Air Force says Bryant is lying
We talked about and to Brandon Bryant last week when he said he killed 1,626 people in his role as a drone sensor operator, and we questioned it at the time. The Air Force said yesterday, yeah, no that’s not true.
In a recent interview, Brandon Bryant told NBC that when he left the active-duty Air Force as a senior airman in April 2011, he was presented with a certificate in which he was credited for 1,626 kills.
But that number represents the total number of enemies killed by his squadron for the 3rd Special Operations Squadron at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., over several years, Air Force officials said.
The Air Force could not provide a number for how many people were killed in missions in which Bryant participated.
“Only a very small percentage of that [enemy killed in action] total can be attributed to any one crew member when assessing actual kinetic activity,” Air Force Special Operations Command spokeswoman Capt. Belena Marquez said in an email.
Of course, Bryant says it doesn’t matter how many he killed, or that he lied that killed 1600 folks. Of course it doesn’t Bryant.
Even if the Air Force is right, it doesn’t make Bryant feel any less guilty for taking part in lethal strikes.
“I didn’t join the military to kill people,” he said. “I ended up in a position where I ended up doing so — not me personally, but me directly participating in events where that would happen.”
Yeah, so why did you join the military, rock star?
Category: Shitbags
Yeah, Jonn – sometimes military operations kill people. I wonder how “genius” here missed that before signing his name and raising his right hand?
Since the mission of the military, even the Air Force, is to kill people and break things, it’s rather difficult to claim that you just do not want to do that then enlist in the military, even the Air Force.
There are many ways to transfer to other career paths which have less direct involvement in killing people and breaking things. But he expressed a bigger interest in maintaining his security clearance than exploring ways to transfer to a role where he would be less involved in that killing thing.
Just another attention whore who was rudely awakened to discover that the world does not revolve around him and what he wants. Poor baby.
You mean that when I joined the Infantry I was now going to be working with newly grown Maple trees?
DAMN THAT RECRUITER!!!
1,626? I killed that many on the way to the gym yesterday. Rookie.
“I didn’t join become a doctor to be around a bunch of sick people.” Dr. J. Smith, M.D.
“I didn’t become a fireman to fight fires.” LT J.Smith, NYFD
Guess he joined for the educational benefits. Heard that a lot during the run up to Desert Shield/Desert Storm.
As will be repeated many times here, “not joining the military to kill people.”
My favorite part of the article was the fact that of the 1600 squadron kills that gave him PTSD, he was personally involved in only seven actual missile strikes. Fighter and helicopter pilots might do that in a single afternoon.
….When this first started a few weeks ago, there were comments – that have now disappeared, I have been unable to locate them again – on at least one site that stated quite plainly that young Mister Bryant was a goldbricking, malingering loser who badly wanted out of his job and would do anything (including forcing himself to vomit and presenting bloody waste to his supervisor to prove how sick he was)to get out of it. For all his supposed dislike of what he did, he seems to have had no problem bragging about it to get attention, and allow reporters to believe he was a pilot, when in fact he wasn’t. This little creep should have never gotten anywhere near the US Air Force, much less a drone ops center.
Mike
Piece of shit, hope someone revisits his PTS claim if actually has one with the VA.
nice flight suet, turd, go play some xbox
“I didn’t join the military to kill people,” Bryant said. You’re a special kind of stupid, young man.
He got the PTSD from reading too many Beetle Bailey cartoons. In other news our bumbling CinC acted stupidly again.
http://www.stripes.com/judge-obama-sex-assault-comments-unlawful-command-influence-1.225974
@6 Yup, MAJMike, I remember that too. And prior to DS/DS, especially for folks in the reserve component, when we hadn’t had a large-scale reserve call-up in, like, forever – it was kind of understandable that it took some folks by surprise. But, post-DS/DS, and especially post-9/11, it should be no surprise that servicemembers might be called upon to do what servicemembers do.
When I joined the military, they wouldn’t let me kill people.
I was SO disappointed about it that I killed shrimp instead. 62 shrimp steamed in wine and garlic destroyed by yours truly at one go. Lots of dead soldiers on my plate, not to mention the mess with the shrimp sauce.
what a culture of complete moron’s we have now! simply boggles the mind
Pete, we’ve always had the same percentage of butt-hurt narcissists… It’s just that the Interwebs make them all heroes du jour…
So there he was in BT.
“Hey, what’s that for?”
“Oh, the grenade? That’s just for scaring the enemy. It makes a bang.”
“But what about these rifles?”
“Oh, they’re for hunting just in you are lost in the wilderness and need food.”
“And those long pointy things over there?”
“Nothing. Just rockets. We have a helluva Fourth of July here.”
“Whew. Had been worried. I thought the grenades, rifles, and rockets might be to kill people. I didn’t join the military for THAT, you know!”
The word is out on this turd.
People are watching.
@14 Was it anything like this?
Have you guys seen the new oath of enlistment? It just came out last night. (You know, Friday–when press releases sneak under the radar.) The new verbiage is in caps.
“I, _____, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic, SO LONG AS I PERSONALLY AGREE; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same UNLESS I DISAGREE; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice, AND MY OWN SENSE OF RIGHT AND WRONG. So help me God (OR ALLAH).”
I didn’t primarily join the military to kill people either….I joined to make sure that the killers could keep killing, faster, and more efficiently and when they get banged up I get them back out there faster, to kill even more people.
With that said, my medical corps officers had pretty extensive rifle training while I was sitting in S3….Most lethal nurses and dentists in the army. They might not be real accurate, but in terms of enthusiasm and volume, they were hard to beat. And while they probably will never need to, if it comes down to it, I want em all home and that means sweating their asses off on the ranges in Southern Arizona for BRM/Qual. We’re all soldiers first. Go Army Medical!
When I joined the Air National Guard, I was initially looked at for a job as a sensor operator. One of the forms that I had to fill out was a questionnare that specifically mentioned that I would work on a weapons system that may directly result in the death of enemy combatant and non-combatants alike. It was a standard Air Force Form, so there’s no way he didn’t know about it at start. Feeling guilty about it? I suppose that’s his right. I don’t like the fact that I’ve contributed to the death of anyone, but I firmly believe that it’s done for the greater good, and it’s against oxygen thieves that have conducted, and will conduct much more horrendous acts.
@19 – Pretty close. I was brought a giant plateful of shrimp on a bed of lettuce and a massive dip of sauce. I asked for extra napkins.
But Tony Sinclair was not there to enjoy it with me.
I had the local oysters. Gave me the runs and found out I was allergic to shell fish more than the C-Rat ham and motherf@ckers. Then…the PTSD set in and I have been on VA shellfish disability ever since. War is hell. Got an ARCOMM and BS for Achievement for that one for most time in the latrine with my weapon at the ready. Don’t eat the local shellfish in Vietnam. I have to get shellfish vaccines every month now and they force a check on me for $130K. Thinking of starting up a Monkress disabled vet contract therapy center to help other vets who have the shellfish PTSD 😀 (Very tongue in cheek.)
They keep a kill board? Amateurs.
This guy has been riding the wave, so to speak, hamming it up and styling himself as some “expert come lately” within the college seen.
I am glad it finally caught up to him.
What a fucking dirtbag.
Wow, the age old myth of routinely documenting individual kills in an SRB rears its ugly head again.
I joined to break shit and hurt bad guys.
@28 I like your web site. Thanks.
@24 – Sparks, you had me laughing so hard I cried. Isn’t that what this is all about?
@29 – Nice sermon. Do some more.
The Final Showdown
Hey, DUMBASS! YOU WISH YOU WERE ME! I would say YOU are Stuck… IN MINUS-SECOND-GEAR!
I am Calling YOU OUT!
14 Branchland Ct. Ruckersville, VA BEFORE August 2, 2013. If you really WANT to be me, then Come Face Me.
oh, BTW, YOUR NASAL VOICE IS MORE GRATING THAN THE WORD “NAIVE”, and METAL NAILS ON THE CHALKBOARD.
But “Naive” is even WORSE than NAILS.
“What makes the grass grow?” “Blood! Blood! Blood! Makes the grass grow Drill Sergeant!”
I wanted to see exotic Viet Nam, the jewel of Southeast Asia, I uh, wanted to meet interesting and stimulating people of an ancient culture, and kill them. I wanted to be the first kid on my block to get a confirmed kill!
@31
WTF ???
@31. Excuse me, my good but highly intoxicated fellow, but which of us dumbasses are you addressing?
WOW YOU GUYS ARE HAVING FUN..I NEED A BEER
Shit…even I knew that killing people was part of the deal…and even if my job was to keep the rock hot so the coners could find and shoot said bad guys if I didn’t do it right we might all be dead. So this guy has a problem with launching a few missiles from 9000 miles away? Well, he did live in one of the shittiest places in NM. Gotta feel a little sorry for him there at least.
After the first few, surely, he had to become suspicious 😛
Comment 31 was posted by some tool in Brooklyn. The actual Brandon Bryant is 2000+ miles west of there.
BTW… this story kind of points out what’s wrong with EPRs (enlisted performance reports) and awards packages. People get credit for the outcome regardless of how little they actually participated.
@38.
He is chilling and bullshitting folks up here in the Great NW as he “oozes” through school.
I bet that type of attitude is pretty common in certain branches. Mil service has become a benefit package for a lot of people so I’m not really surprised one bit he’d actually admit it publicly.
With the types the military has been recruiting lately its to be expected as well. The military is changing fast and it’s intentionally being done. Expect more of this in the future.
So pretty much he took an air force achievement certificate and copied what it said. Usually how it goes it, when you do an EPR or writing an award, you take what the squadron did in a whole, put it on the certificate. Make it seem like the airman or person did that much in total. This kid is pathetic.
As 39 said, thats the embarrassing part about EPRs. He just took what his AF Medal told him. Retarded that he went national level to even say this. People will call him out.
He joined up for the college money and believed the recruiter when he said it was just “coincidental” targets on the range were shaped like people.
To TAH,
Did you ever do a story on the Air Force Drone Pilot who received the MOH? From the Duffelbag December 2012:
An Air Force drone pilot who managed to fly his MQ-9 Reaper for 120 straight hours through multiple firefights will receive the Medal of Honor, Air Force officials confirmed today. Major Curtis Beasley will be the first Airman to receive the nation’s highest award since the Vietnam War.
Just wondering considering the article said he received several Purple Hearts for carpel tunnel syndrome as well.
Is this for real or tongue in cheek humor?
#45 – humor
@45 It’s the Duffelblog, and it’s a military satire website. They write fictional but very convincing news stories like The Onion.
Word has it he is staying quiet and avoiding contact
He probably flinches when someone floats a rubber band prop plane nearbye at this point.
Trust me, eyes are on this clown.