Marine SgtMaj steals valor, loses all four rockers

| October 29, 2024

Then-Sergeant Major Charles Clawson

Breaking news last night, of a Marine Corps sergeant major losing all of his rockers after pleading guilty to wearing awards that he was not entitled to. This included a CAR and Purple Heart, but he really fleshed out his fruit salad with a lot of extra awards.

I don’t know how he

***edited to note that this above typo of an unfinished thought will not be corrected. Like the MSM, I stand by my errors. I await my Pulitzer***

Military.com has the story;

A senior enlisted Marine was busted down to sergeant last month after he wore military decorations — including the Purple Heart and Combat Action Ribbon — that he was not authorized to wear, according to a charge sheet obtained by Military.com.

Per a plea agreement, then-Sgt. Maj. Charlie Clawson was reduced in rank after a Sept. 13 court-martial found him in violation of nine specifications of wearing awards or devices that he did not earn, a Marine Corps spokesperson confirmed to the publication.

His charges also included providing a false statement and engaging in “conduct that is prejudicial to good order and discipline,” the latter of which he faced nine specifications of, one for each unearned award or device he wore, the charge sheet said.

According to the charges, Clawson wore the items over a nearly five-year period, to include when he was the senior enlisted leader of the 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion aboard Camp Pendleton, California.

Military.com contacted Clawson on Friday afternoon for comment. He said he wanted to consult his lawyer before speaking with the press. The publication followed up on Monday afternoon via phone call and text, but did not hear back from Clawson by publication.

In total, Clawson was sentenced for wearing the following unauthorized decorations, ribbons or insignias: Purple Heart; Combat Action Ribbon — which is awarded to Marines for actively participating in conflict with the enemy; Joint Meritorious Unit Award; NATO service medal; Kosovo Campaign Medal; Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal; Sea Service Deployment Ribbon denoting seven tours; Navy and Marine Corps Overseas Ribbon; and Navy and Marine Corps Parachutist Insignia.

Each count of unauthorized decorations was paired with a specification of Article 134, a wide-ranging Uniform Code of Military Justice law that covers unbecoming conduct, according to the charge sheet.

Clawson was also charged with making a false official statement when he submitted — “with intent to deceive” — a doctoral degree and transcript from Liberty University in 2019 that was “totally false,” according to the charge sheet.

Maj. Hector Infante, a spokesperson for the Marine Corps Training and Education Command, confirmed Friday that Clawson was sentenced during a court-martial Sept. 13 under all of the specifications included in the charge sheet.

Clawson wore the unauthorized decorations between Jan. 1, 2019, and Oct. 20, 2023, a period of roughly four years and nine months, according to the charge sheet.

During this time, Clawson served in several leadership positions, including as the sergeant major of the Marine Corps Air Facility and the Manpower Management Division, both of which are in Quantico, Virginia, Infante confirmed. He has been assigned to Headquarters Battalion, Training and Education Command, since 2023.

“Of note, he is only administratively attached to TECOM,” Infante said in an email.

Anthony Anderson, an Army veteran and founder of Guardian of Valor — an organization that investigates false claims of awards and service, said that he was “a little shocked” when he reviewed the charge sheet, given Clawson’s high rank.

“From what I’ve seen over the past decade or so, it’s probably one of the biggest cases of stolen valor on active duty, especially coming from someone at the highest enlisted rank in the Marine Corps,” Anderson told Military.com in an interview Monday.

Clawson was not charged under the official Stolen Valor Act, a 2013 law that covers fraudulent claims, typically from civilians or veterans, of valor awards like the Medal of Honor, Purple Heart and combat devices, among other decorations. However, the term has been used to colloquially describe false claims of service over the last two decades.

Anderson said that, in his experience, it is rare for an active-duty service member to wear unauthorized decorations while in uniform — or at least be caught for it — citing only “a handful” of other cases he had seen in the years he has been investigating these claims. He said he was particularly surprised at Clawson’s unauthorized wear of the Purple Heart and Combat Action Ribbon.

“You’re portraying to people that you’ve served in combat and you were wounded,” Anderson said. “And that portrays a type of respect and [admiration] from other Marines that would look up to him for that. That’s probably what he was after.”

Clawson also wore the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, which was awarded during the early days of the conflict to service members who deployed to Afghanistan, Iraq and other places, according to Pentagon policy. That award was eventually replaced with individual campaign medals.

The Marine Corps released Clawson’s actual awards and decorations to Military.com on Monday. Those records showed two sea service deployments instead of the seven he claimed. The records did not specify where those deployments were, but they did not include the Afghanistan or Iraq campaign medals.

His records also did not show a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon or Kosovo Campaign Medal. He earned two Meritorious Service Medals and five Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medals, among other decorations.

Clawson enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1996 and held the military occupational specialty, or MOS, of motor vehicle operator, according to his records.

Category: Dick Stepping, Marines, Stolen Valor, WTF?

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5JC

Reminds me of the SGM McNeil case. He was only busted to E7 but he didn’t steal valor and a doctorate degree, he stole a Ranger Tab and some skill badges instead.

Hopefully he won’t run for VP and claim he is a “Retired Sergeant Major who once wore a Purple Heart Medal and Combat Action Ribbon”.

I did know a Captain who faked a doctorate degree (as well as telling tall tales about being in the NFL and various other civil awards he never received). He had been rocking the lies since before Google. One day one of his soldiers starting researching him and found him out. He then dropped a huge dime on him. The Captain got off with a GOMAR and was passed over.

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Buckeye Jim

What is a GOMAR? I am not familiar with this term. Thanks

5JC

General Officer Letter of Reprimand. It’s mostly given to officers they don’t want to court martial. It’s a career killer and can lower your rank as well. Even when filed locally word gets around about it fast and the officer is done.

Sometimes a senior NCO will get one instead of a court martial. They can still be reduced with that as well but no confinement or pay loss.

Retired Grunt

General Officer Memorandum of Reprimand, GOMOR

5JC

Oh yeah, duh.

Retired Grunt

An army NCO at the rank of SFC/E7 or above can not be reduced in rank unless convicted at Courts Martial. No member may be reduced other than administrative reduction, very rare except by punitive action such as Article 15 or Courts Martial. I think this rule is still in effect.

5JC

No. An E7 (or even an E9 like fuknutzwalz) can be administratively reduced but it is quite a process without a Court Martial or Article 15. Most often this happens at separation where the NCO is reduced to the last rank where they honorably served.

This isn’t arbitrary either. It has to be a command flag officer and often a board review is involved.

Retired Grunt

Maybe I misspoke? I thought I mentioned administrative reduction. We all just witnessed such an act with Tampon Tim. Sorry for the confusion. I no communicates that goods sometime.

8Victor

“administrative reduction” like Walz got!

Buckeye Jim

Thanks again.

Hate_me

I got one as an E-6. It was permanent, but no reduction. I deserved much worse and I took it as a sign that my leadership still wanted to keep me around. I cannot speak for all NCOs, but it definitely had less of an impact on my career than it would have a commissioned officer’s. I eventually made the list for E-9, but was medically retired before I could pull a Tim Walz.

fm2176

I read this and promptly forgot that you’d already mentioned McNeill before my lengthy post.

5JC

No worries. I knew him when he was a bit younger and he leaned on that phony Tab a few times to project authority and request deference. I tend to remember things like that quite well.

I’ve never been to Ranger School myself but by all accounts it is incredibly difficult and does offer credibility to those who earn a tab. A not insignificant number of people have died during the attempt. He did it because he has opportunity and never thought he would get caught.

Faking a Deployment, CAR and a PH I would say is worse as it definitely gives people a very incorrect impression about you.

fm2176

In the Infantry community, a Ranger Tab automatically sets you apart from your peers. Hence, the “tab check” that even those such as me (who never attempted Ranger School either) were known to do when encountering new NCOs. Officers are more or less expected to have one… no tab means that, at most, you’ll top out as an LTC and be lucky to get a battalion as an 11A.

But the true meaning of the Tab is ambiguous. Some of the worst “leaders” I knew had legitimately graduated Ranger School and sported the Tab. One of the friendliest but most incompetent PSGs I had was both a scrolled and tabbed Ranger, former Marine, and former member of the 7th SF Group. All of that “cool guy” stuff didn’t make up for his lack of leadership experience for a Leg Infantry platoon.

Retired Grunt

I’ve experienced one or two amazing tabbed, scrolled NCOs and officers, even one or two with long tabs in my day. I think, and this is just an observation, but once you’ve led soldiers of such a high caliber that only minimal supervision is required you become accustomed to that more laid back style. I can see where this could cause perceived failures of leadership when leading some troops completely intent on being the lowest common denominator. A return to BIG ARMY is certainly a learning curve.

5JC

Rangers are hit and miss for leadership at the officer level. However; every officer I worked for with the SF Tab (three of them) was super easy to work for. They won’t micromanage and if you screw up they don’t mince words, they just tell you what you did wrong and how not to do that in the future.

They are less likely to play favorites because to them everyone who isn’t SF is pretty much the same to them. Also they don’t like brown nosers so those are the guys that get butthurt because what had always worked for them before no longer works and they are expected to work just like everyone else.

Trent

I knew a Army Guard Lieutenant Colonel full timer who was a diploma mill graduate. She only got caught when she forged the G3’s signature on a request for orders. She showed up in Iraq on that request as no orders were issued. They contacted her state and that’s when the fun began.

All I could think of was “here’s your sign”.

Graybeard

Anything related to GOMAR Pyle?

Deckie

My colleague (a former Marine himself) was reading this article — he finished shaking his head with some expletives but not before uttering “fuckin’ Motor T… go figure.”

KoB

Welp, he did do a good job of driving his career into the ground so there is that.

Prime candidate for The SPoTW Thread. Chesty Puller…weeps.

Roh-Dog

I have a feeling the walking disaster that is Charlie Clawson is due for an encore.

Supply Daddy should req extra popcorn rations and ‘adult sodas’ in the interim.

Claw

Okay, I will order some goodies. Although this individual carries my almost the exact same namesake, I want it to be known that I was never in the Marines nor held the MOS of Motor-T operator. /s/

8940-00-682-6609 Popcorn
8965-00-841-7870 Beer, Budweiser

Roh-Dog

Noted: Claw ≠ Charlie Clawson.

Thanks for quick response on the req. Award submission for a PoB has been sent up to TAH HQ.

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Claw

Other adult beverages available for issue are:

8965-00-062-7334 Coors
8965-00-590-0512 Schaeffer
8965-00-922-5026 Utica Club Pilsner
8965-01-332-2773 Texas Select Malt Beverage

jeff LPH 3 63-66

Reinegold and Champagne Velvet

Claw

Nope, sorry Jeff, Reinegold is not on the list for GI issue. However, for those who may have a hankering for it, this near-beer is currently available:

8965-01-539-3622 Beer, Non-Alcoholic (No Name Brand) /s/

A Proud Infidel®️™️

IMO drinking non-alcoholic beer is like hiring a Hooker that will only cuddle.

Hack Stone

If you drink light beer for the low calories, you got no business drinking.

Andy11M

Got a NSN for Jack?

Claw

Yep, sure do. It’s:

8965-01-578-1410 Whiskey, Straight, Jack Daniels 750ML.

Hack Stone

The Road Master needs to check his SRB.

Mick

Dumbass.

TopGoz

I second that.

SFC D

He’s raised the level of dumbassery to the Nth degree, completely bypassing douchebaggery.

Twist

When I was still serving I am aware of only a single person doing this. I was stationed at Ft Campbell and was serving with a guy who reenlisted and reclassed as a MP. He left our Infantry Battalion and went to the MPs to do OJT before he went to AIT. He left as a SGT and about two months later he came back to my Company as a Specialist. Apparently he showed up to the MP unit sporting a Ranger tab he didn’t earn and got caught.

Forest Bondurant

Reduced to Sergeant?

Fuck that. He doesn’t deserve to hold that rank either.

Marine0331

I agree FB, I was just going to say the same thing. He should be busted down to Private and possibly even discharged. Who assigned under him will ever respect him? Corporals and Sergeants in the Marine Corps are respected leaders. To still be an NCO after this charade is a mockery of the grade.

Hack Stone

The E-4 Mafia said “No trade backs!”

Retired Grunt

Does the Marine Corps have an E4 Mafia, I thought that was an army thing. I was once a proud member. Seems like an eon ago and way before the wars. Lol

Forest Bondurant

As I recall, the E-4 Mafia in the Marine Corps shares several characteristics of the Army E-4 Mafia.

The USMC version is particularly adept in shaming and ridiculing non-hackers, isn’t easy to identify but you know when it’s operating, and like the Army E-4 mafia, is immune from prosecution in court.

QMC

I guess someone took a look at his Command Photos and said, “There should be no CAR upon thar..”

Forest Bondurant

Somebody ought to do a children’s book with that title and tell the story about the dangers of embellishing your awards or academic achievements both in and out of uniform.

Fuck that guy.

Hack Stone

Well, we already have Marine Corps Chutes & Ladders.

Daddy got promoted to Sergeant Major. Daddy’s going up, up, up.

Daddy got busted for wearing an unauthorized Purple Heart. Daddy’s going down, down, down.

Retired Grunt

There she blows, along with what was left of the coffee in my mouth. Thanks!!

Green Thumb

Wow.

Clown.

OAM

Serious question – only demoted to Sgt? How does the Marines expect him to order anyone to do anything, and have his order respected? Will junior personnel be expected to salute this scum sucker with all five fingers? What a disgusting slap in the face to everyone else. He should be drummed out of the Marines.

Charge him with theft for the valor he stole, and if he received pay commensurate with his claimed rank, make him pay back every penny. After he spends many years behind bars.

How many junior enlisted did he smoke? Each and every one of them should be given a weekend pass to visit him in his new and well-earned lodging and laugh.

Call it a Morale Pass.

5JC

The service limit for a sergeant in the USMC is 12 years. He will be forced to retire immediately.

SFC D

Does this fuckstick retire as an E5, or does he retain E9 pay? I have no clue what the current retirement rules are, I retired under high-3.

5JC

He retires at the rank of Sergeant/ E5 but with the the high three pay of Sergeant Major. I guess the big deal is where he parks at the Post Exchange and how you explain all that away. A quick Google search is going to be nasty wherever he puts in for work.

An E9 with 25 makes about $8k a month so he will draw around $4.5-5.5k a month for breathing air.

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SFC D

Kinda what I figured. I was really hoping to be wrong.

tavernknight

Oxygen Thief.

Roh-Dog

Nailed it.

New to the TAH herd?
If so, Welcome.
If not, I blame the TBI.

FuzeVT

There are limitations regarding how much you can bust a person down if a SNCO. The reduction, like all punishments, is tailored to the crime. The CM may have been limited to reduction to Sgt.

Andy11M

Submitted a false doctoral degree? Want to bet his Bachelors is also just as bogus? The guy made it to E9 with out the fake bling (I think), what else did he think he was going to get?

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HT3

Fake Doctorate? Go Big or Go Home I guess. I mean I know a Ph.D. stand for ‘Piled High & Deep’, but who knew the rest of his ribbons were bullshit too? SgtMaj Icarus flew too close the Sun with his dreams of being Dr. SgtMaj? I got my BS with on campus/in-person learning, and my MBA online. I looked into a DBA (Doctor of Business Administration) which is less prestige than a Ph.D., but the workload to complete was just too much. How “da fook” is an AD Marine going to have the time? My online degree had weekly deadlines that literally consumed my weekends for 2 years straight. No way anybody on AD work just working FT can earn that advanced degree. He was just too greedy, and its going to cost him plenty in retirement pay if he can retire with benefits.

Deckie

More like SgtMaj Dickarus.

SFC D

SgtMaj Dikkus Stepicus.

rgr1480

A decedant of Biggus Dikkus and Incontinentia?

Daisy Cutter

“That’s Doctor to you!”

Tallywhagger

Did somebody call a cab?

Av8or33

Something tells me he pissed off the wrong Lcpl in admin.

Roh-Dog

Three Cheers for Anthony Anderson at Guardian of Valor!
(not responsible for the sonic clusterstrugglesnuggle that is that ‘music’)

Hey Chuck, you piece of crap:

You can laugh at danger all day long

Still be laughing when the sun has gone

Be wise to history

Open your eyes…

You’re a fucking liar, Charlie Clawson.
Shoulda stuck to the wheels and tires you’r ussda, Charlie Clawson.
Charlie Clawson might still wear the EGA but I’m sure his fellow Sergeants (unfortunate under-punishment imho) would kindly remind Charlie Clawson of how low and slow Charlie Clawson’s speed be.
In sum; FUCK YOU Charlie Clawson!.

A Proud Infidel®️™️

Smooth move, Ex-Lax! Now he can contemplate just what he’s done to his name, reputation and legacy.

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

Roh-Dog

To besmirch the character of another the individual would first have to possess positive qualities of character, right Charlie Clawson?

We the jury find Charlie Clawson lacking.

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Hack Stone

The worst part is that he lost his reserved parking spot at the Commissary.

Prior Service (Ret)

“Have a nice day. Semper Fi….ind you some sergeant’s stripes in that coffee can full of used rank over there. You’re dismissed.”

MarineDad61

With his many years of MOS experience, and some new refresher training,
Sgt C can go to work driving a Quantico VRE base shuttle bus.

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A Proud Infidel®️™️

I’m sure that he’s probably pissed way too many people out there off to even get that job, he’ll likely have to settle for being maybe a “Fuck-it-up Express” (*OOPS*, Fed Ex) Driver or do ride share driving!

Forest Bondurant

He can always learn to code

11B-Mailclerk

Designated driver of the portapotty pumper truck.

fm2176

It’s strangely…satisfying…to see a senior NCO get their comeuppance. Why? Because so many become full of themselves. They made it to the highest ranks. They uphold the standard. They lead the unit. You, on the other hand, are merely a follower, serving at the whim of the SgtMaj/CSM/1SG/insert other senior NCO rank here.

Clawson was doubtlessly living large when his Marines thought he was a combat wounded war hero with multiple deployments. He was, after all, at the pinnacle of his career, with the only possible way upward being selection for a brigade/regimental-level or higher posting. Twenty-eight years of service and attaining a rank very few make it to, all tossed aside for a few pretty ribbons and devices that he never earned and never will earn.

I concur with the sentiment that he should have been busted further but think about it this way: he’s now a very junior Sgt who still has to put on the uniform every day and face his seniors, peers, and would-be subordinates. Since he’s “only administratively attached to TECOM”, that implies that he’s now simply a rank-wearer, collecting E-5 pay (unfair to junior Marines who’ve clawed their way to Sgt, LCpl, or even Pfc) but holding no authority.

Fourteen years ago, an Army CSM had the audacity to pin on multiple awards: Ex-Walter Reed CSM sentenced to 6 months. At the time he was relieved he served as the senior enlisted advisor to the only currently serving MOH recipient, COL Gordon Roberts. He made it all the way back down to E-6, with a six-month jail sentence. Then there’s Perry McNeill, who sported unauthorized badges and still managed to just make E-7 again: CSM guilty of wearing unearned Ranger tab, Pathfinder badge. So, E-5 is more rank than Clawson deserves, but at least he got put that low on the NCO ladder, unlike so many of his Army counterparts.

fm2176

I think that there are times where some level of leniency should be applied. One specific case occurred during my second or third cycle on the Trail.

First, a little background: Sand Hill (and I suspect other BCT/OSUT companies) operates differently than the rest of the Army, in that former Drill Sergeants often fill support positions like Training Tech and XO. If your follow-on assignment isn’t for months, you simply take off the hat and lose the extra pay, get slightly better hours working in the company offices, and count down the days until you’re finally free from the nuances of IET Soldiers.

When I arrived, our Training Tech was an E-6 who’d completed a single cycle only for his background check to come back negatively. His hat and badge were pulled and our command spent months trying to get them back for him, with even the CG signing paperwork requesting such. He finally got his hat and badge back, only to decide to “celebrate” that same night and total his truck in a DUI. Off to rehab, busted to SGT, facing divorce (his wife was an E-7 Drill across post), and unceremoniously given his DD-214.

His successor was by all accounts one of the best DS’ that E/2-54 had seen, winning many of the platoon competitions. A 173rd vet, he was–like many of us, me included–a seemingly career SSG who finally pinned SFC after a year on the Trail, with about 17 years of service. His follow-on orders were nine months out, though, and lost his sense of purpose once he stopped training Soldiers. He turned to drinking and finally realized he needed outside assistance, going off to inpatient rehab for a couple of months.

…cont.

fm2176

Continued: He came back from rehab and assumed the Training Tech position. There was a curious little tab on his uniform, though, that he claimed he’d never previously worn because he didn’t feel the need to. Despite having earned a Ranger Tab years prior, he just didn’t wear it until he returned to the company after his rehab and counseling. In his defense, the heavy drinking and behavioral health problems, probably exacerbated by PTSD, had essentially broken him to the point where he was unable to effectively function. Before he went to the Warrior Transition Battalion to spend his last few months before retirement, an awards ceremony was held where he was unable to speak and was visibly trembling, barely able to even stand at the front of the room. Back to the Ranger Tab. He’d never earned one despite spending most of his career in the Airborne community and having a career that many would be envious of. When he took off the campaign hat for the final time and realized he was still going to be serving in the same environment, albeit without the sense of direction and authority that a DS carries, I guess he lost his identity, in a sense. I always said that every school and every role in the Army requires us to “play the game”, and being a Drill Sergeant requires that a bit more than many other positions. When he had to be on the field daily but no longer had an active position in “the game”, he lost his sense of self-worth and felt that those of us still wearing the hat and working 16+ hours daily had lost respect for him. What better way to earn our respect than to show that he’d once passed one of the tougher schools the Army has to offer? Only, no, he didn’t pass Ranger School. It was sad to see when he finally admitted to his falsity, but he managed to keep his well-deserved–if belated–rank and I think got a GOMOR in lieu of UCMJ. He was already “damaged goods” by the time… Read more »

fm2176

Final part:

2/54 was an experience. The overall command climate wasn’t bad, but the two aforementioned NCOs in my company saw their way out on poor terms. We had two other Drills in the battalion take themselves off of the manning roster permanently. One had a domestic incident and the command completely yanked support from him. Eerily, one of the last things he told us before his court martial was “I’m not going to jail.” He was found at a Main Post range the day prior to his trial. Another had extended for a third year. I went to sign for name plates at 30th AG and saw where he’s signed for his company’s previous cycle’s plates, writing “Last Cycle…” in the log. Just a week prior to his exit, he’d done the same for their current cycle, writing “Guess not…” in the same log.

No idea why I’m rambling on about something besides the ex-SgtMaj and now SV Sgt. Military life can be stressful and tough, and we all want to be seen as strong and effective leaders who’ve “been there and done that”. But the charade is thinly veiled when you make claims that you can’t back up. A Motor-T SgtMaj should be proud of what he’s accomplished, not what “coulda, woulda, shoulda been”. Just like a decorated Airborne Infantry Drill Sergeant should have been proud of his career without feeling the need to add a little piece of cloth and Velcro to his sleeve. Or two Drill Sergeants should have found the strength to carry on for their loved ones instead of dying cold and alone and leaving those loved ones with an empty presence.

SFC D

As a retired SNCO, I wholeheartedly concur with your first two sentences. We’ve all known those SNCO’s. I always watched them closely and learned what not to do from them.

Ret_25X

what in the actual fuck?

he woke up one day and decided to start every day with a big bowl of dumbass for breakfast, I guess.

Then he went full moldy rutabaga retard…

wow….

Graybeard

What part of Simper Fidelis did he not understand?

Daisy Cutter

I don’t know how he

***edited to note that this above typo of an unfinished thought will not be corrected. Like the MSM, I stand by my errors. I await my Pulitzer***

Now we will never know what thought was born and attempted to live out its life by enlightening others.

tears
Jay

Per Marine Online (MOL) he is slated to end service on 12/1/2024.

Fuck it: put his ass on the sword detail at the ball (I’d kill to see an E5 with 7 hashmarks) and make his ass stand weekend duty in the barracks until his last day. What an asshole…

TopGoz

Put him on the sword detail at the ball, but make sure he’s also the oldest Marine present so he and his hash marks get extra attention.

Trent

Former Sgt. Maj. Clawson really put the pedal to the metal and is riding the ‘Black Ball Express’ all the way out the door.

I hope he enjoys that Sergeant retirement pay. What a maroon!

Skivvy Stacker

I can say truthfully that I hold a degree of Doctor of Divinity from Thunderwood College!
Anyone here can get one too. Just go to Thunderwood College online, put in your name, and the degree you’d like, and a nice fancy diploma will be produced for you to print out and hang on your “I Love Me Wall”…

SFC D

I have a bachelors in Dudeist Studies and a PhD in Leisure Sciences from Abide University.

Roh-Dog

That aggression will not stand, man.

SFC D

Yeah, well, you know, that’s just, like, your opinion, man.

Eggs

😎

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RCAF-CHAIRBORNE

I have considered becoming a Dudeist Monk

Skippy

How in the hell do you make CSM and never deployed or had received a GWOT-E
WTF is going on at devil dog central

SFC D

I was curious about that meself.

Skippy

It’s a serious question
I’m shocked he made it that far up the ladder

5JC

You pretend to and forge paperwork apparently is the answer.

Forest Bondurant

My thoughts exactly.

If he submitted paperwork to request a GWOT-E be entered into his record, one would think someone would first verify whether or not he deployed to the region to rate it.

11B-Mailclerk

So, Top has bottomed out….

And is seriously Off His Rocker. All four of them.

Hack Stone

Anyone want to guess which newly minted Sergeant will be pulling DNCO Marine Corps Birthday/Veteran’s Day Weekend?

11B-Mailclerk

“Shitty Little Jobs Assistant NCO”

11B-Mailclerk

May he spend his remaining active duty days driving around the honeydipper truck, servicing base portapotties.

8Victor
TopGoz

Every Marine with a good record who got passed over at the same promotion boards (GySgt, MSgt/1stSgt, and SgtMaj/MGySgt) that selected this douchebag for promotion should immediately be advanced one grade.

NHSparky

Gee, I wonder what else they’d find if they dug a bit deeper.
Rancid cherry on top of the shit sundae and all that.

BennSue

Dude even faked a GWOT-E. How did he make E-9 with ZERO deployments?

Skippy

I’m shocked too

Skippy

I’m thought I was going to get a fobbit award and a bob on the FOB PHD degree on my last deployment and they keep’d sending my ass out of the wire in the sandbox
I was like WTF did I do to deserve this…
This jackass never even earned a GWOT-E
who’s ball did he have in his mouth

Skippy

I have a question
How is it possible to earn a ICM and a GWOT-E
On the same deployment
And how do I go about getting my frequent flyer miles I earned flying from Iraq / Kuwait / Qatar and the SHITHOLE Afghanistan
my recruiter lied too me
And this dumb ass makes CSM and never deployed

BennSue

Just found out the NDSM is no longer awarded. How are future SV Vultures gonna cope?

Skippy

It’s shocking too considering we still have a large foot-print in the Middle East and service members have given there life for our country recently

Daisy Cutter

Makes the NDSM all the more coveted.

Hack Stone

The title of this thread should have been “Sergeant Major Loses His Shit”.

TopGoz

Hack, while I like the word play, that wouldn’t work as a headline because headlines are meant to grab the reader’s attention. A SgtMaj losing his shit is an everyday occurrence.

Hack Stone

He yells at himself to get off his grass, due to force of habit.

OAE CPO USN Ret

Did this dirtbag claim his Doctorate from the same place as Denny H Chevalier? Does he consume 7lbs of cheese at a time? Asking for a friend.

Dennis - not chevy

To go full Denny H Chevalier one must eat grapes with the cheese.

RCAF-CHAIRBORNE

They should have made him a Private – Major