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INTRODUCTION V V A - Claims by members of Vietnam Veterans of America ==================================
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Individuals reported as
of 12/2011
Note: The names listed in the next pages have made VARIOUS or multiple claims that cannot be substantiated or have been proven FALSE. These individuals are IN ADDITION TO those investigated and named in the book STOLEN VALOR. Those
with a "LINK" have records, news articles, pictures or tales
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THOSE
CLAIMING MEDAL
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| Allinson, Harold "Cherokee" | 03/2006 09/2006 |
KY | Claims Special Forces, turned down the Medal of Honor. | MORE | |||||||||||||
| Allward, Mark | 08/2007 | Fontaine CO area |
Claims former Navy fighter pilot, P3 pilot, Navy SEAL, and now
claims that he is a Sniper for Blackwater. He shows up every
once in a while, claiming that he has just gotten back from Iraq.
================================================== I greatly
appreciate your interest in upholding the honor of the US Navy SEAL
Teams, and your search for the TRUTH. Before answering your questions I
must make clear that I am a private individual, not affiliated with the
US Dept. of Defense or any other government organization. I am one of
about a dozen men in America who possess a copy of the SEAL Database, a
comprehensive and regularly updated listing of all men who trained and
served with the Naval Special Warfare units (SEALs, UDT, NCDU, S&R)
from the end of WWII to the present day. I also have access to archival
sources who can verify/deny claims of service DURING WWII. As a former
US Navy SEAL myself, I am fully familiar with the NSW training program
and the standard operating procedures used by the Teams, as well as an
in-depth personal knowledge of many of the ‘insider’ events and
incidents which UDT “Frogmen” and SEALs offer as a part of their
bona fides. My efforts to expose SEAL imposters are performed free of
charge, as a service to the public, and in honor of my SEAL Teammates
who gave their lives in service to our nation… men who truly earned
the right to the title “US NAVY SEAL” but who are no longer able to
stand forward in defense of their honor, their reputations, and their
TEAMs. If the name
you provided is spelled correctly, I do NOT find a listing in the SEAL
database for anyone named MARK
ALLWARD. Be aware that I have also examined possible
alternate spellings, and names with similar pronunciations.
In fact there are no names listed in the entire SEAL Database (10,700+
names) which begin with the alphabetic letters “ALLW”. Unless he has
undertaken the unlikely action of a legal name change (an action for
which there would be court documentation) since his claimed service with
the SEAL Teams, and based upon the information you have provided, I can
state conclusively that MARK
ALLWARD has NEVER completed SEAL training, and he is
not now, nor was he ever a US Navy SEAL or UDT “Frogman”. Please be
aware that the SEAL database includes the names of all men who served
with the Underwater Demolition Teams (“Frogmen”). Since 1983 when
the UDTs were all re-commissioned as SEAL Teams it has been the
convention within the Naval Special Warfare community to use the modern
term “SEAL” when referring to all men who ever served in any of the
SEAL ‘precursor’ units. When members
of the Naval Special Warfare community meet others who claim similar
service, but whom they do not recognize, there is a conversational
exchange of information that establishes the bona fides of each to the
other. There is no set formula for this exchange, nor for the
information that is exchanged, but it ALWAYS takes place, and the REAL
Naval Special Warfare members can ALWAYS spot a phony as a result of
this exchange. I urge you (or those who may have contact with him) to
ask Mr. ALLWARD
three questions: (1) What was
his BUD/S Class Number?
(NB: No SEAL ever forgets the class number he shouted all day long,
every day, for 6 months) (2) Where
did his training take place? (NB: Training has been conducted at several
locations over the years; different portions in different places) (3) When
did he graduate from Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) training?
(i.e. a specific graduation DATE) The answers
to those three questions may then be compared to hard, firm,
comprehensive documentation to absolutely verify his claims. There are
many other questions which could be asked to further establish the level
of veracity or untruth regarding his claims, but those three questions
are absolutes; the answers are totally UNCLASSIFIED, and every real SEAL
will gladly provide that substantiating information upon request. If Mr.
ALLWARD
offers you any specifics which he claims are definitive and valid
answers to these questions (or if he offers reasons why he cannot answer
them), I would be very interested in learning about it. The only men
who can legitimately call themselves SEALs are US Navy sailors who have
completed the entire SEAL training program which lasts approximately 2
years and who have received a formal/official designation as
“Combatant Swimmer [SEAL]” with an attendant entry in their military
records of a specific Naval Enlisted Classification Code (NEC). There
are no SEALs in any other branch of the US military armed forces.
While many units of different branches of the military services are
called upon from time to time to work “WITH” the SEAL Teams, it is
incredibly rare for any non-SEAL to ever be engaged in an operation as a
part of a deployed SEAL unit. These rare exceptions generally involve
members of highly trained Special Operations Forces from those other
branches of service or ‘other government agencies’ involved in
gathering/evaluating intelligence information. Non-SEAL Navy units and
other branches of the US military services do occasionally send men to
the SEAL Teams for brief training sessions. Those training sessions do
NOT confer the qualifications for being a SEAL on any of those
‘students’. Such training is most generally intended to facilitate a
familiarity with the way SEAL Teams operate, and are intended to make
cooperation between different units easier and more effective when they
are in the same area of operations. It is quite
common for those making fraudulent SEAL claims to cite a “secret”
training class, “special selection and skills which allowed them to
bypass BUD/S training”, or “secret missions” as an explanation for
the lack of military documentation to back up their stories. SEAL
imposters also tend to claim their military records are “sealed” and
cannot be accessed. Occasionally inventive imposters claim their records
were destroyed in a fire at the I might
suggest that you also ask Mr. ALLWARD
to specifically identify WHICH SEAL Team(s) he served on, and when. I am
in direct contact with several hundred of my SEAL Teammates whose
collective experience covers virtually all time periods from the Korean
War to the present; I can quickly contact those individuals to verify
any specific names, events, or other claims offered by Mr. ALLWARD.
If he feels that his name has somehow been mistakenly omitted from the
SEAL records, I’d be pleased to speak with him and hear details of his
service which would serve to validate his claims. The Director of the
Naval Special Warfare Archives – a close personal friend and SEAL
Teammate – is only a phone call away and standing by to amend the
records if this is ever found to be true. However, I’ve made the same
offer to more than 3,600 SEAL imposters in the last five years, and none
of them ever turned out to be a valid SEAL. If Mr. ALLWARD
subsequently suggests to you or others you know that he has contacted
me, the Department of the Navy, or “the government” in some way and
“straightened things out”, I’d be very interested in hearing from
you again. You will not
be surprised to learn that false claimants of being a US Navy SEAL
vastly outnumber the men who actually earned that title.
Informally-gathered statistics (2001-2004) indicate that there are
approximately 350 imposters for every real SEAL who ever served in the
Naval Special Warfare community. I recently visited a web site which
ranked claims overheard by bartenders during the course of their work…
“I was a Navy SEAL” was at the top of the list! Statistically you
are more likely to encounter someone who has played football in the NFL
than you are to encounter a real Navy SEAL. So, ask yourself this; how
many professional football players have you met? I checked
another online database held by the Department of Defense and accessed
through www.military.com
under the Freedom Of Information Act by using their Buddy
Finder. That database contains over 20 million records, is
one of the most complete available to the general public, and is fairly
accurate from about 1974 to the present day. That database originally
began as a listing of all military service personnel who might have been
exposed to Agent Orange while on duty in One last
note; It was formerly a violation of federal law to WEAR
specific military unit insignia, badges, patches, pins, tabs, awards,
commendations, medals, or uniform garments for which one did not have
formal/official authorization. Such actions were listed as a
prosecutable offense under Title 18 US Code Section 702 and 704, which
specified up to $5,000 in fines and up to 6 months imprisonment per each
count on which an offender was convicted. It was subsequently recognized
by lawmakers that a loophole of sorts existed within the wording of
Title 18 USC which allowed imposters to make false verbal claims
regarding military credentials, and to then display items for which they
had no legitimate authorization as keepsakes without legal repercussions
so long as they did not actually wear them on their person. To avoid
prosecution false claimants often filled their walls with forged
citations, commendations, and awards for valor, and then posed for
pictures beside those false certificates, but never actually WORE them
on their person. A recent
amendment to Title 18 USC, Section 704, called the “STOLEN
VALOR ACT” (S.1998), which was signed into law on 20 Dec
2006, now makes it illegal to even make false VERBAL
claims of receiving “any of the
service medals or badges awarded to the members of such forces, the
ribbon, button, or rosette of any such badge, decoration, or medal, or
any colorable imitation of such item”. It must be presumed
that since the earning of the status of US Navy SEAL carries with it a
special Naval Enlisted Classification (NEC) code and a unique breast
insignia (SEAL Trident badge) that the offering of false verbal claims
of being a SEAL would fall within the jurisdiction of this amended
version of the 18USC. This matter, of course, would be for the courts to
determine. Thank you
again for your concern in this matter, and for your assistance in
upholding the honor of the US Navy SEAL Teams. As noted in my opening
paragraph, I am a private individual and am in no way affiliated with
the US Department of Defense or the US government. Despite any reports
you may make/send to me regarding Mr. ALLWARD’s
false SEAL claims, any such information which I might pass along to the
authorities in this matter would be classified as “hearsay” and
therefore inadmissible in a court of law. The responsibility for
reporting the individual named in your inquiry to the federal
authorities rests with you and with anyone else who may have personally
heard or received these claims from the individual himself. Whether or
not you decide to report him to the federal authorities is entirely up
to you, but at least you now know the truth regarding his bogus claims.
If I can be of any further assistance to you in this matter, please
contact me at your convenience. Very
respectfully, Steve
Robinson |
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| ALSOBROOK, DONALD LEE | 12/2010 |
Raleigh, Garner NC |
Claims UDT in about 1963-64
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| ALVAREZ,
PEDRO JR
DECEASED |
07/2009 | CT | Claims he was a Master Sgt. and called several times back to duty and tours included Iraq & Panama. Tells two different stories - his time in service and service times don't match. Claims to have been in the Army Airborne/Army Ranger Special Forces. Served in 4-5 combat situations: Germany, Panama, Grenda, Somalia & Gulf War.. States was discharged in 1986, Claims he was called back several times to serve, and couldn't take it anymore and left Army in 1994. He claims his combat PTSD is out of control and trashed his house "reliving his combat memories". |
Served was 7/1980 - 11/1984
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| Alvarez,
Xavier (Javier)
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08/2007 | CA |
Claims 29 year Veteran of the USMC, 25 years with Recon, 2
purple hearts, a silver star and a Medal of Honor for pulling
the flag from the embassy in Iran during the hostage situation.
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| Alvarado, Joseph M | 07/2011 | . |
Warning: Afv Joseph M
Alvarado is phony veteran con man by Mark Christianson on Thursday, July 21, 2011 at 7:59pm ......He said he was a United States Army Lt. Colonel (LTC) (O-5) (OF-4), Green Beret, Ranger, Special Forces Operative, HALO Jumper and recipient of multiple Purple Hearts. He went on and on about how he just returned from Iraq but wouldn’t go into details about his last military assignment because, as he put it, it was “top secret.”...... His facebook account is
at
www.facebook.com/webranger and his name is: Afv
Joseph M Alvarado |
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| Alvez (Alvarez), Dennis | . | . | Claims Medal of Honor, POW, SF | . | |||||||||||||
| Alvis, Danny Louis | 02/2007 05/2007 |
. | Claims Army Captain, Special Forces retired. He was a local talk radio host and did business as an estate planner. He brought many people to his door via their love of our country and the armed forces. He died in a small plane crash on April 11, this year. In the weeks prior to his death, he told his investors and radio audience that he had been called back to active duty and was working at Bragg 2 to 3 days a week debriefing personnel returning from Afghanistan and Iraq. He preyed on elderly investors. His claimed “MBA” from the U. of Washington was a lie. | deceased Was Special Forces. No COMBAT IS NOTED IN THE RECORDS NOR IN AWARDS AND DECORATIONS. Faced disciplinary action in June 1994 prior to discharge. |
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| AMSTER, GARY BRUCE | 11/2007
06/2009 05/2010 |
Palm Bay FL | Claims
Medal of Honor with bogus
DD214
2009 - INDICTED Man accused of lying about military honorPublished: June 25, 2009 TAMPA - A 62-year-old Palm Bay man pleaded not guilty this afternoon to a charge he falsely claimed to have been awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.
BACK AT IT 05/2010 - Still claims Medal of Honor. Still using falsified papers/ID. |
DID serve in the
Army - approx 2 yrs. Discharged an E2, MOS 05B
Vietnam vet lied about Medal of Honor
For two years, Vietnam War veteran Gary Amster drove around Florida with
a license plate that said he had been awarded the Medal of Honor, the
nation's highest military award.
But Amster never received the Medal of Honor..... |
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| Amundsen, William J. | 11/2008 12/2008 |
Franklin
Park, IL
works in Arlington Heights, IL |
Claims:
1.5 years in 1 tour of duty in Individual claims that his “real” DD214 is listed as top secret due to activities on behalf of the government, and consistent operational activities far too sensitive for the American public. Total claimed service 6 years Additionally Claims that while working for Brock’s Candy on the West side of Chicago that he has shot and killed a number of drug dealers, users and assorted criminals. The Chicago Police Officers in the area supposedly gave him the firearms to use and when a body was removed they took the gun along to claim that it was a gang related shooting. The following night the officers would return and give him a new gun. He also claims that “the brothers” all knew him well and would give him items that were known to be stolen. He also carries a baseball style cap on his dashboard with a Chicago Police logo on it and has convinced the neighbors in his apartment complex that he is a retired Chicago Police Officer. 12/2008 - Amundsen has gone from being Naval Assault forces to being a Marine in Vietnam for 6 years. |
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| ANDERSON | 02/2009 | . | 
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QUOTE
I was walking into Office Depot last Monday, right behind the guy in the
picture. I was so shocked I had to take his photo, but didn't know
how
to do it covertly. Instead, I simply said to him, "that's an amazing uniform... can I take your picture?" He said sure... turned around at the position of attention and I snapped it on my phone. I asked him, "how long have you been in the service?" He said 30 years. I asked him
if he's still in and he said yes. My guess would be he was never in
the
service and if he was. well, you'll see what I mean when you see his uniform.
My personal favorite is the two NCO Professional Development ribbons on
the uniform (one being framed as a unit award). It's also fun to guess how many errors there are. END QUOTE |
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| Anderson, Gerald Francis | . | Springfield, MO | Claiming SEALS and/or
Frogman...
teaches "survival" skills <gfa885t@smsu.edu> |
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| ANDERSON, IAN R | 01/2009 | POWAY/SAN DIEGO, CA | NOT A MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENT |
ST LOUIS COULD LOCATE NO MILITARY RECORD. |
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| Anderson, John Adolph | 08/2007 | Willard, MO | Claims
LTC, active duty, assigned to Fort Leonard Wood. Claims . He claims to work
out of several buildings, but the one that he works out of the most is next
to an explosives detonation unit. He said that he is close to the
commissary. He said that he is under something called an HER program,
that due to his age, he was put under this program. Claims 20+ years of
service, and his work at Ft. Leonard Wood is secretive. He stated that he
was drafted into the Marine Corp during Vietnam. He states that he was
accepted to West Point sometime during his time in the Marine Corp. He
claims to be attached to Ft. Leonard at this time from Fort Benning. He
claims to have received a Purple Heart. He states that he did serve in
Afghanistan with an airborne company. He claims to have went through
Airborne Training. Claims to drive a 2000 Marquis. He states that he has an
Army decal in the back window and a Mo. State trooper association sticker in
the back window. He also claims to have some personalized tags that say
something about army airborne on them. States that he is doing top secret
type work. He is saying that no one, but 5 people in the U.S. know the type
of work he is doing. He stated he goes to Ft. Leonard Wood everyday in a
military uniform but "The long hours, days, weeks, months and years has
taken a toll... "
and yet MORE He claims to drive a 2000 Marquis. He states that he has an Army decal in the back window and a Mo. State trooper association sticker in the back window. He also claims to have some personalized tags that say something about army airborne on them. |
NO
such officer works at FLW. ACTUAL RECORDS
Ft Leonard Wood has NO officer and NO enlisted by this
name on base. Past acquaintance states that he did serve with John Anderson, but that he would no longer be in the military. He said that he did not go through Airborne training and that he would not have received a Purple Heart. He said that he would never have been in any military battle to be able to receive a Purple Heart. He CLAIMED to be mid 50's. Actually born in 1940. |
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| ANDERSON,
TIMOTHY R
aka DOC ANDERSON aka TR Anderson |
09/2008
10/2008 10/2008 |
OHIO
deceased 2010 |
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| ANDREWS, CHARLES AKA CHARLIE ANDREWS aka ROBERT CHARLES MASON |
07/2010 10/2010 11/2010 |
CA |
Claims Navy SEAL. --------------- He claims to have served as a SEAL during Desert Storm, participating in ship boardings, etc., where his best friend "Matt" was killed. He also says that he was in Mogadishu and was a participant in the incident referred to, and popularized, as "Black Hawk Down.". He said his character wasn't referenced in the movie as he was part of a special team that was doing black ops that couldn't be revealed in the movie. He had a briefcase full of "mementos". He had medals in there, and what was supposedly an ear from a person in Mogadishu. ------------------------ News articles in the web have him claiming that he either served 6 years as a SEAL or 10. ..... guess it depended on how bad he wanted to impress someone. In a recent article published 07/11/2010: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/11/magazine/11Jousting-t.html?_r=1 Andrews is described as a Navy SEAL with 6 years experience. ===================== He used to own a security company.... think it was called Trident Security & Associates. He did "bodyguard" work and private investigations. His "dad" had the PI license. =====================
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Dear POW NETWORK,
The entries in the Mr.
CHARLIE ANDREWS’ (aka
Robert Charles Mason)
record show him going from EOD Mobile Unit Mare Island, California
to the Naval Special Warfare Center, Coronado, California for BUD/S
Training on a “Permanent Change of Station”� that means he was
permanently sent to the unit (BUD/S) rather than temporarily being
assigned for some brief/short course. Which means that if he is
washed out of training or quits, he will then be transferred to
another military unit at the Navy’s discretion.
The dates aren’t provided, but you can
see that his next stop after leaving BUD/S Training was Amphibious
Construction Battalion ONE (ACB-1). That’s not a duty station where
SEALs are assigned, but it is located on the same base where SEALs
are trained and stationed.
The pages from his records have been
physically trimmed so I can’t tell exactly what happened, but the
man did not finish BUD/S Training and never became a Navy SEAL. The
choices are limited: (1) he washed out for “Failure to meet
performance qualifications”, or (2) he was physically injured and
medically dropped from the course, or (3) he was removed from the
Training unit for some infraction, or (4) he elected to voluntarily
quit (DOR � Drop On Request).
The remainder of his time on Active Duty
was spent with ACB-1 at the Amphibious Base in Coronado, from which
he was ultimately discharged. As noted, while this is not a command
where SEALs serve, it is located on the same base as SEAL Training
unit and the west coast SEAL Teams.
This is one of the worst kind of
offenders when it comes to SEAL imposters� a man who actually earned
a slot at the training unit and then didn’t finish � for whatever
reason � and who has then gone on to use his “insider” information
and experience to make his lies about being a SEAL more believable.
He spent the remainder of his time in the Navy on the same base as
the BUD/S Trainees and the SEAL Teams, and had all kinds of
opportunities to watch the training, hang out with his old
classmates, and add to his library of war stories for use later in
life.
Let me reiterate my earlier statement:
Charlie Andrews aka
Robert Charles Mason is not now and never was a US Navy SEAL.
Respectfully,
Steve Robinson RM2(SEAL) ============================================================
Mr. Jeremy Schapp,
ESPN News, ROBERT CHARLES MASON's Navy Records are shown on the link below. He "Attempted" SEAL Training in the Navy but like most men he was unsuccessful. http://www.pownetwork.org/pownet.secure/mason_robert_charles_andrews_2.pdf I must stress that although I am a US Navy veteran, and a Retired Navy SEAL, I am a civilian performing in an entirely unofficial role. I strongly recommend that you obtain a formal/official US NAVY statement regarding Mr. ROBERT CHARLES MASON's claimed SEAL credentials. To do so you may contact the PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE at the NAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE COMMAND in San Diego by calling (619) 522-2823, or you may contact the FOIA COORDINATOR at the NAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE COMMAND in San Diego, California, and submit a formal FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT inquiry in writing addressed to:
Commander I respectfully request that you contact the Naval Special Warfare Command’s Public Affairs Office and verify the accuracy of what I have told you. I request that you thereafter publish a correction to your story and ensure that the man’s falsely claimed SEAL credentials are disavowed. Your viewers, especially any REAL Navy SEALs who have seen your video, deserve your respect and the TRUTH. While you may wish to honor veterans, the publication of such false claims made by those who have aggrandized their service (or in some cases created entirely false credentials out of whole cloth) is a disservice to those who truly served the military, and especially to those who truly earned the title US Navy SEAL. Thank you for your concern in this matter, and for your assistance in upholding the honor of the US Navy SEAL Teams. If I can be of any further assistance to you in this matter, please contact me at your convenience.
Respectfully, Don Shipley BUD/S 131, SEAL Team ONE, SEAL Team TWO. Owner http://www.extremesealexperience.com/ 757-572-7203 |
To Whom it may concern;
I greatly appreciate your interest in upholding the honor of the US
Navy SEAL Teams, and your search for the TRUTH. Before answering
your questions I must make clear that I am a private individual, not
affiliated with the US Dept. of Defense or any other government
organization. My efforts to expose SEAL imposters are performed as a
service to the public, and in honor of my
SEAL Teammates who gave their lives in service to our nation… men
who truly earned the right to the title "US NAVY SEAL" but who
are no longer able to stand forward in defense of their honor, their
reputations, and their TEAMs.
If the name you provided is spelled correctly, I do NOT find a
listing in the SEAL Database (SEAL Teams and predecessor units from
1943 to the Present Day) for anyone named CHARLES/CHARLIE ANDREWS. I
have also examined possible alternate spellings, and names with
similar pronunciations without finding any that appear to be
applicable. In point of fact there are only fifteen (15) men
with the last name ANDREWS listed among the 17,300+ links in the
SEAL Database; none of those men has either a first or middle name
CHARLES or CHARLIE or any variant thereof.
Unless he has undertaken the unlikely action of a legal name change
(an action for which there would be evidence in the form of
court documentation) since his claimed attendance at BUD/S training,
and based upon the information you have provided, I can state
conclusively that CHARLES/CHARLIE ANDREWS has NEVER COMPLETED SEAL
training, and he is not now, nor was he ever a Navy SEAL, a Navy UDT
"Frogman", a member of any Naval Combat Demolition Unit (NCDU), or
a member of the Naval Amphibious Scouts & Raiders (S&R).
WheN members of the Naval Special Warfare community meet others who
claim similar service, but whom they do not recognize, there is a
conversational exchange of information that establishes the bona
fides of each to the other. There is no set formula for this
exchange, nor for the information that is exchanged, but it ALWAYS
takes place, and the REAL Naval Special Warfare members can ALWAYS
spot a phony as a result of this exchange. If Mr. ANDREWS persists
in insisting that his SEAL claims are legitimate, I might
suggest that you ask him these questions:
(1) Since there is no listing in the SEAL Database for the name you
are currently using, WHAT NAME DID YOU USE during SEAL training?
(2) What was his BUD/S Class Number? (NB: No SEAL ever forgets the
class number he shouted all day long, every day, for 6 months)?
(3) Where did his training take place? (NB: Training has been
conducted at several locations over the years; different portions in
different places)?
(4) When did he graduate from Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL
(BUD/S) training? (i.e. a specific graduation DATE)?
(5) When did he enter the US Navy (a specific month and year)?
(6) When did he leave the US Navy (a specific month and year)?
(7) What were his Primary and Secondary Naval Enlisted
Classification codes NEC or his Naval Officer Billet Code NOBC?
BC?
There are many other questions which could be asked to further
establish the level of veracity or untruth regarding his claims,
such as asking for the names of other members of his graduating
class, but those basic questions are absolutes. The answers to those
questions are totally UNCLASSIFIED, and every real SEAL will gladly
provide that substantiating information upon request.
I might suggest that you also ask Mr. ANDREWS to specifically
identify WHICH SEAL Team(s) he served on, and when. I am in direct
contact with several hundred of my SEAL Teammates whose collective
experience covers virtually all time periods from the Korean War to
the present; I can quickly contact those individuals to verify any
specific names, events, or other claims offered by Mr.
ANDREWS.
Before any classified operations may be undertaken as a SEAL
Operator, a man must first successfully complete the BUD/S Training
program and the follow-on secondary training program; the names of
all those who successfully graduate from that training program are
compiled in the SEAL database. Later participation in classified
operations has no impact on whether or not a person is listed as a
graduate of the training program. There are records of every man who
has qualified for the title of "SEAL"; there have been and will
continue to be secret missions, but there are NO secret SEALs.
Once again I must stress that although I am a US Navy veteran, and a
former SEAL, I am a civilian performing in an entirely unofficial
role. For formal/official US NAVY confirmation of my findings
regarding Mr. CHARLES/CHARLIE ANDREWS' lack of SEAL credentials you
may contact the FOIA COORDINATOR at the NAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE
COMMAND in San Diego, California, and submit a formal FREEDOM OF
INFORMATION ACT inquiry in writing addressed to:
Commander
Naval Special Warfare Command
FOIA Coordinator
2000 Trident Way
San Diego, CA 92155
Thank you again for your concern in this matter, and for your
assistance in upholding the honor of the US Navy SEAL Teams. If I
can be of any further assistance to you in this matter, please
contact me at your convenience.
Respectfully,
Steve Robinson RM2(SEAL)
USN 1970-1978
SEAL Team ONE
Inshore Undersea Warfare Group ONE
UDT-SEAL Association - Member
Special Operations Association - Member
POW Network Board of Directors
Naval Special Warfare Archives - SOF Analyst/Contributing Journalist
Disabled American Veterans - Life Member
FORMER Special Investigator - SEAL Authentication Team
CyberSEALs.org - Webmaster
Author - NO GUTS, NO GLORY - Unmasking Navy SEAL Imposters
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| Andrews, Clarence | 05/2004 | North Carolina | Claiming SEALS and/or
Frogman...
Member of DAV
Schackner-Whitley Chapter 21 of Durham, NC.
Service cap has a mix of Army and Navy insignias - SEAL
trident worn with the Army Corps of Engineer Officer’s Insignia. Claims
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| Andrews, Robert T. | 06/2005 | . |
Robert T. Andrews of Choptank died
Thursday, May 12, 2005 at the home of his daughter in Lewes, DE after
a heroic battle against pancreatic cancer. He was 62.
Born on June 20, 1942 in Easton, he was the son of Isabell “Belle” Andrews of Ridgely and the late Thomas J. Andrews of Easton. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1960 and fought in the Vietnam War as a member of the 1st Infantry. He was awarded The Purple Heart, Bronze Star Medal and Medal of Honor. .... |
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| ANDROSKY, NICHOLAS J | 06/2011 | TX |
http://thisainthell.us/blog/?p=24149
PICS AND ALL!
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1490938743
-He wears the Green Beret because he was 'assigned to JSOC'...as a
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| ANGEL, BOB AKA ANGEL, BOBBY GENE |
10/2011 | . |
"Bob Angel has claimed on various Military social networks (specifically
Military.com and VetFinder.com) to have served in Vietnam from 1967 to
1976 as a member of SEAL Team 3. "UDT/SEAL/SEA-BEE I served proudly with SEAL TEAM 3, At the same time with RIVER PATROL BOATS, And an ENGINEER ON UDT TEAM 12. These were the best of the times in my in service of my country. REMEMBER-ALL OF US GAVE SOME, BUT SOME OF US GAVE ALL!! B.G. Angel MRC RET. " Photos at the bottom of the link below: http://www.benswenson.com/news.php?ctrl=viewNews&objid=1808
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| Anthony, Dave Matther | 07/2006 | Oregon |
Drives a Tan Ford Taurus with Lic. Plates; FIRST MARINE
DIV USMC, Oregon.
Claims USMC as past employer.
Claims "Decorated Iraq War Veteran", was a
"Drill Seargant", and a "Blackbelt taught by the
USMC". Claims "Congressional Medal of Honor."
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APEL, DAYKOTA DREW aka Dakota Drew Apel aka Day Kota |
06/2011 06/2011 12/2011 |
Arizona Philippines |
Claims he is a retired LtCol USA, Special Forces Doctor (OBGYN) who produces a DD214 that is line by line blacked out. | . | |||||||||||||
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appel, Adam B. aka ADAM BREMNER |
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| Appleby, D.C. | 08/2005 | . |
To the Editors of the Jacksonville.com, The Florida
Times Union:
In your 1 August 2005, you listed Mr. D.C.
Appebly as being a recipient of the Medal of Honor during WWII. http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:eq_CsSFTvIEJ:www.jax2go.
com/obits.html+2005+obituaries+medal+of+honor&hl=en
Official records indicate Mr. Appleby never
received this prestigious award. http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/moh1.htm
Was this typo error?
Thank you.
LTC (Retired) P_____ M_______
US Army
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APPLEBY Mr. D. C. Appleby, 82, died July 21, 2005
after a long illness. He was born in West Lake, Louisiana on October
19, 1922 and lived his adult life in Jacksonville, FL. D. C. served in
the Army during World War II where he earned the Congressional
Medal of Honor, Purple Heart and an honorable discharge.
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Subject: Question on a 1 August 2005 Stating Mr. D.C. Appleby was a
Recipient of the Medal of Honor
Sent: Mon, 8 Aug 2005 05:26:56 -0400
was deleted without being read on Mon, 8 Aug 2005 12:50:15
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To: Weyer, TJ; Ray, Rich
Cc: P.O.W. Network - Chuck and
Mary Schantag; MOH Society
Headquarters
Subject: Question on a 1 August 2005 Stating Mr. D.C. Appleby
was a
Recipient of the Medal of Honor
Sent: Mon, 8 Aug 2005 05:26:56 -0400
was read on Mon, 8 Aug 2005 07:38:55 -0400
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| Archer, Kevin Alan | 08/2007 | . |
Welcome to MSApplewww.msapple.com/msGeneric%20Me - [Cached]Published on: 3/9/2007 Last Visited: 3/18/2007 Kevin ArcherKevin received a Bachelor of Applied Science degree with a major in Mechanical Engineering Technology from the University of Tennessee. He also served in the United States Army in Military Intelligence, including a tour of duty during Desert Storm where he was awarded the Purple Heart. Kevin is a member of Young Professionals of Akron, APICS-Association for Operations Management, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and Toastmasters International.... |
ACTUAL RECORDS note: web has been edited and his previous statements removed now. |
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| Ardizzone, Nick | 10/2006 | . |
http://www.gotozonefitness.com/whois.html Who is Zone Fitness? If you have been keeping up with your local fitness trivia, you have probably heard of the name "Nick Ardizzone." ..... |
10/24/2006 I
greatly appreciate your interest in upholding the honor of the US Navy
SEAL Teams, and your search for the TRUTH. Before answering your
questions I must make clear that I am a private individual, not
affiliated with the US Dept. of Defense or any government organization.
Additionally, although I worked for/with the AuthentiSEAL verification
organization for several years as an Investigator (and later as a
Special Investigator dealing with the media), I ceased to work for that
organization in any capacity in late 2004. That said,
I assure you that my copy of the SEAL database is current and complete
to the present date. If
the name you provided is spelled correctly, I do NOT
find a listing in the SEAL database of successful graduates for anyone
named NICHOLAS
“NICK” ARDIZZONE. I have also examined possible alternate
spellings, and names with similar pronunciations. Please be aware that I
do not have access to any records (official or unofficial) listing the
names of individuals who reported for SEAL training, but who
subsequently failed to complete the training program. Unless
he has undertaken the unlikely action of a legal name change (an action
for which there would be court documentation) since his claimed
attendance at BUD/S training, and based upon the scant name-only
information you have provided, I
can state conclusively that NICHOLAS “NICK” ARDIZZONE has NEVER
COMPLETED SEAL training, and he is not now, nor was he ever a Navy SEAL.
It
is quite common for those making fraudulent SEAL claims to cite a
“secret” training class, “special selection and skills which
allowed them to bypass BUD/S training”, or “secret missions” as an
explanation for the lack of military documentation to back up their
stories. They also tend to claim their military records are “sealed”
and cannot be accessed. I would caution you that despite anything the
man might have said, there are NO secret
SEALs. Before any classified operations may be undertaken, a man must
first successfully complete the totally unclassified BUD/S Training
program. No one gets to the SEAL Teams without completing this training;
there are NO EXCEPTIONS! The graduates of that training program are
listed in the SEAL database – an unclassified document which is
nonetheless considered “highly sensitive” and therefore not
available for general public circulation. There have been and will
continue to be secret missions, but there are NO secret SEALs… we know
them all. Thank
you again for your concern in this matter, and for your assistance in
upholding the honor of the US Navy SEAL Teams. Very
respectfully, Steve
Robinson |
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