{"id":73912,"date":"2017-08-11T08:04:34","date_gmt":"2017-08-11T12:04:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=73912"},"modified":"2022-01-23T22:47:59","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T03:47:59","slug":"step-hahn-phony-green-beret","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=73912","title":{"rendered":"Step Hahn; phony Green Beret"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=73913\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-73913\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/600600c382EDNmainHahn-3-283x300.jpg?resize=283%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"283\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-73913\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/600600c382EDNmainHahn-3.jpg?resize=283%2C300&amp;ssl=1 283w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/600600c382EDNmainHahn-3.jpg?resize=314%2C333&amp;ssl=1 314w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/600600c382EDNmainHahn-3.jpg?w=406&amp;ssl=1 406w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 283px) 100vw, 283px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>The folks at <a href=\"http:\/\/guardiansofthegreenberet.com\/step-hahn-green-beret-poser\">Guardians of the Green Beret<\/a> got their website set up finally after getting booted from their Facebook page and I was perusing their site when I came across this fellow, Step Hahn, whom I&#8217;d never seen before, so I snagged their work on him.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently, he&#8217;d stolen a photo from Soldiers&#8217; Magazine and captioned it to be a photo of himself;<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=73919\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-73919\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/hahn-4-300x155.jpg?resize=300%2C155\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"155\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-73919\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/hahn-4.jpg?resize=300%2C155&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/hahn-4.jpg?resize=768%2C397&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/hahn-4.jpg?resize=500%2C259&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/hahn-4.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=73920\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-73920\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/hahn-7-275x300.jpg?resize=275%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-73920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/hahn-7.jpg?resize=275%2C300&amp;ssl=1 275w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/hahn-7.jpg?resize=306%2C333&amp;ssl=1 306w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/hahn-7.jpg?w=401&amp;ssl=1 401w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=73914\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-73914\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/hahn-10-300x158.jpg?resize=300%2C158\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"158\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-73914\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/hahn-10.jpg?resize=300%2C158&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/hahn-10.jpg?resize=768%2C405&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/hahn-10.jpg?resize=500%2C264&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/hahn-10.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>The photographer says that it wasn&#8217;t Hahn;<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=73915\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-73915\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/hagn2-300x201.jpg?resize=300%2C201\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-73915\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/hagn2.jpg?resize=300%2C201&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/hagn2.jpg?resize=768%2C514&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/hagn2.jpg?resize=498%2C333&amp;ssl=1 498w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/hagn2.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>According to his records, he left active duty a decade before the GWOT, and he left the Guard in early 2001, so he couldn&#8217;t have been in AFghanistan to take the picture, and he wasn&#8217;t a medic or special forces trained, or airborne trained;<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=73916\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-73916\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Hahn-FOIA-AA-231x300.jpg?resize=231%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"231\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-73916\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Hahn-FOIA-AA.jpg?resize=231%2C300&amp;ssl=1 231w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Hahn-FOIA-AA.jpg?resize=257%2C333&amp;ssl=1 257w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Hahn-FOIA-AA.jpg?w=617&amp;ssl=1 617w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=73917\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-73917\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Hahn-FOIA-Assignments-2-300x179.jpg?resize=300%2C179\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"179\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-73917\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Hahn-FOIA-Assignments-2.jpg?resize=300%2C179&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Hahn-FOIA-Assignments-2.jpg?resize=768%2C459&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Hahn-FOIA-Assignments-2.jpg?resize=500%2C299&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Hahn-FOIA-Assignments-2.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=73918\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-73918\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Hahn-FOIA-ASSIGNMENTS-300x231.jpg?resize=300%2C231\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"231\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-73918\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Hahn-FOIA-ASSIGNMENTS.jpg?resize=300%2C231&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Hahn-FOIA-ASSIGNMENTS.jpg?resize=768%2C592&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Hahn-FOIA-ASSIGNMENTS.jpg?resize=432%2C333&amp;ssl=1 432w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Hahn-FOIA-ASSIGNMENTS.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>When the folks at Guardians of the Green Beret contacted Hahn, he bravely shut down his Facebook page. So, he&#8217;s out there somewhere.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The folks at Guardians of the Green Beret got their website set up finally after getting booted from their Facebook page and I was perusing their site when I came across this fellow, Step Hahn, whom I&#8217;d never seen before, so I snagged their work on him. Apparently, he&#8217;d stolen a photo from Soldiers&#8217; Magazine [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":73913,"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-73912","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\/08\/600600c382EDNmainHahn-3.jpg?fit=406%2C430&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4ozh1-je8","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73912","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=73912"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73912\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/73913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=73912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=73912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=73912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}