Mark Kaufman revisited
You might remember Mark Kaufman from a few months ago when a local news source busted him for pretending to be a retired Special Forces, demolitions expert, diver, Ranger, Jungle Expert, well…here read this;
He was trying to get folks to buy him a service dog. When the media got wind of his pretend service, his tin cup website went away. Well, one of our readers decided to go digging to find out exactly what Kaufman’s military career looked like. It took him months of FOIA requests, but here it is;
He spent some time in the Pennsylvania National Guard as a 12B engineer and then moved to Texas and became a nurse. Oddly enough, I don’t see any service in Grenada or the Falklands (you know, the war between England and Argentina). I don’t see Ranger or Special Forces training – hell, there’s not even any parachutist training. Unless there are jungles in Texas, I don’t see any training in that either. And, oh, yeah, he left the Guard as a sergeant, not a Master Sergeant.
Kaufman blames Bill Clinton for making him leave the active force for the Guard, but, it looks like he was in the Guard through the whole Clinton terms of presidency except for a year in 93-94 when he was on Federal duty. I blame Bill Clinton for a lot of things but forcing this youngster into the reserve service isn’t one of them.
The funny thing is, the good folks who were donating for his dog probably would have donated their money anyway without his tall tales. Now he’s just SOL. Dumbass.
Category: Phony soldiers
Another poser biters the big green weenie of fate…
Yeah but he has the BIG ONE! The hard to get NDSM!!!!
When one claims that one is divorced and looking is the acknowledgement of the lack of bladder and bowel control a large selling point these days?
I am unaware of large hordes of females in their 60s seeking pants pissers for companionship….
Am I missing something in the new dating scene?
Way to turn off women AND baffle them with a lot of military lingo at the same time, hero!
I understood VOV perfectly. You, not so much.
I think Anonymous may have been referring to Kaufman’s Facebook description of himself vice VOV’s comment, PN. I could be wrong.
What is it with stolen valor and service dogs?
As a prop to gain sympathy and goodwill would be my guess. Might be useful as an “in” to get free stuff from people.
I could be wrong, though.
There is no real certification process that needs to be met to call a dog a “Service Dog” for PTSD. If you have a small kennel and want to make $5,000 a dog instead to $100 call the pup a “Service Dog”.
If your bitch has pups start a fund me account or better yet have someone that says they are a war hero start one to help some poor veteran get his dog.
One of the great things about having a service dog for PTSD is the dog will never tell you how full of shit you are.
I have just learned to embrace my bullshit.
Why limit yourself to Service Dogs when there is the whole kingdom of “Service Animal” to exploit? Service Hedgehogs, Service Gerbils, Service Sugar Gliders, Service Pot Bellied Pigs, Service Guppies, ad
infinitumnauseum. When I worked for an airline, we were taught that a service animal is a service animal because its human says it is… end of story.Service Sugar Gliders, what a visual! lol
…I think Hollywood has already picked up on service Gerbils. 😉
I’d kinda like to have a Service Woman, if you are picking up what I’m laying down..
For $200.00 you can go online and have your animal registered as a service dog, compltete with Identification and Documents.
Of course the online company takes your word for it and is not qualifed to decide if your animal is a service dog or not. It just cites regulations on the ID and documents.
Now that would be an interesting thing for me to look into. If you have any additional info links etc, please post them or email them.
I have about come to the end of my patience with these people.
Thanks OD, I just spent the last hour doing Google Fu and Bourbon will not wash the shitty taste out of my mouth.
UFB, here is one for $79.95. No wonder peoples pets are turning up missing. Do a fund raiser, claim to be a war hero providing dogs to other veterans, raise $5,000, snatch that neighbors dog that won’t stop yapping and sell his furry little ass.
You get peace and quiet, $5.000 (minus the $79.95 of course) and someone that at least calls himself a veteran gets a dog.
This is win, win, win. Except for the dog possibly.
http://shop.registermyserviceanimal.com/Emotional-Support-Animal-Registration-0107.htm
To be far, his NGB 22 shows he received the coveted “MG ltr of appreciation” so he was obviously an operator.
Supper top secret Operator, or operator as Fack ! ! ! In his own mind of course
Maybe I’m being too picky here, but how did the guy get a GCM with less than three years of continuous active service? His ’86 DD214 shows less than two years AD. Or is my eyesight really starting to go…
AR 600-8-22, Chapter 4, Paragraph 4-5c, allows for that to be possible for the first award.
I’m not defending Mark Kaufman either. His NGB 22 shows a little over 17 and a half years reserve time for pay, as well as his transfer to the IRR. If those 17 years were good years for retirement purposes, and if he did additional good years for retirement purposes after that, and he receives a 20 year letter, he’d be eligible for retirement pay at 60.
That alone should be enough for him to be proud of, pending opportunities he took advantage of versus passed on.
If he didn’t get those good years, he should’ve put in the efforts to getting those good years that he did lying about his accomplishments.
Yep, also the Guard admin sometimes isn’t on the ball – NY awarded me a GCM for OIF2, even though I already had 2 from RA. Still trying to get them to rescind that one.
When I was in, If you served a “short” tour (2year enlistment, early release due to congress declaring a RIF, etc.) and your character of service otherwise meets the GCM requirements, the rules assume you would continue to do so, thus you get the GCM. if you returned to active duty, you had to finish out the eligibility period on GCM #1 before the period of #2 starts. This was sometimes missed for return-to-active-duty folks.
Major S:)T-BAG… WITH TURD FLAKES ALL OVER ! ! !
Way to go trash a good service record. And Jonn is right they would have probably given you a service dog for you just being you. Jack A$$
Actually, I did miss 9 month of prior AD which would have put him at 3 yrs AD. The reason there are so many of these posers popping up is the potential money available. Remember, you can file compensation claims electronically and then upload all the related documentation yourself. Then the C&P examiner has to DISPROVE your claims of trauma and injury – not prove it. That’s the big disconnect because obviously the military can’t provide your records – they don’t exist. However, show up to an exam with a provided service dog it kind of legitimizes it, don’t you think? I’m digressing here, but the other related issue is that some C&P examiners get paid BY THE EXAM, which means the more exams they can push through, the more money they make. So it’s easy for the posers and forgers to get through the system.
The first award can be less than 3 but more than 1 – many Reserve and Guard were awarded them when tours were 12+ months early on in OIF/OEF. Service has to be continuous, though, not cumulative.
Based on his records, I believe he is not even a school certified 91C Practical Nurse. I believe he was a final hands on practical application test phase failure.
The DD214 issued at the end of the 1 year 8 days active duty period in 1994 still has his PMOS as 91B, and does not list the school as being completed in Block 18. Also the Military Education portion of the 2-1 does not have an entry to show completion of the school. My older brother was a 91C and relayed to me exactly what the requirements were to graduate from that 54 week duration school, so I’m a little familiar with the inner workings.
Bottom line, 91B -Yes. 91C-No Go at this station.
Oops, my goof up.
That should read as Block 14, not Block 18, on the DD214 from 1994.
Make the appropriate pen and ink change.
Further confirmation of this lie is seen on the one page for assignments.
That certainly looks to me that a B was inked over and changed into a C for the MOS as of 970624.
This dude is Bill Cowher imposter.
Scumbag.
His “Malvinas”(a professor I had refused to call them the Falklands) records were probably lost when the HMS Sheffield was sunk.
I love his intro, “Divorced and looking…” Then proceeds to tell the ladies, in other words, “I can’t get it up, wear diapers, have dentures, can’t drive you on a date, we’ll have to “get it on” with grandma in the parlor with us”. WHAT A CATCH! Plus, no pension with only 3 and 1/2 years till his “good until date” expires. Yea he’s every lady’s dream, who’s looking for that “one foot in the grave and the other on a banana peel”, sugar daddy. TURD!
This maggot is probably looking for a sugar daddy.
Word…fag
Not to mention being bipolar, a veritable chick-magnet.
Unless I missed it somewhere, the question that needs to be answered is:
What is the status on his current service dog named Randy? The old boy was said to be 13 or 14 years old when the story on this LSOS first surfaced.
Is Randy still counted among the living or has he made the trip over Rainbow Bridge?
I have a wonderful dog who would love fresh meat. Come on over, Indie is trained in two languages…google “doden” in Dutch and German.
As per his FB page, he’s “held numerous decorations and awards.” Maybe he meant that literally. My old awards clerk can say the same thing.