{"id":153797,"date":"2024-02-29T08:15:26","date_gmt":"2024-02-29T13:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=153797"},"modified":"2024-02-28T19:00:51","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T00:00:51","slug":"bill-hayden-reportedly-claimed-to-be-a-seal-retired-navy-seal-says-nope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=153797","title":{"rendered":"Bill Hayden reportedly claimed to be a SEAL. Retired Navy SEAL says, “Nope!”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sussex County Commissioner Bill Hayden. (NJ Patriot News)<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

Bill Hayden, Sussex County Commissioner, stated that he was leaving the Republican Party. This comes in the aftermath of four of his fellow Republicans voting to censure him for misconduct. The censure also included allegations of stolen valor. Hayden claimed to be a Navy SEAL and he also claimed to be a Marine. The article mentions a veteran who claims that Hayden did not serve in the U.S. Armed forces.<\/p>\n

From the New Jersey Globe:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

In response to a Freedom of Information Act request obtained by the New Jersey Globe, the U.S. Nav [sic] said they were “unable to identify Mr. Hayden as a member or former member of the U.S. Marine Corps or Marine Corps Reserve. His name does not appear in the SEAL Database.<\/p>\n

“William J. Hayden never completed SEAL training, and he is not now, nor was he ever a Navy SEAL or a Navy Underwater Demolition Team member,” a retired Navy SEAL who investigates people who make false claims of military service.<\/p>\n

Other statements obtained by the New Jersey Globe state that Hayden had told them he was a Navy SEAL, suggesting that he was involved in the killing of drug cartel boss Pablo Escobar and that he was shot multiple times.<\/p>\n

“He told me that he didn’t have a Purple Heart because it was a secret mission, and he doesn’t appear on the Internet because of what he did was a secret,” a former girlfriend said in a statement “He told me he was afraid of Escobar’s son, so he liked to keep a low profile.”<\/p>\n

His stepson said he and his wife “heard Bill mention on numerous occasions his time in the military. He has mentioned on numerous occasions his time in the SEALS.”<\/p>\n

Hayden claimed to have been wounded in combat and said he served during the Operation Gothic Serpent in Mogadishu, a onetime friend said.<\/p>\n

A veteran who knows Hayden confirmed that the county commissioner told him stories of his exploits as a SEAL team member.<\/p>\n

“I have been informed that Bill was never in the Navy or any other armed force of the United States,” the veteran said. “If this is true, he should be ashamed of himself for his stolen valor. If true, the general public should be made aware of these lies, and he should suffer the public shame and humiliation of his wrongdoing.”<\/p>\n

The New Jersey Globe is withholding names to protect individuals who came forward from retaliation.<\/p>\n

Records show that Hayden took a veterans exemption on his taxes.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The New Jersey Globe provides additional details<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bill Hayden, Sussex County Commissioner, stated that he was leaving the Republican Party. This comes in the aftermath of four of his fellow Republicans voting to censure him for misconduct. The censure also included allegations of stolen valor. Hayden claimed to be a Navy SEAL and he also claimed to be a Marine. The article […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[396,339],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-153797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marinecorpsposer","category-phony-seal"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4ozh1-E0B","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153797","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\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=153797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153797\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=153797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=153797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=153797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}