Valor Vultures
John David Dykes; phony Green Beret
The folks at Guardians of the Green Beret share their work on John David Dykes with us. Mr Dykes wants people to believe that he was a Special Forces Medical Sergeant. He uses Bob Neener certificates, bumper stickers and tattoos to convince the public of that fantasy; It looks like he began his military career […]
Ricky Ball; phony LEO, phony SEAL
Sj sends us a link to the story of Ricky Ball in Greenville, North Carolina who was sentenced to eight years in prison for impersonating a State Bureau of Investigation agent. Ricky Ball, 40, pleaded guilty in September to lesser charges after facing a four-count indictment in August. He was sentenced Tuesday to eight years […]
Brian Culp; still stealing valor
COB6 wrote about Brian Eugene Culp nine years ago when he was sent to jail in San Antonio, Texas for pretending to be a Mogadishu Ranger with a Bronze Star Medal for Valor and two Purple Heart Medals. Three years later, he violated probation and went back to jail for another year after serving nine […]
Clayton Douglas; phony Vietnam Veteran
This fellow Clayton Douglas is a Truther who is a huge conspiracy theorist. You can find his podcasts on YouTube if you want. He describes his time in the military in vague terms. “I enlisted for Vietnam”. “I enlisted for Special Forces training”. You can hear him say it at 3:20 in this video. By […]
Lance Whipple tethered
We first wrote about Lance Whipple two years ago when we caught him pretending to be an Air Force PJ captain. The truth was that he went AWOL after 35 days in Air Force basic training. His wife sent us his forged DD214s, thinking that would vindicate his claims. She told us that she would […]
Tony Flaherty sues mates to alter history
Someone sends us a link to the story of Tony Flaherty. It seems that Mr Flaherty was in the Australian Army and served in Vietnam as a cook with the 5th Battalion of the Royal Australian Regiment. Now that he’s running for political officer, his biography says that he was a platoon commander. A real […]
John Chadwick Jaggars; phony paratrooper
Someone sent us their work on this fellow John Chadwick Jaggars who wants people to believe that he jumps from airplanes while in flight. He claims that he was stationed with the 101st Airborne Division; Anyone who has spent a day or two in the Army knows that no one in the 101st Airborne Division […]
Douglas B. Tate; phony Vietnam veteran
Someone sent us a tip about this fellow, Douglas B. Tate, who was a high school teacher until he was convicted of sexually abusing a teenage girl, who wasn’t one of his students. The 70-year-old was sentenced to 3 years to life. One of his former students, Richard Lux, wrote a piece in the Salt […]
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