Kenneth Crocheron of Draper, Utah; the Ronald MacDonald of Stolen Valor
JD Hinton from Professional Soldiers sends over some pictures for your entertainment on this slow news Saturday. The photos are of fake Colonel Kenneth Crocheron. Do we really need a FOIA?
Yes, your eyes aren’t deceiving you – those are bloused jungle boots with those greens.
Some folks have already done FOIAs on him, but do we really need one? Take your best shot.
ADDED: Here’s a bonus shot. It looks like it was taken in a mirror because the “US” is inverted;
ADDED Again: For those of you who think this is a one-time thing that Crocheron is sorry about, here’s a photo of him wearing his faker finery on his little motorcycle thingie;
Category: Phony soldiers
How come no one ever impersonates a PFC Grunt, what were not good enough ?………………LOL
This one is going to be interesting. About 100 posts ago I said that The COL might not even make the top 10 in the McBallDuster contest this year since there are so many out there, but that may be wrong: he may be main lined to the top. The snake eaters are on his ass and that will probably be ugly. History is being made here…maybe posers will get the message.
Now, excuse me whilst I make sure that any picture that I ever had in uniform tracks with my DD214. I wonder if I need to sanitize anything I ever said at a bar? Was there video/audio? Nah…I’m clean…an unremarkable career.
My best bud ever (RIP) only wore one ribbon on his Greens and Blues: a DSC. Didn’t even have a Purple Heart…was very proud of that fact.
@202 SJ, getting your bets in early? I’d say Kenny def has a edge in the next competition.
This individual is a massive waste of time.
This clown is an absolute shit sandwich. He’ll get his sooner or later, hopefully sooner.
This assclown probably leads a secret life as a bellhop.
Still, it is scary that this fool has access to kids.
See @108.
@Ron Holz: I’d think that it’d b easier if they get something with the uniform completly wrong….and they ALWAYS get something wrong.
AR 670-1 isn’t that hard of a read.
I have to whole heartedly agree with the Joe Biden – Jerry Sandusky love child theory.
@207 I never cracked 670-1 open, I had my little cheat guide I bought at clothing and sales.
Comrades in Arms:
Currently, the most popular article at my personal web site, “OUR ETERNAL STRUGGLE”, with far more numerous views than any other, is my post, “PROPER CIVILIAN WEAR OF MILITARY MEDALS”, which begins with a link to “ARMY REGULATION 670-1”, in Portable Document Format (i.e., “PDF”), quoting an excerpt from that regulation which specifically applies to veterans and retirees.
Here is the URL for that article:
http://writesong.blogspot.com/2011/10/proper-civilian-wear-of-military-medals.html
Actually, to this day, I still rely on my old, tattered, Nineteen Seventy (1970) edition of, “THE NEW NONCOM’S GUIDE”, published by STACKPOLE BOOKS, for authoritative answers to almost any question that might arise.
Plus, tucked inside my well-worn copy of, “VIETNAM ORDER OF BATTLE”, by Captain Shelby L. Stanton, is a chart from MEDALS OF AMERICA which displays United States military decorations from Nineteen Thirty-Nine (1939) to Nineteen Ninety-Five (1995).
“VIETNAM ORDER OF BATTLE”, published in Nineteen Eighty-One (1981), lists every United States Army unit that was in the Republic of Viet Nam, including their commanders, mission, location, troop numbers, and unit insignia, although when looking at some of the units, those details are marked, “Classified”.
Thank you.
John Robert Mallernee
Armed Forces Retirement Home
Gulfport, Mississippi 39507
Marky’s mom,
You should also delete Ken as a writer on your blog and put a note up for people to watch out for this guy. I know you probably don’t want to take the emphasis off your kids, but just a quick post so others will be aware.
Is that an Air Force patch on the upper right of his chest o. The pic outside…
Gentlemen…it gets better. This guy claimed he was being “called up” to serve in Afghanistan….friends and neighbors giving him a big sendoff. He departs his home alright…..for his camper which he has parked in a Walmart parking lot. Meanwhile he is still showing up for work.
As someone said earlier…”ya just can’t make this shit up..”
212: That AF patch is illustrative of how he got a below the zone promotion from MAJ to COL. “Jointness” is THE thing
Geezo-pete, guys, this cockroach is getting more notice than Dullass Whipitnflogit, the Arch Slayer of Rainbows and Unicorns.
Hung from a tree over the Ho Chi Minh trail? How did he manage that when the US Army spent years trying to find it and map it? I’d really love to find out how he managed to survive being hung, too.
PH2: are you implying that he is not hung?
@213, The only Vietnam vet that I know of that got “called up” was a Major that was also a MOH recipiant (I can’t recall his name) in 2001/2002. Obviously they didn’t send him to Afghanistan, he went around giving speaches.
“I was hung from a tree over the Ho Chi Minh Trail”
That’s poseur gold right there I tell you.
SJ, you don’t want to know what I REALLY think of this turkey wattle, do you?
At least he was original and didn’t steal the plot from “The Deer Hunter”.
I love TAH! The comments you folks come up with makes my day. Wish there could be an in-person reunion.
I’m starting to have inner self feelings about the doom that is descending on COL-MAJ Ken. Never mind…it was a fart.
My name is Scott, I am Markysmom’s 18 year old son. I have known ken for 9 years. Yes this whole thing has been going on for 9 years. We all thought ken was a great guy, war hero, family friend. Turns out, he’s been following my mom around like a creep. My dad and I thought there was an affair going on between the two of them because of how much time ken spent with my mom. We soon came to realize that he just somehow knew exactly where my mom was and went to her location. What a creep right?! I watched all of this junk unfold over 9 years. I’m starting to feel like the past 9 years of my life have been a lie as well just because of how much I looked up to this asshole. Im not even in the military although I plan on joining in the near future. I’ve always wanted to be in the army. My friends and I do a lot of airsoft and paintball, my friends and I dress up in ACU with replica helmets and guns. And we look more legit than this guy does. Dressing up like that is ok. As long as you don’t go parading that you’re an enlisted CO like this tool. I’m no military uniform expert and even I know that you don’t wear OD green patches on a digital ACU! You’ll stick out like a sore thumb! That’s just asking for a sniper to rip a hole right through your chest. Thanks to all who are reading this blog. And thanks to who ever went down to the Harley shop and confronted this fraud. I lost 1 hero but gained a butt load. You are all my heroes! Hoorah!
As an aside, do any of you Army types know J.D. Young by any chance? SF type…
@#222 ScottlandTheBrave :
Thank you for coming on here and adding your view of this story. And thank you for your desire to serve your country via the military. I wish you the best, as I am sure the other commenters here do. Keep yer nose clean, chose your friends carefully, give it your all, and you will do well.
And, now that you have had a taste of “This Ain’t Hell”, come on back to other posts with your take on them. None of us here have anything against youth, because we know that it is you who will protect us. We would like to hear your take on topics.
Scott: I suspect a lot of the posters here are sitting in stunned silence on what a mess this is as the rocks keep getting kicked over. Says a lot for you and your folks that you are handling this so well. I hope some of the snake eaters down the road will help you in joining our Army. BTW: Army bubbas say “Hooah”. If you say Hoorah, folks will think you are a Marine and we wouldn’t want that to happen. 🙂
Jonn: hadn’t heard about the meet up at the COL-MAJ’s work place that Scott mentioned. Can you do a Hot Wash on what’s been transpiring behind the Green Door?
@213: Indeed!! I remember hearing Senior Chief Shipley say that on his videos describing some of the posers he busts, and he also notes in one TV News interview as well as other videos about how most of these posers will “Take their lies to the grave with them” and he’s right on the money. We saw the same with poser Densmore and others! As for Kenny the turd burglar, I doubt he’s ever qualified on anything other than Expert on the skin flute!!
@#222 SCOTLAND THE BRAVE:
You’d be surprised at what the United States Army does with their uniforms in a combat zone.
During the war in the old Republic of Viet Nam, when most soldiers in the United States Army were wearing subdued insignia on their olive drab jungle fatigues, there were three (03) units which were NOT authorized to wear subdued unit shoulder patches.
Those units were the 1st Infantry Division (the “Big Red One”), the 1st Brigade, 5th Mechanized Infantry Division “Red Devils”, and the 101st Airborne Division “Screaming Eagles”.
The 101st Airborne WANTED the North Vietnamese Army to see who it was that was killing them!
In fact, the North Vietnamese Army would pay a bounty for every “Chicken Soldier” shoulder patch from a dead “Screaming Eagle”.
Our standing order in the 101st Airborne was, “NO PRISONERS”.
@227 We wore non subdued Big Red Ones on our DCU’s in Iraq back in 04-05. General Bell said something to the effect of We are the Big Red One not the big black one. Tell you what, I caught hell with 2nd ACR when they replaced us in Germany over those non subdued patches.
My apologies. I realized I said hoorah instead of hooah and I agree with you SJ. And that is true. Things get changed up a lot in combat zones for sure. Thanks for all the replies. And thank you for welcoming me to TAH!
@229:
During the Second World War, paratroopers from the 101st Airborne Division “Screaming Eagles” jumped into France wearing Mohawk haircuts and Indian war paint on their faces.
John Mallernee. I read about that a few months ago! I would want to be one of those guys!
@227, The only modification that we did to our uniforms is take our name tape and rank off of our body armor. After a few people got accused of abuse by rank and name we figured out real quick that a lot of the guys we detained knew rank and how to read English. Seems like the first thing 100% of them do is scream abuse when there was none.
@#231:
Scott: I had the pleasure of being “101st Screamin’ Eagles, paratrooper”, when they were a jump status division. I did NOT go to combat with them, instead spending 60-64 in the division, in the States.
Probably nobody here as old as I am, so I may well be the only “Screamin’ Eagle” jumper type here, but you do have my permission to say that you know “Frankly Opinionated”.
I don’t know who went to the Harley shop, but I did send them an e-mail inviting them to this posts.
Special thanks go out to the person who initially threw the bullshit flag. I’m relieved that this family is out of this guy’s clutches, thanks to them. Below I’ve posted a message exchange I had with the thrower of the bullshit flag. Conversation started March 2 9:41pmExpand Hi, Jay. I have a question for you, but I have to give you the back story first . . . *******’s father claims that he is in the military (special forces, HALO jumper, Vietnam war vet, a colonel, etc.). He is like 66 years old. He has his neighbors and who knows who else convinced of this, and back in 2007 he claimed he was being deployed to Iraq for like a two week something or other. A private investigator was hired and video taped his family and neighbors giving a very dramatic send off, with American flags and the whole thing. The PI followed him and got video of him going to work in the day and then spending his nights in his camper at Wal Mart. (Totally hysterical.) His kids confronted him with it and of course it didn’t turn out well. He didn’t want his wife to hear what they were telling him, and asked everyone to leave his house. So fast forward to December of 2012, he is apparently close with a family who has a sick child. This child is super into military stuff, and Ken has these guys convinced that he is a war hero. Here is a link to the blog http://prayformarky.blogspot.com/, There are a handful of posts that talk about Ken or Uncle Col. Kendude. There is also this article in their community newspaper: and a link to an article written a couple of years back about this same family: http://www.draperjournal.com/full_story/3484/-Draper-7-year-old-'joins'-Army-ranks/ I think we all assumed that after being talked to he would maybe taper the story off or something. So, my question is . . . is there something that can be done to stop this dude? I would love to hear your thoughts / input. Thanks, ***** …March 26 1:47pmExpand *****…sorry for… Read more »
Scott: Please tell your brother and your mom and the rest of your family to hang tough and stay strong, for this too shall pass, and the fraud that is “COL Ken” will be shamed and exposed to the world by real military and Special Forces veterans who do not take kindly to fraudulent imposters exploiting good people. Hang tough, and good luck in your quest to join the U.S. Armed Forces…
Combat Historian
@228 Robot, I was in 2/2 Inf and was one of the last Ramrods on Rose Barracks when the Strykers arrived. Nobody busted my balls about my Big Raw One patch. But then again I was a E-6. Tripped me out when we went to Iraq sporting dark green BRO patchs.
@234
“is there something that can be done to stop this dude?”
Yes we make him “famous” so he has nowhere to run and hide.
We made COL Bill Hillar “famous” on a national level we can make Col “assclown” Kenny just as famous. And by “we” I mean all of you reading this and posting Col Kenny and his exploits everywhere….
JD
@236 I was with 201st and they stuck me in the CMR for a year,it was either that or go to Schweinfurt and redeploy while they were trying to figure out what was wrong with my back. I had a few officers come in and start grilling me about it, I had to respond with Sir if you have an issue with the patch please get in touch with General Bell.
Apparently this douche bag is using the new AR 670-FUBAR “Wear and care of Army Uniforms by the Criminally Stupid”
@238, AHAHAH! The 2-oh-worst, the house on the hill, and Spc Waterstraw.
In case you brethren didn’t know. COL ken faked cancer from agent orange in Vietnam just to make every body feel bad for him when his first wife divorced him! Who the heck does that?! This fail of a man owes the whole world an apology. To the veterans of Vietnam, to the desert storm, gulf war, and war on terror veterans. To my brother who almost died 3 times in the hospital due to an unknown auto-immune disease. And to all who are suffering from cancer. And don’t forget all who wear the uniform, the 1% of the population who seem to have bigger balls than the other 99% of the US. And to all who wear the green beret and to those who wear the Purple Heart. He owes a personal apology to every man and woman in the United States military
@240 Yea yea, just remember you jokers would have been blind at night if it weren’t for us 😛 I still talk to Waterstraw from time to time.
Only guy I really hung with from 2/2 was Zena, mostly because he was an arms room guy and my neighbor. I knew a lot of guys from 2/63 my best friend was in that unit.
I said it earlier and I will say it again.
We are taught as children to respect our elders.
However, I will gladly make an exception for this son of a bitch.
@234 – I was taught the same thing. But I was also taught that conduct is a reflection of character.
I was also taught that if something (or someone) is fucked up, we should call it out and make it right.
@244 Roger that 1stSgt. My biggest worry was for the family he bamboozled. Something tells me that this guy has bigger issues than wanting to play dress up and be in the newspapers…..know what I mean?
Scott, (222) I can’t say you lost a hero, cuz he wasn’t one to begin with. Hang in there and wishing you the best when you get to join the military.
Prayers for Marky, and your entire family!!
@245 – I precisely know what you mean, but thinking about it gives me the fuggin’ creeps.
@242, Robot, really? Is she still married to that tanker? (I think it was a tanker she married)
@248 I’d have to check my facebook to see, havent spoken to her in awhile, but I have talked with one of her best friends who lives a few miles down the road more recently. I spent plenty of time hanging out with her downrange(Not in that way) and we always got along. I remember her asking me if I had seen the pictures, I told her flat out “yup, enjoyed the view and thank you very much” had a good laugh about that.
@249, yea, I think if you were a male soldier in the 3BDE combat team and DIDN’T see those, you were in the minority.
Back to the poser. Turnaround on these FOIAs is usually about a week right? God, this is like waiting for xmass morning. you already know what you are going to get, but you still can’t stand the suspense.