John Michael “Corey” Miller; pot smoking activist/phony wounded warrior
We check creds here, so here is his DD214;
He was a senior private E-4, not a lieutenant, there are no service medals for either Iraq or Afghanistan, there’s no Purple Heart for his injuries and in block 12f, there’s no foreign service, so he’s just full of shit. So, all of that shit you’re doing out there, John or Corey, or whoever you are, just stop.
Category: Phony soldiers
He claims to be an officer, so he can be arrested for impersonating an officer. The top pic is just icing on that cake. Fry his dumb ass.
I noticed that he served 3 yrs 11 mo 9 days – but his DD214 is marked “MEMBER HAS NOT COMPLETED FIRST FULL TERM OF SERVICE”. He’s also today an advocate for legalizing marijuana.
Makes one wonder . . . .
Maybe he was smoking some weed and put lighter fluid in his Bong which exploded IEB is what he meant to say not IED.
The story from the KOLD screen ran back in 2011. Never heard of this guy but, then again, no shortage of “medicinal marijuana advocates” in this town.
A Poser who is using fake military service to promote medical marijuana? No way, that would never happen… what was that other assholes name?
“Miller said he would make sure to follow all state guidelines, and do things by the book”.
Why start now? This guy is almost too easy of a target – not much challenge here. That’s why the Geneva Convention first outlawed the use of BZ; claimed it wasn’t “humane” to shoot enemy combatants while they were stoned. Thankfully we don’t follow the Geneva Convention on this website…
So who’s the bigger snot-for-brains nitwit, the stoner fake Officer, or the reporter who couldn’t publish the story fast enough, vetting the subject be damned?
It really pisses me off, because a friend of mine, a real Captain in the Army, and someone whose Humvee was actually hit by an IED in Iraq, gets medically retired, even though he wanted to stay. Then, some baked dumb ass thinks that he can putt on Captain’s bars with that stoned grin on his mug and show his ass and everyone should be ok with it? I don’t think so, scooter.
Claims to be a “retired lieutenant,” but is sporting Captain’s bars on his beret. Nice.
Jagoff.
Get a rope!
Unfortunately, Tucson is the county seat of the People’s Republic of Pima County. I doubt LE there will do a damn thing about this guy. Ditto the local media.
Nicki: wait, where did he claim to be a JAG Officer? (smile)
Judging by his looks, I’d say he is his own Cousin as well, knowhutimean?
@9: Beat me but just barely!
Is this the same guy?
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/j-corey-miller/28/4a8/b0a
Eggs: sure looks to be him.
Bisbee? Figures. That place always struck me as a piece of Haight-Ashbury that broke off, migrated SE, and never changed when the rest of the world did.
There’s other stuff he’s doing that if I mentioned it, I’d probably get arrested. But, suffice it to say that he’s dangerous and doesn’t care about the damage that he does to other people.
Some of the info on Linkedin corresponds with the DD-214…. armorer orientation at Ft. Bliss, for instance. It is the same guy. He’s claiming “military intelligence” on Linkedin though. I never witnessed any S2 guys setting up routers and running a SIPR/NIPR help desk, but maybe that’s just me.
Fucker was stationed at Huachuca with an MI battalion and probably got busted there for drugs. Was separated at Huachuca, and drifted over to Bisbee not far away to smoke dope with the hippies there and hang out at the local hippie commune coffeehouses. Just another useless doped-up poser scumbag…
Does he EVER wash his upper lip? That is disgusting!
He’s wearing captain’s bars but calls himself a lieutenant because he has the Navy mixed up with the other services. And he’s stoned. And he probably smells like a trash dumpster, too.
And you expect a reporter with an addiction to exciting, and possibly naughty, stories to actually verify the story and the storyteller?
Never gonna happen.
Gotta love the juxtaposition of the ads in the screen shots. Inspired by Imagination, indeed. He didn’t “catch the PTSD”, but that’s probably because of the carpal tunnel in his veins. Do reporters even listen to the BS that’s being fed to them?
He looks queer, too.
Can we start sueing newspapers under fraud when they intentionally print fiction as news? It’s getting to that point.
Combat Historian: bingo. He was probably assigned to that MI Bn’s S6 or Sig Spt element.
Involved in shady stuff about 20 mi or so from the US-Mexican border, eh? Hmmmmm . . . .
Are you supposed to put bars on a dress cover? I don’t think I’ve seen that done before, not sure.
He certainly looks like a stoner. I don’t know how you could look at this guy and say he was an officer…
What the hell is a “senior private E-4” ?!
Attention Former SPC Dumbass
On behalf of the entire Signal regiment that you used to be a part of, please kindly remove your head from your fourth point of contact and stop disrespecting us, your Army, and your nation time yesterday.
This idiot makes my blood boil. I have a few friends in Arizona that will be notified that a former Signaler is our mists and needs to be promptly eradicated before he makes a pompous ass out of himself.
Oh shoot, too late. I will just have to call them and have him promptly re-educated from his stupidity.
@26: jonn’s wordplay on the E-4 mafia, which he has declared his disdain for, many times, previously.
Jacobite #26; My word. I used it to put uppity specialists in their place.
@19: If he got busted, then he wouldn’t still be an E-4 on his DD214; would he?
@ Jonn, how would mentioning what else he is doing get you arrested?
I get it now, lol.
Depends on the context for “busted”. If you’re talking “reduced in rank”, he’d almost certainly not have been an E4 at discharge – not w/less than 4 years TIS.
However, if the context was “arrested by civilian authorities” or “popped hot on a urinalysis” and he got Chaptered, different story. He could have retained his rank if the unit didn’t want to go through the time/trouble of taking it from him.
I guess it’s also possible he was medically discharged or retired, but if he got severance pay due to medical separation I think that would be indicated in the remarks.
Since his DD214 says he didn’t complete his full first term of service, my guess is normal ETS for completion of enlistment probably wasn’t the case.
Hondo, him not completing his first term of service has to do with him not completing his 8 year MSO.. As far as the E4 mafia that can be a good thing to have in your platoon. A strong E4 mafia can square some shitbird privates away using methods that NCOs are no longer allowed to do you just look the other way while the ass beating goes on in the barracks.
One would assume that he would be a member of IVAW or such.
I really have no issues with medical marijuana, but clowns like this screw it up for people that are in constant pain (cancer, degenerative diseases, etc.)
And a CPT top boot?
Welcome to the Great NW! I wonder if he hangs with Brandon Bryant?
Maggot.
@22.
Roger that.
How the hell did he earn a Good Conduct Medal? A real Audie Murphy, there.
Hulkamaniac: don’t think so. I’ve read at least one AMBCR decision (AR200156846) that clearly states that statement is to be placed in Block 18 of the DD-214 if the individual does not complete the active duty portion of their enlistment contract – e.g., if they completed less than 4 years of active duty when they enlisted to serve 4 years of active duty. The decision goes on to state that if the individual serves as long or longer than their active duty enlistment obligation, the statement that the “SOLDIER HAS COMPLETED FIRST FULL TERM OF SERVICE” is to be entered on the DD-214.
Any remaining reserve obligation is irrelevant.
@26: When they are older than 19.
Hmmmm… I’ll have to keep my eye out for this guy….
Doper turns out to be a liar….that’s not really news right?
It seems like lying has become our new national past time, lie on your taxes, lie to your spouse, lie to your coworkers, lie to your kids, lie to the neighbors and now with a little help from the internet you can lie to the world…seems you can’t swing a dead cat these days without hitting a liar…of course I prefer a Louisville Slugger when swinging for liars but I’ve heard some folks like swinging dead cats too…
Found a photo of Miller on this page – he’s wearing a cap with what appears to be a lieutenant’s bar on it –
http://www.hellodrcj.com/butch-williams-politics-of-medical-marijuana.html
Hulkamaniac
Read the first statement I wrote in #27. That applies to you as well. There is nothing beneficial to this so-called “E4 mafia” bullshit or accurate about what you claim about the first term of service means.
Get your facts in order and your delusions out of my sight time NOW!!
Buttmunch
The only complaint I have with his dope smoking is that as a taxpayer I’m paying for it. You know the dude is on the public teat, you just know it. If he does not work he can move to California, or Colorado. I make no mention of Washington as we already have more than our share of workless burnt out stoners. I hope the law lands on this guy and taxis over him a time or two.
@ Hondo & Piney,
Over the course of 20 years I saw the verbage in dispute used many times to describe a troop that had completed an initial tour, but not the manditory 8. Now was it used correctly? I was never an admin weenie so I have no idea, I’ll bow to the better research, I’m just stating what I’ve seen.
As for the ‘E4 Mafia’, well, I can see where it might not be a beneficial artifact in the Active component, but in the Guard it was ‘those guys’ who ever ensured shit got done and done right. The Guard is, or at least was, very E4 heavy, and career progression was traditionally pretty stale since there was no where for troops to advance to. In light of that most of the ranks in the Guard I ever had dealings with almost always were wearing a hat a grade or two above that on the paper or collar, meaning Jr NCO’s carried a lot more responsibility than they did on the Active side. Having a strong core of experienced E4’s meant the E5’s and E6’s that were carrying greater weight than their Active counterparts, had the ability to attend to their ‘additional duties’.
He has that look of spanoley on Fast times at Ridgemont High. “Buds Man Buds Man”.
Jacobite: I tend to trust the ABCMR. They’re the ones with the final say about correcting errors in Army military records. They have some real pros working for them who research the regs/policies in effect at the time the individual served.
They don’t tend to make mistakes.
@43.
Yeah.
There is a time and a place for the mafia until they all inevitably become barracks lawyers, training room personnel or ETS or just get kicked out. Usually, if not always, happens as they misbehave and/or avoid promotion like the plague.
Also, many are in it (the mafia) due to numerous Article 15’s or just plain avoiding rank and responsibility. They complain about the OML but yet they are not on it. And there is always a “shake and bake” in the mix who cannot stand them, but since he is idolized and “used” for his perceived level of education, he must “run” with them.
Their favorite terms are usually (in no particular order):”Fuck the Army; You Lifer; Them, They and Those people are fucking me; its not my fault (at this point they are the quickest to snitch you out); call IG, man; etc. You get my point.
And yeah, I know about the E-4 mafia. Sort of. I just skipped them and got my Tab. E-3 waived to E-4 and then Ranger School. After that, Victor rule on promotion; automatic 799 on points at the board. Did not even need a points count. Just gave them the “V” orders. Pissed the “mafia” off something fierce.
So to translate this rant for the uninitiated, once you have joined the E-4 mafia, you have arrived.
Not.
And btw, my comments are in no way an attempt to provide some kind of excuse for this goofy pot head, I’m just commenting on my experiences in relation to the two points of contention mentioned.