Robert Daly, Deadliest Warrior designer resigns
CPT Saber send us a link to an article that reports that Deadliest Warrior designer, Robert Daly resigned his position at Pipeworks because of his dishonesty about his military records;
“I am honoured to have served with the 12th Special Forces Group as an Intelligence Analyst (96B) from 1991 until 1994,” said Daly. “While I wore the green beret as part of my uniform, I utterly regret that I have misrepresented my role by creating the impression that I was a Green Beret. I have nothing but the utmost respect for the Green Berets and my fellow servicemen, and I respectfully apologize to the Special Forces community.”
“At this point in time for the best interests of Pipeworks Software and F9E I am voluntarily resigning my position of Studio Head of Pipeworks effective immediately. Furthermore I have no plans on appearing in any more episodes of Deadliest Warrior.”>
If he had just stuck to the truth instead of trying to be something he wasn’t, he’d still have his job.
Category: Phony soldiers
One guy I know lied himself right into the Minnesota governor’s mansion!
@ 1: Hey! He was a Navy SEAL (well, not really, he was UDT way before the integration in ’83)!!! You had better show some respect or he’ll show up and give you the stern look! Remember; he’s hunted man, before. My question about Ventura is whether or not he was authorized to wear the Trident.
@2 Jesse Ventura didn’t lie on his DD-214 he was awarded the proper classification wear a Seal Trident on his uniform. Just because you were to afraid or couldn’t do something like Governor Ventura did gives you NO right to insult his service or anyone elses!! He did more than you did for this country.
Wait, so if you are attached to a special forces unit you get to wear the green beret anyway?
wouldn’t that be a maroon beret as a support guy?
Spade , no longer , those were the bad ol days. Like 20 years ago.
When I was at Campbell, from ’92-95, non-SF tab wearers of 5th Group had to wear the maroon beret. Sooo… 12th Group had its own rules?
Well at least they got him to admit that he indeed ’embellished by subtle misrepresenting.’
By the way check out what some jack hole posted on the link from Jonn above:
“Seems to me that some folks at professionalsoldiers.com have way too much time on their hands. If he wore a green beret and served with 12th Special Forces, he was a Green Beret serving with Special Forces. What’s the big deal?
I guess analysts and other support soldiers who wear the green beret aren’t worthy, even though without them, the front line soldiers wouldn’t be able to do what they do. But clearly the Green Berets are an exclusive club in which some soldiers’ green berets aren’t green enough. I wonder who will be next to be excluded? First go men like Robert Daly, then go the combat soldiers who were not called to serve in combat, then go the ones who didn’t get enough medals. At a certain point, you don’t have enough for a two-man conversation.
All I can say is this: if they’re going to go after guys like Robert Daly (and we all know they went after him not because they had a legitimate suspicion, but because he doesn’t look the part of an ex-Green Beret – he’s overweight and he doesn’t shave his head or have a prominent tattoo), then I’m glad I’m not part of that club. No one likes a bully….”
(rolls eyes)
He is sorry because he got caught. He made some bucks on the lie. Fuck him.
why do people think they can get away with this. Was he REALLY assigned to the group btw?
and another one bites the dust!
Um, OG–no. Try again. While he did graduate BUD/S, he was UDT, not SEAL. Back then, there was a significant difference. Only after 1983 (Janos left active duty in 1973) would he rightly be able to make the claim he was a SEAL.
He never saw combat, was never in Vietnam, and never received any sort of award denoting such. He left the Navy as a PO3. Bottom line, using Ventura as a hero of yours isn’t going to end well for ya. Just so’s ya know.
You may go back to the Jersey Turnpike and resume your normal duties.
Not to get too side tracked, but NHSparky, whenever it comes to Jesse Ventura, my most favorite report in regards to this is here:
http://cursor.org/stories/seal_or_udt.htm
He clearly misrepresented himself as a SEAL for his service in Vietnam (apparently he did serve there). Actually, his actions are not that far off from Robert Daly and other posers past and present. He has put on this act of not wanting to talk about his past service, giving the impression that he saw horrible things in war, when in reality he didn’t see anything. Documentary show insinuated that he went on these search and destroy type missions in Vietnam.
He also hides behind a technicality, than in the early 1980’s indeed both UDT and SEALs were combined into one so technically he is a SEAL. But that is so disingenuous. I still don’t understand how he gets a pass from some in the community when he is using the valor and sacrifice of others for his own personal ego.
@12 Negative Ghost Rider.. You’re correct he completed BUDS so he is authorized to wear the Naval Spec Warfare Trident Also he was attached to a Seal Team when he was in the Reserves.. As for his combat record I read his book and all of his combat operations were classified so he wouldn’t be able to talk about them. He hasn’t violated OPSEC..
Why is it that you attack people who served just because they have different political view points? If this was Ted Nugent you guys would be building statues for him. Uncle Ted dodged the draft and Ventura ansewered the call
I always loved the fact he claimed he had to retire from wrestling because the blood clots in his lungs were caused by Agent Orange.
Uh, BULL-SHIT.
Sheesh, who in hell was “Governor Ventura”? I do recall a governor James Janos who had a glitz handle of “Jesse Ventura”, but never a governor with that name. Only a child-minded type would see the Governor as “Governor Ventura”, his handle is as real as the show called WWF.
She again shows her immaturity.
As for his combat record I read his book and all of his combat operations were classified so he wouldn’t be able to talk about them. He hasn’t violated OPSEC..
Did you also know the word “gullible” isn’t in the dictionary? And FWIW, even now completing BUD/S doesn’t guarantee you’ll wear the Trident, just like graduating Submarine School doesn’t mean you get to wear dolphins.
So a guy makes a bullshit claim in a book and now you think it’s the truth? He has stated for the record he was NEVER a SEAL. Ever. Perhaps you should read TMan’s link. Perhaps you should learn to read. Perhaps you should just quit while you’re behind, but I know, I know–you can’t help it.
Qualified–maybe you’ve heard of it? And no, he never did combat. No CAR, no anything to indicate he ever heard anyone going BANG at his worthless ‘roid chomping ass.
Seriously, go back to the Turnpike service area. Those truckers can only go so long without your special “Altoids knobbers”, and they’ve got quarters burning holes in their pockets for your “services”.
Obama Girl:
Even with most my time spent as a fobbit on Camp Fallujah; I’ve got more war zone experience and time than Janos. My belief would be that most of the commenters here have more combat experience and service to the country than him.
bobogirl@ 3: What you would know about it would fit in a thimble. Not being Navy, I guess I would have to agree with you that I didn’t do what he did, but you didn’t do what I did, either (my unit didn’t allow women); so what’s you’re point? I stand by my statement that he was UDT and NOT a Navy SEAL, even though he has made claims to that in many interviews over the years and no, he wasn’t authorized to wear the Trident. Don’t forget that I live in Minnesota and have actually met him on a couple of occasions and I know people from his family. Have you ever met him?
When are you gonna learn that coming here to attempt to work me over only ends up being another lesson in you getting whooped? Do you like getting spanked? It’s ok if you do, I’m just wondering.
Heck, if we had an analyst that was worth a shit in Iraq, they were worth their weight in …gold…, well, maybe silver. Most were afraid to do the job or lacked experince to know what the helll they were looking at…and THEY ALMOST ALL STAYED ON THE CAMPS.
Now if he’d said he was a door gunner on the space shuttle, that would have been funny.
Is OG claiming to know all about USSOCOM? No he admitted to the world *eventually* that he had never been to Vietnam ans was a UDT (which is no small shake) but he was not EVER a SEAL. And Jesse has gone so batshit crazy in recent years, that honestly he makes the moonbats at OWS look absolutely sane.
#20: I had an intel brief one time talking about possible threats, red was for sniper areas yellow was for possible IED areas. By the end of the shitty briefing the whole route was red/yellow.
someone popped up and said “so basically what you’re saying is that we’re fucked no matter what we do?”
#13 Hey Tman, thanks for the link.
Nothing against the SEALs, but frankly they’ve never been a keen interest of mine, maybe because they’re part of the Navy(HA). I did know the difference between the Vietnam UDTs(Frogmen) and the SEAL Teams though. I assumed when they mergered, similiar to the way the Army does lineages, the modern SEALs “bestowed” equal status to both predecessor units. I guess not.
As for Ventura/Janos, even if he had been a SEAL, he’s still a maroon. Amazing the guy had never been even in Vietnam, nevermind a SEAL. His ass should be on this site for stolen valor!
Obama girl, I cant believe you are still here. (well for a few more months I guess) You are as annoying as your master.
Au revoir in 2012
Guys n Gals:
We should cut Obamagirl just a bit of slack. Afterall, she prefaces each of her comments with proof of her gullibility by using her “handle”.
But she is so easy to see through that I don’t see any slack coming from me. Hehehehehehe