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
MCPO: Nah, I am not a Limey. But since Hereford (the original reference to the “colour of the boathouse” faker-check from Ronin) is in England, I occasionally spell things the English way. Almost without realising it.
(OK, honest, I’ll stop!!)
Regarding the Ron Jeremy similarity:
http://tinypic.com/r/200pb7n/6
I’m afraid that image will haunt us all over again when the tourney starts up…
In case y’all missed it, looks like Jonn skyped an interview. F’n sweet. Exposed!!!
@252. That’s uncanny!
lol @ 252… Perfect.
ROG that CAPT!
I did not get the literary reference due to my caveman like sensibilities and tendancies!
Gotta say I’m jealous… Retiring as an E7 after twenty years spanning Vietnam to Desert Storm my ribbon rack is downright sparse compared with hers…
I only ended up with ONE AFCM and that was for a bunch of stuff that took longer at one assignment than she had time in service…
Some people!!!
As someone who has personally been screwed out of a Purple Heart and struggles with TBI, this shit really fucking grinds my gears.
Her FB cover photo is of vegetarian eggs. Who does she think she’s kidding?
She just made the evening news! She got the fame she wanted. And, yeah, for the doubters who have their faces buried in her ample lard breasts, The news chick called the Pentagon and confirmed all of the information that we had posted.
Man….I did 8 years in the Marine Corps, from 1974-1982, and I only rated 4 or 5 ribbons. She has 6 ROWS and in only 2 years. Difference is, of course, that I EARNED MINE!!!
Got a link for us mere mortals who don’t live in the DC area, Jonn?
Turdette.
I’m looking for it. But, I’m thinking that the full story with my interview is going to be on at 10, so it might not be until tomorrow.
Yeah, but it’s been fun reading about stink bugs invading BMI, the great chimney sweep scam, etc while waiting for them to post this story!
Gaaaaaaaaaaaaad damit. You said 10! I even visited the station’s website earlier. Damit.
Uh-oh. It was YOUR interview at 10 but the news head was on already. I’m slow but I do get there.
That’s awesome, Jonn. Good job.
Glad I found that new story now. If she would have just remained in the shadows, none of this would have happened. Unfortunately for her and other posers, they just can’t help but look for attention.
Lol- that story is now gone off the site. This is great.
This is kind of like the old 60 Minutes where a viewer would say, “Are they all stupid? Don’t they recognize Mike Wallace? Idiots. They’ve just screwed themselves.”
Don’t any of these idiots know that if Don Shipley is calling or Jonn Lilyea does a post featuring them that it’s over–that should just fess up and blow away?
Guess not. Look for more info on that Albert Bustamante fellow soon, as well. There is a reporter hot on his trail currently and will have a story out in the next couple of weeks. They just don’t realize that they don’t make it on the “Poser rolls” for nothing.
They’ve known each other for a while. (Quinn/Tesla)
http://www.capva108.org/index.php/news/15-o-flights
May want to warn FEMA…
http://community.fema.gov/connect.ti/readynpm/viewdatastore?adv=S&dsid=112036&pfv=Y&showAllColumns=N&shownum=10&sortCol1=Col_6&sortCol2=Col_2&sortDir1=desc&sortDir2=asc&startRow=1
It looks as though she has been checking out the latest news on herself here. Just checked her facebook page and she has changed her profile pic to the merge of her and Ron Jeremy that was listed earlier today. Once the article on WUSA9 is posted tonight I am going to be packaging up not only this link but that one as well and sending it off to the Military Affairs Office at Liberty. Just know that because of privacy issues we won’t see any results of their check on her application and status, but at least I will have the peace of mind knowing that they are well informed. Like I said before, I don’t even know if she is trying to exploit the school but I want them to at least have the information to look back and see if there is anything off in her paperwork for them.
some interesting reading here:
http://captalk.net/index.php?topic=16176.150;wap2
214 AVN, ABOVE THE BEST! Part of 12th AVN BDE, best Army Brigade out there…..and I can say so, I was part of them!!!
Looks like they banned her from CapTalk lol
http://captalk.net/index.php?topic=13852.0
@265, @267 – How about posting that station website, YouTube reference, if the video shows up there, so that we Left Coasters can share in the joy.
Office of Strategic Planning???
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/michelle-anderson-tesla/50/8a7/7ba
@279- Here is the station website. No posts about her yet boss
@281 – ??? No website?
Apparently she has a brother who is a Capt in the USMC???
http://www.capmembers.com/media/cms/Outline_of_December_Events_updated__64A15A97DDA51.pdf
Lol… My bad. Website here: http://www.wusa9.com/default.aspx
@276. Send James Quinn the bill. You are doing the job he said was his.
“Hi, I’m Michelle Anderson-Tesla from Winchester Composite Squadron in Virginia Wing. I’ve been in Civil Air Patrol since 1995 and was a cadet, made it to my Eaker, missed my Spaatz by one question on Aerospace by the third try. I’m now a Major on the dark side and a Squadron Leadership Officer. I’ve held every position from Squadron Commander to Group to Wing staff and have worked on National projects. I *totally* enjoy being a member of Civil Air Patrol and wouldn’t change it for the world.”
I cannot believe she sullied Ron Jeremy.
Talk about idols…
The man. The myth. The legend. The length.
Loose stool she is.
Turd.
It takes a special kind of asshole to apply for a position based on fake military service … but an even more special kind of asshole to do so for a volunteer position she could have easily gotten without any prior aerospace knowledge whatsoever.
CAP has VERY few paid jobs, the majority of which are located at its national HQ in Alabama. I don’t know if any of the Wing jobs are paid – I do know that the Group and Wing officers I’ve met here in NY are all volunteers.
To go into CAP’s aerospace education specialty track, you don’t have to have any prior experience with aerospace education at all – all you need is to select that specialty track and get the materials CAP provides for you to learn and teach from. Unlike some specialty tracks – like Health Services Officer or CISM which require outside training and certification. So why the hell would you even lie about your “service” to do this?
As for the people commenting on her Air Force uniform … she’s in Civil Air Patrol. CAP is the auxiliary of the US Air Force – CAP members are authorized to wear the Air Force Class A / Class B uniform if they meet Air Force height/weight standards. The rank is CAP specific, as are the name tag, and some of the ribbons. CAP also wears Air Force PT uniform and flight suits. But the regular duty uniforms is (at this time) still BDUs with CAP insignia.
Just my two cents as a CAP volunteer.
Chris
@284 – Thanks… I see the “tattered flag” story, featuring our heroine, has been taken down, but that’s all so far. Thanks again…..
Not a problem. Jonn thinks a story about her will be up tomorrow and she is making the evening news tonight. On her FB page she is running damage control, but I don’t think she knows there is a story coming about her. Should be fun lol
GCAGoddess 6 February 18, 2011
@Oprah Becoming a female military Air Traffic Controller for our U.S. Army. #greatestaccomplishment
#283: Ed, I’m about 99% sure that Capt Edge, who she claimed was her “brother” during the Wreaths Across America ceremony at Arlington, was yet another “made up from whole cloth” kind of thing. She grew up in Ohio. He was from Virginia Beach.
She has claimed many people are her relatives on FB and other places. VA State Delegate Rich Anderson (a retired USAF officer and also a former National Commander of Civil Air Patrol) had to deal with her randomly calling him “Uncle Rich” at CAP functions around Virginia for some time, apparently, when there is actually no relation (although I bet it started as kind of a joke).
@288. Thanks for the info, Chris. CAP is something most of us here have heard of but few know the workings of.
@299- interesting. I thought she grew up in Kileen TX area or something. Or was she just stationed there?
She has become a transgender on her Facebook Profile. It never ends with this poser. No accountability in the CAP. They don’t deserve to be part of the USAF.
https://www.facebook.com/MTesla0822
Lol. She actually used a picture we posted on here earlier, which means she has been reading this.
The Virginia Wing Commander is a Cop. Does he not realize that he has a fraud on his staff or is she blowing him to? This program disgusts me.
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/jim-covel/4/888/815?trk=pub-pbmap
http://www.wusa9.com/news/article/254213/158/VA-Woman-Caught-Lying-About-Her-Military-Service
boom
From the article Comanche Doc linked in comment 298:
“WUSA9 talked by phone with George Wright, the Media Relations, Deputy Director at the Army Public Affairs.
Surae: Is she an Iraq war veteran?
Wright: I see nothing in her record to indicate that.
Surae: Is she a purple heart recipient?
Wright: There is nothing in her record to indicate that.
Surae: Has she served in the army for nearly 10 years.
Wright: She served from June 2000 to April 2002.
Surae: A year and 10 months?
Wright: That’s correct.
…
“Anderson says she has no military records to dispute what the Pentagon says.”
Crash and burn.
Good going on the TV story. There was no mention of the CAP in the TV Report. They are part of the problem for allowing fraud to fester. They have a youth program. Do you want your kids or other kids to be exposed to these frauds?