
Local head of POW/MIA under fire

Les Brown One of our ninjas sends us a news story from Elko, Nevada about valor thief Les Brown, and how he’s in full denial about the accusations and evidence that came to light on these pages. From the article: CYNTHIA DELANEY ELKO – A U.S. Army veteran who started a local POW/MIA group 15 […]

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Odenton resident apologizes for stolen valor…

| July 23, 2019 | 16 Comments
Odenton resident apologizes for stolen valor…

Memorial to military personnel, police and first responders in the Two Rivers community of Odenton. (Melissa Driscoll Krol / Capital Gazette) Our ninja is back, sending us a follow-up on Bob Pollock, phony SEAL and POW. He graced our pages just the other day on Steve’s post- Fake SEAL Behind Memorial Effort So yeah, he […]

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Les Brown – Fake Special Forces Ranger

| July 19, 2019 | 353 Comments
Les Brown – Fake Special Forces Ranger

The folks at Military Phony send us their work on Lester Kent Brown, who simply goes by “Les.”  Les heads up a Nevada chapter of a POW/MIA organization. Les has been in the newspaper where the article states he is a retired Master Sergeant having served in the Army for 20 years. He also has […]

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Delaware Man Charged with Impersonating a Military Veteran

| July 17, 2019 | 20 Comments
Delaware Man Charged with Impersonating a Military Veteran

The website WDEL.com reports an incident of Stolen Valor. It seems a Dover, Delaware man has been charged with lying on an employment application about military service. According to authorities, in June 2019, Christopher Dawson submitted an application for employment at the Harrington Raceway and Casino, but discrepancies led to the launch of an investigation […]

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Bryan Foraker – Phony SEAL

| June 28, 2019 | 100 Comments
Bryan Foraker – Phony SEAL

The folks at Military Phony send us their work on Bryan Franklin Foraker who claims he was a Navy SEAL.  Bryan is 52 years old and lives in Jacksonville, Florida but is originally from New Castle, Delaware. Bryan likes to wear SEAL bling… Beyond that, he reinforces his SEAL-ness with a few posts… When talking […]

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David R. Ziegel – Phony Soldier

| June 27, 2019 | 137 Comments
David R. Ziegel – Phony Soldier

The folks at Military Phony send us their work on David R. Ziegel who is 64 y/o and lives in Beaver Dam, WI. Dave claims… uh, well… he claims just about everything: AH1 Cobra Pilot and Gunner, 101st Airborne, 7th Cavalry, Army LT (see above photo), U.S. Army Recon Scout Team “Mamba,” 17th Light Infantry […]

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Robert Hayes – Phony Vietnam Vet, Fake Purple Heart

| June 17, 2019 | 191 Comments
Robert Hayes – Phony Vietnam Vet, Fake Purple Heart

The folks at Military Phony send us their work on Robert Gene Hayes, who claims to have served in Vietnam, was in both the US Marine Corps and US Army Special Forces, worked in a “Black Ops” unit and was wounded in combat. Bob posts a lot of Vietnam-themed photos to his page but doesn’t […]

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The Fantasy Life of an Armed Anti-Immigrant Militia Leader: A Portrait of a Grifter

| June 15, 2019 | 76 Comments
The Fantasy Life of an Armed Anti-Immigrant Militia Leader: A Portrait of a Grifter

Larry Mitchell Hopkins aka Johnny Horton, Jr., self-appointed five-star general and commander of the New Mexico based United Constitutional Patriots vigilante militia. Military Deserter; Country Music Star Imposter; Law Enforcement Impersonator; Bigamist; Career Criminal; Dead Beat Dad Award-winning investigative journalist Nate Thayer has done an exhaustive investigation of Valor Thief Larry Mitchell Hopkins, and is […]

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