{"id":72751,"date":"2017-06-14T10:00:51","date_gmt":"2017-06-14T14:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=72751"},"modified":"2017-06-17T09:25:45","modified_gmt":"2017-06-17T13:25:45","slug":"scott-levy-is-not-a-desert-storm-veteran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=72751","title":{"rendered":"Actor Scott Levy is not a Desert Storm veteran"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A few weeks ago we talked about Travis Wade<\/a>, an actor who had claimed to be a USMC sniper. During the discussion afterward, another actor, Scott Levy<\/a>, emailed us and because he misread my email signature block, accused me of stealing valor, because he thought I was claiming to be a retired Army Specialist (SPC) instead of a retired Army Sergeant First Class (SFC). So, I decided that I’d take a look at his records. <\/p>\n

According to his IMDb bio<\/a>, he claimed to be “a Stinger missile gunner in the United States Marine Corps during the Persian Gulf War.” The implication, of course, is that he was an Air Defense Artillery guy “in” Desert Storm. <\/p>\n

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He has, however, admitted in subsequent interviews that he wasn’t in Desert Storm;<\/p>\n

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Levy was indeed a Marine, and he was on active duty during the Gulf War, it looks like he wasn’t finished with his initial training before Desert Storm ended, so he wasn’t even close, not that there was much call for Stinger operators since Hussein’s air force wasn’t a factor during the war;<\/p>\n

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His Marine Corps career was fairly brief, if you look down at the bottom of his assignments, you’ll notice that he was AWOL for 20 days, which might have had something to do with his abbreviated tour of duty. He did 15 months of active duty, which is not a normal stretch. He left the Marine Corps as a Private First Class (E-2).<\/p>\n

But I just want to clarify his IMDb bio – Scott Levy is not a Desert Storm veteran, because that might not be clear to anyone reading the IMDb bio.<\/p>\n

By the way, if it’s not clear yet, don’t ever question my service. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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