Dennis Chevalier; phony Air Force LTC/Pilot
Here he is posing as a LTC in the Civil Air Patrol;
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@44 O-4E I agree. My time in the CAP taught me love of country, discipline and order, honor and integrity. It gave me a leg up when it came to the initial basic training drill instruction. I knew all the marching commands and movements. As well as respect for rank and the military in general. I was fortunate to have Senior Members who were real vets of various branches and they were honorable men.
This guy is a very poor example to young cadets. In my opinion the CAP should send him packing for this atrocity of lies. I hope this story makes its way to the CAP Headquarters.
This fattie likes them biscuits, rice, and gravy. Does CAP or the state guard have weight standards?
Most state guards just confer the title of “Colonel” to their members since they are not recognized ranks and people volunteer anyway (as in “unpaid” not as “enlist”)
I remember reading on SOCNET about a State Guard poser named Walt Smith that actually had been awarded a PH in Vietnam and his Federal Agency believed him to be an authentic Reserve General (he alternated between USMC and Army and also with the number of stars he had). I went back to look ffor the link:
http://www.socnet.com/showpost.php?p=1300840&postcount=33
State Guards are poser enablers for the most part.
Another Texas dude who likes to send 20 responses and threatens lawsuit like Douglas Collette. I guess now he will say that Jonn and Scotty are bullies and will try to take their pages down.
He seems pretty delusional and now trying to use the CAP excuse?
@52
You may be getting confused between official State Guard / State Defense Forces (i.e. those authorized under the State Constitution as part of the organized militia) and those organization that form claiming they are part of the “unorganized militia” and not officially sanctioned by state law.
The guys in our State Defense Force are by and large retired Guard members who want to stay connected to the Guard.
We also forget what these organization real purpose is which is to fill in for the Guard, in their state roll, if the Guard ever got totally mobilized like in WW2.
So the actual State Defense Forces do have a legitimate roll.
@49 Frank if that was you who sent him an email. he is now claiming that it was a malicious link and also seems to be claiming that someone fucked with the wrong person.
What are the chances this guy has sockpuppet accounts backing up his claims.
He can fly single engine planes, huh?
Can we get him a dandan the bernastypantsman together? After all, bernutsless claims to be a lawer! And let’s bring in Whipitnflogit, too, since he might have just jumped out of one of them there single-engine planes over in The Nam, for the amusement of Vietnamese children.
Gack-k-kk! Sorry. Hairball.
Frankly, I’ll give it a try:
“Please clarify your claims regarding my activities that equate to having stolen valor. As I understand it, you are not relying upon my legitimate, official documents to substantiate your claims that I have falsely claimed prior service in the United States Air Force. Rather, you are relying upon my signature on an email which reads:
Dr. Dennis Chevalier, FIPC
LT.COL., USAF, Retired
Though it does not appear to the naked eye, this email signature has been truncated. Yet, am I correct in my understanding that you find the visible, non-truncated portion of the signature block to be meaningful?
If you had requested, I could have arranged for you to be granted authorized access to state and federal databases. The Civil Air Patrol and the Texas State Guard routinely allow me to unilaterally authorize access to such databases to people who accuse me of making false claims.
If you were in possession of my records concerning my aircraft pilot qualifications and experience, you would be incapable of alleging these outrageous, bullshit claims.
Do you really have nothing more meritorious to do other than protect the memory, honor and valor of past and present American armed forces service members by exposing those who falsely claim service membership, honors, unit affiliation or other accolades they do not otherwise deserve?”
That’s the best I could make of it. (Sarcasm font)
@52 Sparks
Yeah. Imagine how much different BCT would have been not having been a Cadet. All of that minor stuff we would have had to learn “under fire”
I was one of the only PFCs in BCT (in the days before they allowed people to come in as SPC)
On day 1 or 2 the Drill Sergeant asked us PFCs how we got that rank and I was the only prior Cadet. So I was made Platoon Guide and remained in that position (for better or worse)for 6 out of the 8 weeks…only being fired for a few hours or days at a time before being put back into the position.
I still tell people the barracks inspections I went through in CAP Encampment were 10X worse than anything I ever experienced in the Army.
His 18 years of military experience come, (according to him), from flying T-34 Mentors, and T-41 Bird Dogs. Neither of which is a “Tactical” aircraft, but are/were used for military training. The L-19/T-41 Birdog has not seen combat for quite some time.
I found this post:
“Dennis Chevalier 3 years ago
Look liberal, I have flown military aircraft for over 18 years and when we see a contrail we know to move on so we don’t gather suspicion and create speculation.”
Forwarded it to him, and got this response:
“In the Civil Air Patrol we fly t-34 mentors t-41 bird dogs and the like and yes they are all military aircraft
My spelling and issues with typing are because I’m driving a car and using the voice module for Google Voice to translate what I am saying”
To my statement to him that he did claim LTC Air Force, in print, he replied:
“NO i DIDN;T
you choose to see it that way I made no claims.
I DID make claims of the collowing:
Dennis H. Chevalier, LTC USAF Aux CAP”
Does anyone see that this has been manipulated as he claims?:
http://valorguardians.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Dennis-chevalier-phony-claims.png
I left a nice post outing him on his own “stolen valor” page. Wonder how long it’ll be before I’m blocked.
@54 O-4E
You raise a good point that GuiducksStinkeye and Andy should consider. The real state guards have a legitimate roll and the good ones are even a part of the METL under the Guard. In addition to other things, they often are turned out for SAR and other specialized activity in lieu of or to augment the Guard. Not all are equal, but they often allow those who were active duty, reserve, and guard to keep doing and stay connected.
Just posted on his ripoff “Stolen Valor Hunter” Website:
“ok lets see if they like it.
I will gather a few facts that can be twisted in a perverted way of those guys and lets see how they like it.
I wonder where I will post it…sex offender website? Delinquent dads?, hmmm”
What a dumbass…nothing like announcing your criminal intentions on the innerwebs. You’ve just given a Prosecuting Attorney enough to establish intent.
I predict much bad karma for LtCol Auxiliary.
@63 I understand the difference. If you read the link, the State Guard in CA falls under the same General that commands the state Army/Air Force National Guard. In that state guard, however, members are conferred a title such as “Colonel” or “General” as there are no standards or promotion boards for the rank. It took Walt Smith’s case to cause a change in the State Guard regs because old Walt kept insisting that he was indeed a General. The dude was even given an Emergency Management gig in the FAA due, in part, to his “reserve rank”
So, while these organizations generally do good work on a volunteer basis, there is enough confusion about them that the bad apples like Walt Smith use to enable posing.
@65
I see where you are coming from.
In our state defense force you will generally hold a rank commiserate with your prior military service.
The highest ranking guy, in our state, is a Colonel…who is a retired AGR Colonel and my former Brigade Commander.
I assumed it would be the same everywhere just due to credibility issues. I guess not.
Unlike the militia “2 star General” we have running around the state
I’m just fascinated by the “color guard” tab he is sporting. Talking about slapping everything and anything on a ubiform to look impressive.
#65 GiducksStinkeye, so, since they do most do? Nice broad brush there. Sorry, not convinced you do understand the difference, and I think targeting your fire might be more effective.
I dig the “Doctor” claim.
This dude is as much a PhD or MD as Doctor Detroit.
And at least Dr. Detriot scored/protected hot chicks like Donna Dixon, Lynn Whitfield and Fran Dreschler.
This dude, not so much.
His Stolen Valor Hunter FaceBook page went Poof !
O-E4,
Indiana does the same thing, in that one rank below your previous service rank is your entry rank. You are supposed to board for all advancement. New York is reported to use your prior service for rank too. Have heard some different reports on that.
The TXSG, while legit, is a breeding ground for wannabes.
So, he’s a poser veteran in the war against stolen valor? I like that.
@58 O-4E Good times, good times! Thanks for the memories. CAP Summer Encampments. Yes they inspected the soles of my shoes for “gum” even. 😀
I still maintain Dennis Chevalier needs to not be ANYWHERE near young cadets. He has proven he has no integrity, honor or respect of the military, the CAP or those who served honorably. Not the person I want to see in a position of leadership over impressionable young men and women. Too many good leaders out there to have to suffer his sort.
From the Texas State Guard website:
The Texas State Guard is one of three components of the Texas Military Forces (TXMF), operating under the command of the Adjutant General of Texas and the Governor as Commander-in-Chief of all state military forces. The TXMF includes the Texas Army National Guard and the Texas Air National Guard.
The mission of the Texas State Guard (TXSG) is to provide mission-ready military forces to assist state and local authorities in times of state emergencies; to conduct homeland security and community service activities under the umbrella of Defense Support to Civil Authorities; and to augment the Texas Army National Guard and Texas Air National Guard as required.
Headquartered at Camp Mabry in Austin, Texas, the TXSG functions as an organized state militia under the authority of Title 32 of the U.S. Code and Chapter 431 of the Texas Government Code.
https://www.txsg.state.tx.us/
@60 Frankly you are dead on right my brother. He made and used that email, web signature, knowing full well what it means, STANDS FOR and how it would be interpreted by anyone having knowledge of the military and a lot who don’t. So, no I’m not buying any excuses for “mistakes of interpretation” or any such BS as that.
His PI F/B page needs updated with his lie’s too.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Chevalier-and-Associates-CSIR-CAACSIR/146798728691711
Here’s a good breakdown on the TSG @ Wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_State_Guard
It appears to be a fairly large organization with many members being prior service, either active or NG. Their primary mission is to augment the Texas National Guard and to fulfill the state role of the guard should it be called to federal service.
As someone commented earlier, these state guards and militias are immune to federal mobilization and are under the control of state governors. That could prove interesting should an overreaching CinC attempt to federalize all state NG units under a federal declaration of martial law.
Just so you guys know, any reviews left on his page? Fairly certain they can’t be deleted by him.
Fun fact.
A comment from his company’s site:
‘I recently attended Dennis’ Texas CHL course. I went into the course with high expectations, and they were immensely exceeded! Dennis shows his experience with the legal world, guns, and the military in the 11 hour course which gave me a valuable insight into the world of defensive carry. I learned how to keep my family safe, and myseld out of jail. The fact that he opens up his house for free to a group of total strangers (with guns!) once a month also speaks for his character. Thank you Dennis, I now have world class weapon training and made a good friend from the deal as well!’
What military expertise might that be, exactly, that he would be able to pass on? Wonder if he was posing as something else, too…
@ Frankly Opinionated (49), this is what he’s trying to say:
“So let me get this straight. Your claims of my being a fake are based on my cutting off my signature, and not on my ‘verifiable’ documentation? That’s it?
“If you would’ve asked me, I could’ve accessed my records via state and federal databases via Civil Air Patrol and Texas State Guard. I could’ve shown you evidence of my pilot records and other documents, but then had you made that request, I you wouldn’t be making those outrageous claims!
Are you really that bored?
What he actually means:
“So let me understand this… you make these claims that I’m a fake because I’m not who I claim to be, despite what my phony documents want you to believe? You refuse to believe my phony signature?
“If you would’ve asked me for documentation, I would’ve forged them for your viewing pleasure. I could’ve ordered more phony documentation to back my phony claims. If you believed my phony records, you wouldn’t be making your outrageous truthful dead accurate claims.
“Are you really that enthused from exposing fakers and embellishers like me?”
Man, just look through his images.
I feel like this dude is faking his Police rank. Faking his degrees. Faking his military experience. Faking pretty much all of his expertise.
But we’ll see.
Street sweeper – no problem, friend. As for the TXSG being poser-land … we are pretty much the opposite, though this guy is making us all look bad, and surely has some poser genes. A lot of our guys are prior service (all branches and MOSs), and very few blowhards… except for a few obviously. Tacticool and rambos are discouraged to say the least. We do have height/weight standards, but depending on unit (and age and sadly it seems, rank), they can be pretty lax or more strict (TMAR tends to be stricter, considering our mission profile). When a lot of the ARNG were deployed, until recently, TXSG (Army side especially)took on a number of NG missions, like shelters, SNETS, etc, and during the Katrina/Rita/Dolly/Ike era, they really made their bones. I post about them to counter what this dude is making us look like… which ain’t good. Typically, TXSG is first on the scene, sometimes before expected events (where they ride it out), to provide immediate aid and recovery services.
There is a group called “Texas State Militia” who are sometimes confused with us, but they are completely out of the TX CoC, strictly a private group.
Since he is (now) a CPL, and it looks like he started low, I can tell you that he did not submit a DD214 that showed him any higher. It is odd that he is supposed to be JAG (?)w/ a PhD (despite his bad spelling and grammar), but has only made CPL, and not gone for OCS.
Looks like he is in D/FW area, probably the 4th or 19th (which are traditionally squared away units)and I know some guys up that way who would take a dim view of the shens he is laying down.
@82 That Guy from your post about from a class attendee to one of his company’s courses…and thank you by the way:
The person wrote…”Thank you Dennis, I now have world class weapon training and made a good friend from the deal as well!”
“World class weapon training???”. Well, I don’t think so. Not in this life anyway. No way is anyone in anybody’s 11 hour, living room, taught course gonna learn a damn thing. Unless it is the first time they put their fresh little fingerprints on their newly purchased .380 purse pistol. Maybe they and their new buddy, pal, friend Dennis, can get together later for lattes and talk about heroics and all things military. 😀
Except ONLY from a for real, Marine Marksman or Army Marksman. But even then, THOSE REAL guys would say, “hey folks, we’re in my living room so it is all talk and no shoot, GET REAL!, what do you want for your money except a lot of show and tell. If you want to learn how to use a weapon, World Class of low class…get your sorry asses outa’ my living room and out to the range double time! Ya bunch of DICKHEADS!”.
But that is what this guy is. All show and tell and no reality to back it up. I wouldn’t let him teach anyone how to use a sling shot, much less a LOADED weapon. But I say again, CAP National Headquarters needs to know about him (and I think I am going to take on that task myself). He doesn’t need to be around those young cadets. How is going to stand in front of them and speak of “duty, honor, integrity and honorable service to their country”. How I ask again?
So then all of this must be true.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150426702153869&set=pb.653173868.-2207520000.1392669094.&type=3&theater
I call his PhD bullshit too, while we’re at it.
The title he’s given himself in the above post is a complete crock of shit, basically the blending of four real-world titles for people in the behavior or forensic sciences into one clusterfuck of a lie.
PhD my ass. I wonder if those institutions he has added images of on his ‘company’ facebook page know that they’re being dragged through the mud by this dickweasel?
And this list?
T41, T37, T38,C130, C172, C182, C210?
In link from #87?
Completely different aircraft.
T-41 is a fancy name for a Cessna 172. T-37 is a JET TRAINER (I sat in one down at an air strip in Indy that provides planes for movies. Two engine jet.
T-38 is a twin engine jet trainer. It’s supersonic. Used to be one for sale near me. I’ve sat in that too (I was honest that I had no intention to buy, just wanted to look. Dude was cool about it).
C130 is a HUGE FUCKING PROP PLANE. That’s VERY different from anything else he’s flown, and it’s a VERY different flying experience. Hell, a 737 to a 747 is a VERY different flying experience.
C172? Sounds like he’s trying to make himself look impressive, because that’s another name for a cessna 172. If you can fly a single engine prop plane, you’ve probably flown a Cessna 172 or 152.
C182 is yet another Cessna variant. Single engine prop plane.
C210 is a slightly larger Cessna 182, but is still a single engine prop plane.
I call this dude a fucking liar. To go from prop planes to jet trainers, maybe. MAYBE. To go from that to C130s? Bullshit. So many differences. SO FUCKING MANY.
Excuse my swearing.
87: He said in one of them he flew C-130’s. CAP has 130’s?
@90 No, they don’t. They don’t operate anything NEARLY that big. Various military branches will sometimes take the cadets up in C130s and the like to spark their love of flying and as a nice orientation/exhibition kind of event, but they don’t fly them, and the CAP is basically limited to things that you can buy on the open market today. Like, right now.
Oh, plus aircraft volunteered for special needs.
And buy ‘volunteered’, I mean volunteered by private owners. And most private owners don’t have C130s just sittin around.
91: I figured he’ll scrub that to flew IN C130’s. I have more take off’s than landings in 130’s.
Oh, and looking through Scotty’s photos, I’d like to point out that not just every person with a PhD wears a lab coat. It’s only people in certain doctorate programs, like Pharmacy, MD, etc. And I can’t see anything in his education that would require, nor give him, a coating ceremony.
@91 That Guy I saw that reference too. When I ran the other aircraft I said maybe, okay. But when I saw C130…I threw the bull shit flag on that right away. It takes a lot of skill and a WHOLE DIFFERENT set of flight training and skill sets to even start up a C130 much less fly it. Little Rock Air Force Base was when I was there and I think still is the Air Force center for C130 training. You can pick up Cessna training at your local airport. A C130…nah don’t think so Dennis. Not in this life and not in YOUR life were you ever a qualified Herc pilot. So just give THAT crap up ASAP!
We use USAF CAP for response missions. A guy always shows up looking way to military … And all the MIL types pounce.
On three occasions I have reminded CAP folks to comply with their own uniform regs or we will turn them away at the security check point.
One moron introduced himself as Civil Combat Air Patrol. I asked what system he was flying and he replied, “VFR.”
NEXT!
Takes a real hardass to fly VFR.
HAHAAHAHAHA
My dad was CAP. He never showed up looking military. He used to mock the guys who would show up with their tactical oakleys. The only thing he wore that was different from when we would fly would be a jumpsuit for comfort and any uniform parts he was required to wear. Always the same hokey aviators.
By the way, there’s enough of a difference between aircraft that you CAN get type-rated on specific variants of specific aircraft. Having said that, you can ONLY use those variants of that aircraft, and NO OTHER. You mostly get type-ratings as a cost-cutting and time saving procedure.
Does this slagheap even KNOW what a C130 is?
Here’s a picture of Puff the Magic Dragon in Vietnam.
http://www.vfw7016.org/images/C47_Gunship.jpg
He has attention on the Texas State Guard website. 😀
https://www.facebook.com/TexasStateGuard