{"id":78841,"date":"2018-04-12T09:36:47","date_gmt":"2018-04-12T13:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=78841"},"modified":"2022-01-23T22:45:48","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T03:45:48","slug":"daniel-clay-cheatham-in-the-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=78841","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Clay Cheatham in the news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=77821\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-77821\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Daniel-Cheatham-2.jpg?resize=197%2C248\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"248\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77821\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Back in February, <a href=\"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=77816\">we busted<\/a> Daniel Clay <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100008830608841\">Cheatham<\/a> with the work of our partners at <a href=\"https:\/\/militaryphony.com\/2018\/02\/19\/daniel-clay-cheatham-us-army-ranger-blog-of-shame\/\">Military Phonies<\/a>. Cheatham had claimed to be an Army Ranger because somehow that made him a better yoga dude &#8211; he hadn&#8217;t even completed Basic Combat Training. Today, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.caseynews.net\/content\/veterans-ask-apology-lies-about-service\">Casey County News<\/a> reports that veterans in his area are asking for an apology;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\tThey say this is a case of \u201cStolen Valor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A website run by Ambrosia Wellness, which was formerly located in Liberty but is now in Danville, had a biography for Cheatham.<\/p>\n<p>The biography claimed several martial arts belts, certifications in yoga and fitness programs, but perhaps its largest claim was that Cheatham served and was injured during a deployment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cClay served in the US ARMY 75th Ranger Regiment where his back was broken in duty. He was paralyzed and told he would never walk again. Determined, he rehabilitated and recovered almost completely. Clay is living proof that there is healing in Yoga. \u2026 Corporal Cheatham has put his body through the ultimate tests; serving in battle in Afghanistan,\u201d the website stated.<\/p>\n<p>The Casey County News requested documents from the U.S. Army that showed that Cheatham was discharged from the military after six months. Cheatham never attended Ranger school, and did not attain the rank of Corporal.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>His records don&#8217;t support his claims;<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=77819\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-77819\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Daniel-Cheatham-FOIA-AA-231x300.jpg?resize=231%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"231\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-77819\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Daniel-Cheatham-FOIA-AA.jpg?resize=231%2C300&amp;ssl=1 231w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Daniel-Cheatham-FOIA-AA.jpg?resize=768%2C999&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Daniel-Cheatham-FOIA-AA.jpg?resize=256%2C333&amp;ssl=1 256w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Daniel-Cheatham-FOIA-AA.jpg?w=1105&amp;ssl=1 1105w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=77820\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-77820\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Daniel-Cheatham-FOIA-ERB-300x233.jpg?resize=300%2C233\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"233\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-77820\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Daniel-Cheatham-FOIA-ERB.jpg?resize=300%2C233&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Daniel-Cheatham-FOIA-ERB.jpg?resize=768%2C596&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Daniel-Cheatham-FOIA-ERB.jpg?resize=429%2C333&amp;ssl=1 429w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Daniel-Cheatham-FOIA-ERB.jpg?w=1213&amp;ssl=1 1213w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Nice to have the media on our side for a change.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back in February, we busted Daniel Clay Cheatham with the work of our partners at Military Phonies. Cheatham had claimed to be an Army Ranger because somehow that made him a better yoga dude &#8211; he hadn&#8217;t even completed Basic Combat Training. Today, the Casey County News reports that veterans in his area are asking [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":77821,"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-78841","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\/02\/Daniel-Cheatham-2.jpg?fit=197%2C248&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4ozh1-kvD","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78841","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=78841"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78841\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/77821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=78841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=78841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=78841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}