{"id":77328,"date":"2018-01-24T08:00:11","date_gmt":"2018-01-24T13:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=77328"},"modified":"2022-01-23T22:46:28","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T03:46:28","slug":"cris-hoppes-phony-green-beret","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=77328","title":{"rendered":"Cris Hoppes; phony Green Beret"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=77329\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-77329\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Cris-Hoppes-5-247x300.jpg?resize=247%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"247\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-77329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Cris-Hoppes-5.jpg?resize=247%2C300&amp;ssl=1 247w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Cris-Hoppes-5.jpg?resize=274%2C333&amp;ssl=1 274w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Cris-Hoppes-5.jpg?w=361&amp;ssl=1 361w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 247px) 100vw, 247px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Our partners at <a href=\"http:\/\/guardiansofthegreenberet.com\/cris-hoppes-green-beret-not-1\">Guardians of the Green Beret<\/a> share their work on this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/choppes621\">Cris Hoppes<\/a> fellow. He claims that he was a special forces soldier, and yes, there&#8217;s a tattoo;<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=77330\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-77330\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Cris-Hoppes-1-241x300.jpeg?resize=241%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"241\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-77330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Cris-Hoppes-1.jpeg?resize=241%2C300&amp;ssl=1 241w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Cris-Hoppes-1.jpeg?resize=267%2C333&amp;ssl=1 267w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Cris-Hoppes-1.jpeg?w=437&amp;ssl=1 437w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 241px) 100vw, 241px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=77331\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-77331\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Cris-Hoppes-1-300x300.jpg?resize=300%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-77331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Cris-Hoppes-1.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Cris-Hoppes-1.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Cris-Hoppes-1.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Cris-Hoppes-1.jpg?resize=333%2C333&amp;ssl=1 333w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Cris-Hoppes-1.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=77332\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-77332\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Cris-Hoppes-2-269x300.jpeg?resize=269%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"269\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-77332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Cris-Hoppes-2.jpeg?resize=269%2C300&amp;ssl=1 269w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Cris-Hoppes-2.jpeg?resize=298%2C333&amp;ssl=1 298w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Cris-Hoppes-2.jpeg?w=437&amp;ssl=1 437w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 269px) 100vw, 269px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=77333\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-77333\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Cris-Hoppes-3-231x300.jpeg?resize=231%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"231\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-77333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Cris-Hoppes-3.jpeg?resize=231%2C300&amp;ssl=1 231w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Cris-Hoppes-3.jpeg?resize=256%2C333&amp;ssl=1 256w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Cris-Hoppes-3.jpeg?w=605&amp;ssl=1 605w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=77334\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-77334\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Cris-Hoppes-4-221x300.jpeg?resize=221%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"221\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-77334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Cris-Hoppes-4.jpeg?resize=221%2C300&amp;ssl=1 221w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Cris-Hoppes-4.jpeg?resize=246%2C333&amp;ssl=1 246w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Cris-Hoppes-4.jpeg?w=374&amp;ssl=1 374w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 221px) 100vw, 221px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=77335\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-77335\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Cris-Hoppes-5-159x300.jpeg?resize=159%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"159\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-77335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Cris-Hoppes-5.jpeg?resize=159%2C300&amp;ssl=1 159w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Cris-Hoppes-5.jpeg?resize=177%2C333&amp;ssl=1 177w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Cris-Hoppes-5.jpeg?w=352&amp;ssl=1 352w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 159px) 100vw, 159px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=77336\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-77336\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Cris-Hoppes-6-300x232.jpeg?resize=300%2C232\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"232\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-77336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Cris-Hoppes-6.jpeg?resize=300%2C232&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Cris-Hoppes-6.jpeg?resize=768%2C593&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Cris-Hoppes-6.jpeg?resize=431%2C333&amp;ssl=1 431w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Cris-Hoppes-6.jpeg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>GGB helpfully runs down his lies;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>E-6 SSG FALSE<\/p>\n<p>CIB (Combat Infantry Badge) FALSE<\/p>\n<p>Special Forces Crest FALSE<\/p>\n<p>EIB Earned<\/p>\n<p>Canadian Jump Wings Earned<\/p>\n<p>Master Parachutist Badge FALSE<\/p>\n<p>Expert Medical Badge Earned<\/p>\n<p>Are the wings and 82nd patch military issue? We don&#8217;t believe so.<\/p>\n<p>Jungle expert FALSE<\/p>\n<p>Army Commendation Medal FALSE<\/p>\n<p>Good Conduct w\/ Oak Leaf Cluster (We don\u2019t see an Oak Leaf in records)<\/p>\n<p>National Defense Service Medal FALSE<\/p>\n<p>Humanitarian Service Earned<\/p>\n<p>NCO Professional Development Earned<\/p>\n<p>Army Service Ribbon Earned<\/p>\n<p>Overseas Service ribbon FALSE<\/p>\n<p>2 rung bolo badge Earned Pistol and M-16<\/p>\n<p>18th ABN Corps Recondo FALSE<\/p>\n<p>Special Forces Patch FALSE Cris Hoppes, fake Green Beret never spent a single day in an SF unit.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>And, the records;<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=77337\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-77337\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Cris-Hoppes-FOIA-AA-232x300.jpg?resize=232%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-77337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Cris-Hoppes-FOIA-AA.jpg?resize=232%2C300&amp;ssl=1 232w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Cris-Hoppes-FOIA-AA.jpg?resize=257%2C333&amp;ssl=1 257w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Cris-Hoppes-FOIA-AA.jpg?w=618&amp;ssl=1 618w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=77338\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-77338\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Cris-Hoppes-FOIA-Assignments-300x232.jpg?resize=300%2C232\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"232\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-77338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Cris-Hoppes-FOIA-Assignments.jpg?resize=300%2C232&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Cris-Hoppes-FOIA-Assignments.jpg?resize=768%2C593&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Cris-Hoppes-FOIA-Assignments.jpg?resize=431%2C333&amp;ssl=1 431w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Cris-Hoppes-FOIA-Assignments.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=77339\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-77339\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Cris-Hoppes-FOIA-Awards-232x300.jpg?resize=232%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-77339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Cris-Hoppes-FOIA-Awards.jpg?resize=232%2C300&amp;ssl=1 232w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Cris-Hoppes-FOIA-Awards.jpg?resize=257%2C333&amp;ssl=1 257w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Cris-Hoppes-FOIA-Awards.jpg?w=618&amp;ssl=1 618w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I guess that Cris doesn&#8217;t think that there&#8217;s enough to be proud of with an assignment to those Devils in Baggy Pants &#8211; the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment. The Expert Infantryman Badge is harder to earn than the CIB. But, I guess that&#8217;s not enough for some people. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our partners at Guardians of the Green Beret share their work on this Cris Hoppes fellow. He claims that he was a special forces soldier, and yes, there&#8217;s a tattoo; GGB helpfully runs down his lies; E-6 SSG FALSE CIB (Combat Infantry Badge) FALSE Special Forces Crest FALSE EIB Earned Canadian Jump Wings Earned Master [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":77329,"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-77328","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\/2018\/01\/Cris-Hoppes-5.jpg?fit=361%2C438&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4ozh1-k7e","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77328","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=77328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77328\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/77329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=77328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=77328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=77328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}