Don Shipley gives us a three-fer – 3 Bikers claiming to be SEALs; Gary Wilson: Ashford, Alabama, Michael Douglas Salsa: Atlanta, Georgia, Phony SEAL Captain/Phony Vietnam Vet James Richard.
And for those of you who admire Don Shipley’s hair, he says he’s offering pelucas for $29.95.
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44 responses to “Biker phony SEAL Week with Don Shipley”
Thanks for the tip on swimming. No wonder I haven’t been picking up any chicks. Plus the spandex probably isn’t going over to well either. Will try new tactic this year…
Bet thats the first time you made a captain scramble to erase any record of his fraud….lol When are the wannabe hero’s going to learn that anybody (well majority) thats been in nam don’t like to talk about it, much less brag about it. And seals don’t need the attention because they know they don’t have to.
My eyes!!!
This early in the morning? It’s just as well I didn’t have breakfast first.
Sic ’em Senior!
Hold Farking SHIAT I LOVE DON even more.. He gets jokes. He must have really been amused by the 100+ post “Don Shipley’s Hair” thread.
HOG members aren’t ‘bad ass bikers”.
Point of order here. Just as much as those three guys are phony Seals they’re also phony bikers. And not Outlaw bikers. Just as they could buy their unearned military paraphenalia online that’s how they obtained their biker shit that they wear on their “biker” uniforms. The big clubs guard their insignia. There is a long, somewhat bloody history of hapless imposters having been taught not to wear 1%er stuff you did not earn. We’ve never objected to the silly, meaningless stuff you see on those guy’s biker jackets because it in no way impinges on us. It also identifies them in the general biker community as wannabees. Over the years my club has had many former servicemen in our ranks and we have accorded them quite a bit of respect for their service. Strong patriotism is the common denominator. Having said all that I sure hope to hell we don’t get one of our guys getting deceptive about military honors even though I think our own guys are likely to tune them up. Keep up the good work this blog daily does.
DON SHIPLEY FOR PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT, SECT OF STATE, SECT OF DEFENSE, SECT OF DHS, AND SECT OF EXPOSING POSERS!
@7, Only if his hair gets to be Speaker of the House.
@8 Just imagine what would happend if Don Shipley’s hair and Chuck Norris’s Beard got together in the same room….
@9: That clash would be the beginning of the Apocalypse!
@6: “Just as they could buy their unearned military paraphenalia online that’s how they obtained their biker shit that they wear on their “biker” uniforms. The big clubs guard their insignia. There is a long, somewhat bloody history of hapless imposters having been taught not to wear 1%er stuff you did not earn.”
The history is, in fact, very well documented and includes those that even say they are 1%ers.
Don Shipley’s hair once led a team of sled dogs across Antarctica to the South Pole. Once there, they marked their territory, sent up a flag, and the dogs went back to McMurdo. Don Shipley’s hair stayed behind.
Are there databases for all the special operations groups such as Rangers, SF, Recon, PJs, etc. Or is it just SEALs because of what Don Shipley has done? And if so, how does a reporter try to get access to that in the future. Nothing to write about now but it would be nice to know such a thing existed.
Andy Kravetz, reporter
Peoria (Ill.) Journal Star
akravetz@pjstar.com
Don Shipley’s hair holds the secrets of the Pyramids, Machu Picchu, and Coca Cola’s secret recipe!
My cat Mikey’s thick, luxurious coat is jealous of Don Shipley’s hair.
Andy Kravetz: not positive, but I believe the US Army JFK Special Warfare Center and School maintains records of personnel completing SF training; ditto for US Army Infantry Center and School for Ranger School. Both may be manual records and require a FOIA request for searching. Unfortunately, prior to and during Vietnam (SF) and during World War II (Ranger) there were alternate means of qualifying for both the SF and Ranger Tabs. If those records are for school completion only they won’t be fully comprehensive.
My understanding – and I could be wrong – is that Don has access to a database of BUD/S graduates that is both comprehensive and accurate. (Since the institution of BUD/S, no BUD/S is conclusive proof of “not a SEAL”.) I’m not positive whether that database is Navy-maintained or not. Official records are also maintained by the Navy Special Warfare Center of all BUD/S graduates; I understand a FOIA request will result in an official confirmation or refutation concerning an individual’s completion of BUD/S. I believe I’ve read that the Navy records and the database Don uses include all retroactive qualifications granted prior to the institution of BUD/S.
If any of the above is incorrect, someone with better info please correct me. I’m working from memory and may have some of this wrong.
Can’t speak for PJ and Recon. Maybe some of our USAF/USMC readers can.
I’ve always admired and wondered what secret formula Don Shipley had for his hair and hairline (really? a one-inch forehead? amazing), so this thing on the wig was funny as heck. But even funnier is the apparent fact that the Senior Chief is outranked in the house by SWWBO (she who will be obeyed – stolen from another very creative blog). Thanks for this morning’s good belly laughs.
Hondo and Andy. The data base is maintaioned by Commander Naval Special Warfare Command, One Trident Way, Coronado, CA. PAO is LCDR McKinney.
Apparently Don has access because the previous SEAL hunters “The Naval Special Warfare Archieves” project scaled back operations. NSW Archieves did not “f” around. They were full frontal operations back in the day. They would show up on your doorstep, contact your employer, casterate your dog to get your attention.
Dog thingy is satire … but you get the point!
That was the best 13:05 I have spent watching any video, ever! I want the Hat but I am a tad skeptical that it was actually made from THE HAIR. But, on the other hand, I don’t believe Shipley would deceive us about that. So, I replayed the hair-hat offer and you know what? I think he raises rabbits and is shaving them to make hats. That’s right, he is not saying hair. He is saying hare. What tipped me off? The price. $29.95 for a Shipley Hair Hat? No way. It’s a Don Shipley Hare Hat. I think I’ll pass.
I now know how to get picked up at the next E-8 board. I am going to staple a picture of Don Shipley’s hair to my next NCOER.
Thanks, MCPO – update/correction appreciated. I couldn’t remember whether that database was Navy-maintained (and thus official) or not. Since it is, apparently the FOIA process is simply how one goes about getting a written confirmation.
@19 – It is actually his genuine certified Walt Disney souvenir Davy Crockett Coonskin Hat, made from genuine coonskin,including the striped tail.
Oh, the memories! My brother wanted one to go with his BB gun.
As a young fella, I spent many Summer days at the local community pool. Never once did I pick up a girl there, let alone a hottie. Now I know why, thanks to Shipley. I was a toe dipper. It’s true. Not only that, but if the water was cold, I ran away from it like a sissy mary. No wonder I never met a girl at the pool.
“Can’t speak for PJ and Recon. Maybe some of our USAF/USMC readers can.”
Getting and asnwer on PJ and Com Air Controllers now!
RECON is MARSOC Tampa … I think?
#13, Andy, mostly I rely on the kindness of strangers. I ask Don or Captain Larry Bailey for SEALs and I have someone in the S3 shop at the Ranger Training Brigade for Rangers and I go to Professional Soldiers and ask Jeff Hinton for SF guys. There are a couple of guys here who have MOL (Marines Online) to check on Marines who claim current or recent service. My son has access to the Air Force database and I still maintain my Army Knowledge Online (AKO) account.
So how many cool points do I get for the “Streetcar Named Desire” quote?
@#10, Old Trooper,that kind of clash would make the “Big Bang’ look lie a firecracker in comparison!!
I believe CAPT Baily and Steve Robinson were of the more active NSW Archives operators when they used to seriously ruin the day of offending fake Navy SEALs. I can remember the time they showed up with a film crew at some dirt sucking scum buckets house!
Man these guys are just so sad when he talks to them…no idea what class number, when they graduated, 4ssholes all…
I did like the “let the water run up your snot locker”….I grew up around a lake, many a dive ended in water in the snot locker and down the back of the throat….
Andy and Hondo,
Here is email from a retired USAF PJ and USA Green Beret buddy. Retired US Army. A classic under achiver –> PJ and then Green Beret! We will refer to him as the Red Headed Bag Piper (RHBP)!
MCPO,
The school house for each would have the list of names and class numbers. Once they are on a team, PJs and Controllers fall under different Commands. Guard, Reserve Air Force Special Operations, Air Force Central Command etc.
http://www.kirtland.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=5589
http://www.afsoc.af.mil/specialtactics/ccttraining.asp
I am not aware of one data base.
RHBP
MCPO: please check your e-mail.
ROG That!
Think about it: Shipley’s hair teaming up with Bolton’s moustache — They would dominate Congress in minutes.
@ 32 …. Brilliant!
Thanks all, but another question. I thought you could go through the school in some instances and do that job. (if that is the right word). In the Army, I thought, you could get Ranger qualified but not be a Ranger. I can’t imagine a person doing BUDS without being a SEAL. Same for PJs or SF (Green Beret).
If a person is ranger qualified, are they a ranger? Again, I don’t have a guy who is doing this now but i am wondering so if I do, I know how to look at it.
Andy Kravetz, reporter
Peoria (Ill.) Journal Star
akravetz@pjstar.com
Andy Kravetz: we’ve had some past discussions here at TAH as to who is/isn’t entitled to be called a Ranger. A good discussion can be found at
http://thisainthell.us/blog/?p=30659
Consensus is that both successful assignment to a Ranger unit and completing Ranger School entitles one to call oneself a “Ranger”. However, only the latter allows one to wear the Ranger Tab.
@34, Andy K. I’m still Guard, and that’s the way it still is on the active side according to those that recently came to us from there. As for locations (It’s unclassified) the 75th Ranger Regiment is HQ’ed at Fort Benning, 1st BN (Battalion) is at Hunter Army Airfield near Savannah, GA, 2nd BN is at Lewis McCord, 3rd BN is at Ft. Benning, as well as 4th RTB (Ranger Training BN). Ranger School used to have three phases, Mountain, Desert, and Swamp. The Desert Phase was phased out, nowadays training begins on Camp Darby near Ft. Benning, GA, the Mountain Phase is up at Dahlonega, GA, and they do the Swamp Phase at Eglin AFB, Fl. For one to legitimately claim the title of “RANGER”, completion of the school and assignment to part of the 75th Regiment is necessary. Hopefully that bit of intel could prove useful in ferreting out fakes and proving who’s real, I’ve done so with it!
@35 – So that means Aragorn can’t call himself a Ranger of the North any more? Is that what you’re saying? No more slaying Orcs and ferreting out boggarts?
Of course, Andy, there are many jobs and professions which have similar problems. Does majoring in journalism, for instance, make one a journalist?
@37, Ex-PH2, Yeah, I think he can, just as along as he doesn’t call himself a US Army Ranger of the North!
@36.
Yes and no.
I have a Tab, but not a scroll.
Went to the school (6-00), but never served in Regiment.
And I recycled Florida.
Your point?
Again, I’m so glad I’ve yet to encounter a fake bubblehead or fake nuke.
Choose your rate, choose your fate.
NHSparky, why the hell would anyone WANT to claim to be a NUC??? Hell, I try and forget that I was one too… Just paint ourselves as the dorky, no-common-sense group that most of them were!
MM2 ELT
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He is a co artist Michael Salsa is the biggest lier . He saids he received Purple Heart , navy cross ,13 Commendations navy seal .