Chelle Lynne Anderson-Tesla; female pretender pilot
Meet Chelle Lynne Anderson-Tesla who is currently a major in the Civil Air Patrol in Virginia and assigned to HQ, VA Wing as Director of Aerospace Education. She got that job because she represented herself as combat-wounded Army Aviation Captain, and a UH-60 Blackhawk pilot. Of course, she’s here on TAH, so you already know that none of that is true.
She was a PFC Air Traffic Controller for less than two years;
I don’t know how she got a Good Conduct Medal with less than 3 years service, but there it is.
She claims that she earned a Purple Heart when her Blackhawk was shot down in Iraq and, of course, because of that incident she claims she suffers from TBI and PTS. but, as her records show, she’s never been to Iraq;
She also claims that she had enlisted time before she went to OCS. So, I thought I’d give her time to prove that to her unit who has confronted her with this information, in case the NPRC’s records were deficient. But I’ve just heard that she’s resigning from CAP “because of all of the politics” which means there won’t be any proof forthcoming. So mainly, this post is to prevent her from pulling the same scam in another state when it hits the search engines.
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Category: Phony soldiers
She is still passing herself off as a PH recipient and as a disabled vet… I’d like to know whether she is getting VA benefits based on her lies.
@200 Good deal. I have done the same.
@197 In addition to her extra curricular activities with leather, she has an interesting attraction to all things bacon….no wonder she’s a chubber…
TX_CAP: You and I are on more or less the same page. If TAH and everybody else is wrong, then a copy of your DD-214 will set you free, right?
And if you’re a veteran, even if you lost your DD-214 in a fire/theft/wanton llama attack, you can go online and request one, and I _think_ they will even fax it to you if you’re the veteran doing the requesting. You can have a DD-214 in your hot little hands in something less than a day.
BTW, go back and look at #121 above. MANY FOIA requests were submitted on this individual before Mary & Jonn were able to run down the appropriate records. It is _extremely_ hard to “prove a negative” so to speak.
Tx_CAP @193: The BDSM comment was made because she posted a picture of her on a BDSM site in a CAP polo! Clear as day. I saw it.
And yes, I love porn!
So what you’re telling me is that this chick is Gunny Driveway’s hogtied girlfriend?
(shudder)
Must…get…mind bleach…
Here’s her latest facebook profile. She’s still posting on the VA CAP’s facebook page.
https://www.facebook.com/MTesla0822
So I posted on the Virginia Wing Aerospace Education’s facebook page about her being a fraud and a liar. Turns out ole Michelle is an admin on their page!!
https://www.facebook.com/VAWGAE
And this guy James Quinn replied to my post (in a PM) about her being a fraud:
James Quinn
Sam: I conducted the CAP investigation into Maj Michelle Anderson Tesla. I am not permitted to disclose the details to you, but there is nothing that forbids me from telling you that you have no clue what you’re talking about.
Please stop spreading rumors and malicious lies, unless you have evidence that you would like to present that would be useful.
Regards,
James Quinn, Maj., CAP
Vice-Commander, Virginia Wing
Fire for effect.
And then he promptly banned me from their page.
Nice.
# 198 Well said OWB…Awesome and Im USAF too. CAP allowing her in tells us how much they actually do background checks.
And that new news clip of her is a load of sh*t….10 year veteran, did she get back in all of a sudden?
Send her to Doug Collett, he’ll stalk the shit out of her until she stops..
Now, she’s telling everyone that she was across the street from the Hasan shooting at Fort Hood and she caught the PTSD.
Wait a sec–wasn’t she in VA at the time? That’s a pretty big-assed street there.
Wow! So many posts on this one! Not sure if anyone else said this, but don’t you think she’d look like Ron Jeremy if you photoshopped a mustache on her?
I’d be scared of her sitting on me.
Wat a stupid Bitch. I hate people who pretend to be in the military. makes me sick to know how sadistic people are for some notification. if you want that kind of respect, actually join or stay in it an get to that high ranked position. fat cow
Getting on the news then having the VA CAP take up for her? She has stepped up her game. Time to go full blast on her ass. Visit the news listed article above ( in post 197) and give her some well deserved attention in the comments section.
Aw shit…I was a CAP cadet and earned the Mitchell Award. It was something I was proud of and I was even prouder when, after I returned from Iraq, I was able to attend a CAP function in my service uniform and present the Mitchell Award to my daughter. This story makes me sick and it pisses me off that people in VA wing would defend this “person”. CAP definitely needs to get their house in order especially since they are allowed to wear Air Force uniforms (slightly modified, but to the untrained eye it looks the same). I well remember some Senior Members who looked like a bag of ass in their uniforms and it made the Air Force give serious consideration to rescinding that uniform privilege. Between Stolen Valor and just looking horrible in that uniform, its enough to make me just want to jump out the window!
From what I can tell, Tesla is a proven fraud that is well documented. Shame on you, James Quinn and the rest that are protecting her. GFY! Shame on the Virginia group for doing nothing about her. I agree with OWB, Clean House. If this was the Army, we would “take care” of her right away. These are bad mentors for our youth of today. I would never want my kids exposed to these frauds & those who embrace it.
Loser.
People will not do anything because she is a woman and has the “PTSD”.
Just an observation.
PC world and all….
Sad.
Sad for the CAP. It was once a good program. They represent fraud, waste & abuse by allowing her and others to remain.
I will be contacting the Virginia Senators and Congressmen about her. We, the tax payers should not be funding this group. James Quinn & his posse are representing someone of fraud. I suggest that everyone on here do the same. We cannot allow anyone to get away with stolen valor that has been proven.
Just sent an email to the reporter who did the latest story, maybe you can to:
schinn@wusa9.com
Here’s the latest communique from Mr. James Quinn: “James Quinn First of all, my name is not “Jim”, it’s James. Second, I have no interest in either defending Ms. Tesla or in attacking her. I am an investigator. I am charged with finding out the truth. If you have evidence–either way, I am interested in hearing it. And–again, either way–I will present all of the evidence to my CAP and USAF superiors. But so far, all I have seen is allegations. And that’s not good enough. I too have seen a variety of allegations on a variety of so-called “veterans” web sites. But in spite of extensive investigations, I haven’t seen anything that meets the standards of proof that I am required to use. And if you can’t meet those standards, you may well be in violation yourself. You are, of course, free to post anything you like. It’s a free country and I believe in the first amendment. But you are NOT free to post anything on a VAWG web site that I control. And you are NOT free to cross the line into slander or libel–because I have legal obligations that I am required to meet, both to Ms Tesla and to you. And I will obey the law, even if either one of you do not. If I find that either you OR Ms. Tesla have broken any laws, or, in certain cases, the Uniform Code of Military Justice, then I have a duty to ensure that the proper authorities are notified. I am NOT a law enforcement officer, but I do have certain responsibilities if I become aware of a violation. So if you want to make any credible, verifiable charges against Ms Tesla, I’m willing to talk–and if they are founded, I will take all appropriate legal actions or CAP disciplinary actions, as appropriate. But if you’re only willing to make unfounded accusations, I’m going to do my best to ensure that you are the one who faces discipline.” I got a great laugh with his threats at discipline! LOL! Sounds like he’s pretty invested… Read more »
@214SnowSoldierMedic
I don’t know but it’s worth a shot!
Wow, sounds like James Quinn is the CAP’s very own version of Dwight Schrute. If he’s really an investigator of any kind, he must suck at it, because either a FOIA for her records (just like Jonn did) or her signature on a SF 180 would put the entire matter to rest once and for all. He doesn’t seem to understand that it would be really easy to call us all a bunch of idiots and prove us wrong, or more likely he doesn’t want to have to acknowledge the real truth of the matter and just hide behind the whole PC/White Knight thing.
@ 177
I am not a Vet, I’ll tell ya honestly that I never had the balls to serve. I am however a Vet lover and am not above taking out my earrings and putting my hair up to defend a Vet’s honer. I can pull hair and scratch eyeballs out with the best of ’em.
So sad now to see that she is not in Florida as I thought. This is a disturbed person that unfortunately has a following of people that refuse to see the facts. (talking to you James) As long as she has even one person supporting her she will continue to lie and hide from the truth. So now along with her being guilty of Stolen Valor the ones supporting her and covering for her are guilty of Harboring Stolen Valor.
Every time someone excuses or helps cover Stolen Valor a puppy gets kicked and a kitten cries. Why do you hate puppies kittens and America?
Powerpoint Ranger Says:
April 12th, 2013 at 2:30 am
Wow, sounds like James Quinn is the CAP’s very own version of Dwight Schrute. If he’s really an investigator of any kind, he must suck at it, because either a FOIA for her records (just like Jonn did) or her signature on a SF 180 would put the entire matter to rest once and for all. He doesn’t seem to understand that it would be really easy to call us all a bunch of idiots and prove us wrong, or more likely he doesn’t want to have to acknowledge the real truth of the matter and just hide behind the whole PC/White Knight thing.
He sure is! He’s probably banging her, that’s why he’s defending her.
Saw where she had a new twitter account. @Cleveland0822. There was a post from back in December where she claimed to be at Hood. Not specifically but it’s no stretch to get to that assumption.
Also on a couple of her profiles she lists her school as Liberty University. I go to the same school and I know first hand they have a great Military Affairs office and benefits to the Military. Now she very well could be using her GI Bill benefits from when she was in but it is also possible she is trying to cash in there as well for scholarships and such. And aside from that I’m pretty sure they aren’t going to look too favorably on some of her other extracurriculars either.
The CAP is not under under the Uniform Military Code of Justice. They are an Auxiliary of the USAF.
Quinn has no place as an Investigator and as a Vice Commander. Why is James Quinn, the Vice Commander of the Virginia Group investigating her? Doesn’t CAP have JAG’s or IG’s at a higher level? It is a serious conflict of interest. They are on the same staff. The evidence is clearly in view. The guy is either stupid, tied to her bed, getting a little on the side, hiding something, or all of the above.
We, Army guys will show Mr. Quinn some much “deserved” discipline since he has no respect for wounded warriors.
Turns out that James Quinn has a close friendship with Tesla. A serious conflict of interest.
https://www.facebook.com/jquinnjr
@thebronze. I agree. He’s probably banging her, that’s why he’s defending her.
No doubt. He is way too involved in trying to get into her pants to perform an objective investigation. May need to report him, as well.
I struggle to believe that one person can lie so much about something so important to so many. To rob their sacrafices and make it her own, for attention and sympathy. Truly a disgrace.
At the end of the day, I don’t see why she or one of her friends (this Quinn guy) won’t simply provide proof. Anyone worth their salt would understand peoples’ concerns and simply provide proof. “Yes, there’s been a misunderstanding, I changed my name for personal reasons, but you can clearly see here on my DD 214, that I have been awarded the Purple Heart.”
If I were in her shoes, that is what I would do. The longer this drags out, the harder she will fall and it will hurt not only her, but her son (think about her son), this C.A.P. organization, and even her close friends.
I did a quick search of all the names she has (Tesla, Anderson, Chell, Michelle, Lynn, etc., in all combinations) and there is no report of a female blackhawk pilot being shot down or crashing in Iraq other than Tammy Duckworth. My brother-in-law is a blackhawk pilot and has been to Iraq twice and Afghanistan once. He’s the same age as Tesla-Anderson, and has never heard of her, or of a female blackhawk pilot being shot down/crashing other than the one I already said.
I have so many friends that have suffered true TBIs, lost limbs, and will likely be on meds for most of their lives due to their experiences. You are robbing them of their honor by making false claims.
If your claims are true, then prove it. If they are not, come clean and walk away. It’s that easy!
Former Grunt, out!
Clearly, we are barking up the wrong tree with Quinn. For whatever reason, he doesn’t seem to care about Stolen Valor or integrity issues. He has no military experience, as far as I can tell. If he was in service, he doesn’t list it in his prior employment or background summary. Thus, we are dealing with a civilian whose only connection to things military seems to be through government contracts and CAP. At the national CAP level, I believe leadership would care about Anderson, as would certain legislators in Virginia. And that’s where, if at all, her dubious claims are most likely to raise concern and an actual inquiry. Quinn’s investigative prowess in matters such as this seems, at best, lacking. His resume is on line but I see no reason to link to it.
Ms. Anderson’s issues are known at Maxwell AFB, you can be assured of that.
BTW, following the events in November, the Virginia state commander abruptly tendered his resignation. It is my understanding that it was _not_ related to Ms. Anderson, but you know how there are “straws” and “camel’s backs,” so you never know if that was “yet another thing” that the regional commander may have taken issue with.
That said, there is now a new state commander for Virginia, and there are probably 100 more pressing issues than this one that pertain to the active membership, operational missions, safety, etc. Thats not to say they don’t care, but this very well could be a distractor that the current guy inherited and did not know it was not handled.
It is not out of the realm of possibility that she was allowed to resign in lieu of removal of her membership (path of least resistance) by the previous commander, expecting that her membership would run out in February and she’d just “go away.” And maybe she hasn’t.
Who knows.
I’d lay off the guy in VA. He’s honestly not the problem here. She is.
Lay off the reporter who recently did the story about the Flag … Jonn and I are in direct contact with her on this issue.
We will help her out of this mess.
Open Blog Note to:
James Quinn, Maj., CAP
Vice-Commander, Virginia Wing
I’ll call you Jimmy Boy. So by what authority do you conduct investigations?
Simple question … give me an answer.
Your so called investigation can be obtained quite simply by a FOIA request. The CAP is an inter-agency program of the the USAF. You are not the authority (deciding factor) and I also might venture to say that you are part of the problem with the subject based on you amature responses noted above.
So … tell Jimmy Boy what do you really know this subject.
I will tell you … we know more than you do.
One other question Jimmy Boy, can you tell us about your military experience and background?
One final thing: Know your audience and seek to understand before being understood!
MCPO USN (Ret.)
@This Guy, #235.
Quinn is part of the problem. He lied. He is protecting her. He has no integrity. Maxwell may know about her (for the past 6 months & counting), but why haven’t they done anything by now?
Do they have any honor for those who rightfully earned the Purple Heart? Obviously not, since it is a mostly civilian organization.
Looks to me like the CAP is going the way of the KWVA.
Jimmy Quinn is another lawyer who thinks some legalese will frighten the “rabid” vets attacking his firend Tesla…
Jim you should learn quickly that nobody here is nervous about lawyers, after all the Supreme Court has given us the license to expose liars. They were quite clear in their Stolen Valor case (Alvarez) that the remedy for false speech is speech that is true….
Have your little girlfriend expose the lies on this site by telling the truth, have her display the records proving her claims. If this site is stealing her valor with false hoods the remedy is the truth. Of course if she can’t produce that paperwork, well you have been defending someone you probably shouldn’t be Jim, but you probably already know that….you seem like a sharp guy you should understand there are some pretty sharp guys here as well, and so far Tesla has been following the poser playbook as if she had written it from cover to cover…
We suspect we won’t be hearing too much from you or Tesla Jim. After all if she was telling the truth some paperwork would have squelched all comments and garnered an apology.
Quinn is a loose turd. And so is the fat female poser.
Turds in the same public toliet if you will…
Figured I would chime in.
Back to papers.
Out.
Skyped an interview with Ms. Chinn for the 10 o’clock news on WUSA9 tonight.
The truth is an affirmative defense in cases like this. You’re accused of not being X. You claim “No, no, I’m really X.” Without a shred of documentary evidence, the claim “I’m really X” doesn’t stand up to the light of day. TAH here has produced the FOIA-developed documentation that says “Nope, you’re not X.” There is NOT ONE SHRED of legitimate additional information produced by Ms. Anderson that says she is what she claims to be, has what she claims to have, or has been where she claims to have been. If there is, redact the PII and post it. You would think there would be a cacophony of former “Army Buddies” clamoring to “right the wrong” and tell all of us that we’re way off base. An OCS class mate. A flight school buddy. An instructor pilot from Mother Rucker. A crewchief who flew with her in Iraq. What is there instead? Crickets. A couple CAP folks have said so far “Nope, you’re off base.” I would say to Major Quinn: “Sir, if Ms. Anderson has produced documentary evidence that refutes the FOIA document shown here, why is it not presented? What documentation have you seen? Was it a Purple Heart certificate? The presentation case that a Purple Heart came in? Or did you see a legitimate DD-214? Do you know what a legitimate DD-214 actually looks like and would you know if it has been doctored?” Because frankly, I’m far more inclined to believe the FOIA information that came straight from the National Archives than anything else. If other information exists and can be developed to show that Ms. Anderson’s claims are true, then please, help us out and show us that. I’ll stand right at the head of the line to apologize very publicly. But I’m about 99.5% sure that I’ll never have to do that. As one of the original authors of the evidence against Ms. Anderson (you’ve probably seen the PDF file I created, since it likely kicked off the investigation you did), including the FOIA-developed information, I will tell you that I have… Read more »
Captain–+1 Internets to you for the Ronin reference.
And I’m curious to see how long it’ll take before the “Major” comes here to try to defend that steaming pile he laid down.
VOV. Lawyer wannabe, perhaps, but he’s no lawyer.
Thanks. I was Army Aviation, but actually never went to Rucker except while passing thru Alabama enroute from Florida one year. Even I did not know what colour the boathouse is until I got the straight dope. I can give you all kinds of other info from other Army Aviation posts and training sites, but I did not go to flight school, so I my Rucker info is limited>
The fact remains: governmental records are fairly accurate. They can be refuted, certainly, by other evidence (I had a DFAS foul-up that had to be corrected years after I ETS’d, and a set of orders that I had that DFAS never got fixed the issue in literally a half day, for example). But such evidence is not forthcoming.
Thanks. I was Army Aviation, but actually never went to Rucker except while passing thru Alabama enroute from Florida one year. Even I did not know what colour the boathouse is until I got the straight dope. I can give you all kinds of other info from other Army Aviation posts and training sites, but I did not go to flight school, so my Rucker info is limited>
The fact remains: governmental records are fairly accurate. They can be refuted, certainly, by other evidence (I had a DFAS foul-up that had to be corrected years after I ETS’d, and a set of orders that I had that DFAS never got fixed the issue in literally a half day, for example). But such evidence is not forthcoming.
(Sorry for the double post. I was correcting a grammatical error.. )
CAP is the Civil Air Patrol, right? Started during World War II as a means of involving the civilian population in identifying flyovers by enemy aircraft. Hitler’s propaganda machine had animated B&W movies demonstrating how easy it would be to intimidate the American population with that. It was supposed to be that and nothing else. No combat duty, no warfare training, just simply ID aircraft, blimps/dirigibles, and other possible dangers.
Now it’s been turned into a circus by one idiot who thinks she’s more important than she is and tries to get everyone else to believe her.
What a waste of human flesh and government spending.
CAPT Poseur Buster … “colour the boathouse”
You spell like a limey or frog … what up with dat?
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Jonn … thanks for helping out. She sounded concerned and PISSED yesterday!