The truth about Discovery’s Dual Survival’s Joe Teti

| May 6, 2013

A few weeks ago, we wrote about David Canterbury, a member of the cast of a survival show on the Discovery Channel, “Dual Survival”. At the time, someone brought up Joe Teti, the other fellow on that show. So being the cynics that we are, we got Teti’s records, too. Here’s what Teti claims on his website;

Joe Teti Bio

Most of that is true. He was indeed in the USMC’s Force Recon. He spent less than 4 years in the Marines and here’s his records of assignments;

Joe Teti USMC Assignments

Joe Teti FOIA USMC

And his schooling;

Joe Teti USMC records

He was also in Special Forces – National Guard Special Forces- for five years, ending on May 1st, 2000.

Joe Teti NG FOIA

Joe Teti 2-1 NG

Joe Teti Awards

So that’s where his military records end, so he could hardly be a “combat veteran of OIF and OEF” as he claims in his bio in the way that most of us understand the term “veteran”. However, he did participate in those wars as a contractor.

I spent about an hour or so, total in about four phone calls with Joe yesterday. He stands by the “veteran” tag in regards to the war against terror, although your opinions may be different. He tells me that he didn’t reenlist after 9-11 because he was already in the pipeline for a contractor job, which seems reasonable to me, and I have no evidence to the contrary.

I don’t disparage his service because he certainly accomplished more in his nine years than I did in my two decades, well, school-wise, anyway. There are rumors about him flying around the internet and I won’t engage in hearsay. Joe has sent me volumes of his records that I have promised that I wouldn’t post. Of course, all of it reflects well on him as a warrior.

I also understand that he became a target as soon as he took the job at the Discovery Channel, for whatever reasons, that’s the downside of being a public figure. I found him to be an affable fellow, even though he called me ‘sir’ more times than I was comfortable with. And he called me a “smart guy” several times – if only he knew.

So, I may be accused of being star-struck, but, without some real evidence to the contrary, I’m inclined to come down on Joe’s side. We thought that we had a real story here when we first started out, because the first set of records we got were of another Joseph Nicholas Teti who was a helicopter mechanic in the Army back in 1983, the same time Joe said he was in the USMC, but I got a little suspicious of that first set of records, which took us back for another shot at it, and sometimes, they are who they say.

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william p cope

JOE TETI IS A OVERGROWN LITTLE FART STEROID JACKING OFF WAN,AAAAHHHH I TAKE OFFENCE THAT I SERVED LIVE ACTION WITH PROFF AN NEVER GO AROUND AN SAY I WAS THIS AN WHEN I ,I,I,I,I,I,I MAN ENOUGH JOE THERS A PTSD GUY OUT THERE THATS GONNA OUT ,APOLIGIZE OR PAY THE PRICE MR SIR DON’T HAVE PROPER PROFF OF DOCS. LITTLE TOO MUCH BLOW THERE JOE!!!,ENOUGH!!!!!!! OR ELSE.

joey fields

look if he did see action u people wouldn’t kno because the missions would be classifieds

Scotty

The mission would be classified.But his service record isn’t. It would still show what unit he was assigned to and where.

Funny

Funny how upset you all get because joe is making money and you are all broke! Lmao! Haters at their finest! He has a tv show, waaaa, he has money waaaa, grow up! Can tell this is a site ran by jodes, bfs, supply clerks!

Shane Christian

Some of you have put up an article by KERRY PATTON to support Teti. PATTON is a bigger Stolen Valor Coward. He is a lowly USAF security policeman that turned himself into a 8 year contractor for counter intelligence and world wide known security expert. He writes to protect Teti but he is a bigger fraud. He states he was in afghanistan within days of 9/11 (NOT), spent from 2001 to 2008 in and out Afghanistan working intelligence and Security, (NOT), protected Karzai (NOT), spent years as a I/O contractor in Iraq/Afghanistan, (NOT), and is a highly respected Professor. He is a E-5 USAF nobody with no intelligence training (NO MOS), spent time in INS and Homeland Security for a year each before he was canned out of both. One tour each in CA and NJ. He is a bigger liar and coward than Teti. WHy dont these idiots do a simple background check on these cowards.

John

Hi Has anyone watched Tour of duty Australia’s secret war there is a scene about the dea and there is a bloke that looks just like teti who was shot.. looks like him but who knows????

SF CPT

SPECIAL FORCES DISAVOWS TETI
Doesn’t get any more plain, simple, pure than that.

http://www.armytimes.com/article/20141001/OFFDUTY02/310010083/-Dual-Survival-star-stripped-SF-Association-membership

ChipNASA

Watcher
Joe Teti is a Piss drinker.
Nuff said.

Who the hell is Pierce?

Watcher

Just found this. Very interesting read.

http://joetetimykelhawke.com/

p

what if bearing if any does being in the military have on survival skills.

andries

What a fake show! A lot off bullshit. Just like the other shows. Fake fake fake. Just acteurs With bla bla bla

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