Lt. Col. Gerald H. Green III and his totally bogus uniform adventures
I’m sure you remember Lt. Col. Gerald H. Green III in the picture above who was busted by folks when he was assigned as the commander of the Warrior Training Center at Fort Benning. Originally, he was busted for his Ranger Tab and his Sapper Tab. Investigators looked more closely at his uniform, according to the Army Times;
The investigation found Green hadn’t earned his Combat Action Badge or his Army Commendation Medal with valor device, wore air assault wings despite not graduating from air assault school, and “wrongfully certified his … personnel record that he had received the Expert Infantry Badge and a Presidential Unit Citation,” wrote the investigator, whose name was redacted.
I’m wondering, at this point, if he’s authorized to wear the buttons on his uniform. According to the article, Green claims that there was “a discussion of being put in for” a Combat Action Badge, so he just decided to pin it on. He dropped out of Air Assault School twice so I guess he figured that’s just like graduating from the very physical course.
The allegations against Green are being handled “through non-judicial and administrative action,” Fort Benning spokesman Gary Jones said in an email. “Charges under the UCMJ were not preferred against LTC Green. The Privacy Act precludes us from releasing the precise details of that action.”
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Green remains on active duty at Benning, according to a spokesman with the National Guard Bureau. Details on his duty status were not immediately available, Jones said, and Green was away from the base the week of March 23.
Anyone else, who isn’t a field grade officer would be crying in their beer about being unemployed on Victory Drive right about now – but not this little cretin, who I’m told has flag officers protecting him. F*** this guy – that guy right there – f*** him!
Category: Shitbags
Hmm. Let’s list the false claims.
CAB? Fake.
Bullwinkle (Air Assault Badge)? Fake.
ARCOM w/V? Fake.
EIB (certified by him in his official records): Fake.
Sapper Tab? Fake.
Ranger Tab? Fake.
PUC? Fake.
He also seems to have repeatedly lied to investigators and/or on official documents concerning the above and/or the investigation into their legitimacy.
And yet, he was offered an Article 15 vice being court-martialed.
Yeah, I’m guessing he’s being protected by someone.
I’m very disappointed that the CG of the Maneuver Center of Excellence didn’t show more backbone here, and tell this guy’s patron to go pound sand. This guy ought to be facing a court-martial and possible dismissal.
well let’s hope that IF he gets called to testify before Congress for that next promotion he get’s hammered.
http://valorguardians.com/blog/?p=22545
SGM lies about schools and awards, gets six months in prison and dropped to E6.
I was going to reference that myself.
Far too often Ociffers get away with bullshit to the Nth degree and an enlisted man gets destroyed for things even far less egregious.
I wonder who is protecting him?
He must have a flawless shaft-stroking technique.
Unfortunately, the National Guard has a very powerful lobby. Really the main reason why they have a 4-star is because of that “lobby” with the high mucky-mucks.
I’m guessing he’s got his lips severely affixed to someone’s buhtaken which is enough to make Active Component personnel nervous about what to do to him.
Puke (not fake)…
I bet his balls are fake.
wow.
nearly every combat badge faked. Impressive I have to admit.
I once stood next to a Ranger while he hit on some chicks at the bar….what do I get?
I bet a combat scroll because…it was brutal to watch.
i once had a few beers with a SFC Green Beret, yet I’ve never claimed to be one. Had a couple with my son’s DI’s at MCRD San Diego when he finished boot camp, never claimed to be one of them either.
Steadfast&Loyal…”I bet a combat scroll because…it was brutal to watch.” Now that…made me laugh my ass off! Thanks my man, I needed that today!
Just for the record, I have no relationship to this motherfucker.
It pisses me off that he shares my name.
Hopefully Mario or Luigi will come along soon and squash him.
So if yesterday was “throw back Thursday”, does this mean today is “Throw up Friday?” Wow, they are just everywhere today.
Fukd Up Friday is probably what’s listed in the training schedule.
In case anyone is having trouble finding Jonn’s earlier articles on Green:
http://valorguardians.com/blog/?p=56022
http://valorguardians.com/blog/?p=56134
http://valorguardians.com/blog/?p=57431
Its good to see a fake Sapper busted it makes me feel wanted.
WTF! I read in the article that people he was in Iraq with still talked to him. I’m surprised someone didn’t ask him about all his new found awards.
I will say I put my Purple Heart and Navy Comm on before it was officially awarded to me even though it had already been approved and was sitting on the BCs desk. I was told to take it the fuck off until the official ceremony or face an article 15. Our BC wanted a BG to award it to me. But I was just a lowly E-5 and not an O-5.
I guess he figured that a ARCOM with V wouldn’t draw as much scrutiny as say a Bronze Star with V. My second tour there were very very few valorous awards given in my unit. Believe it or not, all four Brad drivers in my platoon received ARCOMs with V for a huge fight we got into inside a city in our sector. I think the ARCOM with V is probably the unicorn of valorous awards and as such should draw attention.
He was handed plum assignments on a silver platter because of the fake bells and whistles. His ANRG time was with the 35th Engineer BDE, and a quick look at other NG Title 10 officers who served with the same bde will be a pretty good indicator of the power that organization wields in the Active NG right now.
He had the balls to berate a field grade Infantry officer with a CIB, in public, about the officer not being a real Infantry officer because he didn’t have a Ranger tab. Every time I saw him, regardless of what uniform he was wearing, the CAB, ABN, and AAST were worn. Because there’s Art. 15 vice courts martial, and the T-10 ARNG promotes based on vacancy, there is some deserving MAJ who is #1 on the OML who won’t be pinning on LTC because this guy is going to retain his rank. He screwed over several, better officers who needed the positions that he was handed so that they had a chance in hell of retention or promotion. He is a crap stain of the highest order who will slink back into the NGB readiness center, fill some menial position, stay in the Title 10 program, and retire as an LTC at 20 AFS because that’s how the ARNG rolls. If anything else happens, I’ll be shocked.
This motherfucker needs to be court-martialed and given a DD.
Anything else is unsat.
Preach it. Court-martial, DD, and a couple years at Leavenworth at least.
You hit the nail on the head.
There are those who will claim that stolen valor is a victimless crime. Bull%^&*!
For every promotion this scumbag received there was a qualified officer who didn’t lie, cheat, and steal who was passed over and had is career ended. Victimless crime my ass.
Great point.
CAB? Fake.
Bullwinkle (Air Assault Badge)? Fake.
ARCOM w/V? Fake.
EIB (certified by him in his official records): Fake.
Sapper Tab? Fake.
Ranger Tab? Fake.
PUC? Fake.
I’m sensing a faint but strengthening pattern?
I’m going to drop this off here before MustangLt does since I’m the one that made it. (I do know he like it though…feel free to use it any time. I also have one in plural as in “those guys” )
http://i.imgur.com/LYUODn6.jpg
“F*** this guy – that guy right there – f*** him!” Ha, ha Jonn! Don’t sugar coat it. Tell us how you really feel.
Let’s split the difference and let him retire now as E-1.
Piss. On. Him.
He’s a very hardcore dedicated Blue Falcon, may the day he was born be erased from the calendar.
But he’s slacking off in the Number One Blue Falcon race though.
Spec8 Moerk boasts a legitimate Airmobile Badge on her uniform and a Troller’s ARCOM.
Him? Not so much. He has to step up his game to be a true contender.
If this chump even lifts, he probably inflates those numbers as well. Turd burglar.
Well folks. This is my last day in uniform. I start transition/terminal leave tomorrow with an effective date of retirement of 30 June 2015
As many of you know I am retiring from the Army National Guard’s AGR program. I spent the last 13 years in this gig and the 13 previous in the Regular Army (9 of that enlisted). I will retire as a Major after being taken out on the Selective Retention Board last year.
In my state there are 32 AGR Majors and 17 AGR Lieutenant Colonels. So obviously all of us can’t make it. Especially when you have a bunch of “vacancy promotion” LtCols with very little AFSC time who will be blocking those positions for years to come. Such is the roll of the dice when it comes to an AGR career.
That being said if this motherf * cker keeps and retires as a LtCol that is a slap in the face to everyone like me. Not to mention to the US Army as a whole.
Didn’t pass Air Assault School after 2 attempts? WTF!!!??
It’s not that he didn’t pass air assault. It’s the fact that he was DOR from air assault that pisses me off.
I went to AAS in Hawaii….we had a few retreads in my class from the previous group, but I do believe they managed to graduate the second go around.
AAS is tough, but not that tough.
AAS Hawaii 1991
Air Assault School- “The toughest ten days in the Army.” Bwahhhhahaha!
Air Assault- “Too scared to jump…too lazy to walk!”
It is by no means the toughest 10 days in the Army, but as far as I know has always had a higher washout rate than basic airborne school.
My class, late 80’s at Ft. Campbell, I think a good 40-50% washed out.
Many on “zero day,” and many more on the slingload/rigging test.
I enjoyed the hell out of that course. Good memories. I was gunning for honor grad, but there was a Sgt. Steed, TDY from 10th Mountain, who just was unbeatable.
Big Steve,
Did they still jump from a Huey into the tree-landing platform then?
For those who don’t know, it was in a tree (branches cut off to make arms) about 60 ft off the ground and the “net” was made of chain-link fencing. I’d swear the tree was at least 100′ tall … but I guess not. The bird hovered about 10 ft. above the “net” and you jumped, then rappelled down to the ground. That was more intimidating to me than my first parachute jump (which didn’t bother me at all).
No brother… that’s a new one on me. But would have been pretty cool. I loved that sort of stuff.
Naw… we just had our real slingloading operation (3 man team… signalman, hookup man, and static probe man), plus the 5 rappels from Hueys AND Blackhawks (so you did both door and skid jumps). 3 day, 2 night as I recall.
On the slingloading op, you got a turn to do each of the 3 jobs on the team.
Too bad, you missed a great experience! I wonder why they stopped it?
I remember all the other stuff, except the UH-60 because those were not fielded until about 1980-81. My platoon did the load trials: no seats, how many men & rucks can be packed & moved. As I recall, it was 13 … but we all had to stand bending over to some degree, depending on one’s height.
Loved flying NOE in the Blackhawk — it could do “negative Gs” (dunno if that’s what it’s really called). But when taking a sharp bank and descending, you can actually fall out. I almost lost my PSG but grabbed his LBE in time. He went off status the next day and didn’t fly again!
Your last paragraph is fascinating, because we did a nighttime air assault (non-rappelling) op on day 3 I believe.
I think there was 8 or 9 of us in the bird and I was on an outside position near the open door. We were flying NOE, and on a sharp bank. I was pulled toward the door and realized how easy it would be to fall out.
Yeah, open-door position is great in a Huey — no way to fall out because the centrifugal force plants you solidly. Not so true with the Blackhawk.
Found this image on the ‘net. It’s a photo of the tree landing platform mock tower.
I just cannot find an on-line photo of the actual platform.
And regarding negative-Gs … they were great when your ruck would float up to your knees during a sharp descent. I LOVE NOE.
Hmmm, they must still have that sign posted somewhere.
In 1974 when the school was just starting up, somebody tacked up one of those signs with a line on it to the stairs leading to the rappelling tower that said “You must be this tall to graduate”.
Maybe that’s where the LTC “came up short” twice.
O-4E, Thank you for your service.
Thank you. I truly appreciate it.
It hit me last night when the wife and I were moving in a new dresser and moving the clothes over. I no longer need two drawers full of tan t shirts and green socks. Then this morning realizing it was the last time since I was 17 I will ever have to pull on this uniform again.
….Nor the ACU’s hanging in the closet.
I saved my Blues and Mess Dress, the rest was gone even before the last active paycheck hit the bank.
Thank you, Major. The Army is losing a Good Guy today.
Sir, I will also mirror the laudatory remarks of our community.
Thank you for your service and best of luck in your future endeavors.
What the others said, O-4E. Thank you for your service, and enjoy your retirement.
And to think Admiral Boorda shot himself over an accusation of an “iffy” “V” device on his NCM.
It was NOT “iffy.” He was NOT awarded a V device.
The Navy use of the V device is different from the Army.
It was kind of BS that he would have been kosher if his ship had been assigned to COMNAVFORVNM as opposed to COMNAVFORPAC operating in Vietnamese waters.
Heck, as CNO he could have corrected the regulation to have made himself and many others legal.
His claims and DA photo and answers should be enough to warrant some kind of justice.
No Article 15?
When I was awarded my master jump wings…I waited for the orders, even though I had the number of jumps six months before the orders were cut.
I have heard of the civillian- military disconnect…and now an Active Duty-National Guard disconnect?
What a phucking joke.
There is no disconnect. RA, ARNG, and USAR all have the same standards. Army Values? PC deity or lack thereof your choice help us all. Sad to say there is a reason I chose 01 April as my retirement effective date.
I’m wondering, at this point, if he’s authorized to wear the buttons on his uniform.
He ought not be authorized to wear any US Army Uniform ever again. He has dishonored himself and the ranks of the officer corps with his lies, that he has not been dismissed dishonors the honest and fine men who serve as officers alongside this fuckstick of a human.
This is what comes of not demanding that our leaders, both civilian and military, be held to the highest standards of honor and conduct. We are reaping what comes from accepting the lowest common denominator of behavior from those who are supposed to lead by example.
In certain aspects of today’s Army, I am surprised he was not promoted and assigned to the Pentagon.
“I’m wondering, at this point, if he’s authorized to wear the buttons on his uniform.”
I say: I’m wondering, at this point, who the ef sized up that jacket for him. He is not only is wearing unauthorized decorations, he looks like a bag of ass in an over-sized coat!
That’s because he is a bag of ass….if it looks like, walks like, and talks like…well you know the deal.
He looks like a dirty used Q-Tip to me.
Shit stain.
Right in the bottom of Phildo’s toilet.
That, my man, is low.
Yep, every time I see a picture of him, my mind goes to the image of that naughty “Flasher in a Trenchcoat” garden gnome that I’ve been trying to talk my wife into letting me buy for the past 30 years.
“Little man in a fat guy’s coat….”
Come on! Everyone can sing along!
I continue to be astonished at the risks some of the higher ranking officers take with their behavior, phony awards, etc.
Patraeus, Sinclair from the 82nd, this LtCol Green, et al.
With so much to lose…. WHAT ARE THEY THINKING?!
Big Steve: beginning at around the O5/E8 or E9 level (yeah, it happens to an extent with very senior NCOs too IMO), some folks seem to begin to think the rules “no longer apply to them”. Or, as we’d have said where I grew up: “They start a-thinkin’ their sh!t don’t stink.”
Some get caught quickly; others, not for a while. It’s a shame – but we see it all too often.
Those grades seem to be where true large-scale authority come into play for the first time, at least in the Army – and that can be quite revealing of an individual’s character. I think Robert Caro, LBJ’s biographer, probably put it best:
Good post. I think you’re on to something, and excellent quote. Thanks, Hondo.
there was “a discussion of being put in for”…I feel him there.
Okay guys, this is NO shit, there I was. The Top was talking DSC or better and the LT was on board. So it went up to the Company Commander and due to his simple, silly jealousy and something about “details, details, there’s no fuckin’ details in here!”, he put the kibosh on it. So there I was, with my privately purchased (at no small expense I might add) DSC in my locker, just waiting for the awards ceremony. Man was I feeling really dicked over about that for quite a while. But I got over it and eventually tossed it over the White House fence in protest. A word to the wise, I learned the hard way, if it never goes beyond “a discussion of being put in for” ________(Your Desired Medal Here) you’re pretty much screwed. Get it in writing. /sarc and humor off now/
A few years ago I was awarded an MSM after 4 years of working my butt off. I felt pretty good about it and the chain of command backed me on it.
I PCS’d to my new unit and 5 minutes after the Rear Det Cdr pinned it on I was in his office and he said, “Aw, well it doesn’t mean anything. I just don’t think awards you get in the rear mean anything.” Not only did that piss me off, but I asked “Do you have one Sir?” “Oh, uh no I don’t.” That’s all I needed to know about why he said that to me.
That TOTALLY sucks, Eric. That Rear Det Cdr is a shitbird, and I like your response to him.
Don’t know if you were enlisted or officer, but the MSM ain’t that easy to get for us enlisted guys. I was fortunate enough to get one. I have one, and the only thing a senior NCO at my next duty station (where it was awarded) said “Wow. Someone must have really done some good writing to get you that.” He was an OK guy, and meant nothing bad by it.
I’m not sure if the PS (Plaster Saint) era and that one team, one fight thing is still in play or not, so…
I’m gonna chew my tongue and not snark about the US Army and its badge system so closely resembling the Boy Scouts.
See? I can do restraint just fine.
And the Marines wear what, exactly, to indicate Pilot, Aircrew, Airborne and Weapons Marksman qualifications, Grimmy? (smile)
He looks like he’s a future transsexual. I just can’t figure whether under that over sized jacket is a woman who wants to be a man or a man who is working on becoming a woman.
“I’m wondering, at this point, if he’s authorized to wear the buttons on his uniform.”
Maybe he’s really a short colonel in the Civil Air Patrol. I’m sure Dennis Chevalier can vouch for him.