{"id":68763,"date":"2016-11-04T10:27:04","date_gmt":"2016-11-04T14:27:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=68763"},"modified":"2022-01-23T22:53:24","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T03:53:24","slug":"wesley-matthew-swanson-red-sky-tactical","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=68763","title":{"rendered":"Wesley Matthew Swanson; Red Sky Tactical"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=68764\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-68764\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Wesley-Swanson-3-444x333.jpg?resize=444%2C333\" alt=\"Wesley Swanson (3)\" width=\"444\" height=\"333\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-68764\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Wesley-Swanson-3.jpg?resize=444%2C333&amp;ssl=1 444w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Wesley-Swanson-3.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Wesley-Swanson-3.jpg?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Wesley-Swanson-3.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 444px) 100vw, 444px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Someone sent us this fellow, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/wesley-swanson-20197666\">Wesley Matthew Swanson<\/a>, the founder and CEO of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Red-Sky-Tactical-187489264639765\/\">Red Sky Tactical<\/a>. At his LinkedIn profile, he claims to have served in Operation Iraqi Freedom 1 &#038; 3.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=68767\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-68767\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Wesley-Swanson-LinkedIn-500x126.jpg?resize=500%2C126\" alt=\"Wesley Swanson LinkedIn\" width=\"500\" height=\"126\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-68767\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Wesley-Swanson-LinkedIn.jpg?resize=500%2C126&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Wesley-Swanson-LinkedIn.jpg?resize=300%2C76&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Wesley-Swanson-LinkedIn.jpg?resize=768%2C194&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Wesley-Swanson-LinkedIn.jpg?resize=960%2C243&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Wesley-Swanson-LinkedIn.jpg?w=964&amp;ssl=1 964w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>His records don&#8217;t support that claim. He doesn&#8217;t have any campaign medals for OIF beyond the awards that everyone gets for being on active duty;<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=68768\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-68768\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Wesley-Swanson-2-241x333.jpg?resize=241%2C333\" alt=\"Wesley Swanson (2)\" width=\"241\" height=\"333\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-68768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Wesley-Swanson-2.jpg?resize=241%2C333&amp;ssl=1 241w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Wesley-Swanson-2.jpg?resize=217%2C300&amp;ssl=1 217w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Wesley-Swanson-2.jpg?w=274&amp;ssl=1 274w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 241px) 100vw, 241px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=68765\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-68765\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Wesley-Swanson-FOIA-ERB-431x333.jpg?resize=431%2C333\" alt=\"Wesley Swanson FOIA ERB\" width=\"431\" height=\"333\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-68765\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Wesley-Swanson-FOIA-ERB.jpg?resize=431%2C333&amp;ssl=1 431w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Wesley-Swanson-FOIA-ERB.jpg?resize=300%2C232&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Wesley-Swanson-FOIA-ERB.jpg?resize=768%2C593&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Wesley-Swanson-FOIA-ERB.jpg?w=948&amp;ssl=1 948w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 431px) 100vw, 431px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=68766\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-68766\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Wesley-Swanson-FOIA-257x333.jpg?resize=257%2C333\" alt=\"Wesley Swanson FOIA\" width=\"257\" height=\"333\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-68766\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Wesley-Swanson-FOIA.jpg?resize=257%2C333&amp;ssl=1 257w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Wesley-Swanson-FOIA.jpg?resize=232%2C300&amp;ssl=1 232w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Wesley-Swanson-FOIA.jpg?w=566&amp;ssl=1 566w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 257px) 100vw, 257px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t find any active duty for him while he was in the Reserves, either. So, if you&#8217;re signing up for training with Red Sky Tactical in Greeley, Colorado hoping for training from an OIF veteran and Wesley is your instructor, sorry. He&#8217;s a combat engineer who never deployed.<\/p>\n<p>Yep, Purple Heart license plates involved, too. <\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=69202\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-69202\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_20161122_112446-01-301x333.jpeg?resize=301%2C333\" alt=\"IMG_20161122_112446-01\" width=\"301\" height=\"333\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-69202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_20161122_112446-01.jpeg?resize=301%2C333&amp;ssl=1 301w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_20161122_112446-01.jpeg?resize=271%2C300&amp;ssl=1 271w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_20161122_112446-01.jpeg?w=702&amp;ssl=1 702w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 301px) 100vw, 301px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Someone sent us this fellow, Wesley Matthew Swanson, the founder and CEO of Red Sky Tactical. At his LinkedIn profile, he claims to have served in Operation Iraqi Freedom 1 &#038; 3. His records don&#8217;t support that claim. He doesn&#8217;t have any campaign medals for OIF beyond the awards that everyone gets for being on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":68764,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,391],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-phony-soldiers","category-valorvultures"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Wesley-Swanson-3.jpg?fit=640%2C480&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4ozh1-hT5","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68763","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=68763"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68763\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/68764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=68763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=68763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=68763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}