Token Adams; not a SEAL (UPDATED)

So there’s this fire fighter guy who is lost in a New Mexico wildfire by the name of Token Adams. He is lost, but his mates weren’t worried about him because of his survival skills as a Navy SEAL;

Officials remain confident explaining Adams is well trained. The Coarsegold, CA native a former hotshot firefighter and Navy trained as a Seal [sic].

Well, they should really worry, because according to Don Shipley he was never a SEAL.

More Navy SEAL reportage;

Adams is originally from Coarsegold and graduated from Yosemite High School. He joined the Navy and was trained to be a Navy Seal.

I don’t know where anyone got the idea that he was a SEAL, but more than likely from Adams himself, although there’s nothing on his Facebook page. I intended to wait until Adams was was found so I’d seem like less of an asshole, but my inherent assholness overtook my common decency. Having said all of that, I hope they find him alive and well, but then he can stop the lie.
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UPDATED: Unfortunately, Token Adam was found dead yesterday. We join his family in their grief, as it appears that he was a brave and honorable father and husband as well as a firefighter. Unfortunately, we’ll never know who said that Adam was a SEAL, we can only authoritatively say that he is/was NOT a SEAL – which is pretty much all that we said from the beginning.

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