{"id":115287,"date":"2021-07-09T08:15:32","date_gmt":"2021-07-09T12:15:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=115287"},"modified":"2022-01-13T20:31:12","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T01:31:12","slug":"eric-graham-phony-air-force-pj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=115287","title":{"rendered":"Eric Graham &#8211; Phony Air Force PJ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/graham-arms_folded.jpg?ssl=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-115288 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/graham-arms_folded.jpg?resize=222%2C333&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"222\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/graham-arms_folded.jpg?resize=222%2C333&amp;ssl=1 222w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/graham-arms_folded.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/graham-arms_folded.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/graham-arms_folded.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The folks at <a href=\"https:\/\/militaryphony.com\/2021\/07\/08\/eric-l-graham-us-air-force-pararescueman-pj-blog-of-shame\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Military Phony<\/a> send us their work on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/the.ericgraham\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Eric Lee Graham<\/a>.\u00a0 Graham&#8217;s Facebook page claims that he lives in Saint Martin, but he aslo shows comes a Wilmington, Delaware address.\u00a0 He is originally from Michigan.\u00a0 His middle name is \u201cLee\u201d but it is also listed as \u201cLamont.\u201d\u00a0 Graham is 47 years old at the time of this writing \u2013 July 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Graham does seminars and classes in persuasion.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/graham-class.jpg?ssl=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-115292\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/graham-class.jpg?resize=400%2C241&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/graham-class.jpg?resize=300%2C181&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/graham-class.jpg?resize=768%2C462&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/graham-class.jpg?resize=500%2C301&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/graham-class.jpg?w=1440&amp;ssl=1 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/graham-godfather.jpg?ssl=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-115293\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/graham-godfather.jpg?resize=400%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/graham-godfather.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/graham-godfather.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/graham-godfather.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/graham-godfather.jpg?resize=333%2C333&amp;ssl=1 333w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/graham-godfather.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\">Graham claims that while he was in the U.S. Air Force he served in Special Warfare as a Pararescueman, or a \u201cPJ\u201d as they are often called.\u00a0 He claims this in the video below, which is a compilation of different videos.<\/figure>\n<div id=\"v-aTGwFa1l-1\" class=\"video-player\"><iframe title='VideoPress Video Player' aria-label='VideoPress Video Player' width='500' height='280' src='https:\/\/videopress.com\/embed\/aTGwFa1l?hd=1&amp;cover=1&amp;loop=0&amp;autoPlay=0&amp;permalink=1&amp;muted=0&amp;controls=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;useAverageColor=0&amp;preloadContent=metadata' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen data-resize-to-parent=\"true\" allow='clipboard-write'><\/iframe><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/video\/assets\/js\/next\/videopress-iframe.js'><\/script><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>People were suspicious of the claims and he was reported.\u00a0 The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pararescuefoundation.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pararescue (PJ) Foundation<\/a> was contacted and after providing them with his name and other identifying information the organization confirmed he was not on their master list of PJs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>. . . . .<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h1><strong>FOIA RESULTS<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><strong>NATIONAL PERSONNEL RECORDS CENTER<\/strong>\u00a0(NPRC)<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_38311\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<div id=\"attachment_115289\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/foia-nprc-graham.jpg?ssl=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-115289\" class=\"wp-image-115289\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/foia-nprc-graham.jpg?resize=450%2C582&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"582\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/foia-nprc-graham.jpg?resize=232%2C300&amp;ssl=1 232w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/foia-nprc-graham.jpg?resize=768%2C994&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/foia-nprc-graham.jpg?resize=257%2C333&amp;ssl=1 257w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/foia-nprc-graham.jpg?w=1700&amp;ssl=1 1700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-115289\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>NPRC FOIA Results \u2013 Eric L. Graham \u2013 Summary Sheet<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>. . . . .<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE MANPOWER DATA CENTER<\/strong>\u00a0(SCRA)<\/p>\n<p>The DoD Manpower Data Center \/ SCRA database was searched with the following results.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_38306\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<div id=\"attachment_115290\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/graham-dodmanpower-usaf-redacted.jpg?ssl=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-115290\" class=\"wp-image-115290\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/graham-dodmanpower-usaf-redacted.jpg?resize=450%2C599&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/graham-dodmanpower-usaf-redacted.jpg?resize=226%2C300&amp;ssl=1 226w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/graham-dodmanpower-usaf-redacted.jpg?resize=768%2C1021&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/graham-dodmanpower-usaf-redacted.jpg?resize=250%2C333&amp;ssl=1 250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/graham-dodmanpower-usaf-redacted.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-115290\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>DoD Manpower Data Center \/ SCRA Results \u2013 Eric Graham<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_38307\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_115291\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/graham-dodmanpower-ang-redacted.jpg?ssl=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-115291\" class=\"wp-image-115291\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/graham-dodmanpower-ang-redacted.jpg?resize=450%2C599&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/graham-dodmanpower-ang-redacted.jpg?resize=226%2C300&amp;ssl=1 226w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/graham-dodmanpower-ang-redacted.jpg?resize=768%2C1021&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/graham-dodmanpower-ang-redacted.jpg?resize=250%2C333&amp;ssl=1 250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/graham-dodmanpower-ang-redacted.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-115291\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>DoD Manpower Data Center \/ SCRA Results \u2013 Eric Graham<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>. . . . .<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h1><strong>DISCUSSION and SUMMARY<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>According to his official military records, there is no evidence that Eric L. Graham had the military training to become a U.S. Air Force Pararescueman (\u201cPJ\u201d) nor were there awards or duty stations that would support such a claim.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>From the videos, I can see where people might get the idea that this guy was some kind of Special Forces hero.\u00a0 There are some serious badass types in the Air Force, but little Eric here does not seem to have any of that kind of training in his records.\u00a0 \u00a0There are some links online to what the very select few in the Air Force go through to be in their Special Forces.\u00a0 \u00a0Here is a link:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforce.com\/careers\/detail\/special-reconnaissance?gclid=CjwKCAjw55-HBhAHEiwARMCszlw7_YEqXq7fCFU2VHTemvL9-0FGdbtx7aIaPIb0CO4vfRZdzngPPRoCjg0QAvD_BwE&amp;gclsrc=aw.ds\">Air Force Special Forces Pipeline of training.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I have served with and still have regular contact with some members of the Air Force that do some seriously badass work.\u00a0 Their EOD units are second to none.\u00a0 \u00a0It&#8217;s a shame clowns like this Graham fellow can not be proud of their actual service.\u00a0 \u00a0Mr. Graham should be aware of how small the Air Force PJ community is,\u00a0 claiming to be one of them is just stewpit.<\/p>\n<p>It seems little Erics skills of persuasion need a bit more work&#8230; I am unimpressed.\u00a0 \u00a0But then again,\u00a0 I do not have a Titanium Mastermind&#8230; I am but a humble Jarhead.\u00a0 SFMF<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The folks at Military Phony send us their work on Eric Lee Graham.\u00a0 Graham&#8217;s Facebook page claims that he lives in Saint Martin, but he aslo shows comes a Wilmington, Delaware address.\u00a0 He is originally from Michigan.\u00a0 His middle name is \u201cLee\u201d but it is also listed as \u201cLamont.\u201d\u00a0 Graham is 47 years old at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":667,"featured_media":115297,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[394,391],"tags":[621,623,624,622],"class_list":["post-115287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-airforceposer","category-valorvultures","tag-air-force","tag-pararescue","tag-pararescueman","tag-pj"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/graham-arms_folded-icon.jpg?fit=1166%2C1011&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4ozh1-tZt","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/667"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=115287"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115287\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/115297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=115287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=115287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=115287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}