{"id":66903,"date":"2016-07-17T09:00:52","date_gmt":"2016-07-17T13:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=66903"},"modified":"2016-07-27T14:14:40","modified_gmt":"2016-07-27T18:14:40","slug":"eric-vasconselles-is-not-an-army-captain-with-25-years-of-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=66903","title":{"rendered":"Eric Vasconselles is not an Army captain with 25 years of service"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Someone sent us their work on this fellow, Eric Vasconselles<\/a>. For some reason or other, some folks are under the impression that he is an Army Captain with 25 years of service and that he served in the war against terror. <\/p>\n

\"VasConselles<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n

Being the helpful person I am, I’m here to clear all of that up.<\/p>\n

The confusion comes where Eric is actually a Captain in the New Mexico State Guard (NOT to be confused with the New Mexico National Guard). The State Guard is a voluntary organization, which is a good thing, because Eric doesn’t qualify for the National Guard. He was in the Army once, briefly. Not in the manner he likes to depict in the photo above, but he was in the Army;<\/p>\n

\"Eric<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Vasconselles<\/a><\/p>\n

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On that DD214 above, on the complete copy that I have, it looks like he had seven months of “bad time” which means he was a deserter – that’s why he wasn’t available for a signature. Also the separation code is KFS, which means; For the good of the service, in lieu of a court martial. The discharge was issued under conditions other than honorable. That’s why he won’t go to the VA.<\/p>\n

Notice that the rank is E-1, not the staff sergeant rank he’s wearing in the picture. The DD214 doesn’t say anything about his ARCOM, his Southwest Asia Service Medal, the Army Achievement Medal, the jump wings or the Air Assault Badge. I think I see a star on his National Defense Service Medal, too. He didn’t liberate Kuwait, either.<\/p>\n

I’m told that picture was taken at his wedding in 1999, so he must’ve been prouder of his service two years after he went AWOL.<\/p>\n

ADDED 7-27-2016:<\/strong> Some pictures I just got of Eric Vasconselles wearing an 82d Airborne Division combat patch and Ranger tab that he didn’t earn while playing Army with the New Mexico State Guard;<\/p>\n


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