Brent Eckert; phony SEAL
Our partners at Military Phonies share their work on this Brent Eckert fellow who claims that he was a Navy SEAL, of course.
He was in the Navy for about four years as an Aviation Warfare Systems Operator at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida. He never attended BUD/S or any training that could be confused as SEAL Training.
He does, however, have several convictions for possession of controlled substances and assault, so there are records that the National Personnel Records Center doesn’t have in their archives. There’s a list of those arrests at Military Phonies.
Category: Phony soldiers, Valor Vultures
Navy and Marine Medal? Be interested to see the citation on that one.
Cocksucker.
Boom!
13 of 17 in “A” school, was an E-4 when he showed up at the squadron but left the service as an E-3, and no GCM. I’m guessing that his LPO wasn’t too disappointed while he was out-processing.
TPU in August, on the street in early October.
Three guesses what would be an automatic bust and separation, especially around 1990.
A decoration for heroism, one that is indisputably honored, and he still has to lie about his service?
Just too weird.
Jesus fuck, why do these liars always (mostly) turn out to look like beached got-damn whales??
It looks like his neck and chin have their *own* neck and chin.
I just came back from the VAHCC geting my flu shot. I found out I’ve lost almost 40 pounds. Now you know where any weight you lose goes.
You know what a walrus looks like? How about an elephant seal? They’re HUUUUGE! He should feel at home in such a herd.
Forty pounds? Wow. I lost forty pounds. Unfortunately, fifty pounds found me.
UIC 31916? Another BRIG RAT!
(5) ACC: 391 Transient Personnel Unit, Naval Air
Station, Jacksonville (UIC 31916) for (number) days confinement
at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Pretrial Confinement Facility
(PCF)and further disposition.
Assuming you’re correct, his report date to that UIC is also quite . . . interesting. He reported in there on 13 Aug 1990 – or 11 days after Saddam Hussein’s army seized Kuwait.
TPU is not the same as the brig. CCU is.
TPU can be used for a number of reasons, mostly for folks in a limbo status awaiting transfer to another school or duty station, or in his case, getting kicked to the curb.
ChipNASA, if you’re going to drop the Wall of Insults on this salami turkey, you could add: elephant seals could pound him to a pulp
Grazie!!
Looks like he started out well, did his 4 years, extended his enlistment for another year and shortly thereafter made E-3 (on the way down) again and was discharged. If he actually earned the Navy Marine Medal, he was a genuine hero. That’s a rare one. Since he was apparently a rescue swimmer it’s possible.
But it’s never enough for some folks.
FFS, the guy was a rescue swimmer and STILL had to pretend to be a SEAL. Like you said, “… it’s never enough for some folks.”…
Not that rare. We had two at one of my old commands. One was for saving a civilian, from s burning car, and other was saving a guy on a dive.
Why do all of these lying cocksuckers always have to be SEAL’s? Doesn’t anyone want to be a Ranger or a Green Beret anymore? Maybe we should start a pool on when the next phony Ranger shows up?
I’ve not made accurate count, but I believe we are averaging a 8:1 SEAL:other_SF ratio here.
I think it’s because there are a lot of sailors who feel guilty that their service wasn’t heroic, you know, since we haven’t had any great naval battles against an enemy since World War II. If the President would only pick a fight with a major sea power, we wouldn’t have so many SEAL pretenders.
Major naval sea power? Who would that be? The Russian carrier that “sailed” through the Channel last year was being towed by another ship as I recall. The Chinese carriers are second hand Russian junk with ski jump takeoff. Hell, the only major sea power left would be the Brits!🤠
A naval war with China would be no joke.
When fleet Sailors wind up KIA, it’s in the dozens and hundreds, never just 1 or 2.
A mentor of mine passed away recently, a Korean war UDT veteran badass.
Some of my favorite tales told by him were of his CC in boot and his other instructors – all fleet Sailors and combat veterans of WW2.
Read ‘Neptune’s Inferno’ for how truly badass the USN Sailors who fought the japs to a standstill and then gave them a whuppin’ were (and the japs were no pushovers when it came to naval combat).
“Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors” is both a good read, and an inspiring story of extraordinary Valor.
One of the gunnery Os aboard the Johnston in that battle was one of my HS chemistry teachers.
I wish the internet existed back then in the form it’s in today. I had no idea at the time what a badass he was and what he’d been through.
If only I’d known – I’d have been in his room after school every day for a month asking questions and hoping for stories.
“The Bravest Man” by William Tuohy is another good one that chronicles the missions of our WWII Submariners.
http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/724000/Channel-russian-war-ship-aircraft-carrier-malfunction-dover-technical-smoke-pipes
::snerk::
Maybe those “controlled” substances rewired a few connections in his brain pan…headspace and timing might be all out of whack now…
It is really sad when a good man goes down the drug drain.
Sure, it is a self-inflicted wound. Still, what a waste.
And I have seen -way- too many fall this way. (Booze, pills, party-stuff, etc)
Sad.
I have fond memories watching Ole and the rest of the Minnesota Wrecking Crew on Georgia Championship Wrestling.
Arn and Ole Anderson.
I’m old enough to remember Gene and Lars !!
Lars ANDERSON, not that other one.
He was an AW3 at some point…
https://www.navysite.de/cruisebooks/cv67-88/270.htm
Nothing says NAVY SEAL like their universal response, “ooh rah”.
Everyone knows they never say, “HooYah”.
LEGIT.
I thought it was “HooHa”.
I believe the ladies can confirm that.
😉 😀
LOL
Maybe Brent Eckert likes to yell “Hoo-hah” while thinking of his favorite dish out behind The Blue Oyster?
Turd.
So helo crew and SAR swimmer wasn’t enough for this individual? Fuck him and the horse he rode in on.
A SAR swimmer posing as ANYTHING else always surprises me.
USN SAR can always (sort of) point to Kevin Costner’s movie ‘The Guardian’, so to speak.
Stationed in Florida.
Not a frog, not a leaping frog, but a squashed frog. Brent Eckert, was never a Navy SEAL. (Google hit.)
Looks like Brent is a frequent customer at the BTJT Deli (Home of the WORLD FAMOUS Cockmeat Sammich)… and drugs are a big part of his life. Wouldn’t be surprised if that’s what led to him being booted out of the Navy
My highest is a Joint Commendation… I feel so… inadequate.
CTIC(SG) (Ret)
The guy actually never said he was a Navy SEAL. He claimed he was a frogman. I know nothing of Navy culture; was frogman ever used to describe anyone other than a SEAL? I ask because according to Wikipedia:
A frogman is someone who is trained in scuba diving or swimming underwater in a tactical capacity that includes police or military work. Such personnel are also known by the more formal names of combat diver, combatant diver, or combat swimmer.
According to that definition, he would be correct. I’m sure he probably wants people to think SEAL, but he never actually came out and said it.
Thoughts?
“Frogman” in my mind conjures images of guys in scuba gear clandestinely reconnoitering assault beaches and mining ships at pier-side, but that’s just me.
For a point of reference, I was a Navy helo rescue swimmer, too, and never claimed to be anything else.
This guy seems to have an untreated substance abuse problem…but, I say your dog don’t hunt on this.
SAR swimmers seem to sport a Freddie the Frog tattoo after they graduate from a nasty school that puts you in a situation where a person (a skilled SAR instructor) tries to drown you as the main focus of the class.
All my passing experience with SAR swimmers in the 80’s and 90’s had them talking about being frogs. They were all inked up with a frog tat, and fiercely proud of it to. They were not Frogmen but frogs (lower case).
Interestingly enough the US Navy propaganda places SAR swimmers in the Special Operations category (not to be confused with Special Warfare). The Navy claims they support Special Warfare guys.
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Last I knew the Navy and Marine Corps Medal wasn’t a trinket. Mother Ocean is a harsh mistress and those folks who jump into ocean with masks and flippers are legit.
I don’t see where he lays claim to be a Navy SEAL. He writes poorly no doubt but he isn’t saying he is a SEAL that I can see.
Yeah…the more I look into this stolen valor claim the more it bothers me. I think this one is a miss. Looks like this guy was fishing Sailors out of the water back in the 80’s when the USS Bonefish decided to have a battery fire. If these are truly the facts this guy was a heroic bastard for that one shining moment. As a submarine sailor I tip my hat to him.
Still don’t see a single statement where he explicitly says he is a SEAL. Again, according to the Navy SAR swimmers are considered Special Operations so I can understand the confusion. I would say it is not ok to call stolen valor on this.
Well, he does appear to unambiguously referred to himself as a “LEAPFROG”. Isn’t that the Navy’s Parachute Demo Team?
I was in the navy before I switched to the army. We used to laugh at divers and rescue swimmers who referred to themselves as frogmen. Maybe this was what he was referring to?
I was contacted by one of his FB friends that said: “I am not saying he’s a upstanding person but he was indeed in the Navy and was a Seal. I’ve known this family well over 35 years. I am NOT close friends with them but do know he was a seal.” So he meant frogman to be SEAL.
Not arguing his intent. Likely some higher value targets afoot…