{"id":36950,"date":"2013-08-04T21:09:09","date_gmt":"2013-08-05T01:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=36950"},"modified":"2013-11-26T17:32:28","modified_gmt":"2013-11-26T22:32:28","slug":"36950","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=36950","title":{"rendered":"Phillip Dale Monkress; phony SEAL in FL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Editor&#8217;s Note: From some reason <a href=\"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=30777\">the original post<\/a> wasn&#8217;t showing up at the original spot so I&#8217;m reposting it.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Editor&#8217;s Note:<\/em> Monkress needed a bump up to the top. His lawyer is sending threatening letters to our friends and I guess she decided after a phone call with me, that her threats would only be a day&#8217;s welcomed distraction. Someone is walking the halls of Congress with Monkress&#8217; DD214 today asking questions. I&#8217;ve added some more evidence that Monkress called himself a Navy SEAL, which seems to be their defense these days, that he never said he was a SEAL. So Lori Benton of Ford &amp; Harrison, Attorneys at Law, you know our number.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Someone sent us some information on Phillip Dale Monkress who was outed late last year by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pownetwork.org\/phonies\/phonies1238.htm\">POW Network<\/a> as a phony SEAL, but he&#8217;s still rockin&#8217; the lie, so it&#8217;s time to call out the pitchfork brigade. Here&#8217;s picture of him in his motorcycle club, the <a href=\"http:\/\/usmvmc.org\/\">US Military Veterans&#8217; Motorcycle Club<\/a>;<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Monk.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-30778\" title=\"Monk\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Monk.jpg?resize=300%2C420\" width=\"300\" height=\"420\" \/><\/a><\/center>Notice the Trident peaking out from his vest? Well, here are his records;<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Monkress-FOIA.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-30779\" title=\"Monkress FOIA\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Monkress-FOIA-150x150.jpg?resize=150%2C150\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Monkress-FOIA.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Monkress-FOIA.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Monkress-FOIA.jpg?zoom=3&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/center>Aside from the fact that Captain Larry Bailey, a real SEAL, says there&#8217;s no record of Monkress in the system, his records don&#8217;t mention BUD\/S, well, unless a Computer System Maintenance Technician is the same as a SEAL in Navy talk. Here are his assignments;<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Monkress-Assignments.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-30780\" title=\"Monkress Assignments\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Monkress-Assignments-150x150.jpg?resize=150%2C150\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Monkress-Assignments.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Monkress-Assignments.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Monkress-Assignments.jpg?zoom=3&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/center>He&#8217;s the CEO and president of &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/all-points-logistics.com\/\">All-Points Logistics<\/a>&#8221; in Titusville, FL, and according to the screenshots at POW Network, he works with US government contracts and claims he&#8217;s a Native-American. I wonder if that is even true, as well, since clearly, he wasn&#8217;t a SEAL. Someone at the DVA OIG ought to check on his claims of being a 100% disabled veteran, too.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ADDED:<\/strong> It seems the lawyers are trying to make the point that Monkress never called himself a SEAL, but here&#8217;s a page from the Brevard Business News which reprints a slide presentation in their publication;<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Monkress-APL-ad.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-35515\" alt=\"Monkress APL ad\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Monkress-APL-ad-297x300.jpg?resize=297%2C300\" width=\"297\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Monkress-APL-ad.jpg?resize=297%2C300&amp;ssl=1 297w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Monkress-APL-ad.jpg?w=556&amp;ssl=1 556w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 297px) 100vw, 297px\" \/><\/a><\/center>And an alert reader found a Florida Today article behind a pay wall. Scroll down and you&#8217;ll see where the article calls Monkress a Navy SEAL. Where&#8217;d the reporter get that idea?<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Florida-Today-Monkress-article.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-35516\" alt=\"Florida Today Monkress article\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Florida-Today-Monkress-article-225x300.png?resize=225%2C300\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Florida-Today-Monkress-article.png?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Florida-Today-Monkress-article.png?w=768&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/center>Here&#8217;s an ad that BBN ran in their publication about a business conference. But Monkress never claimed to be a SEAL, right?<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/BBN-Ad.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-35518\" alt=\"BBN Ad\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/BBN-Ad-194x300.jpg?resize=194%2C300\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/BBN-Ad.jpg?resize=194%2C300&amp;ssl=1 194w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/BBN-Ad.jpg?w=395&amp;ssl=1 395w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Editor&#8217;s Note: From some reason the original post wasn&#8217;t showing up at the original spot so I&#8217;m reposting it. Editor&#8217;s Note: Monkress needed a bump up to the top. His lawyer is sending threatening letters to our friends and I guess she decided after a phone call with me, that her threats would only be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-phony-soldiers"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s4ozh1-36950","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36950","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36950"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36950\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}