You’ll notice the ad to your left from MyServicePride for buying stuff decorated with your awards that you earned from your service. Every time he advertises with us, I buy something. But you can see that it could attract phonies, too. Our buddy, Bob Massie, who runs the joint, sent Taco Bell after one such fellow who wanted a display with the following mess;
The guy, Taco calls him “Super Marine”, is a used car salesman. So Taco started researching the guy and couldn’t find anything about him so finally he called Super Marine.
I let him tell me about how he was a POW, got all these awards and retired as a Marine Corps full Colonel after 31 years. There was a Linkedin profile for that name listing every op that the Corps has fought in since Vietnam. I mean this guy claimed it all.
The funny thing is as I spoke to him, I ran down each op that was on this profile (no photo though) and he confirmed Yes to them all and here they are for you to see along with all of his MOS’s down below.
About a week after that phone call, I phoned again to put him on notice to take down the Linkedin site or provide proof of service. He said he would. Well, he didn’t and a few days later I called him at his car dealership in NJ where he is a used car salesman. He was actually very surprised that I had tracked him down at his work and asked “How did you find me here?” I replied “it’s called the internet you dipSh**”
Mr. Super Marine didn’t like my approach and denied all of it. I thought that was funny since I taped the whole conversation.
You can hear the recordings at Bob Massie’s blog. Neither Taco nor Bob give the guy’s name, but I don’t mind. He claims to be a retired Marine Colonel Thomas Johnson. His LinkedIn profile is still posted, but it’s locked up – an intelligence officer who is undercover as a used car salesman in Union, New Jersey.
Taco sent one of his agents to his place of business to see if he has these lies posted in his office, apparently he doesn’t. That’s probably why he was trolling MyServicePride, to spruce up his office with his phony finery.
the link in the ad isn’t working, but the one you put into the blog post is
If you click on the picture in the ad, it works, but the link not so much. The ad is sent to us by the advertiser.
Per the usual script, this POS is probably a USMC bootcamp reject who now wants to relive the career he never had and be the Smedley Butler of his generation…
Hey, he just wants it so he can “honor” veterans who’ve served…….
‘tard
Kudos to Bob Massie for not just taking the assholes money and forgetting about it!! Willing to bet there are a few “businesses” out there who do not give a damn who they sell wha tto.
Pussy……
https://www.azuse.cloud/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/photo-2cropped.jpg
Damn things are popping out of the woodwork like cockroaches these days!!
I know everyone will be just shocked, shocked to hear this – but there’s no “Johnson, Thomas” listed on DoD’s list of returned POWs from SEA. In fact, no one from the USMC with the last name of “Johnson” is listed as being a returned POW from SEA.
http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/vietnam/reports/pmsea_returnee.pdf
There’s also no “Johnson, Thomas” listed as having escaped from enemy captivity in SEA, either. In fact, no one with the last name “Johnson” is listed as having escaped from enemy captivity in SEA.
http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/vietnam/reports/pmsea_escapee.pdf
He’s also not listed among those unaccounted for in SEA – in fact, no one with the last name “Johnson” is on that list, either.
http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/vietnam/reports/documents/pmsea_una_p_state.pdf
Finally, there is no one with the last name of “Johnston” or “Johnstone” who served in the USMC that was ever MIA or POW in SEA but was later accounted for (escaped, returned, remains recovered or returned).
http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/vietnam/reports/documents/pmsea_acc_p_name.pdf
Bottom line: this guy is simply a lying bastard – which we all knew the second we saw that absurd rack. He was never a POW. Period.
Then again, he is from north NJ, just west of NYC. We see lots of idiocy from that region. Must be something in the water.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7n9YX1Xfw4
Do you suppose any of those “POWs” were actually incarcerated at Long Binh Jail?
My favorite line from Taco’s brilliant entry:
“I mean, I should have been eating in a Chow hall named after this guy.”
Chow hall hell. After reading his Linked-In profile, they’re going to rename Camp Pendleton AND Camp Lejeune after this stud. Probably rename the mascot (Chesty XIII) after this guy. Or at least what Chesty XIII leaves on the ground….
Thomas Johnson……
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvTNyKIGXiI
I’m going to start posting this with every poser. 😀
Did you get that from Tosh.0?
Taco…just for that, I ordered another mug from you! Keep up the good work. Friggin’ hilarious…”should have eaten in a mess hall named for him”.
For those of you who don’t have a Linked-In account, here are his claims via cut and paste. Enjoy, but sorry about the length. Oh, and Ex-PH2, have fun with the translations.
Summary
I am a strategic and creative thinker, introspective, yet always decisive. I’m a builder of leaders and teams. I am a competent full-spectrum warfighter. The word “quit” isn’t included in my extensive vocabulary. “Quiters never win; and, winners never quit!” I’m skilled in governance, statesmanship, and diplomacy. I have a keen appreciation for (and indepth understanding of) cultural context and how to work effectively across it. I’m tenacious, fiercely loyal, and an incurable optimist. I am a third-generation US Marine who came out of the womb “thinking outside the box” and emersed in the principles of “task organization.” The leadership traits and principles that are inherent aspects of my persona, were drilled into my psyche before I ever raised my right hand and swore that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the lawful orders of the President of the United States and the lawful orders of the officers and officials appointed over me, according to regulations and US laws and the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
0311 Rifleman
8652 Reconnaissance Man, Parachute Qualified (NMOS) [now 0323]
8654 Reconnaissance Man, Parachute and Combatant Diver Qualified (NMOS) [now 0326]
2747 Linguist – Vietnamese
0302 Infantry Officer
8026 Parachute/Combatant Diver Officer
7208 Air Support Control Officer
2768 Linguist – Spanish
8221 Regional Affairs Officer, Latin America
8241 Foreign Area Officer, Latin America
2305 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Officer
2713 Linguist – Arabic (Egyptian)
2721 Linguist – Kurdish
8246 Foreign Area Officer, Southwest Asia
0284 Advanced Foreign Counterintelligence Officer
2711 Linguist – Afghan Pashtu
2722 Linguist – Persian
0286 Advanced Military Source Operations Officer
2791 Linguist – Russian
0288 Military Source Operations Officer
0290 Strategic Debriefing Officer
Experience
assigned to another agency
United States Department of Defense
July 2004 – Present (9 years 10 months)|Greater New York City Area
July 2009 thru Present:
Currently assigned to another agency – Greater New York City Area
July 2004 thru June 2009:
Defense Intelligence Analysis Center (DIAC) at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling (JBAB) in Washington, DC
Iraqi Ministry of Interior/ Intelligence and Counterterrorism Directorate – Baghdad, Iraq
Office of the Defense Attaché to the US Ambassador at:
US Embassy-Cairo, Egypt; US Embassy-Bogota, Colombia; US Embassy-Santiago, Chile
“Work relentlessly, accomplish much, and be more than you seem.”
להיות יעיל ללא רחם בעבודה, מקבלים הרבה הישגים, תמיד “להיות” יותר מאשר אחרים תופסים אותך להיות.
Soyez d’une efficacité redoutable au travail, obtenir beaucoup de réalisations, toujours «être» plus que d’autres vous perçoivent l’être.
آیا کاری که دیگران مایل به انجام آن نیست.موفقیت کارهای سخت را تکمیل کنید.تبدیل شدن به “ادامه” نسبت به افراد دیگر فکر می کنم شما هستند.
Seien Sie bei Ihrer Arbeit unerbittlich, viel erreichen, und immer “sein” mehr, als Sie zu sein scheinen.
Будьте безжалостно эффективным в работе, стремиться к достижению много, и всегда “быть” больше, чем другие воспринимают вас быть.
Ser despiadadamente eficientes en el trabajo, lograr mucho, y siempre “ser” más que otros perciben que seas.
Team Leader
National Joint Terrorism Task Force
March 2011 – September 2012 (1 year 7 months)
When thinking about successful organizations, everyone knows about the US Navy & Marine Corps FA-18 Flight Demonstration Squadron, the BLUE ANGELS – who have taken on the mantra of being “Ambassadors of Good Will.” Their decades long history (since 1946) of consistantly building upon a solid track-record of amazing successful achievement can be broken down to a four-step process:
• BELIEF LEVEL – with vision and clarity they sustain growth in a high level of belief in four areas: their PROCESSES, their PRODUCT(S), their PEOPLE, and their PURPOSE.
• BRIEFING – they’ve compiled a detailed PLAN, every part of which contains inherent FOCUS on the end result and is COMMUNICATED succinctly as possible, in clear and understandable terms.
• CONTRACTS – every member of their team has a high level of TRUST in the competencies of their fellows, is committed to the flawless EXECUTION of their assigned tasks, and holds a strong sense of COMMITMENT to their mission.
• DEBRIEFING – after every “performance” – regardless of it being a rehearsal or one of the over 70 air shows performed before millions of spectators every year – every member of the team, without regard to rank or experience level differences, acknowledges mistakes that they’ve made and clearly states the corrective actions that they will take to eliminate the possibility of repetition of those errors.
With each and every subsequent DEBRIEFING – which assesses their strengths and weaknesses, fosters discipline both individually and collectively, and instills a high level of accountability – the BELIEF LEVEL of the team members in themselves and in each other grows ever greater, liberating them to attain increasingly higher levels of competency individually and continually exceed previous expectations together as a team.
Members of the BLUE ANGELS are constantly heard saying: “I’m happy to be here.” They’re all enthusiastically committed to continuous exemplary performance of their assigned tasks.
USMC Intelligence Officer
United States Marine Corps
January 1973 – June 2004 (31 years 6 months)
active duty/active reserve status 1-73 thru 6-04
Began as an enlisted Reconnaissance Marine; and, then transitioned from SSgt (E6) to 2Lt (O1) through the Enlisted Commissioning Program (ECP).
Assignments included: DAO-Saigon (South Vietnam, Cambodia, and US SAG, Thailand) serving under:
Col. Nicholas M. Trapnell Jr, USMC – NOV 1973 to APR 1974
LtCol. Charles A. Barscow, USMC – NOV 1973 to JUL 1974
Col. Paul L. Siegmund, USMC – APR 1974 to FEB 1975
Col. Eugene R. Howard Jr, USMC – JAN 1975 to APR 1975
LtCol. William E. McKinstry, USMC – JUL 1974 to APR 1975
16 Dec 1973 – 23 Feb 1974 Battle of Phnom Penh
27 Apr 1974 – 2 May 1974 Battle of Svay Rieng
12 Dec 1974 – 6 Jan 1975 Battle of Phuoc Long
3 Mar 1975 – 11 Mar 1975 Battle of Ban Me Thuot
28 Mar 1975 – 30 Mar 1975 Da Nang, RVN evacuation
9 Apr 1975 – 22 Apr 1975 Xuan Loc, RVN
30 Apr 1975 OPERATION FREQUENT WIND-Saigon evacuation
15 May 1975 OPERATION MAYAGUEZ-Koh Tang Island, Cambodia
24 – 25 April 1980 OPERATION EAGLE CLAW-near Tabas, Iran
25 Oct – 15 Dec 1983 OPERATION URGENT FURY-Grenada
20 Dec 1989 – 12 Jan 1990 OPERATION JUST CAUSE-Panama
2 Aug 1990 – 28 Feb 1991 OPERATION DESERT STORM-Saudi Arabia & Iraq
9 Dec 1992 – 4 May 1993 OPERATION RESTORE HOPE-Somalia
19 Sept 1994 31 Mar 1995 OPERATION RESTORE DEMOCRACY-Haiti
24 Mar 1999 – 10 June 1999 OPERATION NOBLE ANVIL-Yugoslavia (deployed as a Forward Air Controller directing US-led NATO bombing missions, which led to the withdrawal of Yugoslav forces from Kosovo)
1 May 2003 – 31 Oct 2003 OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM-Afghanistan (deployed in support of the Global War on Terrorism)
1 Nov 2003 – 30 Apr 2004 OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM (deployed as a Senior Intelligence/Policy Advisor at Iraqi Ministry of Interior/ Intelligence and Counterterrorism Directorate – Baghdad, Iraq)
1 July 2004 – transitioned to a civilian administrative role within DoD.
Education
Defense Language Institute
working proficiency in several different languages
2747 Linguist – Vietnamese
2768 Linguist – Spanish
2713 Linguist – Arabic (Egyptian)
2721 Linguist – Kurdish
2711 Linguist – Afghan Pashtu
2722 Linguist – Persian
2791 Linguist – Russian
If you can’t speak your adversary’s or ally’s language or read his newspapers, magazines, and correspondence – you can’t:
1) communicate effectively
2) appreciate his/her perspective
3) earn his/her respect
4) foster and nurture a mutually advantageous relationship
The “bully pulpit” of superior might will win battles; and, sometimes it will win wars. But, to peacefully coexist after the smoke clears, the bodies are buried, and the scars of war are erased from the landscape – effective communication is essential.
Activities and Societies: If you can’t communicate, what are the prospects for crisis intervention and management? How will you prevent confilcts? Conflict management and resolution isn’t possible without communication. Common sense dictates that effective communication is indispensable. Unfortunately, “common sense” has become an increasingly rare commodity, eclipsed only by life and health on the “value scale.”
National Intelligence University
Master of Science (MS), Strategic Intelligence
The National Intelligence University (NIU) is a federal degree granting institution with a far-reaching mission — to educate and prepare intelligence officers to meet current and future challenges to the national security of the United States. Its main campus is located within the Defense Intelligence Analysis Center (DIAC) at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling (JBAB) in Washington DC, with graduate and academic centers at NSA and NGIA.
The NIU is a unique and technologically advanced university that focuses on the profession of intelligence and is the only institution of higher education in the nation that allows its students to study and complete research in the Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmentalized Information (TS/SCI) arena. The NIU is committed to offering and continuously maintaining an in-depth curriculum intended to enhance the desired analytical skills and competencies of intelligence analysis to include critical thinking, communications, engagement and leadership.
National War College
Master of Science (MS), National Security Strategy
The mission of the National War College is to educate future leaders of the Armed Forces, State Department, and other civilian agencies for high-level policy, command, and staff responsibilities by conducting a senior-level course of study in national security strategy.
The National War College (NWC) provides a single-phase Joint Professional Military Education (JPME) program for mid-career U.S. military officers, civilian U.S. government officials, and foreign military officers. The NWC achieves its mission by offering a professional, rigorous, multi-disciplinary curriculum emphasizing active-learning and immersion in a joint environment. This joint experience is further enriched by the inclusion of interagency and multinational partners in all aspects of the program. The NWC program is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, and qualified graduates are awarded a Masters of National Security Strategy.
Naval Postgraduate School
Master of Arts (MA), National Security Affairs
The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) is an accredited research university operated by the United States Navy. Located in Monterey, California, it grants master’s degrees, engineer’s degrees and doctoral degrees. The school also offers research fellowship opportunities at the postdoctoral level through the National Research Council research associateship program.
The NPS student population is mostly active-duty officers from all branches of the US Military, although US Government civilian employees and members of foreign militaries can also matriculate under a variety of programs.
My studies within the Department of National Security Affairs included:
The Middle East, South Asia & Sub-Saharan Africa
The Far East, Southeast Asia and Pacific
The Western Hemisphere – South & Central America
Civil-Military Relations
Stabilization and Reconstruction
Defense Decision Making and Planning
Homeland Security and Defense
Combating Terrorism Strategy and Policy
University of Maryland College Park
Bachelor of Arts (BA)
The University of Maryland at College Park (UMCP), founded in 1856, is the flagship campus and the original land grant institution of the University of Maryland System. As such, it has the unique responsibility within the System for offering a comprehensive array of degree programs at the bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral levels.
UMCP is the ninth largest campus in the country with nearly 28,000 undergraduates and over 8,700 graduate students. To respond to the needs of these students, the University has 120 baccalaureate majors and about 80 masters and doctoral programs.
The University`s location near the United States national capital, the Maryland state capital and a major seaport, places it in an ideal position to become a world leader in research and scholarship on state, national and international policy issues and international affairs. UMCP enjoys a close association and collaborative agreements with the National War College and other educational institutions of DoD.
Oblig…..
1) WALLOTEXT!!!!!
2) TL:DR
3) No you can’t have a Ballduster McSoulpatch Memorial Stolen Valor Tournament Trophy, NOT YOURS
Well, cut and paste certainly does seem to be the way he built his linkedin profile…
All this and only a used car salesman?
At least all this BS will be easy to invalidate.
DAY-UM!! Forget the Scotts, let me put this high grade fecal fertilizer in my garden!
Interesting that he claims to have been at “Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling (JBAB)” from June 2004 to June 2009.
Prior to 1 Oct 2010, JBAB didn’t exist. Before 1 Oct 2010, the activity to which he claims assignment from June 2004 to June 2009 was on an installation called “Bolling AFB”. Bolling AFB and NSA Anacostia merged on that date to form JBAB.
“So sirs, with my resume before you for your consideration, I feel I bring a lot to the table. Your table and mine. Therefore I look forward to the opportunity to sell used cars at your dealership. A flagship car lot among car lots with one of the best and most debriefed inventories of used cars in town. Also I love your radio and billboard ads. So how ’bout it…minimum wage to start and a 5% commission on everything I move? What do ya say, huh, when can I start boys?”
He left out his membership in the Radio Shack Battery Club, and that last night he stayed at a Holiday Inn Express.
My money says that anyone who was linked (on LinkedIn) to this high speed mofo is most likely a poser as well. I wouldn’t be surprised if he is a member of a consortium, if ya know what I mean.
I have to say his Russian and his German are pretty close, but i’m sure he was just plagiarizing from a book.
Ich spreche deutsch!
Ya Govarite pa ruskiy!
give me this cocksucker’s business phone and I will act like i’m interested in buying a car of course I will convey this message in one of his claimed “tactical languages”.
Also I think it should be mentioned that the language is called Farsi not Persian and Pashto not Pashtu.
Also He only claims Operation Desert Storm but on his service pride chart he is claiming 1 silver campaign star on his South West Asia Service Medal which would only be 1 bronze campaign star. Only three were authorized for that ribbon.
His resume is somewhat impressive if only an eight of it was true. He did some research and plagiarized a lot, but more importantly he stole so much.
I’m not even going to get on the subject of his 14 CARs, his 7 BSM w/V device, or his holy fuck batman 8 Purple Hearts. Even at the very least I think he really fucked up on his campaign awards. His Kosovo Service Medal is lacking a campaign star. Also last time I checked the Kosovo NATO Medal cannot be worn with a NATO Medal for service from FYROM= That is Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. but that is just what I remember.
fuck this guy!
Wow, a Real Live “BORG”
Really I’m impressed. He can speak 7 languages and has a Masters and still sells used cars. Gee…must be undercover, working some kind black ops for the Girl Scouts or Capt Crunch. This is one bad…..MoFu.
He IS the most interesting man in the world – NOT.
Got him beat – here is BULLSHIT in eight languages:
Baliverne – French
Scheiß – German
שטויות, בבל’ט, זיבולי מוח – Hebrew
pissprat – Norwegian
ерунда – Russian
skitsnack – Swedish
בולשיט – Yiddish
Bzdury – Polish
throw in the Spanish mierda, Czech hovno, Irish shyte, and I always heard French was ‘merde’.
I would say in Russian it is бык дерьма.
With a rack that big he’d need an outrigger just to stand up straight. What a dickwad!
Taurus USMC 0302 I was thinking the same thing, where’s his kick stand?
He must be really tall, else that rack would run over the shoulder and half way down his back.
I was gonna chime in, but honestly….. I got nothin’.
Man’s a loon, for sure.
Seems qualified to sell used cars.
Has anyone forwarded his résumé to All Points Logistics yet?
He’s a spy! A spy I tell you.
With a rack like that he must be from Norkieland.
Where’s the ribbon that says “Continued on next mug?”
LtCol(not)PhD(not) Chevy is going to be pissed off that this guy out bullshitted him. But then, he’s not a Mesna.
Just wondering if anyone got a picture of this clown??
Reminds me of the character in True Lies that was trying to get Ahnolds woman. Too bad the same can’t happen to this guy that happened in the movie.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuamv5xPdrM
Thank you sir. That was perfect.
Time trot out my comment earlier this week from the Round Marine thread, lifted from I’m Gonna Get You, Sucka!; How does he go the bathroom with all that shit on?
41 awards if I counted right…please give this dipshit 41 lashes with a strap of freshly cut leather….with rusty nails and barbed wire on it.
I love all the verbal pauses when he’s telling his POW fairy tale. Ever two seconds he stops, ummmm, speaks another sentence, ummmmmmmm. Of couse we here, “ummmmmm”, but in his head he’s making it up as he goes. Of course aside from Bill Paxton, let’s not forget Jerry Partain at Southern Chevrolet in Alexandria, Louisiana, who also used/uses a phony POW story to help with his car sales.
Lance Corporal Underground scuttle is this war machine tried to get his legit stack at the big px but their inventory wasn’t large enough so he was forced to get it done online.
What a patriot war machine. Ironman 4 is about this guy I just know it.
Wow. Total time to have a chance at achieving Limited Working Proficiency (2/2 on the DLPT) in those language (since he says DLI), 7.5 years. I’ll by that for a dollar.
“…и всегда “быть” больше, чем другие воспринимают вас быть.”
“…and always “be” more than others perceive you to be”
That about sums it up, dips**t.
Gents,
That is the funny thing about linkedin. I emailed people who “Recommended” him explaining what was going etc and to a person 100%, they said something similar to “I actually don’t know him. I saw he was friends with someone else I knew so I accepted his request. After looking at his profile, I guess I should review folks who are linked with me more closely.”
I really don’t hold that against them, because I’ve been guilty of hitting endorse all four type thing in the past. I have folks on there who wouldn’t know me if my life depended on it. I only use it as a source since some folks will post some crazy stuff on there that we use later on.
There is about 25 minutes of tape on this guy and I gushed all over him as he spewed his madness. Years ago I did the same to a real Gunny who had served in VN but decided to inflate his record (Gunny PJ James) and acted like Joe CivDiv who didn’t know jack about the Marine Corps. He spewed so much garbage and the more you praise them, the more madness there is on the tape. It’s like a fire and they can’t stop telling the lies. Pretty fun.
S/F
Taco
I can’t help but wonder if Dr. Dennis Chevalier USAF Lt. Col (Ret.) ever ordered a drool cup from this fine company. Would it be worth an inquiry?
This sums it all up.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-vInmy1-i-w