Heroes or Villains?

INTRODUCTION

CLAIMING VIETNAM PRISONER OF WAR:

V V A - Claims by members of  Vietnam Veterans of America

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Reported Claims of:
Medal of Honor, Other than Vietnam POWs, Son Tay Raiders, DSC, DFC, Purple Heart, Silver Star, Bronze Star, Navy Cross, SEALS, Rangers, Pilots, Special Forces, Green Berets, Combat, Vietnam Helicopter Pilots, Flying Tigers, DOUBT EVERYTHING, Don't Encourage and more.

APOLOGIES AND CLARIFICATIONS

Individuals reported as of 01/2012
CLAIMS AS NOTED 
#  =  on list over 15 years

All claims highlighted in lavender may be eligible for prosecution under U.S. Code Title 18  or under the  STOLEN VALOR ACT signed into law Dec 20, 2006.

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 posted.
All names are first checked here  http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/ if POW claims are made. 

Comments in GREEN are from information contained in military records (or lack of military records) obtained
through FOIA when requested THROUGH the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis.

THOSE CLAIMING MEDAL OF HONOR
NOTE: In 1996 HLI Lordship Industries (at the time, the OFFICIAL USG contractor for the Medal of Honor) admitted selling THREE HUNDRED unauthorized medals for $75.00 each from 1991-1994. They were fined $80,000. NOT ALL of those medals have been recovered. Offenders in possession of an unauthorized medal can be arrested, fined ( The maximum fine for a criminal offense is $250,000, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 3571(b)(3) ) and jailed (up to a year). It is the only military medal that CANNOT be bought, sold, bartered, traded, collected, auctioned, exchanged.... EVERY Medal of Honor is awarded by act of Congress. Less than 84 REAL Medal of Honor recipients are alive today.
 

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Name Date Reported Hometown Claims Findings
Corapi "Father" John 05/2007

09/2011

MT

 A must read

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Cordova, Mauricio . . Claiming SEALS and/or Frogman...  .
Corradini, Damyon
aka Damyon L Corradini
aka Damyon Darrell Corradini
aka Damyon J.Corradini
01/2006 PA Claims Navy SEAL  with 3 tours in Vietnam.

Check with Better Business Bureau or State of PA Charities before donating to 911 Charity Motorcycle Raffle ongoing since 2001.

Actual:  E5 CORRADINI DAMYON LEON entered the Navy 2 October 1969 and got out 1 October 1973 during which time he served in Vietnam with an MOS of HT which was Hull Maintenance Technician..
Costella, Pat (reported as)

aka Patrick S. Costello (photo match) 
03/2006
03/2007
05/2007
Maryland

Mr. Costella/Costello claims  he was awarded the Navy Cross for actions during the Battle of Hue City in 1968.  He was also wearing the Vietnam Service ribbon AND  VN Presidential ribbon of friendship... 

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I went to Suitland High School in Forestville, MD  ......  One of my favorite teachers there was Mr. (Pat) Costello.  He was a great teacher and I thoroughly enjoyed his classes.  One of the more vivid memories was of him describing how he had been a Force Recon Marine in Vietnam and had received the Navy Cross for his actions there.  The two anecdotes that I remember the most was his description of him charging a trench full of NVA/VC tossing grenades and clearing out the trench, this action was earned him the Navy Cross, and how he was wounded by a grenade and then shot in his side while lying wounded from the grenade.  He also said that he had attained the rank of GySgt in his short time in the Marines (I believe he said 3 years) because the guys in his unit kept getting killed off. 
 
All of this was well known to the faculty and student body at Suitland HS, though some might not have paid too close attention.  I have always been interested in the military and at the time was in the Navy NJROTC unit at the school and listened to everything he talked about with rapt attention.  I was aware of the significance of the Navy Cross at the time and felt privileged to be in the company of such a hero.  Unfortunately, this is not the first indication that I have had that he might have been a fraud, out of curiosity a few years ago I looked his name up on a list of Navy Cross winners in Vietnam and he was not on it.
 
I just wanted to give you some more information on Pat Costello and how long he has been doing it. 

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Costella/Costello is a High School teacher at Suitland HS in Suitland , Maryland.

HQ, USMC reported that they had no record of a Navy Cross being awarded to Mr. Costella; nor did they have a record of a recommendation of a Navy Cross for him.

 

NPRC could locate NO MILITARY RECORD when provided with all necessary "identifiers"

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4/23/2007

I am a former student of Patrick S. Costello and I am writing to say that he is a phony. He would spend class after class telling his war stories about being a Marine in Force Recon. Many days we didn't do class work but would listen to him tell all of his stories. We all knew he was a phony because the stories changed so often. He also told us he played football at University of Alabama and lots of other things we knew weren't true because he told he was in Vietnam at the same time he was at Alabama. My grandfather, who was in Army, said there was someone on your site I might know. I wasn't surprised to see Cost's picture there. I checked with Alabama's athletic department and they confirmed he never even went to school there. I also found out other things that makes me believe he is very sick. He hates the military and the government and spent as much time in class telling bad things about them as he did talking about being a war hero. We all knew he was crazy. Now I know for sure he is.

(name withheld)

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Subject: Re: Pat Costello
May 21, 2007
 

Hi 
I don't know anyone with the FBI, but I think they will get around to him.  After reading the student's comments on the POW Network site, I no longer have even a shadow of a doubt about his lack of credibility.  The story he told his students doesn't even resemble the story he told us last year.  I am going to get the name of the principal and send a letter to Suitland High School.
I will keep you posted.  Talk to you soon.
(name withheld)
COSTIGAN,  GREGG ALAN 02/2008

10/2010

ME
Claims Navy SEAL. He claims to have a service related disability for which he gets about $1100.00 per month.  Claims that he was shot.

 

 

Greetings from Florida;
I visit your fine website quite often and am both amazed and irritated by the individuals listed who have faked or lied about serving in the military as well as wearing unauthorized decorations.
 
I see that somebody up in Maine finally decided to ask about Mr. Costigan's Navy Seal action yarns. It must have got a little out of hand for someone to do that. You see when he was here before transferring some appr. 10 years ago, he would regale his fellow co-workers,  down here in Florida, with his secret Seal (classified of course) falsehoods. Most of us listening had served in the military at some point in time and his stories just didn't seem believable. 
 
His one story of being a; as he called it "Tunnel Digger" was quite interesting.  I actually found myself correcting him with the right terminology (tunnel rat), but he still kept calling it the former, stating he would go down there with a shotgun(!?) I always thought they used M1911 .45s. One of the guys there asked him he used a Stoner and Mr. Greg didn't know what it was, nor could or would he recall his SEAL team or leader. He made mention of being on the SEAL Wall of Fame.

 

 

....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 GREGG COSTIGAN. Be aware that I have also examined possible alternate spellings, and names with similar pronunciations. In fact there are NO ENTRIES in the SEAL Database for anyone with the last name COSTIGAN.

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 GREGG COSTIGAN 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.....


Very respectfully,

Steve Robinson
USN 1970-1978
SEAL Team ONE
Inshore Undersea Warfare Group ONE
UDT-SEAL Association - Member
Special Operations Association - Member
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

Coston, Micah alton 10/2010

03/2011

CA

TX

http://www.blancocountynews.com/news/article/34562

.....Claims retired from the military where he served as an officer with the Navy Seals. In Afghanistan, his team was ambushed and he was hit 4 times by machine gun fire. He was evacuated and eventually recovered from his wounds......

ACTUAL RECORD

I see no record of his training and/or assignment as a Navy SEAL in the database.
HTA III

Cotta, Bruce  . NH  CLAIMING DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS THE REST OF THE STORY
Couwenberg, Judge Patrick . CA

CLAIMING PURPLE HEART(S)
PH, combat heroism and secret CIA  missions)  EXPOSED

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COTTRELL,  STANLEY W. 08/2010 Tucker, GA  Mr. Cottrell states that he is a Four Star General and in the CIA.     He tells every woman he meets that he is a Four Star General and wears a jacket that he wore in a play that belongs to the Little Theatre in Winston-Salem, NC.  He is an imposter!          
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He has written two books  -  In the books he makes statements about serving in the military that contradict each other. In one book he claims to have never become an officer. In the other, he claims to have been discharged from the Marine Corps Reserves for conduct unbecoming an officer.  You have to be have been an officer before you can be discharged for conduct unbecoming.  This means that one of these claims is not true.

On his page at classmates.com, he also claims to have been at Quantico from 1961-1965.
http://www.classmates.com/directory/public/memberprofile/list.htm?regId=42323791

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AMERICAN VISITING VIETNAM SAW U.S. POWs ALIVE LAST YEAR
                  WITNESS SAYS HE'S "POSITIVE"
                  By Mike Blair "Spotlight" July 10, 1989

  An American long-distance runner has told The SPOTLIGHT that he witnessed
a group of American prisoners of war in communist captivity while he was on
a goodwill run in Vietnam in 1988.
  Stan Cottrell, a 46-year-old Georgian, friend of evangelist Billy Graham
and a Jaycees "Outstanding Young Man of America" (1979), told The SPOTLIGHT
in an exclusive interview that he personally saw "at least 20" American POWs
being held in a heavily camouflaged tunnel complex north of the city of Hue,
in what was formerly the Republic of South Vietnam, in February, 1988. .....
 

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DON'T MISS:  http://stancottrell.wordpress.com/

He claims to have run in Vietnam in 1988 and 1990, chronicled in a movie called "Destination DaNang."  Information we have uncovered leads us to believe that when he returned from these runs, he claimed to have seen American POWs/MIAs, and he took money from POW/MIA family members claiming to intend to use the money to get their loved ones out of the country.

Based on what we have discovered about his other activities, we believe there my be truth to these claims. This issue is very close to my heart...

We have been unable to locate anyone who had direct involvement with him in this issue. Perhaps you can make inquires of those were active at that time in the POW/MIA community, in the late 80s and early 90s, and ask if they know of anyone who may have had dealings with Stan....

From the little that we have been able to uncover about him in the past three months, we believe that there are hundreds, and perhaps thousands of people who have been taken advantage of by Stan Cottrell thru a wide variety of unsavory activities. Until now, no one has been willing to come forward publicly to talk about their experiences with him. The more people who are willing to come forward and go public about their experiences, the greater the likelihood that he will be unable to take advantage of other people.

ACTUAL RECORDS
COWAN, ANDY 09/2008 deceased http://untoldvalor.blogspot.com/search/label/Andy%20Cowan

MORE

"He died in late August and, despite continuing efforts to educate the public (including the school districts where he appeared), two California newspapers ran obits containing the same bogus claims.  They were the Salinas Californian and Monterey County Herald..... .  The Californian refused to print a correction or retraction, saying Cowan's death removed such obligation.  Basically, the paper is hiding behind a corpse.
 
....told by area residents that some kids (and many adults) refuse to believe they were duped for so many years.  Pretty danged amazing!"

 
COWAN, DAVID LEE 10/2008 SPRINGFIELD, MO Claims Medal of Honor awarded in 2007. Also claims "MD-PhD"
Using falsified DD214
DID serve USMC March 76-Nov 77,.  DISCHARGED AN E-1

"NO FOREIGN SERVICE, NO SEA SERVICE"

COWAN,  TERRY J 02/2011 02/2011

03/2011

Claims to be a SEAL. When asked for  a class number swim partner or any friend he knew down there, everything is "classified." His response is "Terry Cowan All I can give you is Article 13, Chapter 11, paragraph B"

Claims he spent 26 weeks in BUDs. 

 

        
Cowan, Thomas Van Evera
aka Thomas V. Cowan
05/2003

02/2006 
At It AGAIN

09/2006

CT Claims to have been a Navy SEAL injured in covert operations then recruited by the CIA while working for IBM. States  he had been an assassin for the U.S.G. that can employ the worst of the worst to go after his enemies.

Called back by the CIA on Sept 11, 2001.  He then supposedly helped put Wall Street back together post 9/11 and was privately given the "Man of the Year " award by the governor of AZ in 11/01 for his stellar efforts  (the governor does not have recollection of this honor being bestowed.) Numerous jobs since 2000. 

Formerly noted on AUTHENTISEAL.org as NOT A SEAL.

 

St. Louis and FBI say no record of service.



CRAIG, SEAN 11/2010 .

Dear Editor,

A story has appeared on your website online this morning – Friday 5 Nov 2010

 “Katherine Duffy engaged to Sean Craig”

http://www.strausnews.com/articles/2010/11/05/new_york/milestones/joinings/1.txt

In that brief announcement about an engagement, the following statement appears:

Sean is a graduate of Bishop George Ahr High School and served in the United States Navy as a Navy Seal. He is employed by the City of New York Police Department.

This is particularly disturbing for two reasons; (1) the name SEAN C. CRAIG does not appear in the SEAL Database which lists all successful graduates of the Navy’s Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) training course, and (2) because you cite the man’s current employer as being the NYPD.

Although Hollywood would have viewers believe otherwise, the records of those who participate in SEAL Training and serve with the SEAL Teams is not classified or sequestered, nor is the fact that a man actually served with the SEAL Teams considered classified. 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.

While his claims of being a Navy SEAL are not supported by the SEAL Database, the biggest problem in this case derives from the fact that a Law Enforcement Officer has apparently been making false claims. Whether those false claims of being a Navy SEAL appear in his resume or job application with the NYPD, the claims of his having been a SEAL are now a part of the public record and may be used/cited by anyone. Law enforcement officials are held to the highest possible standards of personal conduct when it comes to verbal testimony, not simply because it is the right thing for them to do, but because so often they are called upon to testify in court with regard to the actions of others who are being held in custody and charged with violating the laws.

If it becomes known that Mr. SEAN C. CRAIG’s name is not listed among those of qualified Navy SEALs, and that his claims of duty as a Navy SEAL are unsupported, then I suspect that any sharp-eyed lawyers whose clients have been convicted in whole or in part by testimony or work involving Mr. CRAIG might file for reexamination of those finding with the courts. Mr. CRAIG’s actions as a law enforcement officer whose honesty was supposed to be “above reproach” effects every case and all of the people with whom he has been involved during his career. If even one aspect of his honesty can be shown to be less than solid, then it may be legitimately argued that there may be other times/situations when his honesty has been less than complete. Virtually every legal case to which he contributed any written or verbal statement or assessment will be subject to scrutiny.

The Law Enforcement Department where he currently serves, the judiciary which handles prosecutions for that department, and the community he serves will have to bear the burdens (financial and otherwise) if reexamination of evidence is required and retrials are demanded. The potential impact of that false information will fall squarely upon the shoulders of those in the community who are working to uphold the laws. Telling tall tales over drinks at a backyard barbeque is one thing, but offering false military credentials to your employer is far different and potentially far more damaging.

I suggest that it would be in the very best interests of the community which he serves and the judiciary which oversees that law enforcement organization be informed of this situation at the earliest possible time, and that the matter be resolved by that judiciary before the potentially costly negative effects begin to appear.

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 very strongly urge you obtain a formal/official US NAVY statement regarding Mr. SEAN C. CRAIG’s claimed SEAL credentials. To do so you may contact the PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE at the NAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE COMMAND in San Diego ... 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.....

Thank you for taking the time to read this. I am certainly aware of the many different thoughts that must be running through your mind as you read my words, and your concern that I might be some sort of crackpot or someone with a vendetta of some sort. Nothing could be further from the truth. As you will note in my signature block I am a member of the Board of Directors of the POW NETWORK, a federally-recognized NOT FOR PROFIT educational organization. I voluntarily handle all of the inquiries received by that organization which pertain to service with the US Navy’s SEAL Teams, and I offer verification/denial of those claims by checking names against those listed among the 17,600+ which currently appear in the SEAL Database.

I have a “Google New Alert” set up to scan the Internet for the term “Navy SEAL” to watch for just such articles as the one you have published.

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 service as a Navy SEAL, I can state conclusively that SEAN C. CRAIG 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 an imposter as a result of this exchange. If Mr. CRAIG persists in insisting that his SEAL claims are legitimate, I might suggest that you ask him these questions:

-Since there is no listing in the SEAL Database for the name you are currently using, WHAT NAME DID YOU USE during SEAL training?

-What was his Training Class Number? (No SEAL ever forgets his class number, and there are no secret classes)?

-Where did his training take place? (Training has been conducted at several locations over the years; different portions in different places)?

-When did he graduate from SEAL training? (i.e. a specific graduation DAY/DATE)?

-What were his Primary and Secondary Naval Enlisted Classification (NEC) codes, or what was his Naval Officer Billet Code (NOBC)?

-Which SEAL Team(s) did you serve on, and when?

The answers to those questions are totally UNCLASSIFIED, and every real SEAL will gladly provide that substantiating information upon request.

Thank you, again, for your time. I certainly hope that this matter can be resolved quickly and without undue expenditures or embarrassment to the NYPD.

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"

CRANE, ARTHUR REX 10/2009 Australia The lifelong fairy tale ..
CRAWFORD, CRAIG J 03/2011 TX He claims to be a NAVY SEAL - part of Task Force Ranger during Somalia.   He rides with the Combat Veterans MC and also rides with the Brotherhood of Warriors VMC in Texas.

 

 

ACTUAL RECORD

 

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 CRAIG CRAWFORD. 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 CRAIG CRAWFORD 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. CRAIG CRAWFORD'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/
Crawford, James R.

Deceased

06/0225 .
Courier Electronic Edition Obituary for 20 June 2000: 
James R. Crawford

...Mr. Crawford died Tuesday, July 18, 2000..
He was born July 20, 1947 in Atlanta, Ga. to Robert and Viola (DesGrange) Crawford....
He served in the Vietnam War and received the Medal of Honor.
Mr. Crawford's death is under investigation by the coroner's office.

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Crawford, Travis Dean
aka Travis Hooper
aka Travis Nix
aka Edward Finnegan
aka Dean Crawford
aka Travis Hernden

Identifying marks:
 Tatoos:
"Sweet Pea"- lower left arm

His name in the shape of a wreath - upper right arm.

Heart - upper left arm.

 

noted in Stolen Valor
pages 485-486

07/2005
Grand Prarie, Mesquite, 
Dallas TX
  • Claims retired Army, Special Forces, undercover Intel. 
  • Claims injured in Nam, 3 yrs hospitalization.
  • Claims taught at West Point.
  •  Claims Married once, 2 children.
  •  Claims Special Courier for USG.  
  • Claims he will be receiving a Presidential Pardon for his time in Leavenworth. 
  • Claims worked for IRS for 8 yrs and quit. 
  • Claimed he owned 5 acres of land in Wimberly TX. 
  • Claims he has a $20,000 VA IRA. 
  • Claims Bachelor Of Business Admin and Master from NWU.
  • Claims heart palpitations, respiratory blockage, migraines, high blood pressure.
  •  Claims heart surgery Sept 1993. Wife told probation officer "pneumonia."

 

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From: "Patricia Crawford" <trisha53@suddenlink.net>
To: <info@pownetwork.org>
Subject:
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2010 03:06:45 -0500


 
I'm Travis Crawford. Someone has posted info about me as a phony. I served my time, wounded twice in th e process, I'm not a pow/MIA, therefore someone has maliciously posted claims about me they cannot substatiate. If you have a freedom of information form send it email, I want the name of the coward who hides behind the keyboard and submits false info. ii HAVE AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE, IF YOU SO USE THE nprc YOU WOULD HAVE FOUND THIS OUT RATHER THAN CONTACT ME, BEFORE PUBLISHING THE DEFORMATION CRAP YOU POSTED. i CAN PROVE MY END, BELIEVE ME YOU HAVE MUCH UNCOLLABORATED CRAP THAT WOULD NOT STAND UP IN COURT. WHO SUBMITTED AND PUT IT THERE WITHOUT PROPER INVESTIGATION. let's get it on.
Married 6 times or more. FEWER divorces than marriages. 9th grade education. IRS forced resignation after 6 months  finding out he had no degree (uses forged transcript),  no high school diploma, prison at Leavenworth and an undesirable discharge. Same with SBA job in 1992.  Texas VA land program demanded DD214 - suddenly he was allergic to living in the countryside. No such thing as VA IRA.

He was a cook in GA and deserter in Germany, wrote hot checks and was dishonorably discharged and jailed.

Arrested   07/06/64  Bogus Checks
                  08/29/64 Violation of Check Law
                  03/01/65 Worthless Checks
                  11/26/65 Forgery and Passing
                  09/22/74  Worthless Checks
                  05/24/85
                     AWOL (7 yrs Leavenworth - did 18 months)
                     Bad Checks (143 totaling $52, 593.04)
                     Falsifying Leave Form
                     False sworn Statement
                  08/24/90  Theft by Check 12 months deferred
                                 Paid all checks - dismissed.

Arrested Aug 13, 1993 - Pleas Agreement.
Credit Card Fraud, 10 yr sentence
False statement to USG agency - 5 yrs. (Submitted docs to SBA stating he was a Northwestern University School of Law grad... Submitted false DD214. and a false letter the Army had upgraded his discharge.

Agree to pay 15,000 in restitution (has not).

Failed to report 2 marriages (he stated 3) to police. Also claims a common law marriage (in addition to the rest).       

Has been DENIED VA disability - yet may have received VA comp while in prison and may still be receiving disability! 

He was returned to a federal prison after violating parole He stole all the property of a disabled woman he married in East Texas.  Released from prison in 2000.

Known to uses son's identity and father's social security number.

CREMER, PETER 03/2010 FL


I received two separate inquiries about this man from SEAL Teammates online – PETER CREMER – claiming to be a graduate of BUD/S Class 140 “in 83-84”, and claiming to have served as a SEAL on SEAL Team TEN. .... I’ve attached two screenshots – CREMER’s Facebook homepage with his profile information, and his “picture”… actually a photo of SEALs making a HALO jump which he found somewhere online and has labeled as being a picture of himself with a smart-alecky comment about “last man down buys the beer”.

CREMER has posted several pictures of the SEALs he’s plucked from online sources, including a well-known photo of SEALs who were KIA on 28 June 2005 in Afghanistan in Operation Redwing.

PETER CREMER is NOT listed in the SEAL Database. BUD/S Class 140 did NOT graduate in “83-84”.

I seem to be getting more reports of these Facebook Phonies every day.

Steve

Crimmins, Paul 05/2006

08/2008

Eastham, MA Claims Navy Seal during the Vietnam War -  served 4 tours in country, is highly decorated, and completed his training in Coronado. 

 

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Received 08/2007

Perhaps there is no record of Paul Crimmins in Vietnam because he was upriver in Cambodia and or Laos where the US was never officially involved.  Perhaps you should look into why his mom was informed twice that her son was KIA.  That sure would be odd for someone who was just working on a sub.  In fact, he did work on a sub, but only after he was done with the special forces in SE Asia.  Check again, dig deeper.  There is more to his story than you think you know.
NOT A SEAL
Served Oct 67 to July 71 in the Navy
Only ribbon he has is the National Defense Service Medal
Rank of Machinist mate 3rd class.
Stationed Great Lakes, IL; Dahlgren VA; Groton, CT; USS Abraham Lincoln; USS Jallao

Paul Crimmins works for Augustus construction....on it's website http://augustusconstruction.com/about-us.html it has his picture and short bio where it states he served in Vietnam 68-70...however during this time ......his service record states he was assigned to the USS Abraham Lincoln (SSBN602) which is a submarine that was stationed at Holy Loch conducting deterrent patrols. This conclusively proves he was NOT in Vietnam....no former SEAL, combat vet with 4 tours in country, highly decorated.....he was assigned to a sub on the East Coast during the Vietnam War.

Link to the USS Abraham Lincoln SSBN602...Crimmins sub.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Abraham_Lincoln_(SSBN-602)
Crockett, Kenneth W. 11/2005 Dundalk, MD MEDALS DO THE TALKING
Dundalk Eagle - Dundalk,MD,USA
... "I don't talk about what I did in Vietnam," said Kenneth Crockett, a former Navy SEAL and US Army Green Beret who drives a truck for Baltimore City. ...
NOT a SEAL

NOT SF

CRON, ALAN J 01/2012 FL
http://www.morning-times.com/news/2012-01-20/Obituaries/Alan_J_Cron_49.html

Alan J. Cron, 49, of Zephyrhills, Fla., passed away January 17, 2012, at his home.

.......  Al was so proud to serve his country as a Navy seal and always remembered Veteran’s Day. His sense of humor and lusty laugh will be sadly missed. At his request, there are no services.

NOT A SEAL
CROWLEY, KERRY  LON 06/2008

07/2008

CA

St Thomas KY

CLAIMS 1

CLAIMS 2

http://personals.salon.com/view/2475734_91263.html
quote:
I am a well balanced, educated, traveled, and honorable man. I have served in the military for 24+ years. I am somewhat handsome, articulate, in great physical, emotional, and mental shape. I carry no excess baggage.
end quote

ACTUAL RECORDS
CRUMB, JENNIFER A 11/2011 . http://www.swords-to-plowshares.org/shout/may-2011/share-your-story/

For the past few years has tried to get disability from the government by stating she incurred a "head  injury" while "deployed". This person spent ten years in the army national guard  and stated she was "deployed" to Ft. Lewis WA and somehow incurred a head injury. For the remainder of her service in the National Guard, she served as a recruiter. During this time she acquired combat patches by purchasing them along with other desert memorabilia at the local PX. She
made these purchases to help her recruit status go up by telling young,
naive men and women she was deployed. This person has gone as for as posting an ad on a local website stating she is a wounded combat veteran
who is medically retired.
 

ACTUAL RECORDS
Crump, Command Sgt. Maj. Stoney 07/2010 VI

Army Times

http://formerspook.blogspot.com

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http://articles.cnn.com/2010-07-23/us/military.official.relieved_1_walter-reed-charge-sheet-courses?_s=PM:US

Walter Reed official accused of falsifying military record

From Barbara Starr , CNN Pentagon Correspondent

July 23, 2010 9:17 p.m. EDT

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

Washington (CNN) -- ...Command Sgt. Maj. Stoney Crump, the senior enlisted officer for the Medical Center Brigade, had the "intent to deceive" when he submitted a false official record incorrectly stating that he had attended several military educational courses, according to the Army charge sheet.....

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http://www.armytimes.com/news/2011/03/army-crump-sentenced-to-six-months-030911/

Ex-Walter Reed CSM sentenced to 6 months

By Joe Gould - Staff writer
Posted : Wednesday Mar 9, 2011 18:30:18 EST

A former command sergeant major at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., fired for faking his record and wearing numerous unauthorized awards and decorations, was sentenced to six months imprisonment and a demotion to staff sergeant.......

.Ex-Walter Reed CSM accused of faking his record‎ - 8 hours ago
Sgt. Maj. Stoney N. Crump, the senior enlisted adviser to the medical center's brigade until May 17, twice submitted official biographies that falsely ...
NavyTimes.com

 

Walter Reed Command Sergeant Major Stoney Crump "FIRED"

1 post - 1 author - Last post: 21 hours ago
Read the story here. the On-line edition of Army Times will have it in a week. http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-474157.
militarytimes.com/forum/showthread.php?1587125

 

Ex-Walter Reed CSM accused of faking his record - Army News, news ...

Jul 25, 2010 ... Sgt. Maj. Stoney N. Crump, the senior enlisted adviser to the medical center's brigade until May 17, twice submitted official biographies ...
www.armytimes.com/news/2010/07/army_crump_072510/

Newsvine - Walter Reed Command Sergeant Major Stoney Crump "FIRED"

 

Jul 24, 2010 ... Command Sgt. Maj. Stoney Crump, the senior enlisted officer for the Medical Center Brigade, had the "intent to deceive" when he submitted a ...
www.newsvine.com/_.../4742179-walter-reed-command-sergeant-major-stoney-crump-fired
Cruz, Ivan Marcus At it AGAIN/STILL in 04.2006 FL Claiming SEALS and/or Frogman... 

claims Naval Acad Grad, SEAL, INTEL arrested, convicted  

Claims to be a former Naval Combat Swimmer with over 900 dives, Intelligence Officer.

See "entire set" of records

Cruze, Jacob Reginald
"Jake"

aka Ricky Cruz (AZ)

AKA RICHARD CRUZE

AKA RICHARD R CRUZ

08/2004

08/2006

01/2008

09/2011

01/2012

02/2012

Las Vegas, NV

Leesburg, Virginia

 

ACTUAL RECORDS and more

 

 

2012 -  Now he is a doctor?
http://www.doctors-look.com/Nevada_Cruze/1-2,2-44,7-Cruze,1.html

02/2012:
In reference to Jacob Cruze whose real name is Richard Cruze ..... the Feds never charged him and he has continued to portray himself as a Colonel, Special Forces, Purple Heart awarded Vietnam Vet. He was recently arrested in Leesburg Virginia.

Case numbers - 2012

 

CONGRATS TO THE USARA FOR A SUCCESSFUL BUST

CRYER, Joe B. 

aka Cryer, joseph b

09/2010 MD Claims to be a SEAL (special training in Dam Neck instead of Coronado), claims 77 “confirmed kills”, claims duty in Libya, claims 100% disability due to PTSD resulting from that duty......  CLICK FOR MORE

 

Phony heroes seek honor of genuine article
Washington Examiner
Among them is Joseph Brian Cryer, 45, of Ocean City, a former candidate for city council who claimed to be an elite US Navy SEAL and bragged online about having "77 confirmed kills" in 102 hours during a Libyan operation in 1986. ...

 
CULLEN, GREGORY D "DOC"

AKA GENERAL CULLEN

03/2010 NC
 Update on Gregory D. Cullen

Gregory D Cullen claimed to be an AF Major General was arrested on 3-5-2010 in North Carolina after, military veteran, staff members of the National Wild Turkey Federation, NWTF, grew suspicious of Cullen and his claims. Cullen was scheduled to appear at an NWTF function to make a presentation and solicit money from the NWTF for his HERO Foundation, and to receive funds donated from a Ft Bragg, NC area church group. When Cullen arrived at the function the FBI and local Sheriffs deputies were waiting on him. He was arrested along with a female accomplice and escorted away in handcuffs. It appears Cullen had been hiding out and on the run from a 19 year old deportation warrant. He was from the UK and illegally living in the US .

Factual accounts of the arrest and charges can be obtained from the NC FBI office and or District Attorney.

The man representing himself as "Doc" A.K.A. General Cullen who spoke at the National Wild Turkey Federation Conference in Nashville Tennessee (FEB 2010) posing as a Major General in the Air Force, was apprehended by the F.B.I. and the Raliegh N.C. Police for  "Fraud, violating the Stolen Valor Act and avoiding deportation for 19 years". Thanks to this site the NWTF and Hunting With A Hero were saved. Attached is his picture, on his shirt is MAJ GEN Cullen MD and two stars and USAF Flight emblems.
Ron Gooding 
CEO 
Hunting With A Hero www.huntingwithahero.com
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CULLEN,  ROBERT BRUCE 07/2011 .
 http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/profile.php?id=100000542213370
 

He did serve in Navy from 63 to 67 but was on a destroyer, never Vietnam and never in support of Vietnam Ops.  He was Marine Corp Reserves for a few years in late 70s and early 80s, never active duty while USMCR.

He claims he was a river rat and even posts pictures of his adventures and "his boat".  Conveniently, none of the faces can be seen in the photos of Riverine Force.

Other insignia photos show he was scuba diver and completed jump school.  He never went to scuba school or jump school.  Also claims to be Force Recon. 

A number of pictures on his facebook pages are obviously photoshop work and pretty sloppy at that.  He also post photos of famous heroes he pretends to know.

CULP, BRIAN 12/2008

12/2009

03/2010

07/2010

07/2011

TX
Web Posted: 12/14/2008 12:00 CST

Invalid valor: Vet lied about his service

12/2009 -  http://www.professionalsoldiers.com/forums/showthread.php?p=305088 -- DON'T MISS - P.O.W. NETWORK received the same note/threat

03/31/2010    http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/89533092.html

Army veteran Brian Culp, who two years ago was exposed as a fake highly decorated Ranger, was ordered Tuesday to spend four months in a halfway house for violating his probation.

Culp, 39, was serving three years of probation for his phony claims of valor when federal probation officers accused him in early March of failing to follow court orders that he participate in mental health treatment and anger management, pay a $500 fine and forgo opening any new lines of credit without permission....

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07/2010

http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/bogus_hero_is_sent_to_jail_98086139.html

Army veteran Brian Culp, who almost two years ago pleaded guilty to falsely claiming to be a highly decorated Ranger, now is behind bars after being kicked out of a halfway house in connection with allegations of insolence, lying, intimidation and other misbehavior.  Culp, handcuffed and shackled, appeared in federal court Thursday after probation officers filed a petition seeking to revoke his probation....

07/2011  --  STILL AT IT. Claims Army Ranger
 
 11/16/2011
'Stolen Valor' violator back in jail
UPI.com
The US Supreme Court agreed last month to review the "Stolen Valor Act," signed into law in 2006, which prohibits people from falsely claiming they have been awarded military decorations and medals.


Stolen valor ” convict back in jail
San Antonio Express
The case arose from the prosecution of Xavier Alvarez under the 2005 law, the Stolen Valor Act. Alvarez, an elected member of the board of directors of a water district in Southern California, falsely claimed at a public meeting to have been a Marine ...
See all stories on this topic »


 
Stolen Valor criminal back in jail - This Ain't Hell
COB6 wrote about Brian Culp nearly three years ago when he was convicted of violations of the Stolen Valor Act and forgery of a military ID card. It seems you ...
thisainthell.us/blog/?p=27508

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http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/military/article/Bogus-Ranger-gets-9-months-in-jail-2416482.php#ixzz1hHNeITcI

Bogus Ranger gets 9 months in jail

Guillermo Contrera, express-news

Published 12:50 a.m., Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Army veteran Brian Culp of San Antonio, who pleaded guilty to falsely claiming to be a highly decorated U.S. Army Ranger, was sentenced Tuesday to nine months in jail.

U.S. Magistrate Judge John Primomo revoked the supervised release of Culp, 41, after he failed to follow instructions from probation officers......

CUNNINGHAM, ROBERT "BOB" AGAIN in 08/2009 Newport Beach Cunningham lives in Newport Beach, is (or was) the head of security at the Balboa Bay Club Resort, and is prominent on the veterans Newport Beach (Official City) 1st Bn, 1st Marines Sponsorship committee.  Seen wearing Navy Cross, Silver Star, Bronze Star, and Purple Heart pins.  Claims Marine "General" Bob Cunningham. Claims he was the only Naval Aviator ace in the VN War. 

He has even representing himself as a Marine general at MC Birthday celebrations, cutting the cake, and so on – but he’s not listed on the USMC list of retired general officers. 2009 - seen once again wearing a "Navy Cross" pin. He typically announces himself as a Navy Cross recipient  & only Marine "ace" from the Vietnam war.... 

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Cupp, Gilbert 03/2007 . The story .
CURRY, EUGENE "GUNNY" 05/2011

06/2011

07/2011

 York, SC
 
Greensboro, NC
 
 
http://www.facebook.com/people/Eugene-Curry/100000797174384

He is claiming the rank of Sgt and three Purple Hearts

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This was taken from his Twitter Account:::::: Notice Retired Marine and 100% combat disabled. Not bad for three months in country
 
Eugene Curry
@Gunny0331 Alanta Ga
Retired Marine Viet Nam Veteran. 100% combat disabled with Agent Orange exposure, father, granddad #USMC #AmericaFirst #Agent Orange #Vietnam Veterans
 
NOT a Sgt, NOT a Gunny, not retired. DOES have 3 PH.

 

Numerous Traffic misdemeanor violations.

 

 

DD214/DD215 AND MORE

 

1. No Honorable Discharge that he keeps claiming. General Discharge, cannot be buried on any Military Post and no education benefits with the GI Bill
2. No disability granted at discharge, no medical retirement just a medical severance payment of about $XXXX.00. When he applied for his VA disability Claim he had to pay back that $XXXX.00


 

 

CURTIS,  JARROD BRIAN 01/2010 TX Claims to be an Iraq war veteran and that surgery scars on his inner left leg are from a mortar attack.   He also claims to have been a surface warfare officer. He claims to have received several medals, including a Navy Achievement Medal.  

Claims to have graduated from The United States Naval Academy, as well as Texas A&M University. Even wears an Aggie Ring. Also, claims to be have attended and completed several military training schools beyond Corp school, including OR/scrub and nursing. Also claims he was undercover with the military doing top secret assignments in Africa, Iraq, and Cuba. 

ACTUAL RECORDS

As you can tell from his record, he only left the US twice on workups abroad the USS Theodore Roosevelt. 1 two week deployment, never stepped foot off the ship and 1 six week deployment, they stopped in St. Marten (2 days) and Jacksonville, FL (2 days). St. Marten was the one and only time he left the continental United States while he was in the military.

Curtis, Patrick A. 03/2004

08/2011

.
Claims Marine Naval Aviator, shot down in Vietnam in an F-4.  Was second husband of Raquel Welch. Claims he went to USC/NROTC and graduated with a degree in Film and a commission in the Marines, and went on to become a Marine Naval Aviator. He said he was in Marine squadron VMF-323 (1962 -1964) The CO and XO and several former Marine pilot for the (1962 - 1964) period never heard of Patrick A. Curtis.
Curtis claims he was shot down flying an F-4 on 10/31/68 in Vietnam. The Marines did not report any aircraft loss on this date. Claims 283 1/2 combat missions, 1967-1968 over North and South Vietnam.
       Independent investigators have found Curtis attended St. Charles Borromeo School, North  Hollywood, CA 1945 - 1953. He then went on to Notre Dame High School, Sherman Oaks, CA and graduated in 1957. If he did go to USC/NROTC he would have been a 1961 USC/NROTC alumni to be in VMF-323 during the period he said he was there. USC/NROTC Alumni website does not have  him listed. 1961/1962 USC/NROTC alumni do not know him.  There is no indication he ever attended USC or NROTC.  Investigators have located old news stories of him being in Europe with Raquel Welch during times he said he was flying for the Marines. 
       Curtis has been giving hero speeches at VFW and other veteran groups. Claims retired Marine Corps Reserves Colonel. Claims Air Force Humanitarian award, Life membership in Marine Corps League, Navy League, Air Force Association.

 

2011 - Curtis still goes around the country giving speeches and making unproven claims regarding his "service" to our country.

QUESTION EVERYTHING !!!

St. Louis Personnel Records Center could locate NO MILITARY RECORDS

Sure delighted to see that you/someone finally had the guts to expose Patrick A. Curtis.  Would you believe that this liar, several years ago, actually purchased (on eBay) a Purple Heart and has gone around telling anyone who will listen that he WON it while serving his country!?
 
For the last few years, Curtis has latched on to a REAL hero Max Cleland and, has tried to gain fame by being his "friend" and taking Cleland to many of his VFW speaking events.  Curtis is currently living in St. George, Utah and it didn't take him long (recently "honored" by, and gave a speech at, the St. George, Utah Chapter of VFW.  He also pulled the same VFW scam in Marietta, Georgia.  Is there any way these organizations can be reached and warned?
 
Thanks, again for exposing all these scum...especially Curtis!
Curtis, Shannon "Irish" 10/2006. CA CLAIMING POW "RESCUE" PARTICIPANT
Stated he was in Marine Recon because he could not swim and be in Force Recon. Had received two Silver Stars. Had gone on a mission and rescued 36 POWs But could not remember any ones name.
NO NAM.
Served 67-70
never overseas.

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CURTIS, THOMAS EUGENE

CURTIS TOM E
12/2006

05/2010

Muncie IN
Thomas Eugene Curtis
Muncie, Indiana
recently charged with murder and stated to neighbors and reported in The Star Press he was a Navy Seal.

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Dear POW Network,

Inquiry related to THOMAS/TOM E. CURTIS.

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

Thank you for contacting me on this matter. I, too, read the article posted about Mr. Curtis and was initially unsuccessfully in reaching the Crime and Court Reporter who authored the article. I left a message on his answering machine along with my telephone number and asked that he contact me, and he did so this morning (Wed 16 Dec 2009). We discussed the matter at length and he indicated his intention to use the official verification links I provided to him so that he could receive the US Navy’s formal statement regarding Mr. CURTIS. Meanwhile, I will provide you with my informed, but totally unofficial response regarding the man’s claims.

If the name provided in the newspaper article is spelled correctly, I do NOT find a listing in the SEAL Database (end of WWII to the Present Day) for anyone named THOMAS E. CURTIS. 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 seven (7) men with the last name CURTIS listed in the entirety of the SEAL Database, and none of them has the first name THOMAS. Of those seven (7) men, only one has a middle initial “E”, and that one man would be approximately 60 years old at this point in time (having graduated from training in 1971).

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 THOMAS E. CURTIS has NEVER COMPLETED SEAL training, and he is not now, nor was he ever a Navy SEAL or a Navy UDT “Frogman”.

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. CURTIS persists in insisting that his SEAL claims are legitimate, those who are holding him in detention would do well to 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 was his Naval Enlisted Classification code –NEC– or Naval Officer Billet Code – NOBC?

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. It should quickly become apparent to the authorities that Mr. CURTIS is fabricating his story and his claims are totally without merit.

Before any classified operations may be undertaken as a SEAL Operator, a man must first successfully complete the totally unclassified 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… we know them all.

As you may have noted in the Star Press news article, Mr. CURTIS’ brother offered a tell-tale comment; he reported that when questioned about his claimed SEAL duties, the accused man had simply stated “You don’t want to know about that stuff” (my paraphrase). He had no details to offer because he was not a Navy SEAL, but he clearly intended to mislead his family into thinking he was a SEAL. His hesitancy to share any information about ‘being a SEAL’ is based upon a lack of knowledge, rather than on any requirement for secrecy associated with military duties. The reporter who wrote the story has promised to touch base with me further on this particular matter, so that I am hopeful the truth in the matter will ultimately come to the attention of the reading public. The reporter specifically stated that it looked like the “false SEAL claims” would be a bigger story than the murder and that he had no intention of letting it drop, or of seeing it relegated to a small-font ‘correction’ posted in the back pages of the newspaper.

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
Defense Analyst – Soviet Threat specialization 1981-1993
UDT-SEAL Association - MemberPOW 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

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Neighbor: Curtis said he could 'get away with' killing wife
Muncie Star Press
Curtis told police he had spent 13 years in the US Navy, including nine years as a Navy SEAL. It was in that special operations unit, he told friends and ...

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Accused wife-killer not a SEAL, Navy says
Muncie Star Press
MUNCIE -- Accused killer Thomas Eugene Curtis is a US Navy veteran, but any suggestions that he spent time as a Navy SEAL are false. Navy Times, a weekly ...
 

CUSHMAN, HAROLD H 04/2010 OR Claims Army Ranger
found no record for Cushman, Harold   DOB:            1976 in our records as attending Ranger School.

 
RLTW
 
RTB SR TAC
 

NO records were located by NPRC.

Cushman, Thomas Robert
aka Tasiwoo Pa'api 

aka Tasiwoopa api 

June 2004 
11/2005
07/2006
03/2007
10/2007

06/2009

12/2009

Laramie, WY

New York

  • CLAIMS
  • SOF Claim: U.S. Army Special Forces (SF)
  • SOF Claim: SF Command Sgt. Major
  • Claims Service: 02/01/1971 to 12/31/1994
  • Claims: CIA
  • Claims: DIA
  • Claims: NSA
  • Claims: BLACKOPS
  • Additional claims: You name it, he claims it
  • claims he was an Army SF operator having served for 7 years as a Command Sergeant Major and Diplomatic Liaison for the "Southwest Asian Command" (his words), under a classified project. 
  • Claims everything from expert marksman to the Silver Star, PUC, 4th award CIB, HALO/LALO qual

Claims to be 1/2 Comanche

2006...  he never claimed POW or made the claims. He said "No problem tho, as the group I am with intends to use your services as well."

Reportedly suffers from the delusion that he is associated with some covert military group and brings them up to support his statements or intimidate his audience.

2007 -  "My records were sealed long ago for political reasons."

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http://www.cortland.edu/news/article.asp?ID=459

2009-

Cushman used to work at Old Fort Niagara in Western New York where he was telling lies! He also spoke at the University at Buffalo as a highly decorated man of service and spoke to students about serving our country in the military. He continuously mentioned holding a position in Black ops, in addition to an assortment of other titles. He came dressed in full military uniform.  

QUESTION EVERYTHING !!!

Email: tasiwoo@hotmail.com or tasiwoo@micro-mania.net

NARA, DOD, DCIS, and NCIS.  No record found.

http://www.indianz.com/board/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=19958
See 13th comment

 

MSG BOARD

 

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