{"id":70843,"date":"2017-03-14T09:00:47","date_gmt":"2017-03-14T13:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=70843"},"modified":"2022-01-23T22:53:20","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T03:53:20","slug":"john-naputi-phony-sf-operator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=70843","title":{"rendered":"John Naputi; phony SF operator"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center> <a href=\"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=70844\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-70844\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/16649287_10210684675146743_8420434467865314747_n-168x300.jpg?resize=168%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"168\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-70844\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/16649287_10210684675146743_8420434467865314747_n.jpg?resize=168%2C300&amp;ssl=1 168w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/16649287_10210684675146743_8420434467865314747_n.jpg?resize=187%2C333&amp;ssl=1 187w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/16649287_10210684675146743_8420434467865314747_n.jpg?w=539&amp;ssl=1 539w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 168px) 100vw, 168px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>The folks at <a href=\"https:\/\/militaryphony.com\/2017\/03\/14\/john-naputi-us-army-special-forces-communication-sergeant-blog-of-shame\/\">Military Phonies<\/a> send us their work on John Naputi, who claims that he&#8217;s an 18E special forces operator;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>John Naputi from Hondo Texas  comes to us claiming that he was a 18E Special Forces Communication Sergeant. As well as a 92R Parachute Rigger and 13F  Forward Observer. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=70845\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-70845\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/John-Naputi-3-300x284.jpg?resize=300%2C284\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"284\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-70845\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/John-Naputi-3.jpg?resize=300%2C284&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/John-Naputi-3.jpg?resize=352%2C333&amp;ssl=1 352w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/John-Naputi-3.jpg?w=471&amp;ssl=1 471w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=70846\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-70846\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/John-Naputi-8-300x300.jpg?resize=300%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-70846\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/John-Naputi-8.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/John-Naputi-8.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/John-Naputi-8.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/John-Naputi-8.jpg?resize=333%2C333&amp;ssl=1 333w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/John-Naputi-8.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>He claims that he served in the war against terror and that he earned a Combat Infantryman Badge and a Master Parachutist Badge and that he was wounded in combat;<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=70847\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-70847\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/John-Naputi-47-300x156.jpg?resize=300%2C156\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"156\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-70847\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/John-Naputi-47.jpg?resize=300%2C156&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/John-Naputi-47.jpg?resize=768%2C400&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/John-Naputi-47.jpg?resize=500%2C260&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/John-Naputi-47.jpg?w=1111&amp;ssl=1 1111w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=70848\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-70848\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/John-Naputi-6-300x158.jpg?resize=300%2C158\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"158\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-70848\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/John-Naputi-6.jpg?resize=300%2C158&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/John-Naputi-6.jpg?resize=768%2C406&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/John-Naputi-6.jpg?resize=500%2C264&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/John-Naputi-6.jpg?w=920&amp;ssl=1 920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=70849\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-70849\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/John-Naputi-7-300x150.jpg?resize=300%2C150\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-70849\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/John-Naputi-7.jpg?resize=300%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/John-Naputi-7.jpg?resize=768%2C384&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/John-Naputi-7.jpg?resize=500%2C250&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/John-Naputi-7.jpg?resize=600%2C300&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/John-Naputi-7.jpg?w=870&amp;ssl=1 870w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>He was actually a finance clerk and a parachute rigger;<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=70850\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-70850\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/John-Naputi-FOIA-231x300.jpg?resize=231%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"231\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-70850\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/John-Naputi-FOIA.jpg?resize=231%2C300&amp;ssl=1 231w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/John-Naputi-FOIA.jpg?resize=768%2C999&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/John-Naputi-FOIA.jpg?resize=256%2C333&amp;ssl=1 256w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/John-Naputi-FOIA.jpg?w=1575&amp;ssl=1 1575w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=70851\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-70851\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/John-Naputi-Asignments1-300x231.jpg?resize=300%2C231\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"231\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-70851\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/John-Naputi-Asignments1.jpg?resize=300%2C231&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/John-Naputi-Asignments1.jpg?resize=768%2C590&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/John-Naputi-Asignments1.jpg?resize=433%2C333&amp;ssl=1 433w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/John-Naputi-Asignments1.jpg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=70852\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-70852\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/John-Naputi-Assignments2-300x231.jpg?resize=300%2C231\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"231\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-70852\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/John-Naputi-Assignments2.jpg?resize=300%2C231&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/John-Naputi-Assignments2.jpg?resize=768%2C591&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/John-Naputi-Assignments2.jpg?resize=432%2C333&amp;ssl=1 432w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/John-Naputi-Assignments2.jpg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=70853\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-70853\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/John-Naputi-Awards-265x300.jpg?resize=265%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"265\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-70853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/John-Naputi-Awards.jpg?resize=265%2C300&amp;ssl=1 265w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/John-Naputi-Awards.jpg?resize=768%2C868&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/John-Naputi-Awards.jpg?resize=295%2C333&amp;ssl=1 295w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/John-Naputi-Awards.jpg?w=792&amp;ssl=1 792w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 265px) 100vw, 265px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=70854\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-70854\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/John-Naputi-training-191x300.jpg?resize=191%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"191\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-70854\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/John-Naputi-training.jpg?resize=191%2C300&amp;ssl=1 191w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/John-Naputi-training.jpg?resize=768%2C1203&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/John-Naputi-training.jpg?resize=213%2C333&amp;ssl=1 213w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/John-Naputi-training.jpg?w=1002&amp;ssl=1 1002w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 191px) 100vw, 191px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>No CIB, no master parachutist wings, no awards for deployments, no wounds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The folks at Military Phonies send us their work on John Naputi, who claims that he&#8217;s an 18E special forces operator; John Naputi from Hondo Texas comes to us claiming that he was a 18E Special Forces Communication Sergeant. As well as a 92R Parachute Rigger and 13F Forward Observer. He claims that he served [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":70844,"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-70843","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\/2017\/03\/16649287_10210684675146743_8420434467865314747_n.jpg?fit=539%2C960&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4ozh1-iqD","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70843","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=70843"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70843\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/70844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=70843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=70843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=70843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}