{"id":80798,"date":"2018-07-26T10:00:08","date_gmt":"2018-07-26T14:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=80798"},"modified":"2022-01-23T22:43:01","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T03:43:01","slug":"labaron-lee-johnson-phony-seal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=80798","title":{"rendered":"La&#8217;Baron Lee Johnson; phony SEAL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=80799\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-80799\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/LaBaron-Johnson-3.jpg?resize=172%2C174&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"172\" height=\"174\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-80799\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Our partners at <a href=\"https:\/\/militaryphony.com\/2018\/07\/26\/labaron-lee-johnson-fake-seal\/\">Military Phonies<\/a> share their work on this fellow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/labaron.l.johnson\">La&#8217;Baron Lee Johnson<\/a> who claims that he was a Lieutenant Commander (O-4) and a Navy SEAL.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=80800\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-80800\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/LaBaron-Johnson-1.jpg?resize=217%2C218&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"217\" height=\"218\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-80800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/LaBaron-Johnson-1.jpg?w=217&amp;ssl=1 217w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/LaBaron-Johnson-1.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 217px) 100vw, 217px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=80801\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-80801\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/LaBaron-Johnson-2.jpg?resize=225%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-80801\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/LaBaron-Johnson-2.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/LaBaron-Johnson-2.jpg?resize=250%2C333&amp;ssl=1 250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/LaBaron-Johnson-2.jpg?w=720&amp;ssl=1 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=80802\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-80802\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/LaBaron-Johnson-4.jpg?resize=146%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"146\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-80802\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/LaBaron-Johnson-4.jpg?resize=146%2C300&amp;ssl=1 146w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/LaBaron-Johnson-4.jpg?resize=162%2C333&amp;ssl=1 162w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/LaBaron-Johnson-4.jpg?w=590&amp;ssl=1 590w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 146px) 100vw, 146px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Based off of Labaron Lee Johnson DD-214, he initially served on active reserves for 2 years, 9 months, 4 days.  Labaron was discharged as RM3 (E-4) Radioman.  Labaron did receive a Sea Service Deployment Ribbon.  It looks like Labaron obtained his commission in the Navy Reserves and resigned it as a Lieutenant (O-3).  This service shows that he didn\u2019t attend BUD\/S, NO SEAL Command and he wasn\u2019t a SEAL.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=80803\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-80803\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/LaBaron-Johnson-5.jpg?resize=231%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"231\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-80803\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/LaBaron-Johnson-5.jpg?resize=231%2C300&amp;ssl=1 231w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/LaBaron-Johnson-5.jpg?resize=768%2C997&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/LaBaron-Johnson-5.jpg?resize=257%2C333&amp;ssl=1 257w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/LaBaron-Johnson-5.jpg?w=1578&amp;ssl=1 1578w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=80804\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-80804\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/LaBaron-Johnson-6.jpg?resize=232%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-80804\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/LaBaron-Johnson-6.jpg?resize=232%2C300&amp;ssl=1 232w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/LaBaron-Johnson-6.jpg?resize=768%2C995&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/LaBaron-Johnson-6.jpg?resize=257%2C333&amp;ssl=1 257w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/LaBaron-Johnson-6.jpg?w=1581&amp;ssl=1 1581w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=80805\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-80805\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/LaBaron-Johnson-7.jpg?resize=231%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"231\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-80805\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/LaBaron-Johnson-7.jpg?resize=231%2C300&amp;ssl=1 231w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/LaBaron-Johnson-7.jpg?resize=768%2C996&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/LaBaron-Johnson-7.jpg?resize=257%2C333&amp;ssl=1 257w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/LaBaron-Johnson-7.jpg?w=1579&amp;ssl=1 1579w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE:<\/strong> After we posted this, we discovered that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.findagrave.com\/memorial\/174344123\/labaron-lee-johnson\">LaBaron passed away<\/a> less than two years ago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our partners at Military Phonies share their work on this fellow La&#8217;Baron Lee Johnson who claims that he was a Lieutenant Commander (O-4) and a Navy SEAL. Based off of Labaron Lee Johnson DD-214, he initially served on active reserves for 2 years, 9 months, 4 days. Labaron was discharged as RM3 (E-4) Radioman. Labaron [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":80800,"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-80798","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\/07\/LaBaron-Johnson-1.jpg?fit=217%2C218&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4ozh1-l1c","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80798","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=80798"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80798\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/80800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=80798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=80798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=80798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}