Keith Ramsey – NOT a Coast Guard SEAL

The folks at Military Phony sent us their work on Ernest Keith Ramsey.  He primarily goes by Keith and his first name is spelled both “Ernest” and “Earnest” according to alias listings.

 

BOTTOM LINE UP FRONT:  (or better know as the “BLUF”)

• Keith Ramsey has a plethora, cornucopia, surfeit – “boatload” for those that are trailing – of images on his Facebook page that gives the impression that he was a Coast Guard SEAL.  This includes SEAL Tridents and logos and a lot of photos of SEALs in the field.  He interlaces these photos, by accident or design, with photos of himself – which further gives the impression he was a Coast Guard SEAL.
• When confronted by real SEALs and other folks that are curious, Ramsey does not claim that he was a SEAL but claims that he was awarded the SEAL Trident in a private ceremony that apparently was sanctioned by the U.S. Coast Guard and the U.S. Navy SEALs themselves. Unless he can supply documentation of his award of the SEAL Trident, we can’t help but think the worst but will remain optimistic and several U.S. Navy SEALs would love to learn more about the program Ramsey was in.
• To help clear things up for anybody that may be confused – Keith Ramsey was NOT a Navy or Coast Guard SEAL.  I’m sure that he would want to provide clarity as well so folks do not assume he was. The images and logos on his Facebook profiles is certainly no help.

 

On his Facebook profile, he calls himself a “U.S. Coast Guard Seals-man [sic]” and notice the dates of Coast Guard service listed as 1986-1992.

Another section of the profile, another “Seals-man [sic]” claim.

Another claim on Ramsey’s Facebook timeline of 1986 – 1992.

In case the images disappear, we wanted to show you a sampling of the photos that Ramsey uses on his Facebook page.

Some are stock images of Navy SEALs, one is from “Medal of Honor: Warfighter | The Escapist” but some are Ramsey:

This photo, which depicts a U.S. Coast Guard LT (O-3) wearing the SEAL Trident.

The U.S. Coast Guard ran a program a few years back where they were allowed to send men to the U.S. Navy BUD/S training.  A few of these men made it through the training and earned the Trident.

As luck would have it, a SEAL at Military Phony spoke with the LT in the photo above.  We can confirm that this is NOT Keith Ramsey.  He does not claim it is him, but he does not say otherwise and it is mixed in with the same photos depicting U.S. Navy SEALs.

In one Facebook Private Message, Ramsey detailed what he did in the Coast Guard…

Here is a post about his unit in Niquragua [sic] which had comments that were later edited.  The following shows the original comments as well as the edited comments.

Here is a post about, what seems to be, his unit in Bolivia…

Ramsey started getting some challenges from ex-SEALs that worked drug enforcement.  Ramsey spoke of going after Pablo Escobar and having a snowfall of cocaine after blowing up drug labs.

Ramsey was asked about the SEAL Trident and he said it was given to him at a private ceremony… with the blessing of the U.S. Navy SEALs.

There is much more over at Military Phony but we wanted to capture the main points here.  The bottom line is that many of these exploits may not be detailed in a service record – only general assignments.  Point being, they may be hard to counter.

The focus at this point became the SEAL Trident and the private ceremony that it was awarded.

Ramsey’s official military records were ordered through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request…

Ramsey was in the U.S. Army for a brief period – Fort Benning, GA.  However, he served in the Coast Guard from 1988-1992 vs. the 1986-1992 as he claims.  Maybe nothing, but it is interesting that he was in the Army in 1987.

There is no SEAL Trident listed in his “Decorations and Awards” section.

He also seemed to have some trouble with the law…

01/12/2009 – TRAFFICK OPIUM/HEROIN 4-13 GRA (ATTEMPTED) [GUILTY]
01/24/2009 – OBTAIN CONTR SUBST BY FRAUD (PRINCIPAL) [GUILTY]
09/15/2008 – OBTAIN CONTR SUBST BY FRAUD (PRINCIPAL) [CONVICTED]
10/27/2008 – OBTAIN CONTR SUBST BY FRAUD (PRINCIPAL) [CONVICTED]
11/28/2008 – OBTAIN CONTR SUBST BY FRAUD (PRINCIPAL) [CONVICTED]
12/26/2008 – OBTAIN CONTR SUBST BY FRAUD (PRINCIPAL) [CONVICTED]

Seems ironic that someone who was running and gunning in the jungles of Columbia blowing up coke labs – went over to the other side and was found guilty of Trafficking Opium/Heroin.

 

So, as I said in the BLUF – if anybody out there is confused let me clear this up for you – Ernest Keith Ramsey was NOT a Navy or Coast Guard SEAL.  I’m sure he will be pleased that we were able to provide this clarity and eliminate any confusion.

If Keith Ramsey has any documentation that would confirm his award of the SEAL Trident for the unit he was in, many of us would love to read about this little-known part of history.

Category: Army, Coast Guard, Fake SEAL, Phony SEAL