Valor Vultures
One Sheriff’s Race: Two Cases of Stolen Valor
An article on the website WeAreTheMighty.com highlights the sheriff’s race in Callahan County Texas in which the two candidates tried to “out hooah” each other with military claims. One sheriff’s race: Two instances of stolen valor by Bethaney Phillips | May 19, 2022 In rural Callahan County, Texas, a town of about 4,000, a normal […]
Sarah Cavanaugh, Former VFW commander accused of faking military service arrested.
It appears they finally locked her up… for a few minutes. She posted bail and is back on the streets for the time being. A former North Kingstown VFW commander accused of faking military service and a cancer diagnosis has been released on bail despite an prosecutor’s fears that she may flee. Sarah Cavanaugh, who […]
Day of the Soldado sentenced
Couple weeks back we talked about this lying dog-faced phony soldier Matthew Marshall who stood accused of bilking a billionaire out of millions of dollars. ChipNASA sends in word that he’s been sentenced to six years and “a shit ton of restitution no one will ever see a dime” of, as Chip put it ever […]
Arvil Reed in the news
If the name Arvil Reed sounds familiar, it’s because the former US Navy E-1 (booted early), was going around telling tales of derring-do. He was telling people, with phony documents, that he was a 20-year veteran of Naval Special Warfare where he had been a Navy SEAL officer. He claimed to have received the “Navy […]
Fake Woman Combat Vet
Apparently, a charity felt duped and lied to about a woman claiming to be a Marine combat veteran. Then again, it comes down to a matter of who said what to whom. Veterans donated to a woman who said she was a Marine combat veteran dying of cancer. It was a lie A prominent veterans […]
Blast from the past – Jarrett Gimbl
Here’s a deep cut. Back in 2014 we posted about this Jarrett Gimbl fella. At the time he was making claims of having been a combat wounded Marine. The problem is he never left the US. Jonn posted an update a month later, but we somehow missed Gimbl’s latest escapades. It appears he’s in some […]
Hugh Jonson – Still riding on the Phony Pony UPDATED
UPDATE: We will be publishing a new post soon something like, “Will the real Hugh Jonson Please Stand up.” We think there is more legit military service in his past but it is mixed in with so many name changes, lies and embellishments it will take us a while to sort it all out. Stay […]
Phony SEAL Coward
The folks at MilitaryPhony send us their work on Leslie Radford Coward. Coward lives in Middleburg, Florida and is 72 years old at the time of this writing – January 2022. Coward is originally from Ohio and may still have a residence there in addition to Florida. Most of Coward’s claims are implied by the […]
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