Need some help from the Uniform/Medal gurus
Let me start by saying, yes, this is a shitty photograph. It’s the one I have, not the one I want to go to war with.
With that said, can anyone make out anything on it? When I tell you this is the worst dude in the world, I am not being dramatic. This guy is the biggest turd in the entire sewer system.
For those who want the story, here you go. As an update, I talked to investigators, Oregon state officials and attorneys today. The guy is now default on his agreement with the State, and will be prosecuted.
BTW- The background check came back with mailing address: HQ BN B CO, TWENTYNINE PALMS CA 92278, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
Category: Politics
Hard to make out any of his ribbons, but is that a dive bubble above a set of wings?
National Defense, Combat Action ribbon.
Best guess (and it is a guess based on the photo)
Top row: Purple Heart, Navy Achievement, Combat Action Ribbon
Middle row: National Defense, ?, Marine Corps Good Conduct
Bottom Row: Multi-National Force Observers, ?, Sea Service
Hope this helps. I’ll defer to any of the USMC types for clarification.
It looks like he wants to be a Force Recon guy.
Botton Middle maybe Humanitarian. I think Bobo has it right on the top row.
I see a Combat Action ribbon, top right; National Defense middle left; and a Sea Service Deployment ribbon bottom right.
@ 3 its a humanitarian aid ribbon.
DeMayo says that they are all FOIA ribbons. He had his military expert check them out.
@TSO If you resize the picture to 1/2. Then boost the contrast up 100%, it will give you a little better view of the ribbons. Then adjust the mid-tones to add brightness.
Worst dude in the world, TSO?? Really? You know some serious douchetools, so for you to say that this guy is the worst of the worst, he must be bad.
Yeah, he’s sporting the prerequisite dive bubble and wings for someone rocking the Force Recon look.
Scuba Bubble and Reconnaisance Wings, followed by my best guess: FIRST ROW: Purple Heart, Navy & Marine Corps Achievement Medal, Combat Action Ribbon; SECOND ROW: National Defense Service Medal (can’t tell what the middle one, second row might be), Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal; THIRD ROW: Iraq Campaign Medal, Humanitarian Service Medal and Sea Service Deployment ribbon.
Well, TSO, no one can actually see the ribbons. A couple are discernable (sorta-kinda) but it’s familiarity with the ribbons that is making the call. Fuzzy colors + Placement = Call. He is clearly wearing ribbons and is in a Marine uniform. That’s enough, I’d say. The real story, I’m sure, has little to do with what he wore but what he did. Looking forward to it.
@3 and 4..from what i see brother, you’re pretty spot on. Top row middle might be a Comm vice Achievement. His expert rifle and pistol badges look like single awards, no extra bar on either of them…. not a sure sign of a phony but if you’re sporting all that bling, you probably shot expert twice on one of your weapons.
I would love to know the background story if anyone knows it…
Bottom center, Humanitarian Service Medal?
What a loathsome, despicable, con man. And when they’re looking for him, look for a cross dresser. No doubt. None.
Glad to hear that he will be prosecuted. He got a sweetheart deal and even screwed that up.
Wasn’t as “sweetheart” a deal as it looks. The agreement actually said that nothing criminal was off the table regardless. The lawyer said that he was going to get him on anything and everything either way, but they wanted to try this to recoup some of the money. The DOJ gave what they did get to the Department of Labor and Industries which distributed it though. And they didn’t really need to do that, but they felt strongly about the vets.
Did not think it possible, but he is worse than bernastypants and banks.
I think the middle ribbon, middle row could be the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal.
Concur with Bobo @#3. For the two not identified in #3, I believe the 2d row middle ribbon is the SWA Service Medal and the bottom row middle ribbon is the Humanitarian Service Medal. Precedence issues in both row #2 and row #3.
I give a shit about his uniform or possibly wearing bogus awards. He is a complete douche canoe for what he is doing to veterans and their families. He’s the type that needs to be found some night in a dark alley…for a real contract job.
Fist, agreed. The only reason I am going after this is it adds a federal charge, which will make some other things fall into play. In the scheme of things, agreed, not a big deal, but he has other legal problems that could be helped by a federal charge bringing them all together.
(He has former incarceration in CA, and some warrants allegedly in Idaho, but Oregon is looking only at state stuff. The Federal charge would bring all of them together, even something like a SVA that could bring in the US attorney. If you Google this guy you will find something in Florida with his father in law too.)
Speaking if Tools…..
/ Sweep the leg.
No campaign medal, but combat action, humanitarian, and defense.
Either Somali or Haiti in the 90’s. He looks too old balls to have been in Haiti in 2004.
Get a rope!
Well I see at least 2/3 chins,lololol,A CAR,Purple Heart,good cookie diver/jump wings,no GWOT?Iraq Campaign Medal? What no Navy Cross?
I ran it thru a de blurring program. What I think is that the photo was intentionally blurred to mask the awards and ribbons. What I thought was a marksmanship badge is really a piece of serpent costume jewelry. What looks like wings may be a SW pin.
This guy doesn’t even rank the title of Turd. More like Clumping Cat litter.
He’s definitely rocking the Dual Cool of a FR Marine (dive and jump).
@26 Sapper, you’ll also need a stout tree and privacy. Seems I have plenty of both.
*backhoe and quicklime are just part of the service*
This guy has the stink of a Murphy Village Traveler about him, don’t he.
That bunch has branched out into other states, and their predatory practices are legion.
TSO, Yours is clearly a superior intellect. I bow. Dude belongs behind bars. Or in a dumpster in an alley.
@32 Grimmy you have those Murphy Village Traveler’s around too. I remember them from down south, North Carolina way. They lived in nice houses all near each other. Here when we get bad wind storms and people lose part or all of their roofs, here they come. They do shoddy work and then demand OVER payment. They really strong arm some of the senior citizens with hard line, make ’em get their check books out and start writing. Every time the local news alerts people to them but some get caught anyway. Turds.
I called cross dresser but now I’m thinking transexual or transgender. There is something sick about this sicko, in addition to his crooked deeds.
OK. Here is my submission.
OMG!
Well at least the vets got covered by a good guy
http://www.katu.com/news/problemsolver/Man-donates-10000-to-help-cheated-veterans-236315221.html
@35. MCPO. Not only were you in the NAVY but you are from NYC. Consequently, you are hereby deemed the resident expert on sexually deviant behavior. Watch the video of the POS and tell me what you think. See comment 34.
FWIW: here’s my take.
Badges above ribbons: ????? (could be diver badge), Navy/USMC Parachutist Wings
Ribbons (Inboard to Outboard):
Top row: PH, NAM?, CAR
2nd Row: NDSM, ??? (maybe SWASM), MCGCM
3d Row: ICM (could be ACM), GWOTSM?, Sea Service Ribbon?
Badges Below Ribbons: USMC Rifle Expert, USMC Pistol Expert
Aforementioned shitty photo looks a lot like Al from Happy Days. Could The Fonz & Richie be far behind?
A big thank you and warm, heart felt applause for Mr. John Bartholf, CEO of Coverall of Salem, Oregon. Thank you sir.
Middle lower row: definately the Double Length Triple Wide Black Dildo ExpeditionMe Medal.
I love TAH!
Did you hear about the N. Dakota rancher driving along checking his fences when he sees a hitchhiker. He gives the guy a lift. They talk little but the rancher asks his name and he says, Timothy Leatherby from Oregon. All of a sudden the rancher slams on the brakes and there in the barbed wire is one of his sheep with his head caught. The rancher gets out, goes over, yanks his pants down and tears the sheep a new ass hole. He starts to pull up his pants and yells over to the truck, “Hey Oregon, you want some of this?”. The guy in the truck yells back, “well…sure I do…but…do I have to stick my head on the barbed wire?”.
I love TAH! 😀 😀 😀 (This joke works on so many levels) 😀
TSO–here’s hoping you can put it in a nice neat package for the US atty.
And here’s hoping he’s not like some douchetool Maryland prosecutor.
Definately: Scuba and Navy/USMC Jump Wings above ribbons.
MCPO. You are cordially invited to read comment 37 and respond. Your expertise is needed.
Just when we’d all decided the Phony Chief was the worst person in the world … thanks TSO for wrecking the consensus.
Leatherby definitely owns and operates his own private bank … a sperm bank. And that’s no lie.
Sparks, bro. That one splattered on the wall. lol.
+break+
TSO: This asshat isn’t a USMC vet or did I miss the flight? What was he in stir in Cali for? Depending on Cali laws, if he was given a pass for good behavior they might be pretty interested in his current activities. I know you probably have all the bases covered but, there is always the off chance a fresh pair of eyeballs will find something you missed. Idaho has what on him, old misdemeaner’s or an iffy felony beef? Depending on the agency in Idaho, one could probably tweak the po-po or county attorney’s interest.
Bit of advice in the helpful sense, sometimes when you are on the hunt, you can end up being the hunted without realizing it. Take a break, gain some distance from it then hit it again. I have something I have been working like a dog and after taking a short breather, its not one I’m after, but its turned out to be a small crew I wasn’t aware of until recent months.
Thanks to the person that suggested I take a break (who know who you are) things have been going tick tock, tick tock locking in place like a jig saw puzzle. Pay attention to that instinct and hair on the back of your neck too. 😎
Top row: Purple Heart, Navy Achievement, & Combat Action Ribbon.
Middle Row: National Defense, Armed Forces Expeditionary, & MC Good Conduct.
Bottom Row: Multinational Forces & Observers, Humanitarian Service, & Sea Service Deployment
Okay, maybe the center ribbon, in the middle, is the Southwest Asia Service Medal (ribbon) because the center dark stripes have about the same width as the Humanitarian Service dark center stripe, as seen in the image.
Basically, in comment 48, change AFEM to SWASM. Final answer.
Guy is a shit sack. The photo is obviously him being a poser, His hairs way to long and like it was pointed out, you don’t see expert badges with no subsequent award bars on career guys.
Shit like this happens in the construction business too much. My family has a lot of carpenters and masons who have been freelancers working for contractors for the past 30 plus years. Once in a while you run into a shitbag like this. This guy seems to do it on a regular basis, and the fact he targeted vets pisses me off even more.
The Cali background has me wondering too. Back in 1991 my younger brother came out to California for a bit. He ended up staying with my wife’s nephew and his friend, as well as their girfriends. They were in Sun City about 60 north of San Diego. They all got onto a construction crew for a guy that supposedly was a retired Marine Gunny. He had they working for close to a month and had only paid them for a few days,,, every week he came up with an excuse and got another week out of them. Last day of the job he came up and paid them all he owed them, plus a little extra, When they went to cash the checks rhey all bounced… And of course the guy was long gone. My brother, nephew, froend and 2 girls were living there with absultely not a crumb in the house to eat. I ended up buying them groceries for a week until they found another job,Im going to find out who that fucker was that ripped them off. I wouldn’t be surprised if it was him.