Another phony SEAL

Sparky and Tman both sent us a link from the Army Times about 2LT Douglas Sofranko. He left the Navy, where he flunked out of BUDS training, and joined the Pennsylvania National Guard and now works at an armory in Miami. Sometime in the last year, he thought he’d completed enough BUDS training to wear the SEAL trident on his Army uniform;

“I do not,” he said when asked if he wears the SEAL Trident badge on his uniform.

But his story changed once he was told of a photograph showing him wearing the Trident on his Army combat uniform.

“OK, I have on occasion,” Sofranko said.

When asked when he last wore it, he said, “it was a few days ago.” However, sources in the office tell Navy Times he was wearing the insignia the day of the telephone interview.

Well, good for him, exercising his right to free speech and all. The article says he’s not subject to the UCMJ but that the state’s regulation will be enough to deal with his ass. But as we’ve seen a lot lately, this isn’t the first time Sofranko was a derelict POS;

“He was basically AWOL from the time he joined,” said Sgt. Matt Jones, a spokesman for the Pennsylvania National Guard. “He never made an annual training period that we can see, and he was discharged as an E-3.”

But Sofranko was given another chance.

In April 2007, he got a waiver from the Florida National Guard despite his poor Pennsylvania service and was allowed to join in Florida as an E-4. Artley said waivers like this are common in the Guard and are based on a review of the member’s service record and personal interviews.

A year later, Sofranko entered the Florida National Guard Officer Candidate Program, graduating one year ago.

So, it’s not like anyone could have seen this embarrassing shit coming or anything. [Eye roll]

Category: Phony soldiers