Mark Jerome; Phony Sniper, Phony Combat Wounded, Phony Beirut Veteran
Mark Paul Jerome comes to us from Stony Creek, New York. Mark is 55 years old as of March 2019.
Mark claims to have been a Sergeant of Marines (E-5) as well as a Scout Sniper (MOS 8541).
Mark claims on his Facebook page that he served from 1982 – 1989, and held the MOS’s of 0311 (Rifleman), 0331 (Machine Gunner) and 8541 (Scout Sniper).
Mark served in the U.S. Marine Corps and by the judge of the bling he wears, he is damn proud of that.
Here he displays a Purple Heart, along with the label “COMBAT WOUNDED.”
In a picture he used as his Facebook profile photo for a while, he also suggests he was awarded the Purple Heart.
And in the following photo he wears a Purple Heart medal on his ball cap.
This photo shows the same ball cap and Purple Heart medal, but also shows the Sgt insignia.
In these photos of his jacket, you can see the patches for 0311, 0331 and 8541.
BEIRUT, LEBANON
Then there is the matter of Beirut, Lebanon. If Jerome was wounded between 1982 and 1989 as he claimed, there were only a few conflicts that this could happen to him — Beirut, Lebanon 1982-1984, Operation Urgent Fury – Invasion of Grenada in 1983 and Operation Just Cause – Invasion of Panama in Dec 1989.
At one point, Mark was a member of the Beirut Veterans of America (BVA) Facebook group.
He was asked a few questions in PMs.
MNPF probably meant Multi-National Peacekeeping Force but the correct acronym is MNF for Multi-National Force in Lebanon.
An old post had a friend claim that Mark Jerome was there during the Marine Barracks bombing in Beirut on 23 Oct 1983. Mark never corrected him and posted in the same thread.
In this post, Jerome suggests he is on the ground in Beirut calling in a fire mission from the USS New Jersey, a ship which did fire shells into Beirut.
He was asked about his service in Beirut as well as his Purple Heart.
At this point – Mark Jerome blocked the person asking the questions. It sounds like it was too painful for Mark to talk about.
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ACTIONS CONDUCTED BY MILITARY PHONIES
A Purple Heart database for all wounded in Beirut was checked – Mark Jerome’s name was not on it.
Mark Paul Jerome’s military records were ordered through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request.
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FOIA RESULTS – SELECTED
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FOIA RESULTS – COMPLETE
NATIONAL PERSONNEL RECORDS CENTER – NPRC
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE MANPOWER DATA CENTER – SCRA
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USMC CAR / HSM DATABASE
A search of the USMC Combat Action Ribbon (CAR) and Humanitarian Service Ribbon (HSM) database came back with a “NO RECORD” response.
It must be noted, however, that this database has been known to not be 100% inclusive so nothing can be concluded from a negative result.
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US NAVY CRUISE BOOKS
Mark Jerome’s photo was not included in the group photo for STA 1/8.
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DISCUSSION and SUMMARY
SUMMARY SHEET
Mark Jerome’s summary sheet shows just under four years of active duty. He was discharged from the USMC as a Lance Corporal (E-3). He was not a Sergeant (E-5) as he claimed.
The summary sheet shows that he went on deployments due to Sea Service Deployment Ribbons. We know that one was in Japan.
The summary sheet does not show a Purple Heart as he had claimed.
This is in violation of the Stolen Valor Act.
Nothing in his military records support Jerome’s claim of training to be a Scout Sniper or serving with any STA units.
Nothing in his military records support his claim of serving in Beirut.
STOLEN VALOR
The official military records for Mark Jerome do not support many of his claims – many of which are in violation of the Stolen Valor Act.
If these claims were leveraged by Mark for something of value over the years, including monetary gain, work positions, or advertising sniper or wounded warrior to further a business, Mark may be in violation of the Stolen Valor Act. Individual state laws may apply as well.
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PHOTOS
SOCIAL MEDIA
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Posted by the fine folks at militaryphony.com
Category: Marine Corps Poser, Valor Vultures
The Bombing happened just after I started my senior year of hs. I had been approached by all the recruiters in my junior year but wasn’t sure which to go to. But Between Grenada and the bombing that terrible October I decided on the Corps. The tragedy was so horrific I just bawled , not here’s what I don’t get , first off I don’t like SV in any form but I can more easily understand why a faker would want to fake heroism or saying they served when they didn’t. I think it’s a product of low self esteem and a desire to deceive. , what I don’t get is the desire to say you were a part of, or associated with, a tragic event , be it Beirut , 911 or the Orlando massacre or even. to lie and say they have PTSD. Which I deal with and wouldn’t wish it on anyone. It blows my mind when I hear these “ I survived” stories it doesn’t make sense to me
It’s the same thing with fake POW claims. Why in God’s name would anybody pretend to have been a POW?
I think the answer is that these people are sad sack losers who see themselves primarily as “victims.”
Most of us “normals” understand that life isn’t always fair and sometimes you get dealt a bad hand. We do what we can and we get on with our lives.
But people like Jerome have completely absorbed the “victim mentality.” They see themselves as broken, hurt people. Instead of just dealing with their pain and disappointment like the rest of us, they wallow in it, they rub it all over their faces, they roll around in it and say “LOOK AT ME! I’M A VICTIM! PITY ME! WAAAH!”
Making up fake stories about PTSD or being a POW gives legitimacy and lends a heroic component to their victim-hood.
The short answer as to “why do they do it” is simple: Because it gives them what they so desperately crave: Attention, pity, unearned admiration, and in many cases, it gives them a “heroic” way to excuse their bad behavior.
While I am not suggesting this is the case with Mark Jerome, some people that have been associated with the Marine Barracks bombing have been awarded millions of dollars even though they do not appear to have been in the Marine Barracks building that was blown up.
Example: John Wayne Nash
https://valorguardians.com/blog/?p=69041
Just saying – there could be a financial, as well as a morbid incentive.
Great way to explain it, thanks. Ya know we all have our crosses to bear but I know that for us” normals” the cross is real. I’m wondering if some of these folks actually start believing their own lies to the point of experiencing “ trauma” in the first place def most want to play the victim card for sympathy it’s really messed up. I guess why maybe it’s bothering and confusing to me is I just saw the first two episodes of “ The Act “ on Hulu. It’s about the gypsy rose Blanchard true story of her mom physically and mentally torturing her by passing her off a severely disabled person to gain money and attention. So strange the way some ppls minds work. Just like those guys I see at VA with the PTSD ball caps. Smh so messed up
Jerome here is typical of so many who consider themselves a professional victim. someone who would have rose to the occasion if only given a chance to do so. Some have self loathing b/c they weren’t involved in the fray but desperately wish they had been. Punch line … IMO they are a failure but covet hero status.
I knew he was bogus from the get-go. No obvious POW/MIA Patch, no Harley, no service (PTSD) mutt, etc. Now he’s got some ‘splaining to do. Best for him to confess his bullshittery and disappear, but …
It’s hard to believe he would overlook the POW Patch, what with his love of patches. Dumbass
For someone who doesn’t want to talk about it, he sure looks proud in all those Purple Heart pictures.
I was Army, but isn’t the group of Marines/Sailors there at the time of the bombing/aftermath a fairly small community?
He does have the mandatory vest with patches.
Dumbass.
The internet is forever.
What? No dog?
POSing, lying, embellishing piece of sh^t can’t even do a decent job of posing. Shades…check; vest with bling…check;…fake off the table hat with wanna be bling…check.
No dog (thank goodness) no doo rag…no motor sickle (would need training wheels) Not supposed to wear shades unless wearing faker vest. Not supposed to wear faker vest unless wearing shades.
Here’s a Google hit for you Mark Paul Jerome…Enjoy you new found innerwebz fame!
Mark Paul Jerome (what’s up with having 3 FIRST names?) is a lying embellishing piece of excrement that should have been scrapped off the shoes before being allowed in. You possibly had honorable service in the Marine Corps when many did not serve, but you had to become a lying embellishing asshole who placed a rancid cherry on top of the sh^t sundae you made of your life. May the Souls of all Warrior Marines that served honorably gnaw upon your lying embellishing piece of sh^t self for all eternity.
ESAD Mo Fo!!!
Yeah, kinda like Lee Harvey Oswald.
Hmmmm…maybe someone should notify the Secret Service. 😉
Or like John Wayne Gacy. Have any kids gone missing in his neighborhood?
I was Army, but isn’t the group of Marines/Sailors there at the time of the bombing/aftermath a fairly small community?
Yes, pretty small. It was Basically a Battalion of Infantry with supporting units that increased the number of boots on the ground to about 1500 or so tops.
Between the USMC, USN, American civilians and the French, and its 36 years later, yes I would think the numbers would be rather small.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_Beirut_barracks_bombings
And now it appears yet another one joins the Stolen Valor Brigade. Seems they almost have enough to form their own Military or group, even better yet would be prison for Stolen Valor inmates. They try so hard and yet little recognition. What can I say, oh, next candidate soon.
“I don’t want to be reminded or talk about it at all”
I have no doubt that it hurts him to talk about it.
He’d like to direct you to his Facebook page or his apparel to get all the information you need.
Mark Paul Jerome served a little less than four years in the USMC.
Mark Paul Jerome WAS NOT present at the Beirut Bombing.
Mark Paul Jerome entered the USMC AFTER the Beirut Bombing.
Mark Paul Jerome WAS NEVER a USMC Scout Sniper.
Mark Paul Jerome WAS NEVER awarded The Purple Heart.
Mark Paul Jerome left the USMC as a Lance Corporal (E3), NOT a Sergeant.
Mark Paul Jerome WAS NEVER awarded a Combat Action Ribbon.
Mark Paul Jerome looks like he enjoys trolling for dates in highway rest areas.
Mark Paul Jerome looks like yet another Apprentice Towel Boy reject at Brucie’s Bath House (Entrance in Rear).
Mark Paul Jerome never called a Fire Mission in from the USS New Jersey onto Beirut.
Mark Paul Jerome IS NOT in the Purple Heart Database of those Wounded in Beirut.
Mark Paul Jerome smiles like he enjoys blowing winos behind bus stops for spare change to buy more patches for his vest which looks like it was MADE IN CHINA.
Mark Paul Jerome sports a “Bling Vest” in the pics but NO Harley or a dog.
Mark Paul Jerome smiles like a back alley trickster at The Blue Oyster.
Mark Paul Jerome looks like a Dutch Rudder Gang wannabe.
Mark Paul Jerome has been found out to be an embellisher and will soon discover The Power of Google®™. Hear that Mark Paul Jerome? Get used to it Mark Paul Jerome, because THE INTERNET IS FOREVER.
OH, Commo Check,
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Pixel Dust. Roger, Radio Check, Out
I meant a Commo Check like this, the more the merrier because each mention of his name is a Google®™ hit:
Mark Paul Jerome served a little less than four years in the USMC.
Mark Paul Jerome WAS NOT present at the Beirut Bombing.
Mark Paul Jerome entered the USMC AFTER the Beirut Bombing.
Mark Paul Jerome WAS NEVER a USMC Scout Sniper.
Mark Paul Jerome WAS NEVER awarded The Purple Heart.
Mark Paul Jerome left the USMC as a Lance Corporal (E3), NOT a Sergeant.
Mark Paul Jerome WAS NEVER awarded a Combat Action Ribbon.
Mark Paul Jerome looks like he enjoys trolling for dates in highway rest areas.
Mark Paul Jerome looks like yet another Apprentice Towel Boy reject at Brucie’s Bath House (Entrance in Rear).
Mark Paul Jerome never called a Fire Mission in from the USS New Jersey onto Beirut.
Mark Paul Jerome IS NOT in the Purple Heart Database of those Wounded in Beirut.
Mark Paul Jerome smiles like he enjoys blowing winos behind bus stops for spare change to buy more patches for his vest which looks like it was MADE IN CHINA.
Mark Paul Jerome sports a “Bling Vest” in the pics but NO Harley or a dog.
Mark Paul Jerome smiles like a back alley trickster at The Blue Oyster.
Mark Paul Jerome looks like a Dutch Rudder Gang wannabe.
Mark Paul Jerome has been found out to be an embellisher and will soon discover The Power of Google®™. Hear that Mark Paul Jerome? Get used to it Mark Paul Jerome, because THE INTERNET IS FOREVER.
How Copy,
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I READBACK
BT
Mark Paul Jerome served a little less than four years in the USMC.
Mark Paul Jerome WAS NOT present at the Beirut Bombing.
Mark Paul Jerome entered the USMC AFTER the Beirut Bombing.
Mark Paul Jerome WAS NEVER a USMC Scout Sniper.
Mark Paul Jerome WAS NEVER awarded The Purple Heart.
Mark Paul Jerome left the USMC as a Lance Corporal (E3), NOT a Sergeant.
Mark Paul Jerome WAS NEVER awarded a Combat Action Ribbon.
Mark Paul Jerome looks like he enjoys trolling for dates in highway rest areas.
Mark Paul Jerome looks like yet another Apprentice Towel Boy reject at Brucie’s Bath House (Entrance in Rear).
Mark Paul Jerome never called a Fire Mission in from the USS New Jersey onto Beirut.
Mark Paul Jerome IS NOT in the Purple Heart Database of those Wounded in Beirut.
Mark Paul Jerome smiles like he enjoys blowing winos behind bus stops for spare change to buy more patches for his vest which looks like it was MADE IN CHINA.
Mark Paul Jerome sports a “Bling Vest” in the pics but NO Harley or a dog.
Mark Paul Jerome smiles like a back alley trickster at The Blue Oyster.
Mark Paul Jerome looks like a Dutch Rudder Gang wannabe.
Mark Paul Jerome has been found out to be an embellisher and will soon discover The Power of Google®™. Hear that Mark Paul Jerome? Get used to it Mark Paul Jerome, because THE INTERNET IS FOREVER.
BT
AR
ROGER 26Limabeans, I COPY:
I READBACK
BT
Mark Paul Jerome served a little less than four years in the USMC.
Mark Paul Jerome WAS NOT present at the Beirut Bombing.
Mark Paul Jerome entered the USMC AFTER the Beirut Bombing.
Mark Paul Jerome WAS NEVER a USMC Scout Sniper.
Mark Paul Jerome WAS NEVER awarded The Purple Heart.
Mark Paul Jerome left the USMC as a Lance Corporal (E3), NOT a Sergeant.
Mark Paul Jerome WAS NEVER awarded a Combat Action Ribbon.
Mark Paul Jerome looks like he enjoys trolling for dates in highway rest areas.
Mark Paul Jerome looks like yet another Apprentice Towel Boy reject at Brucie’s Bath House (Entrance in Rear).
Mark Paul Jerome never called a Fire Mission in from the USS New Jersey onto Beirut.
Mark Paul Jerome IS NOT in the Purple Heart Database of those Wounded in Beirut.
Mark Paul Jerome smiles like he enjoys blowing winos behind bus stops for spare change to buy more patches for his vest which looks like it was MADE IN CHINA.
Mark Paul Jerome sports a “Bling Vest” in the pics but NO Harley or a dog.
Mark Paul Jerome smiles like a back alley trickster at The Blue Oyster.
Mark Paul Jerome looks like a Dutch Rudder Gang wannabe.
Mark Paul Jerome has been found out to be an embellisher and will soon discover The Power of Google®™. Hear that Mark Paul Jerome? Get used to it Mark Paul Jerome, because THE INTERNET IS FOREVER.
BT
AR
((((OVER))))
TAH SW COPIES:
Mark Paul Jerome served a little less than four years in the USMC.
Mark Paul Jerome WAS NOT present at the Beirut Bombing.
Mark Paul Jerome entered the USMC AFTER the Beirut Bombing.
Mark Paul Jerome WAS NEVER a USMC Scout Sniper.
Mark Paul Jerome WAS NEVER awarded The Purple Heart.
Mark Paul Jerome left the USMC as a Lance Corporal (E3), NOT a Sergeant.
Mark Paul Jerome WAS NEVER awarded a Combat Action Ribbon.
Mark Paul Jerome looks like he enjoys trolling for dates in highway rest areas.
Mark Paul Jerome looks like yet another Apprentice Towel Boy reject at Brucie’s Bath House (Entrance in Rear).
Mark Paul Jerome never called a Fire Mission in from the USS New Jersey onto Beirut.
Mark Paul Jerome IS NOT in the Purple Heart Database of those Wounded in Beirut.
Mark Paul Jerome smiles like he enjoys blowing winos behind bus stops for spare change to buy more patches for his vest which looks like it was MADE IN CHINA.
Mark Paul Jerome sports a “Bling Vest” in the pics but NO Harley or a dog.
Mark Paul Jerome smiles like a back alley trickster at The Blue Oyster.
Mark Paul Jerome looks like a Dutch Rudder Gang wannabe.
Mark Paul Jerome has been found out to be an embellisher and will soon discover The Power of Google®™. Hear that Mark Paul Jerome? Get used to it Mark Paul Jerome, because THE INTERNET IS FOREVER.
I was at a VA hospital yesterday and didn’t see even close to the amount of bling this poser alone is sporting. Jerome earned the EGA, was a Rifleman, and honorably served a hitch. Should’ve been proud of what he did accomplish. Now internet infamy will record his lies and deceit for posterity.
I’ve yet to see anyone sporting that amount of bling anytime any time I visit the VA. I say the more bling they sport, the more full of shit they’re likely to be!
Yes, I agree. If the bling blinds you then it is likely not earned.
Roger that. The more they have, the less likely they actually earned it. Sometimes I know I am wrong. It’s funny to eavesdrop convo between/among veterans. I’ve discovered that the one with a dozen patches, leather vest, (possibly) bogus service mutt etc. will often just STFU when actual specifics are called for to defend their claims. The less they talk from the beginning, the more of a real deal I consider them to be.
Me? I’m just happy to be able to wear my Navy cover. It’s more than good enough for me.
How close are we to the one million mark for Beruit Bombing survivors?
I’m pretty sure I wasn’t there but maybe I should check my records again seeing as how everyone else was. Might have missed it.
Old age playing tricks on me.
You didn’t know?
I don’t know about that number, but I think we’ve busted about 5 guys that were the “last survivor pulled out of the rubble after 5 days”.
They say that every genuine Vietnam Vet has ten to twenty posers riding his or her coattails, I wonder what the ratio is for Beirut Warriors that were there? DS/DS? Iraq and A-stan?
Yeah, we’re approaching an ungodly number of survivors.
A few years (?) back, someone (Hondo, Poet, Jonn ?) gave an in-depth listing of KIA and WIA by name, units involved, etc. It left no doubt who was there. Wish I had kept a copy of it.
HMC,
I found this, does it look to be correct? It’s KIA only……
https://infogalactic.com/info/U.S._Servicemen_Killed_in_Action_during_1983_Beirut_barracks_bombings
Yes… and this one has photos of KIA.
http://www.beirut-memorial.org/memory/brtnames.html
Gee, if only he’d stuck to just “I was a Marine”.
He could still ride his bike and wear a vest and a baseball cap.
He just wouldn’t be quite so ridiculous.
Hey mam what is with the high School Football jersey? Also my friend William Bill Whatley was there. he was an a actual sniper mam. never talks about it-His late father was in Korean War with The Rakkasans .
Way to “Eff Up”” otherwise honorable service.
Mark Paul Jerome fucketh himself.
All of these poser ponies really piss me off, but I really get PISSED over the Purple Heart phonies! They are the lowest of the low, they are lower than snake shit! I hope a real deal Purple Heart warrior finds you and gives you all the wounds and injuries that you are too butt hurt to talk about. When they get thru with you I hope you no longer have the ability to talk!
ESAD Mark Paul Jerome!
I pray you are fucked by the barbed cock of SATAN for eternity! Enjoy your new found Google fame there you fucking butt licker!
Wait a sec! No mention of your brother?
Sorry, fuck him too!
Now I feel complete!
You gotta love this clown’s custom “SGT Jerome” ball cap. He must have $40 dollars in his fantasy cap trying to look legit. He would have had a better shot at appearing authentic by losing the gut.
He must spend hours “curving” the bills.
Probably starch’s them.
You know, a buddy of mine got me a “Retired Marine” hat for my retirement. I just can’t bring myself to wear it…..because I see too many of these asshats wear them.
It sits on my bookshelf. Staring at me. Although, I don’t have a vest, gut, or dog. So maybe I’m safe.
Deep down in places you don’t talk about at parties…
You WANT to wear that hat.
You NEED to wear that hat.
you rise and sleep under the blanket of the very authenticity it provides.
I’d sleep under a DD-214 blanket if the wife would let me buy one.
Feels so good….
Only $39.99 plus shipping.
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soooo….
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I guess you can fill it in with MagicMarker
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Speaking of bullshit, a new (to me) scam from Nigeria or wherever informed me today that the Apple computer I was own was infected and I needed to call xxxx immediately. Problem is, I was on my Dell at the time. Wow, I dodged that one.
Nah, he takes selfies in the bathroom while wearing “The Hat”.
(^__^)
It’s like a guy I know that wears a ballerina tutu while he runs the vacuum cleaner — the point is he is not hurting anybody as long as the drapes are closed.
You been spying on me????
“he is not hurting anybody”
What about miss Hoover?
And what’s she wearing?
When I was visiting Virginia my younger brother, who did a hitch and got out as a Sgt got us Matching “Marines” Hats.
I felt cringey wearing it but hats are a thing there so I did it to humor him.
I was Army, but 4 effing years and a E-3?
I was E-4 after 18 months and believe me, I wasn’t a stellar soldier by any means.
What a dikhed.
Picking up as an 0311 can be very difficult because it’s the highest populated MOS in the Corps. Depending on what the cutting score is you can be shit hot and not meet it. For the 03xx MOS’s such as 0351 the cutting score while I was in was insane essentially meaning your ass wasn’t getting close to picking up E4 with only 4 years in. It’s weird how they do it and not picking up E4 in the infantry within 4 years doesn’t mean you were a shitbag. You also have commands that fuck with marines trying to prevent them from being promoted. I saw it happen to one and had it done to me. Some NCO never turned in all of the MCI’s a marine did on purpose saying he did. How do we know? Well when his ass transferred out of the unit they were all stashed away in his barracks room to be found. I had some faggot in the company officer just flat out not submit my PFT scores before. Zero accountability for it either.
And you know what I was in a NCO billet with my own team as a lance coolie above actual corporals too so rank isn’t everything. Rank is a pay grade, billet is everything.
E4 in the Army is basically automatic, making Cpl in the Marine Corps is a lot tougher and as FatCircles 0311 said, the 03 MOS is usually the hardest. I was an 0351 and made Sgt in just under 4 years in 1981 but it was almost a fluke because I benefited from an unusual drop in the cutting score that got me promoted first time eligible.
Most Marines of that era did 4 years and got out as Lance Corporals and it was not a reflection of poor service.
Grunts promote veeeerrryyyy slowly in the Corps. E3 is usually the EAS rank for a 4 year grunt 03.
I know what a special place Dave has in his heart for Beirut posers. This asshole would be well advised to stay very far away.
Another Beirut Phony bites the dust…
Has there ever been ONE person who claimed to be a “sniper” who actually was?
Seems to me that baseball caps that have things like “Sniper” or “SEAL TEAM” or “SPECIAL FORCES” ought to be thought of as “poser bait” since I can’t imagine an actual sniper, SEAL or SF soldier actually owning one.
Would love to see a Veteran Cap with “ARMY GENERATOR MECHANIC” emblazoned on it. Or “ARMY TANK MECHANIC”. Why in the hell does it have to be “EXO-ATMOSPHERIC LASER CANNON CREWMAN” Every freaking time.
I would love to find a hat that said “Signal Corps”? But I would probably never wear it. I still have my Dear Pa’s WWII Veteran hat, he was the real deal and wore it with pride!
I have one from 229th Signal CO, but we got them custom made in Itaewon. I’m sure google can find something
Good old Itaewon. Get off the bus and Atashi runs up with a measuring tape to get your size for 3 piece suit. Not anymore. Seoul city council will soon be leveling everything to build upscale high rise condos. Ah progress.
SAY IT AIN’T SO!!!
I have a Signal Corps hat; and a Military Police hat, as well. I left the active duty army as a 95B in 1972, and spent 21 1/2 years in the CA-ARNG, mostly as a 31G, and finally a 31V.
I want one that says “TELEKINETIC WARRIOR”
I like the caps that say “DYSFUNCTIONAL VETERAN, LEAVE ME ALONE”!
Pokin around the net I saw reference to his “scout sniper asssociation” facebook page but alas it is gone.
He meant to say that he was a “butt sniper” over at Brucies Bath House (Entrance in the Rear) on Man-Love Thursdays.
Seems it would be more fitting for him to get a beanie cap with the propeller on top and claim to be a helicopter pilot.
Why is it that I have this hankering to call these scout sniper claimants “snout skippers”?
“Snot Sippers”
Can’t sip snot…get a string and it goes down in one big lump.
How about “Snout Sniffers”?
He could have been a machine gunner if he was in a line company. We had a lot of marines do weapons platoon that were infantry school 0311’s simply because they needed bodies to fill those billets. It wasn’t uncommon for marines to get sent from their platoon to weapons. They wouldn’t send them back to infantry school to formally get the MOS but they were whatever the company billeted them as for all purposes. I was billeted as a 5811 for several months but didn’t go to the school to officially earn the MOS although for a period of time in my paperwork for that command my MOS was listed as 5811. There obviously is no record of that on my DD214 under formal education though.
The rest sounds bullshit though. Many STA occupy billets they didn’t get formal schooling for as well or pass. Few get their hog’s tooth and pass the scout snipers course but the corps needs bodies filling slots in the platoon. He’d have H&S in his unit though for that and he doesn’t.
What a shitbag.
So he got out with a Good Conduct Medal, meaning he did honorable service even if he wasn’t super-high-speed. WTF, over? Just be proud of your service.
UDP Okinawa…the horror……the horror
Whisper Alley flashbacks…the psychic wars rage on decades later…please mama san…
Worst day I ever had on Oki was the morning after I got totally wrecked and misplaced my BAS keys. I had to break into the BAS to crawl in to then start an IV and push some phenergan on myself to stop the island from spinning as my head was reaching critical mass.
Jeezuzz those were the days.
Celer Silens Mortalis, 3d Recon!
Banana show will scare you for life. I get the night sweats. 😭
I heard RUMOR of a “Watermelon Show”. I hightailed it out of there fast. Although, truth be told, I WAS a bit curious……
Llama Show… ‘nuf said
2/7 UDP 95/96 Camp Schwab
Just had a full body shudder at that one. Did you SEE…?
There’s a story behind it… a long one that was still going strong at 29 Palms when I retired back in 2008. Someday I’ll post it…
OK I’ve told this story before but it needs repeating. ( STAND BY, NO SHIT STORY ENSUING) I was a lowly Transportation (TMO) airman at Kadena from 84-86. I had a dorm and office mate “Marty” who was a regular down on B.C. (Business Center = “Bring Cash”) Street at the clubs. If I remember you could get two like 8 oz Rum and Cokes for like $4, or whatever your drink of choice was, cheap rail Japanese alcohol. Well the Marines (yeah YOU GUYS) came into town from being up north on the island for 6 (week?) jungle training. We always got the safety brief when the Marines were going to invade. Well a few of us, including Marty went down to BC street to bring a “FNG” to the banana show. We found a joint where Marty knew all the girls. There were a couple of 4 top tables with Marines at them. We sat down and ordered drinks. The FNG was sitting there watching the “show”, mouth agape. I loved doing this. I remember being the FNG with my mouth agape and after the 2nd or 3rd time, it was like, Meh. So Marty already pretty tipsy goes up to closest table of Marines and yells at the, HEY FUCKERS, IF YOU EACH BUY ME A DRINK, I’LL EAT THE BANANA!!!! So, remember for like $4 you get double drinks so this was like 8 drinks for good ole Marty. The Marines were all like “Yeah ok buddy, you won’t do it, and slapped like $15 on the table. Ole Marty stood up and walked up to the stage, limbo’d, leaning over backwards and laid back on the stage. The “young lady” doing the show wiggle up, over top of Marty’s open mouth and dropped off a chunk banana “POP”, right in Marty’s pie hole. Marty stood up and screamed like a WOOOOOOPPP! or something like that and sauntered over to the Marine’s table chewing as he went. He grabbed the Marines money and walked off. I looked over ant the Jungle Trained, hardened Marines and a… Read more »
Now, that was a great story!!!
During my days as a Trucker I always heard stories about the Donkey show at “Boys Town” just South of the Border in Nuevo Laredo Mexico, they even had a van pull up to the Pilot Truck Stop to take customers! I didn’t partake because there was NO WAY I was going to let my Gringo ass go into a Border Town after dark without a bunch of real friends I knew I could count on.
Saw the ‘shows’ in TJ but never went w/o a bunch of guys. Also the shows in Kin Ville (Hansen). Felt safer there but still went with a bunch of guys. Found the shows fairly gross after seeing for a few times. Never heard of a Llama or watermelon show and don’t even want to think about it.
Schwab for a UDP pre-95. No women, Henoko Liberty Restrictions and the oldest USO on the planet.
18 months there, 18th Transportation at Kadena 84-86.
Ping Pong balls
Pepsi Bottle with coins stacked on it
Cigarettes.
I’ll reply to FatCircles0311 as well.
I suspect the same lady that was performing that “trick” in 84-86 is still there.
IIRC, someone told me she had been there for years. The same lady was performing the “show” in 1989-90 when I was on Hansen, and the same one when I was on a UDP two years later.
1989, first leave after I got qualified, did a MAC flight to PI via Oki.
Nice little warmup, if I may say.
Hate to pick nits but; my combat history page lists participation in the Beirut cluster as “Multi-National peace keeping force” in all three entries for me. Since those were the days of typewriters and multiple clerks trying to get it all done after the fact, I’m sure there are plenty of variations.
BVA refers to it as Multi-National Peacekeeping Force.
https://beirutveterans.org/join-the-bva
Oh, and this guy is still an asshole.
You are correct. On the other hand, I’ve never seen it abbreviated “MNPF.”
I thought the MNF was the one that had been in the Sinai since ~1981 or so?
Speaking of which – are we still there?
That’s the MFOO
Mark Paul Jerome DORKED THE SQUEAKHOLE by claiming to be a Beirut veteran… and I’m hoping that he catches HELL for it.
As for his dress up escapades, Mark Paul Jerome is just showing the world what he wears when he goes to Brucies Bath house (Entrance in the Rear) to work as a Junior Apprentice Towel Fluffer.
Fucking Assclown…
How do we know that Mark Paul Jerome isn’t a very regular customer at Brucie’s Bath House (Entrance In Rear)?
Because if he is a customer as well as a “Junior Apprentice Towel Fluffer” he would eventually be fucking himself.
Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
Two words:
1. Vest
2. Patches
That is all.
MCPO OUT!
You’re right. NO Do-rag, no dog(Thank God) and NO Harley!
I’m willing to bet that Mark Paul Jerome might have been a mediocre member of the USMC, a problem child that ran around the barracks screaming and bragging about his DD214 and separation when his time came, six months later was wearing EVERY kind of USMC shirt, hat and bling less than six months later and still does while spinning his web of bullshit!
Fucking TURD. You served with HONOR in a time when your country was hurting. You served in a very coveted MOS (0311 RIFLEMAN). You didn’t step on your dick (well, if you did you didn’t get CAUGHT) as evidenced by your good cookie. You saw the WORLD as evidenced by your SSDR (x2). You did your 4 years. And you now go and piss it ALL away because as good as all of that was, IT WASN’T GOOD ENOUGH. EAT A DICK, MARK PAUL JEROME. People have DIED to earn that medal you so nonchalantly sport on your little cap. “I don’t want to talk about it”. Yeah, you don’t want to talk about it because you don’t want to have to remember which story you told, you piece of shit.
So who’s grave is he pissing on in the photo?
Seems he has a habit of that.
This is why I wear nothing with any military reference. I don’t mind when others do, I just want to make sure I don’t look like this sack of balls.
Likewise here.
I found a guy who is selling off a collection of WWII/KW badges and patches. That’s history, and worth keeping.
But it is not remotely the same as what this jerk has been doing.
At one point the shitbird had this picture on his FB page.
But that is a picture of Steve Russell and his NCO’s.
From the TOW section in Beirut…
Claiming to be with him in Beirut is just stew-pid. Its not like we don’t know who was there and who was not.
Wears USMC hat adorned with pins, obnoxiously over the top USMC jersey, puts 24 pieces of flair on his vest, posts to social media constantly about his service and the horrors he saw. I’ll go out on a limb that he’s got veteran plates with a USMC license plate frame and 40-60 stickers all over the truck.
Gets asked about his time in the Corps: “I can’t talk about it, it’s too painful.”
Re a comment above that he ‘served when the country was hurting’ mid 80s was the time of Graham Rudman and Fit to Fight when cost cutting was the rule of the day.
David: That was me. The fact this dude came in THREE DAYS after Beirut is what I meant. I was but a sprout living in Jax NC area when it happened. It was a DARK TIME here.
One of these days I’m going to get me a vest to have a dog on motorcycle. The dog will wear everything and I’ll claim that he was a veteran of the Beirut.
Are BLT Marine machine gunners still called gun bunnies.
Ahhh! The ubiquitous ‘black vest’. No poser is fully dressed without it. I even see BS vests in the VA, complete with a bunch of sewn on crap that doesn’t go together. They usually have their ‘stress dog’ with them.
I can’t understand why a man with a good service record would step out side and piss on it like this drongo has done.
Hey, Jerome, you do know you are officially screwed don’t you? I wanted to verify that for you if there was any question about it. Welcome to your ‘Google Is Forever’ fame. Dunce …
“If these claims were leveraged by Mark for something of value over the years, including monetary gain, work positions, or advertising sniper or wounded warrior to further a business, Mark may be in violation of the Stolen Valor Act. Individual state laws may apply as well.”
Of course these people always have a money motive.
Maybe some day someone will make sense as to all these Stolen Valor types as they never carry any of the load of the ones that survived. Where is the valor of a War, 1 year in land far away from family, around 14,000 names placed on a wall including 2 H/S classmates, 1 H/S classmate almost completely disabled, many dead from A/O, 1 pilot captured and POW for close to 7 years, mortar round landing behind you during 1 of 7 attacks on base. Years wondering why them and not me, or was there something I could have done to saved more lives. Where is the Valor, more like burden of ones disgrace due to no answers for questions in ones mind.
“The REAL HERO is always a hero by mistake, he dreams of being an honest coward like everybody else.”
Emberto Eco