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| Name |
Date Reported |
Hometown |
Claims |
Findings |
| CLAMPITT, BRIAN DOUGLAS |
06/2010 |
Moberly, MO |
He sports a 2nd ID "Indianhead" Combat Patch even though
garrison service in Korea specifically does NOT entitle
you to one. He's claimed Recon Marine. He's claimed
Scout-Sniper. He's claimed SFAS.
Soldier claims to be a Reconnaissance Marine who
was involved in operations in Central America.
Soldier also
claims qualification in SFAS and has an Open
Letter to attend the Q-Course at Bragg valid for
2 years.
Soldier is claiming 20k signing bonus for an MOS where 5k for 6
years is the limit.
Reportedly has made violent threats toward others - is in the
middle of a divorce.
|
Employed by Missouri Department of Corrections, Local 226
- ARMY RESERVE
ACTUAL RECORD
The Open Letter to attend Qualification makes no sense
to me. You have orders or you do not.
Message Sent Tuesday, June 22, 2010 7:19 am (Pacific
Time)
From: Woodbridge, VA, US
Area Code: 703
Office of the Chief, Army Reserve is seeking contact with
PFC Brian D.
Clampitt who lives/lived in Moberly, MO. Please call: COL
Nicole Keesee,
703-601-0692, as soon as possible.
|
| CLARAMUNT, DIEGO |
05/2010 08/2010 |
Mission Viejo, CA |
Claims NAVY SEAL
His wedding video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWfq5wdmXjs
| It has been quite a while
since I first reported this individual to your offices. I
was able to contact this person. I questioned him on his
previous statements, and he insisted that I misunderstood
his claims. He informed me that he had been through
training, was injured, and subsequently dropped from
training. It is clear though that your document proves that
he never even entered BUD\S. I advised him, that in the
future he should choose his words carefully, and that there
were persons that did not appreciate his misleading
statements. I thank you for your time and consideration in
this matter, good hunting. |
|
 |
| Clark, William E.
"Zeke" |
04/2007 |
. |
The story, entitled
"Mercenary," is posted on www.esquire.com
and available at the
newsstands in the June issue. At esquire.com, you will also be
able to
find a transcript of "Zeke" talking about his career as a
sniper in
Iraq and Afghanistan -- two places he's never been.
|
. |
Clark,
William James
actual
DoB 1966
aka DoB 1973 |
02/2008
08/2010 |
Seattle,
WA Missouri |
|
. |
| CLASON,
DANN EUGENE
AKA DANN E ACKERSON |
07/2008 |
TOWNSEND,
MT |
Claims
Special Forces, going to get the MOH for Vietnam action. Claims he
cannot walk. DAV tags on
vehicle.
|
actual
records |
| CLAY,
LARRY DAVID |
12/2009 |
Las
Vegas |
If
he could get through Vietnam - he can pull the company through a rough
year...Pacific Coast Producers, Lodi CA.
Claims Vietnam Combat and Purple Heart. Uses anther REAL Marines stories
as his own. |
ACTUAL
RECORDS |
| CLAYMORE, MATT |
06/2009 |
"TWITTER"
SOAP OPERA
ONLINE |
Navy
SEAL |
NOT
A REAL PERSON.
http://chicagotocoronado.com/the-cast/ |
|
CLEMENTS, RONALD LAMONT |
01/2012 |
WVA |
http://www.armytimes.com/news/2012/01/ap-west-virginia-man-charged-faking-army-record-012312/
W.Va. man
charged with faking Army record
The Associated Press
Posted : Monday Jan 23, 2012 10:56:10 EST
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. A Martinsburg man who never served in the
military has been charged with faking an Army service record and
fraudulently collecting more than $97,000 in benefits.
U.S. Attorney William Ihlenfeld said Ronald Lamont Clements, 44,
even claimed to have earned a Purple Heart and Combat Infantry Badge
for service from September 1985 until January 1992.
A 10-count indictment issued by a grand jury in Martinsburg last
week charges him with mail fraud, theft of government funds,
falsifying military discharge certificates and false claims of
medals and decorations.....
|
. |
|
Clemts, LCpl
Joseph Eggler |
01/2012 |
VICKSBURG MS
CA |
He has been in the Marine Corps since October of 2007 as Military Police
and is still a Lance Corporal as of 1/19/12.
That is until his unit sees this picture that already has over 200
comments on multiple facebook pages from those who know him. In this
photo you will see him posing as a staff sergeant with 2 service stripes
indicating he is on his 3rd enlistment. He has never been deployed or
even in a deployable unit although he displays both the Iraqi and
Afghanistan campaign ribbons, a Purple Heart, a combat action ribbon and
others. He also displays the scuba bubble and jump wings which he has
never earned. He is your textbook definition of a true Sociopath.
He is a complete compulsive liar.
------------------------------------------------
Twitter: Joseph E. Clemts
@jeclemts Southern Cali.
Proud father of a beautiful little girl. i am 28 years of age. I am
originally from Hattiesburg Ms. I'm a Marine and a National level
Bodybuilder
|
. |
| CLEVELAND,
RONALD LEROY |
12/2008 |
WI |
http://deerparkwi.org/calvary/cleveland_ronald.html
|
ACTUAL
RECORDS
NOT A SEAL
His
shadow box reportedly had 2 silver stars, a couple of bronze stars
with V and a couple of Purple Hearts. |
| Cliatt,
Robert Neal |
2001 |
Everett,
WA |
Claiming SPECIAL
FORCES and "GREEN BERET"...
Claims Retired SF, CMgt, sniper-MACVSOG, Airborne, HALO Claims 3 Purple
Hearts, jump wings. Told combat tales to any and all that would
listen. A second military career (in his own family) could be in
jeopardy because of his false claims of multiple Purple Hearts. |
02/2001 - records
indicate service from 10/65 to 8/67 as a private, no awards, in USAR and
Air Guard. Basic in LA, and Ft. Dix, assigned PA and discharged. Auto
mechanic at home. Forced to resign from Air National Guard over
discrepancies. Had made E9. |
| Clouse, Randy |
12/2004 |
|
dispute
Posted - yesterday
|
|
sgt heise as filed a desput. he is right. i
have lied about my service in the Corps. i was a marine. but
things were not as they seem. i have sent sgt heise a email
telling him what i could. he will decide if i am worthy of your
trust. not me. he is a marine who has the ability to find things
out. i did by no meanse try to degrade any of you, just got
caught in somethig that happened years ago. i am sorry. s/f
|
|
1 Reply:
|
|
Heise,
Robert (Bob), Sgt
17
|
Game Over
Posted - 49 minutes ago
|
|
This
response is to my brother and sister Marines on this site. I
will not waste my time and energy responding to this
wannabe/imposter/loser.
Here is the dispute I placed on his profile:
Quote:
Clouse, or whoever you are!
You have been having a lot of fun, at our expense haven’t you?
You’ve been playing on our sympathies while all the time
laughing your butt off at the “Stupid Marines”, haven’t
you?
Well you tripped yourself up, with your own arrogance! You did
leave some hints, which probably added to your enjoyment and the
heartiness of your laughter, they are as follows:
1. Your e-mail address randye6usmc@
yahoo.com with a profile rank of sergeant and using
yahoo which as everyone knows is not a direct service so you can
set up whatever you want a good place for a fake to work from
2. Listing the Mayaguez Rescue incident under your profile. By a
Marine unit that was not involved and by a computing machine
mechanic (your stated MOS)!
3. The clincher, the question I asked you that you did not
respond to, and you know what I mean, that was a trap on my part
and you confirmed by your lack of response THAT YOU WERE NEVER A
MARINE!
I never did give your profile that close of a look, until you
tripped yourself up. I won’t make that mistake again! So if
you try to come back on as someone else, we’ll bust your ass
again!
NOW STAY OFF THIS SITE YOU FAKE!
End Qoute.
Here is his response as a message on my profile. He had to put
it there because I spammed him when I removed him from my
brothers list. Yeah he had me fooled big time!
Now his response:
Quote:
i was a marine. i was in plt 236 in boot P.I. after boot( by
the it is called the island0 i became a 2818. i was color blind
so the corps decided i could do something else. i got but in
something called MACSOG . my mission was --- do your job. i have
no idea who was in charge, but we did what we did, i will tell
you the true shit. since then my records are all fucked up. but
i know what we did. the va says we seem to have a problem,
right, i guess we were spooks. not my idea of a marine. i tell
you this because you are a person who knows what went on. i am
sorry if you do not believe me. but this is all i can tell you.
End Quote!
Every single wannabe that I have busted falls back on this ploy.
Well I'm here to tell you their personnel records are not
classified. They are there for all to see, the pages that
contain the "Black Ops" are not. But, the fact is,
their personnel records are there and available regardless if
they were a Marine, or a Navy S.E.A.L. or a Green Beret, (other
wannabe favorites). They like to use the Special Ops as a
background in hopes that you will believe the; "I can't
tell you because my records are sealed" ploy.
So don't let this wannabe fool you!
He made his last move and it was a bad one. Check and Mate! GAME
OVER!
|
|
| COBB,
MYRON S III
|
11/2009
|
WI |
CLAIMS
6 Purple Hearts
33 months in county
Recon
|
Asked for Marine record and got a 2 page Navy Reply.....as the article
mentioned Marine, Recon and Special Forces.
Served 11 months in the Navy- only Ribbon NDSM.. Dont know where all
those ribbons in his photo came from.
No RVN Service, No recon, no 33 months in county, no SIX purple
hearts.
Be a good Stolen Valor case
ACTUAL RECORDS
|
| COCHRAN, DWIGHT E |
09/2011 |
GA NC |
I spoke with the
Doctor today.... He went through the same BS he did on the initial request
to verify that was sent to me... Black Ops, selected because of his Fathers
service, Class 47 Xray (a Secret Class) and assigned to SEAL Team FOUR in
the late sixties, just a decade and some change before SEAL Team FOUR was
commissioned. ... Don
The medical had a trident on his lapel and was wearing a
luminox watch
with the trident on it. He said he commandedSEAL Team 4 then changed the
subject... Aksed what BUD/S class he said Class 47X in 1969. Name on his
card is Dwight E Cochran DVM here is his bio with VCA vets and his facebook.
http://www.vcahospitals.com/apex/our-team/veterinarians.html
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1282134583
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
http://armageddonmedicine.net/?p=4230
|
Sir,
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 fallen SEAL Teammates… 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 DWIGHT E. COCHRAN.
I have also examined possible
alternate spellings, and names with similar pronunciations without
finding any that appear to be applicable.
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 participation in SEAL training, and based upon the
information you have provided, I can state conclusively that
DWIGHT E. COCHRAN 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).
Many SEAL imposters when
confronted with the information I have provided will resort to
claiming that their records are sealed, burned or their SEAL
Operations were Classified and that there are no official records of
them.
Before any classified
operations may be undertaken as a SEAL Operator, a man must first
successfully complete the Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S)
Training program and then the follow-on secondary training program.
The names of all those who successfully graduate from that training
program sequence 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. I strongly recommend that
you obtain a formal/official US NAVY statement regarding Mr.
DWIGHT E. COCHRAN'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
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, Don Shipley
BUD/S 131, SEAL Team ONE, SEAL Team TWO.
Owner
http://www.extremesealexperience.com/
NO MILITARY RECORDS COULD
BE LOCATED.
|
| Cofer, Jeremy
|
06/2006
|
. |
http://www.madison.com/archives/read.php?ref=/tct/2006/06/01/0606010424.php
Veteran's Story Was Fabricated
The Capital Times :: FRONT :: A1
Thursday, June 1, 2006
Dave Zweifel
Dear Readers:
We've been snookered.
The front-page story on Memorial Day about the Marine
veteran who claimed he served seven years on active duty, was seriously
injured in Bosnia and now can't get a job in Madison was fabricated by the
veteran. Jeremy Cofer, 31, actually served less than two years on active
duty and was never sent overseas, where he claimed he saw his best friend
die in Bosnia....
|
.
|
| COFFEY, EARL
BRADLEY |
06/2010 07/2010 |
KY |
http://www.myspace.com/ccarmysniper1
-------------------------
http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=20106280304
Ex-pvt. rebuilds life after taking war spoils
By Chris Kenning - The (Louisville, Ky.) Courier-Journal
Posted : Sunday Jun 27, 2010 8:32:28 EDT
......He joined the active Army, then completed sniper, airborne
assault and Army ranger training at Fort Benning, Ga.
He served as a Ranger sniper in Somalia in 1993, engaging in several
fierce firefights and was shot in the leg during a battle
that was later depicted in the movie "Black Hawk Down." .....
=======================
http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20080518/NEWS/706538748?p=2&tc=pg
.....So he volunteered at age 17. He
enrolled in sniper school at Fort Benning,
Ga., and took advanced training at Fort
Bragg, N.C. Duty sent the small-town boy
around the world: Kuwait, Germany, Scotland,
Curacao, Somalia, Saudi Arabia, the Azores.
Still a teenager, Coffey found himself in
Mogadishu providing cover fire during the
bloody "Black Hawk Down" street battles in
1993. "None of us thought we were coming out
alive," he says......
========================
http://www.armytimes.com/news/2010/06/gns_army_war_spoils_coffey_062810/
http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/07/military_coffey_070508w/
Claims Airborne, Ranger, Sniper,
“Blackhawk Down”, shot in Somalia. Claims he joined the KY Guard and
then went Active Army. The only time the guy was in an
active status before 2002 was during OSUT at Fort Benning for his
Basic Training and Infantryman AIT in late 1991/early 1992. He also
completed PLDC in 1996 while in the Kentucky Guard. He was NOT
Airborne, NOT Ranger, NOT Sniper, was NOT in Somalia, was NOT shot
(No awards higher than Army Achievement Medal and definitely NO
Purple Heart). He was Kentucky Army National Guard from his
enlistment in Oct 1991 until Dec 1998 (then a break in service) and
again from Jul 1999 to Jul 2000 (followed by another break in
service), and then he enlisted into the Active Army in 2002 and
served until he got the court martial and bad conduct discharge for
looting (booted out in Oct 2005). He also went AWOL on 4 separate
occasions. Even the picture from the “Army Times” article doesn’t
show that he has the Parachutist Badge or Ranger Tab on his Class A
uniform.
================================================
At least they followed up on the Coffey story...
|
FLORIDA FELON ABSCONDER
http://www.navytimes.com/mobile/index.php?storyUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.navytimes.com%2Fnews%2F2010%2F06%2Fgns_army_war_spoils_coffey_062810%2F
"In the picture you have posted on your Website with the story taken
from the
Navy Times Mobile, Coffey is wearing the Kuwait Liberation Medal
(Kuwait)
and the Kuwait Liberation Medal (Saudi Arabia) as well as the
Southwest
|
| COHEN. MELVIN DAVID |
03/2011 |
Stoughton, WI |
Claims
and record |
Deceased |
| COKE, ALTON
|
04/2008
|
JEFF
CITY, MO AREA |
Claimed 1st Special
Observations Group while at the MARINE CORPS LEAGUE. Claimed his records
couldn't be checked.
|
. |
COKER,
GARRY
AKA GARY F COKER
|
01/2010
|
FL,
GA
CURRENTLY IN FAYETTEVILLE-FT BRAGG AREA. |
The
fake SEAL named "Coker" made an appearance in uniform again last
night here in Fayetteville (same bar on Fort Bragg Road). He gave his full
name as Gary F. Coker, (DOB 1954) when the bartender asked for an ID.
He again was wearing the old desert BDU uniform with a Coker nametape, US
Navy nametape, USN Special Warfare Trident, Command Master Chief rank on his
collar and a Trident sewn on his desert BDU cap in lieu of rank. He was
again carrying a large green "Alice" pack which he place on the
floor of the bar. Both his uniform and rucksack were clean and in good
repair so I doubt he is homeless. Some of his claims/behaviors last night:
- SEAL Teams 4 and 6 (Expert sniper, shot the "Barret 50 cal",
etc..., etc...).
- 35 years in the Navy--about to retire this week, but will be kept on
standby duty if the President wants to reactivate him.
- Claimed he walked to the bar from Womack Army Hospital on Fort Bragg
(about 8-10 miles), but had a hospital wrist band from the VA (VA hospital
is about 2 miles away)
- When I asked if he had a Navy ID card he said SEALs don't carry IDs
(kind of funny since I had 4 SEALs working for me at Roosevelt Roads, PR and
they all had IDs). He did produce a VA medical card, but was unable to see
whether it said "service connected".
- When asked why he had a "Trident" sewn on his hat he said
SEALs wore them that way. When I explained that I knew many SEALs and had
not seen that technique before he told me that they were allowed to bend the
rules and do what they want. He said he could grow a "pony tail"
and still wear his uniform. He wore his hat inside the bar almost the whole
time he was there which would be unusual for a military person to do.
- When I asked where he lived he gave a different address than the one he
used last week. When asked why he had a different address, he said SEALs are
trained not to give out their real addresses.
- He spent two hours bumming beer and cigarettes off people, and stumbled
around trying to talk to anyone who would listen. He then proceeded to
harangue people for a ride up the road ...
|
.ACTUAL
RECORDS |
|
COLE, MICHAEL VAN(N) |
03/2011 05/2011 |
Stephenville, Texas
|
Claims Navy SEAL, and he & his group were some of the 1st in
Iraq during Desert Storm. When asked what the task was he said he
was not allowed to discuss it as it was "classified."
Actual record summary
 |
Sir,
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 fallen SEAL
Teammates… 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 MICHAEL VAN COLE. I have
also examined possible alternate spellings, and names with similar
pronunciations without finding any that appear to be applicable.
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
participation in SEAL training, and based upon the information you have
provided, I can state conclusively that
MICHAEL VAN COLE 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).
Many SEAL imposters when
confronted with the information I have provided will resort to claiming
that their records are sealed, burned or their SEAL Operations were
Classified and that there are no official records of them.
Before any classified operations
may be undertaken as a SEAL Operator, a man must first successfully
complete the Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) Training program
and then the follow-on secondary training program. The names of all
those who successfully graduate from that training program sequence 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. I strongly recommend that you
obtain a formal/official US NAVY statement regarding Mr.
MICHAEL VAN COLE's claimed SEAL credentials. To do so 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, Don Shipley BUD/S
131, SEAL Team ONE, SEAL Team TWO.
Owner
http://www.extremesealexperience.com/
|
| Cole, Peter
|
11/2007
|
Alabama |
In
2002 COL Peter COLE U.S. Army Reserve was caught wearing the CIB and 2/75
Ranger Combat Patch while briefing members of the Pennsylvania Army National
Guard. His record was reviewed by the chief of Army Reserve assignments.
It showed no authorization. He was eventually relieved of his duties at
Fort
Lewis
for contractor fraud and returned to
Huntsville
. He has since retired from the service but continues to work as
a department of the Army civilian in
Huntsville
Alabama
.
|
. |
| COLEMAN,
MICHAEL
|
01/2009
|
San Diego area |
Claims
to have been in "I corp" in northern south Vietnam and a MACV (but
stated he was not special forces, but worked with a Dr." ..said he was
MACV team 5. When asked him how many stories the MACV compound had and
he said "2". Then he said, I was with team 5 and we had another
compound and that he was blown up by a 122mm. No visible scars.
He blurted out, well, then where did I get my bronze star, where did I get
my purple heart? He had stated earlier that he was not in Vietnam,
but the Panama Canal Zone, now he say's he was at the Canal Zone from 67-69
and a MACV from 69 to 71. He stated he was 62 yrs old, he was at MACV Team
5, was offered SOG (but wasn't actually special forces) he also said there
were no Marines around the Team 5 area...
|
Actual
records
|
|
COLEMAN, WALTER |
04/2011 |
TX |
http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2011/04/theres_no_memorial_to_fallen_s.php#more
Back in July, WFAA-Channel 8's Byron Harris spent quite some time
digging into the doings of the Kennedale-based United States Fallen
Heroes Foundation, which said it was a nonprofit raising funds to
construct a memorial in Tarrant County to servicemen and women killed in
action since September 11, 2001. Turned out, the Mansfield man who was
running it at the time, Walter Coleman, falsely represented himself as a
veteran and "fabricated IRS forms to create the impression that his
foundation was a legitimate, registered 501(c)(3) public charity," according
to the Texas Attorney General's Office on August 31 of last year --
when Greg Abbott's office filed suit against the Fallen Heroes Foundation.
Coleman quit right before he was to respond to a subpoena from the AG's
office........ |
. |
| COLLIER |
10/2010 |
. |
|
. |
Collier,
Kevin W.
aka Adm. Kevin Smithwick
aka Admiral Gene
Anderson
aka
Admiral Vern Clark
|
05/2003
10/2005
02/2006
|
Suffolk,
VA |
Claiming SEALS and/or
Frogman...
|
. |
| COLLINS,
BOBBY SAMUEL |
01/2010
07/2010 |
Albemarle,Stanly
County, North Carolina |
He is wearing a Purple Heart, Silver Star Medal, and a Navy Achievement
Medal. Picture from his Facebook page.
07/29/2010 - Reportedly has been evicted (due to the
frequent police involvement) and will be moving within the next week. |
ACTUAL
RECORDS
|
| COLLINS,
CHRISTOPHER A |
08/2009 |
VA |
CLAIMS:
 |
ACTUAL
RECORDS
He’s currently contracting to the USMC – and under such
fraudulent claims!
"In the past, he lied only about being in Special Forces and
having a premier IT certification – a CCIE. Reportedly the
Doctorate is also fake, and the Masters degrees may be as well. "
"Amazing…goes
from a NCO to COL in 2 years, something is not right, and is the most
highly decorated reservist I know of."
|
| Collins,
Howard A |
11/2005 |
WA |
Claims
Navy service 1958-1972, covert ops, his records are sealed |
When
NPRC was provided with full name, service number and date of
birth, NO RECORDS could be located. |
| COLLINS,
JOHN A |
08/2008 |
RI |
http://www.scindependent.com/articles/2008/08/07/south_kingstown/doc489b024965dad791944184.txt
Man drowns in Tucker Pond
SOUTH KINGSTOWN — A retired U.S. Navy SEAL from Narragansett
drowned in Tucker Pond off Tuckertown Road Friday while he was swimming
with his dog.
John Collins, 65, 46 Houston Ave., Narragansett,
was swimming with his wife, Vickie Hyatt Collins and their dog, around
noon, a police report stated, when she came out of the water to eat
lunch. ...
|
NEVER
A SEAL |
|
Collins, Rene |
. |
IL |
Claims
Medal of Honor |
. |
|
COLLINS, RONALD JR. |
10/2010 |
wv |
Ronald Collins, Jr., a resident of Beckley, West
Virginia, is a minor martial arts figure who publishes
instructional books and DVDs on self-defense and "street
fighting" through Ashida Kim's DOJO Press ( http://www.dojopress.com/).
Collins claims to have started studying the martial arts
as a toddler, to have earned three black belts by the
age of 8, to have earned a second-degree black belt
before he was a teenager, and to have earned a
fifth-degree black belt by the time he was 20, this last
in a secret family-style of Koga Ryu Ninjitsu. None of
these claims is believable or even particularly
plausible. Mr. Collins has to date offered no proof
(legitimate promotion certificates) for most of these
ranks (and in fact has begun walking back his claims in
this regard).
Ron Collins has a criminal record for assault on a law
enforcement officer (or officers) and for contributing
to the delinquency of a minor. He was convicted in 2008
for events apparently occurring in 2006 and was,
according to him, released from home confinement in July
of 2009. His explanations for these convictions have
evolved in the form of conflicting stories, some
involving political fallout (somehow connected to the
sexual advances of a minor female, according to him) and
others revolving around post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
In arguments in various online discussion sites, Mr.
Collins has repeatedly used his military service to
justify the martial arts material he publishes. Ron
Collins says he joined the US Marines at the age of 17.
He has claimed to be "Force Recon" in the marines, a
claim he explicitly disavowed in May of 2010, claiming
he lied about this for ten years to "make a point" about
commercialism in the martial arts.
Collins claims he served in the USMC for two years, was
discharged for medical reasons (or, alternatively, on a
"hardship discharge" because his mother developed
cancer), and joined the US Army in 2001. He claims to
have joined for a three-year term of enlistment, serving
in Korea as an infantryman (where he taught his
proprietary martial arts system to fellow soldiers),
before being "stop-lossed" for 18 months and deploying
to Iraq (where, presumably, he was exposed to conditions
and actions that caused his PTSD). He further claims to
have been an MP in the Reserves.
None of these military claims appears to be wholly
accurate. According to FOIA documentation, Mr. Collins
joined the Army at the age of 18 and was discharged or
excused after only 2 months. In 2001, he again enlisted
in the Army and served 3 years and six months in a
non-combat capacity in Korea. While he did relate an
Army combatives program to fellow soldiers (as confirmed
in Army Achievement Medal documentation he posted
online), per Army policy he would not have been
permitted to teach an unapproved combatives program of
his own design as a low-ranking enlisted man. (Ron
himself has referred to his position as "instructor" as
"unofficial.") Again according to FOIA documentation,
there is no indication that Ron Collins deployed to
Iraq. There is no indication that he was in the
Reserves, and if that is the case he could not have been
an MP.
|
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| Colvin, Billy |
. |
Baton Rouge, LA |
CLAIMING NAVY CROSS
for Vietnam till confronted. Now claims Navy Cross Gulf War. Screen
names: GrayThunder222@aol.com; Chriscolvib2@aol.com; bcolvi1@aol.com;
warriorofdreams2@aol.com |
. |
| COMBOW,
WILLIAM W |
2000
08/2008
12/2008
|
VA |
THE FAIRY TALE
|
. |
|
COMBS, FREDERICK "RICO" |
01/2012 |
|
His name is Rico Combs. He claims to have served in the Navy
during
Desert Shield/ Desert Storm.
His name appears on the following websites where he claims to
have been a SEAL;
01/12/2012 - evening:
|
Sir,
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 fallen SEAL Teammates…
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 FREDERICK "RICO" COMBS. I have
also
examined possible alternate spellings, and names with similar
pronunciations without finding any that appear to be applicable.
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 participation in SEAL training,
and
based upon the information you have provided, I can state
conclusively
that FREDERICK "RICO" COMBS 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).
Many SEAL imposters when confronted with the information I have
provided will resort to claiming that their records are sealed,
burned
or their SEAL Operations were Classified and that there are no
official records of them.
Before any classified operations may be undertaken as a SEAL
Operator,
a man must first successfully complete the Basic Underwater
Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) Training program and then the follow-on
secondary training program. The names of all those who
successfully
graduate from that training program sequence 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. I recommend that you obtain a formal/official US NAVY
statement
regarding Mr. FREDERICK "RICO" COMBS 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
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, Don Shipley BUD/S 131, SEAL Team ONE, SEAL Team
TWO.
I've spoken with "Rico." What a jerk and I've also snipped
his
pages... He has CLEARLY dropped the SEAL bomb MANY times...
Don
|
|
COMBS, ROBERT C |
12/2011 |
MS |
Claims her was a regular killing machine in Nam
in June 1968 part of 9th platoon and a SEAL.
Claims Seal Team 2, Class 39/6701.
Claims he spent most of his time in the Mekong
Delta around Can Tho and a little east at Vihn Long, Bihn Thuy on
the Bassac, My Cho and one trip into the Rung Sat where he was
wounded in 1972. Claims retired in 1987 with 20 years service,
reserves in 1991 and was called in as an advisor because there were
so few left in the reserves with real combat experience. Said he
lost part of his leg in Afghanistan.
NO MILITARY RECORDS FOUND |
- ...I am absolutely
stunned at the amount of sheer BS that COMBS is
spewing at you! Most of it isn’t even HIS BS… it originated
with real SEAL Richard Marcinko. ....
-
- .....There are several other errors involved in his
statements, but I’ll just leave it at those… the most
obvious. Please note in my signature block that I DID SERVE
with SEAL Team ONE on the west coast during the Vietnam era,
and I am certainly well acquainted with the incidents, the
names, the locations, etc of that era, from both the east
and the west coast SEAL Teams. There were only the TWO SEAL
Teams in existence at that time, and there were only about
200 men on each one. I either served with, knew, or heard
about nearly every SEAL on both coasts during that time
period. COMBS IS NOT ONE OF THEM!
-
- The man has offered numerous key phrases taken from
books written by real SEALs. No real SEAL would offer a “sea
daddy” name as a part of his credentials, however that
comment is made in several different books as a part of the
overall narrative. Mr. COMBS’ blustery, in your face claims
of being “a regular killing machine” are typical of the
commentary made by Richard Marcinko – an officer with SEAL
Team TWO at that time in history, and the author of a book
about his experiences in that war. James “Patches” Watson is
very well known in the SEAL community and to the public at
large who find any interest in the Naval Special Warfare
Community – he is perhaps one of the most well known SEALs
of the Vietnam era – and he mentored many east coast Team
men when they first arrived in the Teams. The idea of
knowing Watson or having been mentored by him is one of the
most commonly shared statements among Vietnam era SEALs from
the east coast training unit and SEAL Team TWO.
-
- Many of the phrases Mr. COMBS has offered in his
comments are almost directly taken from the book ROGUE
WARRIOR by real Navy SEAL Richard Marcinko. Marcinko headed
up the deployment of 8th Platoon from SEAL Team TWO and it
ENDED its overseas deployment in June 1968. Marcinko’s book
is the virtual BIBLE for just about all Navy SEAL imposters,
however it is not the only one that they use for cross
reference information. The other key book for imposters is
FREE FIRE ZONES by Kevin Dockery, and it contains much of
the information that COMBS has offered you with regard to
locations in Vietnam. Too bad he didn’t pay attention to the
smaller details or he would have realized all of the errors
he made.
-
- I’d be willing to bet that a copy of ROGUE WARRIOR can
be found among Mr. COMBS’ possessions, along with at least
one other book about SEALs in Vietnam written by a real Navy
SEAL.
-
- Once again, I assure you that Mr. ROBERT C. COMBS is
not now and never has been a US Navy SEAL. Please contact
the NAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE COMMAND (San Diego) PUBLIC AFFAIRS
OFFICE to confirm this statement as true. They can provide
you with information on how to complete a FREEDOM OF
INFORMATION ACT inquiry to learn what Mr. COMBS really did
in the military (if he even served at all).
-
- Respectfully,
- Steve Robinson RM2(SEAL)
- USN 1970-1978
- SEAL Team ONE
- Inshore Undersea Warfare Group ONE
- Defense Analyst – Soviet Threat specialization 1981-1993
- UDT-SEAL 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"
|
| Compston, Robert
Blair |
03/2007 |
CA |
www.thedesert.com
(The Desert Sun, Palm Springs, CA) Website
Published 20 March 2007
| Robert
Blair Compton, a young 89, of Indian Wells passed on Friday,
March 9, 2007. He was born December, 14, 1917 ....Bob Compton served
as a captain in WWII and served two tours through Burma.
He was
awarded three purple hearts and one congressional medal of
honor for surviving what many considered a suicide mission.
... .....
|
| Published
in The Desert Sun on 3/20/2007. |
|
|
. |
|
Conder, Terrence Wayne
Nickname is Cross |
01/2011 |
Lubbock, TX NM |
Claims Navy Cross
Silver Star
Bronze Star
Gold Medal
Medal of Honor
Distinguished Service Cross
Plus 2 French Medals
He is supposedly a graduate of Texas
Tech with a degree in Psychology. About 26 years old. He is
reporting to the Tatum, New Mexico police department to start
working as a Cop. He claimed that he does not have to go the
full amount of time in Police Training because he was a Military Police
Officer in the Navy. Then he states that he was in Navy Search and
Rescue. He supposedly grew up on a ranch in Montana. |
NOT A MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENT. |
| Condlin,
John |
07/2004 |
Waddington, NY |
Claims he has a Medal of Honor and 5 Purple Hearts. |
. |
| CONDON,
CHRISTOPHER |
12/2009 |
NM |
http://www.lcsun-news.com/las_cruces-news/ci_14006202
Former Ruidoso police officer charged with fraud
(5:09 a.m.)
By Jim Kalvelage / For the Sun-News
Posted: 12/16/2009 05:09:53 AM MST
.....Condon is accused of masquerading as a
brigadier general in the New Mexico State Guard, and taking paid time
off from the police department to attend annual Army Reserve training....
|
|
|
Connell, Keith
"Casey"
aka CASY CONNELL |
09/2011 01/2012 |
CA |
Claims he
was part of Seal Team Six during the Manuel Noriega
operations. He has been married multiple times and states
he was a previous vice president of Cisco systems as well.
On one of his social networking sites, he claims
to have been the Captain of a USCG vessel http://www.eons.com/members/profile/CaseyConnell.
He now works as a dive instructor for Dive n Surf in Redondo
Beach, CA. His work profile states nothing of any type of
military service -
http://www.divensurf.com/dive.html (click on Casey Connell).
He has claimed to do more than one can do in
two lifetimes.
CLAIMS..... he was one of the original members of Seal Team
6 and that he himself was the one who "hit Noriega over the
head" with the butt of his gun. WAS NEVER IN ANY BRANCH OF
SERVICE....He
claims he worked as a VP at Cisco. This is a lie. He worked
there but not as a VP. Also on his social sites he claims 3
Master Degrees. Guess what? he has NONE. never graduated
from any college. He will say married twice but at least 4
ex wives were found..
Owes several women money according to website
www.dontdatehimgirl.com
Uses being a Navy Seal to manipulate women and use them for
their money. sociopath and a pathological liar.
|
MULTIPLE MILITARY RECORDS REQUESTS FOUND NO MILITARY SERVICE. |
|
connelly, michael edward |
05/2010 |
LAKE WALES |
LTC (ret.) retired.
Lots of secret stuff...presidential phone on desk...
69 or 70 years old.
Michael Edward Connelly
22 years in US Army/Vietnam vet
Attended Army War College
|
ACTUAL RECORDS |
| CONNER,
DAVID DUANE aka Dave Conner |
2006
11/200911/2010 |
OH |
SEAL CLAIMS
AND MORE CLAIMS |
.
|
|
COOK, DANIEL C aka DANNY COOK |
05/2010 |
GRAVOIS / STOVER / VERSAILLES MO |
Claims Viking Squadron, Pilot, AND MORE Born in mid 50's. |
ACTUAL RECORDS |
| Cook,
Fred Irl |
06/2007 |
CO |
Claims
NAVY SEAL. He has lied to the people of Sedgwick
County Colorado.
This person is a law
enforcement officer.
|
NPRC in St. Louis states he did serve in
the Navy Reserves from January 28th to February 5th of 1969 and
served in the U.S. Navy from February 5th to July 31st of 1969.
..... 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. 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.
If the name you provided is spelled correctly, I do NOT find a listing
in the SEAL database for anyone named FRED
IRL COOK. Be aware that I have also examined possible
alternate spellings, and names with similar pronunciations. In
the entirety of the SEAL Database (10,700+ names) there are twelve (12)
men with the last name COOK
and one (1) man with the last name COOKE.
Only one man among them has the first name “FREDRICK”; his middle
name is not “IRL”, nor does it begin with the letter “I”. Our
man completed UDT/SEAL training in the spring of 1956 and was an officer
(Ensign)… at a time when the Mr. FRED
IRL COOK would only have been 5 years old.
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 FRED
IRL COOK has NEVER completed UDT/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”).
Very
respectfully,
Steve
Robinson
USN 1970-1978
SEAL Team ONE
Inshore Undersea Warfare Group ONE
UDT-SEAL Association
Special Operations Association
POW Network Advisory Board
Naval Special Warfare Archives - SOF Analyst/Contributing Journalist
Disabled American Veterans - Life Member
FORMER Special Investigator - SEAL Authentication Team
Author of the book NO
GUTS, NO GLORY - Unmasking Navy SEAL Imposters
|
|
COOK, M. ERIC |
07/2010 |
LONGVIEW, TX |
Claims to be a Retired Major, former Ranger and a Desert
Storm vet. He also claims to be "the only battlefield
commission" during Desert Storm. He says he was a POW during
this time.
|
He was the Post Commander of American Legion Post 131 in Longview as
well as the 3rd District Vice Commander.
|
|
COOK, SAM W |
|
AZ |
Claims to be a member of
Navy SEAL Team 6. He changes his story all the
time. He walks around in Navy SEAL hats and Navy SEAL
t-shirts. He even wears a SEAL medal on his uniform at
times!
-----------------------------------------------------
There is NO LISTING for him, of course.
Respectfully, Don Shipley BUD/S 131, SEAL Team ONE, SEAL Team TWO
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Works as an officer with the Tonto Apache Police Dept
 |
 |
| COOLEY,
WES |
2003
11/2009
|
OR
CA
|
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wes_Cooley
===========================================
The American Legion Magazine
June, 2003
Wannabe Heroes
Men of Dishonor
By Dan Allsup
...- Oregon Congressman Wes Cooley,
who in 1995 told reporters he was a Special Forces
demolition expert during the Korean War. He continued to serve his
country as a
volunteer intelligence agent after leaving the military. When
enterprising reporters
checked his records, they learned Cooley
had never left the United States during his
time in uniform. He lost his bid for re-election. ...
===========
"...On January 29, 2009, Cooley was indicted in California for
his role in an alleged investment scheme associated with the sale of
shares of Bidbay.com.[1] The Oregonian newspaper reports that
prosecutors claim more than $10 million was bilked from investors in
the Bidbay sale of shares based on false statements. Cooley was
charged with 6 counts of money laundering and 1 count of filing a
false tax return in 2002 in an attempt to conceal more than $1.1
million in illicit income....."
=============
Ex-U.S. congressman
from
Oregon
faces tax charges
08:34 AM PST on Friday, January 30,
2009
Associated
Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A former
Oregon
congressman was indicted Thursday on federal money laundering and tax
charges that prosecutors said were related to an investment fraud
scheme that bilked victims out of more than $10 million.
Ex-congressman indicted
Former Rep. Wes Cooley, who represented Oregon's 2nd District in
Congress from 1995 to 1997, is charged with six counts of concealment
money-laundering and one count of subscribing to a false tax return.
....
=============================
Ex-U.S. Congressman Cooley Charged in
Investment Scam (Update1)
By Edvard Pettersson
Jan. 29 (Bloomberg) -- Former U.S. Congressman Wester Cooley was
charged with helping bilk investors out of more than $10 million in
a scam, federal prosecutors said.
Cooley, 76, of Palm Springs, California, is accused of taking
more than $1.1 million of investor money in 2002, laundering the
money to hide the fraud scheme and using it for his own benefit,
U.S. Attorney Thomas
O’Brien said today in a statement. Cooley, a Republican,
represented Oregon’s 2nd Congressional District from 1995 to 1997....
To contact the reporter on this story: Edvard
Pettersson in Los Angeles at epettersson@bloomberg.net.
Last Updated: January 29, 2009 20:33 EST
|
| Cooper,
Eric Eugene |
04/2005 |
. |
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/front/3126769
April 10, 2005, 1:57PM
Breezing into lives, he left broken hearts behind
Is Eric Cooper a con man or just a victim of spite?
By PEGGY O'HARE
Copyright 2005 Houston Chronicle |
As seen on
ABC 20/20
05/13/2005.
OPRAH
WINFREY 02/13/2006
ABC 20/20 Follow-up
w/sentencing and ex-wives 08/11/2006
August
8, 2006 UPDATE
August 9, 2006
Fake
Navy SEAL Changes Plea After Conviction
HOUSTON -- A man who claimed he
was a Navy SEAL, married seven women and had three fiancees changed his
plea on a charge of tampering with a government ...
|
| Cooper,
Monte Carson |
05/2007 |
FL |
Claims
he was in Somalia during the Blackhawk Down situation and had been in
Iraq during the first Gulf War. He has now added the claim that he was a
Army Cobra Helicopter Pilot. |
NPRC cannot locate any military
records.
|
