Gerald Young – Phony Lone Survivor

| August 16, 2019

The folks at Military Phony send us their work on Gerald Donnell Young who served in Afghanistan with the National Guard.  Gerald Young lives in the Des Moines area of Iowa and is 50 years old as of August 2019. Young claims that while in Afghanistan guarding a fuel depot, they came under attack and as a direct result of enemy fire he was “injured” and he was the only man out of five that survived.  Young wanted to honor and remember his comrades, so what he came up with was to sell BBQ sauce.

 

This was broadcast by We Are Iowa Local 5 News but it is also on Young’s webpage.  There are also a few audio files on that page from radio interviews.  We clipped out the significant parts about military claims but the rest of the radio show interviews are available on Young’s page.

 

 

 

There were also some claims in print…

There are many more references on this internet and on the Military Phony website. Men that Young served with came forward and said the story was not true, some even surprised they were dead.

In addition to Young’s comrades, the official statistics kept by the unit did not show incidents that would support wounds and Killed-In-Action during that time frame.

https://www.iowanationalguard.com/History/Pages/In-Memorial.aspx

https://www.nationalguard.mil/News/Article/610224/four-iowa-national-guard-soldiers-wounded-in-afghanistan/

So, his records were ordered through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request…

So, there was no Purple Heart listed under his awards which explains the reason for the nuance of language when Young said he was “injured” vs. “wounded.”

There are no articles about four KIAs from the National Guard being killed in Afghanistan in 2003.

Maybe this is all a huge mistake?  We would love for Gerald Young to tell us the names of the friends that were killed.  That would go a long way towards clearing things up.

The BBQ sauce that Young sells may be terrific, but it should stand on its own vs. Young putting out a story about honoring dead soldiers.  The story does seem to be an integral part of his marketing campaign…

It is also odd that he sells the BBQ sauce in an Army uniform.

The other irony here is he does not ever say that he is donating the proceeds to the families of the fallen – the very men he is supposedly honoring.  Well, there is no need if the story is fictitious.  However, it seems if he were to leverage the military, he would donate a portion of the proceeds to some veteran support organization – you know, like maybe the same programs and organizations that helped him get a start in business?

Nope… it appears to be more a case of:

Remember the fallen and pass the BBQ sauce.

Category: "Teh Stoopid", Army, Army Poser, National Guard

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Grunt

Military Education: Petroleum Supply Specialist

Hopefully he has experience with water based lubricants such as KY and Astroglide as well, as he’s about to need them by the drum.

Cocksucker.

Some Guy

Nah, not needed. Bubba and Thor prefer to go in dry.

Club Manager

The Iowa Guard has stonewalled inquiries. I spoke with a former unit member who said this guy was a real dirt bag. The best alternative at this point is for all to communicate to his retailers and sponsors what occurred. For example, he is trying to place his sauce with Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA). His biggest customer is Hy Vee Supermarkets. For Media Inquiries
Communications Department – (515) 559-5770. They usually love to hear when their company is receiving negative publicity. Then there is the Corporate Office
Hy-Vee, Inc.
5820 Westown Parkway
West Des Moines, Iowa 50266-8223
(515) 267-2800

Ski

Also he is on Amazon, go rate his lying ass if you have a membership.

thebesig

Gerald Young, phony sole survivor, discharged as a private, apparently has a criminal record. As mentioned below, he is deleting posts: Originally posted by marinedad61: He’s now “sanitizing” his personal page, too. Blocking anyone who makes comments with Military Phonies or Valor Guardians links, or asking for the NAMES of the 4 KIA. I’ll assume he’s deleting the comments, too. Typical of a persona of a phony, this guy is attempting to control the narrative by deleting the facts about him. He is in damage control mode right now. He may delete the posts, but his narcissism is driving Gerald Young, phony sole survivor of a phony attack, to reading this and the Military Phonies link about him. Another commenter has done research on the businesses that Gerald Young, phony sole survivor or a phony attack, is doing business with, or is trying to do business with: Originally posted by Club Manager: The best alternative at this point is for all to communicate to his retailers and sponsors what occurred. For example, he is trying to place his sauce with Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA). His biggest customer is Hy Vee Supermarkets. For Media Inquiries Communications Department — (515) 559-5770. They usually love to hear when their company is receiving negative publicity. Then there is the Corporate Office Hy-Vee, Inc. 5820 Westown Parkway West Des Moines, Iowa 50266-8223 (515) 267-2800 A common saying, around these parts, is that Stolen Valor is just the rancid cherry on top of the s(beep) sundae. Well, another commenter did their research and found that Gerald Young, phony sole survivor of a phony attack, has a criminal track record: Originally posted by ninja: However, a month before that article was published (2 April 2012) he was arrested and charged with a Second-Offense Operating While Intoxicated Following a Traffic Stop. Perhaps he could not get out of bed because he was either on house arrest or lost his driving license? Gerald Donnell Young was also arrested twice in 2002 before he was deployed. In April 2002, he was charged with trying to cash a check that was… Read more »

marinedad61

The get around…
is that Gerald Young can delete the comments
on his BBQ Sauce Facebook page,
but Facebook prevents him from deleting REVIEWS.

So, this REVIEWS area is now quite active, with new posts,
and replies to ALL his previous positive reviews.
Visible to EVERYONE.

(No need to be a Facebooker to see this.)

https://www.facebook.com/pg/younggsbbq/reviews/

Club Manager

While on AD in Iraq he received a disciplinary action for stealing from his fellow soldiers. He was still pulling guard duty at the truck park when his unit rotated, they left him behind to complete the extra duty. I got this from a unit member.

A Proud Infidel®™️

Sounds like he was a real 24K dirtbag!

Comm Center Rat

The E-4 Mafia should be enraged by this usurper who still wears the shields, but was discharged as a lowly private. This shitbag needs to stop wearing the BDUs to hawk his sauce. If his product is in AAFES stores it should be removed immediately. This liar is a disgrace to the uniform and undeserving of being called a veteran.

Some Guy

Well, I’ll at least give him credit for not claiming to be a 1SG, LTC, or some other higher rank. Probably thought he could fly under the radar by only claiming the sham-shields and no cool guy badges. Let it be known that the Council of E-4 frowns upon the shenanigans of this Private!

OldManchu

BDU’s in a WHITE t-shirt at that! What the hell. And a shaving profile!

Anonymous

Yeah, you said it. If he’s gonna fake it, PFC with DCUs (or, at very least, BDUs with a brown T-shirt)… jeez, louise.

HT3 '83-'87

What? No buddy dying in his arms? That’s one real sorry-ass lone survivor story w/o that part…he’s not even trying…what a no-load!!!

5th/77th FA

FIRST read about this piece of sh^t, lying, embellishing, standing in the blood of others, Gerald Donnell Young of Young G’s BBQ Sauce, last night on the MP Site. “…only one of my five…start a business…”

Homie you wanted some publicity, here it comes. You and your sauce are gonna get smoked…BIG TIME. Let’s make sure we mention both names in the comments and see if we can get a Lester Kent Brown (stain) or Bernathian level of comments.

Oh, and BTW, Gerald Donnell Young, of Young G’s BBQ Sauce, let me be the FIRST to call for the full deployment of the TAH Hemisphere of Insults for your scamming a$$. And take off those SP4 shields, Private. You are a specialist type of valor stealing, lying, scamming, piece of sh^t…….COCKSUCKER!

Can I get a SECOND and an AYE?

ArmyATC

I second. This scum deserves it with both barrels.

11B-Mailclerk

Aye!

Commence Primary Ignition!

(Ominous hummmmmmmmmmmm)

The Stranger

Si!
Si!
Con una chingada, si!

ChipNASA

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ChipNASA

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ChipNASA

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FC2(SW) Ron

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Daisy Cutter

Rumor has it that the first marketing campaign did not pass the focus group. It was…

“Young G’s BBQ Sauce… Get Some!”

“If your sauce runs, it’s bad BBQ sauce. If your sauce stands still, it’s well disciplined BBQ sauce.”

This was abandoned for the Lone Survivor model as it tested far better on the focus groups. Who cares if it’s true?… It plays!

Lthrnck1775

I see what you did there… nice reference. 🙂

“Its easy… you just don’t grill them as much.”

Daisy Cutter

Nice!

Anonymous

What do I get for $10?

marinedad61

Notice….
NO Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal
NO Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
NO Afghanistan Campaign Medal

That’s a true sign of F’ing up your time in the sand.

If Gerald Young is a member of the VFW
(Veterans of Foreign Wars),
that’s fraud, too… because he is INELIGIBLE.

ninja

marinedad61:

Not defending Private Jiffy Lube, but in fairness to him, the Afghanistan Campaign Medal was not awarded until after he was discharged.

He may have or may have not requested his records be corrected thru the Army Board of Correction to get a DD215 annotating that Medal.

Sometimes St Louis does not send information on DD215s on a Soldier when requesting FOIA.

Am pretty sure he is authorized the other two awards as well based on his deployment in the Sandbox.

I still think it is odd he is wearing the 10th Mountain Division as his “Combat Patch” on his right sleeve.

marinedad61

Correct. Of course.
That’s why I included both ACM and GWOTE.

On Facebook…..
Someone is deleting new comments and blocking commenters from the Young G’s BBQ Sauce page.

https://www.facebook.com/younggsbbq/

But his PERSONAL page is wide open,
and taking a beating.

https://www.facebook.com/gerald.young.566

thebesig

Gerald Young, phony sole survivor, may delete comments and lock his page from public commenting, but he can’t do anything about “Dissenter”. This is a “f(beep) you” application that allows you to comment anyway. :mrgreen:

This is what I left dissenter comments for his BBQ Sauce page:

Gerald Young falsely claims that he was the sole survivor of an attack that killed his friends. An official record request was done on him. What was provided showed that he wasn’t wounded in a combat attack. A check with the unit he deployed with didn’t show unit members being killed at a time he claimed his friends died. This guy is advancing a false claim to bolster his marketing.

https://valorguardians.com/blog/?p=89863

marinedad61

He’s now “sanitizing” his personal page, too.

Blocking anyone who makes comments
with Military Phonies or Valor Guardians links,
or asking for the NAMES of the 4 KIA.
I’ll assume he’s deleting the comments, too.

So YES, he knows about both websites now.

All to keep the BBQ Sauce business looking legit.

What a shitbag.

Terry Sheehan

The truth is inconvenient sometimes.

Friend

Blocked but not before I contacted every friend.

marinedad61

Good catch!

The get around…
is that Gerald Young can delete the comments
on his BBQ Sauce Facebook page,
but Facebook prevents him from deleting REVIEWS.

So, this REVIEWS area is now quite active, with new posts,
and replies to ALL his previous positive reviews.
Visible to EVERYONE.

(No need to be a Facebooker to see this.)

https://www.facebook.com/pg/younggsbbq/reviews/

Berliner

He probably found the BDU’s with the 10th Mountain combat patch rummaging in an unattended thrift store donation bin late at night.

Martinjmpr

If he stepped one foot on Afghanistan’s soil he is entitled to either the GWOTEM or the ACM. The ACM wasn’t approved until 2004 or 2005 I believe. The lack of a GWOTSM or GWOTEM is most likely a failure of his unit or that he was rushed through outprocessing when his unit demobilized.

Unfortunately, this isn’t the first time we’ve seen mistakes on an NPRC document (see, for example, Les Brown’s NPRC record erroneously showing the award of a 2nd NDSM even though he left the service before the 9/11 period began.)

It’s unfortunate that NPRC is so sloppy when preparing those forms. My guess is that the “NPRC Response Clerk” at the National Records Center is either the newest hire still learning his job and being assigned “grunt work” that nobody else wants, or the career slacker who is just marking the days until retirement.

If you think about it, it kind of makes sense. If a mistake is made on a pay document, it can cost the government or the person a lot of $$. A mistake on an NPRC response doesn’t cost anybody anything.

ninja

Martinjmper:

Since he was deployed to Afghanistan in 2003, am pretty sure he is entitled to wear both the ACM and the GWOTEM.

Possibly the GWOTSM as well.

As shared before, he was discharged before the ACM was approved. It is a Retroactive Award.

He might have never asked the Army Board of Corrections to update his records via DD215 to show that award.

Of if he did, St Louis may not have a copy of his DD215.

ninja

Gerald Donnell Young, AKA Private Jiffy Lube, has a history with the Law Enforcement Folks in his hometown:

https://www.iowacourts.state.ia.us/ESAWebApp/DefaultFrame

When you go to the above site, click on “Start a Case Search Here”.

On the next page, click on the right side “Trial Court, Case Search”.

Type in his full name.

When you see his cases and if interested for more detail, click on “Filings” and Criminal Charges”.

What is amusing is that he was featured on a 28 May 2012 article where it was noted that because of his spinal injury and pain, he could not get out of bed:

https://wcfcourier.com/business/local/program-helps-injured-soldier-start-business/article_f960b6b6-d083-58be-bb10-76ef41f42402.html

“The spinal injury he suffered from enemy fire while on extra duty guarding fuel from thieves ended his active duty military career. The damage to his spine still causes him pain, but his business gives him something to do even if he can’t get out of bed every day.”

However, a month before that article was published (2 April 2012) he was arrested and charged with a Second-Offense Operating While Intoxicated Following a Traffic Stop.

Perhaps he could not get out of bed because he was either on house arrest or lost his driving license?

Gerald Donnell Young was also arrested twice in 2002 before he was deployed. In April 2002, he was charged with trying to cash a check that was given to him when he knew that person did not have the money to cover the check. He was also charged with passing a forged check a week before that incident.

That case was dismissed and he was ordered to stay away from that person.

However, a couple of months later, in July 2002, he was arrested again for third degree theft and forgery. That case was dismissed as well and it looks as if he was ordered again to stay away from that person.

And now this.

ninja

In the article posted below as a link, there is a picture of Gerald Donnell Young, AKA Private Jiffy Lube, wearing the 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) Patch his right sleeve of his BDU.

In the US Army, the Patch worn on the right sleeve is the Shoulder Sleeve Insignia-Former Wartime Service, also known as the “Combat Patch”.

Isn’t he supposed to wear his Unit Patch, i.e. the Iowa Army National Guard 1034th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion for his “Combat Patch”?

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/entertainment/dining/2018/02/28/iowa-veteran-launched-barbecue-sauce-and-china-wants-more/1065342001/

Comm Center Rat

I think it’s possible he earned the 10th MTN DIV patch as his “combat patch.” The deployed chain of command is a determining factor.

“When there is no intermediate unit (company or higher) in the deployed chain of command, these deployed Soldiers will wear the SSI of the senior command in the theater as its SSI-FWTS.” AR 670-1

I deployed with a Army Reserve company to Iraq and was attached to the 25th ID which had OPCON in MND-North. After a month or so in-country we were presented with the Tropic Lightning “combat patch” during a brief ceremony.

I have to admit though, that I’ve never had a good understanding of the “combat patch.” Hopefully, a Army 1SG or SGM will weigh in and set us straight on this topic.

Cameron Kingsley

The good old electric strawberry.

marinedad61

Not necessarily.

My combat patch is NOT the PA Army National Guard (Red/Yellow Keystone), nor the 28th Division (Black Keystone).

My combat patch is the higher command that my PAARNG unit provided direct support (maintenance)during Desert Shield / Desert Storm,
2nd COSCOM.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/32854572@N02/3072315934

Animal

Some of the army guys that were attached to us in Iraq wore the 1st MarDiv patch for their combat patch. That was pretty cool.

Martinjmpr

What’s ironic is that a former Marine who served in a Marine unit in combat at the same time and then later joined the Army would not be authorized to wear a Marine combat patch, but a soldier who is assigned under a Marine command would.

Lthrnck1775

I find all this wearing of “flair” disturbing….lol

Patches, we don’t need no stinking patches!

Before all that nametag shit … there was just “Marine” or “Corporal, Sergeant, etc.”

Ex-PH2

I want to talk to you about your flair, Lthrnck1775.

You don’t have enough of it.
GySGT Rzezckowski has 20 pieces of flair, some of it on his pants’ legs. You only have 12 pieces of flair, and none of it is anywhere below your belt buckle. It’s time you ponied up and added some flair to your accoutrements.

cc senor

Yeah, we were a CSG Hqs (16th) from 3rd COSCOM that got attached to 2nd COSCOM. Our subordinate units were a mix of active, reserve, and guard units. Our company roundouts came from all over, too. All of us got the 2nd COSCOM patch. No big deal for me which patch to wear because I had my pick of three from Viet of the Nam. And I don’t have to get into any silly arguments about if I was in combat or not, either.

3/10/MED/b

I was a slacker; I only have the option of 2.

None of that matters.

What matters is that We served honorably (combat or not) and did the shit we were supposed to do.

Such as, make and sell bbq sauce.

Then. lie to every single human being who is getting “Les” than they deserve.

Heavy /sarc on the last 2 comments.

All damn seriousness on statement three.

“We” is capitalized on purpose. I am sure Sister Mary Grace will bring out the yardstick.

b out

Martinjmpr

National Guard units generally do not wear their National Guard patch as a combat patch (FWTS-SSI) unless the headquarters of that unit deploys to the theater.

My last unit was the 115th FA Brigade of the WYARNG. Because we deployed with the Headquarters Battery, we are entitled to wear the 115th FA BDE patch as our FWTS-SSI.

But our sister unit, the 1022’nd Air Ambulance Company, wears the Wyoming National Guard patch and since WYARNG HQ’s did not deploy, the have to wear the 3rd Army patch as their combat patch (because 3rd Army was the next higher unit they fell under that has a patch.)

FWIW these were the rules that were in effect circa 2005 when I retired, I believe the Army has clarified the whole FWTS-SSI system since that time and made it simpler to understand, but if Young’s unit was directly under 10th MTN Div command the 10th Mtn Div combat patch is likely appropriate.

ninja

Thanks to all for the reply.

In listening to Private Jiffy Lube’s interview, he mentioned he was at Bagram.

Found an Iowa National Guard Magazine dated 2003 that discussed his unit returning from Afghanistan. The magazine did not mention the location.

Was there an element of the 10th Mountain Division at Bagram from February-October 2003 and did his National Guard unit only tendered to them when it came to providing logistical support if in fact both units were at Bagram at the same time?

Martinjmpr

Interesting – I was at Bagram from January to April of 03 and when I was there the overall command fell under XVIII Corps and the major “tactical” command was a brigade of the 82nd Airborne div.

It may be that 10th MTN took over from the 82nd some time in mid-Summer of 2003, I don’t know. But the 18th Corps (Gaggin’ Dragon) was running the conventional side in early ’03 when I was there with the 82nd Airplane Gang as their primary tactical unit.

I know there are a few fellow paratroopers who would bust a blood vessel or two if Young was rockin’ an All American patch on his BDU’s. 😉

ninja

Martinjumpr:

That is why I wrote “IF”, that is, was an element of the 10th Mountain Division at Bagram from February-October 2003 and was Private Jiffy Lube’s unit there as well during the same timeframe?

(This is in reference to the Combat Patch).

Were you wth the XVIII Corps, CJTF180 while at Bagram?

Maybe Private Jiffy Lube flew out of Bagram when heading back to the States, but never worked there.

Martinjmpr

Were you wth the XVIII Corps, CJTF180 while at Bagram?

No I was with the CJSOTF-A at Camp Vance (at that time, a sub-camp of Bagram.) This was with 5/19th SFG of the CO ARNG. I worked in the MI Detachment.

Martinjmpr

But CJTF-180 was literally across the street (Disney Road) from Camp Vance.

Anonymous

NG also tend not to wear NG combat patches as most folk tend to go “Who?” unlike with 10th MTN, 101st, etc.

PFM

As stated depends upon the command element and agreements between commands. I deployed to Iraq in 2004 with a NG engineer BN from Maine that did not wear its own combat patch (instead fell under 2d ID, 25th ID and then 11th ACR). However, when the 42d ID from NY deployed in 2005 they wore their own patch (Rainbow) because they had OPCON. 10th probably fell into this category somehow with this shitbird.

HMCS(FMF) ret

Maybe Private Jiffy Lube can hook up with MSG Brown Stain at the next Elko Chili feed and sell his BBQ sauce…

26Limabeans

He got the idea from Bubba Gump Shrimp.

Ex-PH2

Just a question: There are many, many examples of veterans who leave active duty and start their own businesses from scratch, and do quite well with them. The Ranger UP! guys are a good example of that. They don’t BS people about where they were or what happened. They’re more interested in bringing home the bacon for BLT sandwiches.

So how come there’s this odd population group of people like this one, who seems to have a good product, who simply can’t behave themselves and just sell the product? If they have any confidence in the product they’re selling to the public, who gives a crap if they are peg=legged like Captain Ahab? All people care about is whether or not the stuff is any good.

marinedad61

The 1st sale is most often a pity sale.
It’s a classic con to get the money out of someone’s pocket once.

It’s really low and disgraceful to use / exploit
the patriotism and sympathy of your customers.

It’s clear that locals in Iowa have been working on this guy for months,
to name names (of KIA battle buddies),
or come clean, and more.

May the shitstorm proceed.

RGR 4-78

If we were to take a long hard look at his life we would probably find that;
he was a shit bag before enlistment,
he was a shit bag during his enlistment,
he has been a shit bag after his enlistment.

That is not the case with most veteran owned businesses.

Morgan Blake

Maybe it’s just me but I’m not seeing two tours in Afghanistan.

Keepin' It Real

RE: Private Jiffy Lube

“Did you mention what line of industrial lubricant Jesus uses?” — The Big Kahuna —

Mason

Got out as a private, but wearing specialist insignia. Dog tags out. Wrong color under shirt on at least one public occasion. Wearing white tennis shoes with the BDUs? Seriously?

Everything about this guy’s appearance screams “poser”.

AW1Ed

I dug a bit deeper. Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans (EBV) has a selection process.

The EBV program is a selective, rigorous and intense educational initiative. We offer the program by a consortium of schools that includes:
Syracuse University
University of California at Los Angeles
Texas A&M University
University of Connecticut
Cornell University*
Saint Joseph’s University
University of Missouri
Applications are welcome from veterans who:
Have separated from active duty service after 2001 (or currently in the administrative process of separating)
Have been identified as having a ‘service-connected disability’ as a result of their military service (including activated National Guard and Reserves) Note:Can be in process of evaluation of disability through VA
Demonstrate a strong interest in entrepreneurship & small business ownership/management
Beyond the criteria identified above, a complete application is the only remaining requirement to be considered for the program. A complete application package will include the following:
1.Completed EBV Application – including responses to personal statement (5 questions)
2.Résumé
3.Letter of Recommendation (one)The writer should include the following:Who they are
Their contact information
How they know the veteran
Why they feel the veteran would be a good candidate for the EBV
Their experience in working with the veteran
4.VA Disability Rating OR proof of request for Disability Rating (PDF, .jpeg or .png)
5.DD214 Member 4 (showing dates of active duty, discharge status and SSN darkened) OR Leave and Earning Statement (LES) (PDF, .jpeg or .png)Letter from commander acceptable if DD214 is delayed

So Blue Falcon here had a seat in a high speed program when someone who actually had all the prerequisites should have been there. Wonder if his certification can be rescinded for filing a false application.

EBV Website

PTBH

Hey Gerald Young – We’d like to honor the guys that were KIA from your unit. We’ll order a case of BBQ sauce and send to their Next-Of-Kin. What were their names, please?

Also, what date did the attack occur where they were killed and you were you wounded?

We’ll wait right here.

Jeff LPH 3, 63-66

He must have been on the “Sauce” when he started his B.S. Story.

3/10/MED/b

Sorry saco’shit wearing the MOUNTAIN?

On the RIGHT SIDE?!

Oh, man. Get the popcorn. Gonna have a ball with this fucka.

OldManchu

Shaving Profile!

ninja

“Bringing the Flavor: The only one of his 5 Army buddies to return home alive. OEF vet keeps his promise and turns a family recipe into a business”:

http://static.ow.ly/docs/VET_June13_Young.G_1jtz.pdf

“From Family Secret to Store Shelves: Young G’s Barbeque Sauce”:

https://www.iasourcelink.com/blog/iowa-business-blog/2013/07/18/from-family-secret-to-store-shelves-young-g-s-barbeque-sauce

Daisy Cutter

Bring some Young G’s BBQ sauce to the next Elko Chili Feed.

Please double count this comment for the “Drive to 2K” for Les Brown Stain.

Claw

“Please double count this comment”

Done Deal/In The Mix

3/10/MED/b

If we show up in uniform, (white t-shirt under BDU’S), do we get free BBQ sauce with that chili?

JBUSMC

Only those with their Medal of Honor on their key chains.

rgr769

Maybe he needs to start making POW/MIA awareness chili to go with his BBQ sauce. He could relocate to Elko.

Martinjmpr

I hear his BBQ sauce has been endorsed by none other than Les Brown, MSG (Imaginary), US Army, Ret (pretend.)

Comm Center Rat

I don’t care who you are, that there’s funny!

A Proud Infidel®™️

I heard rumor that it’s also the Official Barbecue Sauce of APL!

Terry Sheehan

He should make a Young’s G Habanero BBQ sauce and bring it to the Elko Chili Feed so everyone’s ass can have awareness.

A Proud Infidel®™️

Cocksucker.

ninja

Attention, Attention, Attention!

One can now buy Gerald Donnell Young’s (AKA Private Jiffy Lube) Young G’s BBQ Sauce on AMAZON!

And if one wishes, one can also leave a review of this product. Or leave Gerald Donnell Young of Iowa some LOVE.

Also, the ingredients in Young G’s BBQ Sauce are:

Water, cane sugar, tomato paste, vinegar, lemon juice concentrate, onion, salt, garlic, molasses, tamarind concentrate, spices, natural flavor.

Natural Flavor? Wonder what THAT is.

*smile*

Remember: Young G’s BBQ Sauce, LLC has been identified on AMAZON as a Certified Veteran Owned Business and Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business by the Department of Veteran Affairs!!

You can’t get any better than that!

https://www.amazon.com/Young-Gs-Barbeque-Sauce/dp/B07FYXPT5D

ChipNASA

Having had my own business making and selling Beef Jerky and then transitioning to a commercial manufacturer, I can tell you, most likely…..
Liquid Smoke or some such.

Morgan Blake

I’ve been following this and listened to some of the longer audio interviews.

He says because he doesn’t use High Fructose Corn Sweetener (HFCS) that it is good for diabetics. He uses cane sugar instead.

Although I can concede that not using HFSC is a good step for diabetics, he hawks the product as if it is good for diabetics and this is a huge stretch of the truth.

It’s like saying if a product uses 25% less salt, it is perfect for folks with high blood pressure. It still has 75% of the salt in it and probably more salt than other foods.

Then again, truth in advertising is not Gerald Young’s thing to begin with.

Mason

I always like seeing some sugar-packed food advertised as having no HFCS. So instead of using HFCS, they just use more regular fructose corn syrup. Much healthier.

Mike

He’s in violation of AR 670-1, Wear of the Army uniform:

23–7. Prohibition on uniform wear
Wear of the Army uniform by ARNG, USAR, retired, separated, and civilian personnel is prohibited under the circumstances listed in paragraph 3–7k.

From para 3-7k:

(1) In connection with the furtherance of any political or commercial interests, or when engaged in off-duty civilian employment.

A Proud Infidel®™️

Maybe Gerald Young should take lessons from Les Brown about using a blinged-up Biker Vest and a Harley for hawking his product like Les Brown does for his Chili Feed?

Claw

Note for all Miscreant Dickweed/Weedette commenters:

All references/comparisons of Private Jiffy Lube here to the Brown Stain of Elko on this thread are being added to the count on Lester Kent Brown’s drive to the 5th Fecal Smear Cluster on the Master Phony Badge.

Got about a dozen so far that have been added in from other threads.

((Out))

Terry Sheehan

It’s only right.

Hack Stone

It’s the only honor that Lester Brown Stain has truly earned.

A Proud Infidel®™️

Les. Brown hawks his annual Chili feed while Gerald Young pushes his barbecue sauce on STOLEN VALOR, fuck the both of them!

Gerald Young, the Les Brown of barbecue sauce, I bet that the both of them are reject Apprentice Towel Boys at Brucie’s Bath House (Entrance in the Rear).

26Limabeans
Keepin' It Real

Young-Tropic Thunder

Hack Stone

How about advising us with a Level IV Spew Alert when you post shit like that?

Hack Stone

Husband: It’s a barbecue sauce!

Wife: It’s a sexual lubricant!

Announcer: You’re both right. It’s a barbecue sauce and a sexual lubricant! Young G’s Barbecue Sauce can be poured on your pork, and slathered on your sausage. Young G’s Barbecue Sauce is a secret recipe that has been in the Young Family ever since Gerald’s father downloaded it from AllRecipes.com.

Grunt

The wife is gonna need it for when Mr. Ouch shows up!

🍆 🐴

Morgan Blake

“Do you not know that a man is not dead while his name is still spoken?”

“There is no death. People die only when we forget them.”

Apparently, the four KIAs that Gerald Young spoke of are dead – he won’t speak their names.

Hack Stone

Hack Stone is inspired to start selling barbecue sauce for his platoon mates who did not make it back. They did not die in combat, they got thrown into the Onslow County Jail after a misunderstanding on Court Street.

Lthrnck1775

Sadly …. Court Street went the way of the dodo Now J-Villegas’s is all respectable-like.

Even Saigon Sams went all commercial.

SgtM

I am still paying off that heart that I bought my mom on court Street 34 years ago.

Keepin' It Real

Oh Gerald – come out, come out, wherever you are.

Young-PM-seen

Retired Grunt

I quit…… I quit…. I’m done….. I’m outie….. I quit….. U CAN NOT WEAR THE UNIFORM AND SELL STUFFFFFFFFF……I QUIT….all of the posers win….. Last year I actually asked the pentagon for permission wear my uniform at Gettysburg on July 3rd holding up a sign that said “never forget the cost.” They said it was too political and they would appreciate it if I did not. This guy gets to wear his uniform and sell barbecue sauce….. I quit

Retired Grunt

Specialist….. u want the names of 4 buddies….. I got four buddies… I had 4 buddies. Google SFC Donald Eacho… A better man than I could ever be. He earned the soldier’s medal before he ever went into combat.CPT Sean Grimes….. The 1st the PA killed in combat in Iraq. 1LT Tyler Brown…. A man if he had lived that could have one day been the president of the United States. You moderators might delete my comment and that’s OK. 1LT Osbaldo Orozco…. our first KIA in 03… And memorialized at the infantry museum in Fort Benning. If you want more names I’ve got them, better yet, I wish you could have known them. I apologize…..

3/10/MED/b

Fire at will, Retired Grunt . The moderators of the site will block what they deem inappropriate,and they will let you know. I say again, “Fire at will”.

b out

Retired Grunt

I apologize……

3/10/MED/b

Apologize…
For what?

Stay strong, RG.

b out

Retired Grunt

Something about this story just set me off…. And I wasn’t attempting to use the memory of my fallen brothers to forward any ideas whatsoever that’s why I apologized.” Grandpa, were you a hero in the war?” “No, sweetheart, I wasn’t, but I served with a company of heroes.” MAJ Richard Winters

The Stranger

I don’t think anyone here would look at it that way. You should remember your friends and comrades and share your memories of them. I know they were far better men than this clown and I never even had the privilege of meeting them.

5th/77th FA

^THIS^ What “Pappy” said RG. Firebase Magnolia standing by to provide indirect supporting fires on your command. The POS Former Private Gerald Donnell Young of Young G’s BBQ Sauce prolly pissed me off more than any other POSer we’ve had. His blatant commercialism of his supposed dead Compatriots is a new low, IMO. I got Baby Sister to post it on her Fakebook Friends page thingie and it’s getting hits from all over. Sent an email blast out to all I could, several family members out in NE trade with Hy-Vee and have already contacted them.

God’s Peace be unto you and the Families of your fallen Brothers.

Ex-PH2

If that little asshole really believed in his own product – which he does NOT – he’d be able to market it based on its own merits, not on a pack of self-serving lies.

Besides that, we have a whole buncha “from scratch” cooks here on TAH who can probably outdo anything he thinks he might have done in the kitchen.

A Proud Infidel®™️

AMEN to that, Ex-PH2!

3/10/MED/b

RG,

Certain things set me off as well. Even though I have been out for over 21 years, the 10th Mountain patch will always have memories, good and bad. JRTC, a little storm that went through Florida, West Point, and got a paid vacation to Africa. Thunder and lightning during blizzards does happen, and it was/is a wonder to behold.
Good times.

I believe it’s ok to get set off. It’s what you do with it after that matters.

Just my opinion; I could be wrong.

b out

Daisy Cutter

Gerald Young successfully cleaned up his Facebook page of all narrative about his fake four KIA buddies.

I guess he doesn’t want them remembered now.

rgr769

Jiffy Lube Young must have done some serious dickstepping to have served a tour in the A-stan and still left the ARNG as a PVT E-1.

A Proud Infidel®™️

He must have stomped on his pecker while wearing golf shoes!

A Proud Infidel®™️

I wonder how many more of those that Gerald Young deployed with will come forward and not only testify as to how full of shit he is now, but also what kind of dirtbag he was then?

3/10/MED/b

Didn’t matter. He had the sauce!!

fuckin’ poser…

PTBH

Gerald Young seems to have trouble with the law. Some of these were dismissed but he may have pleaded down to a lesser charge. DUIs were excluded. A man’s past is his past, but much of this seems relevant to his current endeavor to sell a product based on a false premise.
———————————————-
CASE NUMBER: 01071SRCR183241
COURT NAME: Black Hawk Court (IA)
DATE: Apr. 24, 2012 – Offense – Possession of a Controlled Substance (Serious Misdemeanor)
DISPOSITION: Guilty – Negotiated/volun Plea
JAIL: 7 Days / TIME SERVED: 7 Days
———————————————-
CASE NUMBER: 01071 FECR105913
COURT NAME: Black Hawk Court (IA)
DATE: Feb. 11, 2002 – Offense – DNU – Forgery – 1987 (Felony D)
DISPOSITION: Dismissed
———————————————-
CASE NUMBER: 01071 FECR105912
COURT NAME: Black Hawk Court (IA)
DATE: Feb. 15, 2002 – Offense – Theft 2nd Degree – 1978 (Felony D)
DISPOSITION: Dismissed
———————————————-
CASE NUMBER: 01071 AGCR107124
COURT NAME: Black Hawk Court (IA)
DATE: May. 8, 2002 – Offense – Theft 3rd Degree – 1978 (Aggravated Misdemeanor)
DISPOSITION: Guilty Plea/default
———————————————-
CASE NUMBER: 01071 FECR108674
COURT NAME: Black Hawk Court (IA)
DATE: Jun. 1, 2001 – Offense – Extortion – 1978 (Felony D)
DISPOSITION: Guilty Plea/default
———————————————-
CASE NUMBER: 01071 FECR107584
COURT NAME: Black Hawk Court (IA)
DATE: Dec. 17, 2001 – Offense – DNU – Forgery – 1987 (Felony D), DNU – Forgery – 1987 (Felony D)
DISPOSITION: Dnu – Dismissed
———————————————-

A Proud Infidel®™️

Gerald Young is obviously an outstanding pillar of his community – NOT!

I wonder if we’ll see sock puppets pop up on him? Oh, and so far at least one who served with him has said that Gerald Young was a 24K dirtbag!

Ex-PH2

Extortion and forgery? Oh, he is REALLY a precious soul, isn’t he?