Douglas B. Sherrow; phony Corps Commander
Someone sent us their work on this Character, Douglas B. Sherrow who claimed to be the XVIIIth Airborne Corps Commander, a three-star-general. He gave out this business card;
This is his LinkedIn Profile;
Well, according to his records, he retired as an armor branched officer in the New York National Guard. He began his military career in 1970 as an enlisted soldier in the Guard and then he was commissioned in 1972 and he spent his entire career in the National Guard, until he retired in 1994. He wasn’t even parachutist qualified, one would think that a commander of an Airborne Cops could jump from an airplane. He had no deployments in his 24 years of service.
Category: Phony soldiers, Valor Vultures
Man, fuck this guy.
A 24 years of service light colonel and you have to still lie to make yourself . . . what. . . feel more special? What the hell. I wish I understood this. Sure there are things I wish I could have done in my time in the Marine Corps (retirement date now set for 29 November) but I didn’t do those things. Oh well. What I did do I’m damn proud of and will be content to brag about that at the VFW some day down the road in, say, 2062 when I’m 90. If people aren’t impressed with my being in “the Iraq War”, well they can go suck a monkey.
And anyone who brags about killing people is obviously not a person to be taken seriously.
“I got paid a lot of money to kill people.”
Dude, you were in the National Guard in the 1970’s and 80’s.
The only thing you got paid to kill was time.
He was identified as a General Officer and was a Speaker at this South Carolina Heroes Monument Dedication that had Gold Star Moms there (scroll thru the album and you will see several pictures of him with the title “General”)…
http://rjennings2553.jalbum.net/SC%20Fallen%20Heroes%20Memorial/SC%20Fallen%20Heroes%20Monument%20Dedication/index.html#2013%20VFW%20Memorial-3-2.jpg
In looking at the pictures, it looks as if the VFW Post 10420 at Murrells Island, SC was involved in the dedication.
Don’t know when the event occurred or if this VFW invited the “General” to be the guest speaker.
Now I understand why he was wearing the Fallen Soldier pin on his lapel.
Who else has he fooled?
The monument itself was etched with “Dedicated Veterans Day 2013”, so I’m thinking that’s when the event took place.
Thanks, Claw for the info on the date as well as identifying the pin he wore.
Puzzling how he got to be the guest speaker at this event.
See picture 72/114. I’m betting that COL from the St. James HS ROTC invited him.
I do know one thing (see picture 42/114) and that is the most FU’ed hand salute by Sherrow to the Colors I’ve ever seen.
I’m thinking more and more there is some sort of illness (Dementia, Alzheimers, etc) at work here when it comes to his behavior.
Thought the EXACT same thing when I saw his hand salute…👍👌 and agree with you & others about his mental state of mind. After all, his initials ARE DS (as in DB & DW, if you get my drift).
Somehow, DS got himself into that dedication, perhaps by personally knowing the JRROTC COL or a member of the VFW. Hopefully, someone who was at that event will read @ DS on TAH and comment to give us the “rest of the story.”
Thanks again, Claw.
Maybe that could be his defense:
But you see, I INDENTIFY as a general officer who was commanding officer of an airborne corps.
A close look at his employment history which occurred in between his drill weekends (where he was getting paid to kill people) will likely show a boring unfilled life with little validation from family & those around him.
Of note..did he not figure that a Lieutenant General’s (0-9) personal awards would/should far exceed an MSM and Army Comm medal ?
CAPT Bones USN (ret)
You mean like a Legion of Merit, DSM, DSSM, little trinkets like that?
This turd sucker looks like that little Gwildor dude from the old He-man movies.
Can Guard officers be brought on AD to face a 15-6 investigation (oh please, oh please…)
It’s my understanding that regardless of his type of service (AD, NG, Reserves, etc) that unless an officer has resigned their commission, they are an officer and will always be subject to recall by the government (for whatever purpose the government deems necessary) until the day they die.
If I’m wrong, feel free to correct me.
I don’t understand that “Civilian Education and Military Schools” snippet you show. According to it, am I to assume he attended both Armor and infantry officer (IOBC) training? And “C&GS” (Command & General Staff?) twice?
According to his “Record of Assignments” he served as an Infantry officer (11X) and Quartermaster officer (92X). Oddly, career field 40X, his duty MOS as a platoon leader, I found listed as “Space Operations”.
tim, the Officer’s MOS of 4010 (during the Vietnam Era MOS designation period) was described as “Supply Staff Officer (G4, S4)”
You just have to think of the old timey days, back when the command of “First Rank, Kneel” was the order of the day./smile
Correctamundo, Clawmaster. And the fact there is no 7 prefix to his officer MOS shows he was never airborne qualified and could not serve in any unit of the XVIII Airborne Corps, let alone command it.