Category: Phony soldiers

Someone sent us a link to an article from the Journal Online which reports on an entry in the Elk Grove, Illinois’ Township newsletter (link to a .pdf) in which they profiled a regular citizen, Randy Scott;

Randy Scott has been a resident of Des Plaines for over 32 years. Having served in the Army Special Forces (Green Beret) from 1967-1969 and spending 4 months as a POW, Randy admits that he “went through hell and lived through it.”

Well the Journal Online says the town supervisor, Mike Sweeney has issued an apology for “factual inaccuracies” in the news letter (emphasis is mine);

“I was extremely troubled when the township received multiple calls from individuals that questioned the validity of Randy Scott’s statements,” said Sweeney. “These claims were taken very seriously and when confronted, Mr. Scott admitted that the account of his military service was patently false.”

Sweeney said he attempted to access military databases to confirm Scott’s account when questions arose. But without detailed identifying information, he was unable to so and confronted Scott directly.

Sweeney said members of Scott’s family told him Scott was in the military, but left after being injured in basic training. Sweeney said he had no way of confirming or denying the validity of those statements.

The DPAA doesn’t list anyone with the last name of Scott from the Army on their list of “accounted for” POWs of the Vietnam years.

We’ve requested a FOIA for his records, but it’s not looking good for Mr. Scott.

What really sucks is that the article wasn’t about military service, it was about the good things that Mr. Scott did for his community. For some idiotic reason, he had to fabricate a war story instead of just being proud of what he does to improve the lives of people in his home town.

I just don’t get it.

Gregory Jackson has been making claims of being a Navy SEAL Second Class Petty Officer while he served in the Vietnam.  I will just let Gregory tell you about his experiences in his own words.

You can enjoy the rest of his claims HERE   It seems that a few Navy SEALS over at militaryphony.com decided they should order his records because he does not appear in the list of those for BUD/s class 088.

It seems that the Navy has no idea what he is talking about.  After enduring a little over 9 months as an E-1, he was sent home.  No UDT/SEAL training and he never served in Vietnam.  What was particularly repugnant to many in the SEAL community was his claiming to be a fellow Navy SEAL in a group that was mourning the recent loss of one of their own,  Senior Chief Special Warfare Operator William R. “Ryan” Owens. 

A word to posers…Don’t ever, never, ever, ever try a stunt like that.  It will never end well.

Richard Dickinson has been making claims of being a Navy SEAL for some time now.  The people at militaryphony.com send us their case on this guy.

He ran a web site called  ‘Soldiers of Life’ which seemed to be an odd name for someone who was a Navy SEAL.  He was living in The Netherlands where he operated an International Security Company.

He likes to do youtube videos and promote himself as a Navy SEAL.  You can see the entire case on Richard Dickinson HERE.  It seems he was confronted about his nonsense in the past but doubled down on stupid.  Apparently it is the will of Allah for him to be exposed…this time in a very public way.

His records were ordered by FOIA.

 

Turns out that Dick spent some time in the Air Force and rocketed all the way to Airman.  Seemed odd for an Air Force veteran to be claiming Navy SEAL so they checked the manpower database just to be sure.

No combat history of any kind, no SEAL training, and instead of being retired from the military it seems they got tired of him after about three and a half years.  He should have been proud of serving when most chose not to.

Our friends at Stolen Valour-Canada send us their work on this fellow Robert Kelso who was fined earlier this year;

During the sentencing, Crown attorney Jody McNeill spoke about Kelso’s service, stating he was released in 1998 and there was no indication Kelso had earned the badges he was wearing.

Kelso, who represented himself, said he was asked to attend the event in uniform, therefore believing he had proper authorization to do so.

He apologized for not ensuring that and said he feels deep regret for bringing disrespect on the uniform.

“I feel absolute disgrace with myself for doing what I did and I offer my most humble apologies to anyone of the Canadian Forces that are still serving and who have served.”

He claimed that he was a medic and that he was US Army Ranger qualified. He was, in fact, a cook in the Reserves. He claimed that he had served in the Gulf War which wasn’t true;

Last year we talked about Ryan Patrick Morris who tried to mitigate a burglary charge with tales of his military service to the judge. From the Great Falls Tribune;

Morris during this case was also punished for pretending to be a former military member, a federal crime. In his first court appearance in May, Morris reportedly told the court he was a veteran and reiterated his past at a September hearing, saying he had completed seven combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. Court records also show Morris reported suffering from combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder and had a hip replacement after suffering injuries from an improvised explosive device. He also told the court he was on the outreach team administered by Great Falls Mayor Bob Kelly for homeless veterans.

Morris’ father later called a Veterans Court coordinator in October, after Morris had begun the enrollment process, to reveal that Morris had never served in the military, despite several attempts to enlist.

The judge had sentenced him to serve 30 days in jail, pay a $500 fine and serve 441 hours of community services for each of the 441 Montanans who died during their military service since the Korean War. Well he finally was sentenced this week for the burglary charge;

Ryan Patrick Morris was given a three-year deferred sentence Wednesday and ordered to pay $1,231 restitution to the victim of his burglary.

Our friends at Green Beret Posers Exposed sent us their work on James Alan Halstead. He claims that he was a special forces qualified soldier in a Long Range Reconnaissance Platoon unit at Fort Bragg. In a story about his daughter, the Star News Online referred to him as a combat veteran. But here are some of the claims he made in social media;

Now for his actual military service records obtained under the auspices of the Freedom of Information Act from the National Personnel Records Center.

Service dates:
Reserves: 03/12/86-4/30/86
Active: 5/1/86-4/30/90
Reserve: 5/1/86-5/3/94

Status: Discharged
Rank: PFC
Decoration, Awards: Army Lapel Button, Army Service Ribbon, M16 Sharpshooter Badge, Parachute Badge, Army Good Conduct Medal

Schools: USASC&FG (Signal School Fort Gordon) 16 weeks Single Channel Radio Operator 1986
USAIS Basic Airborne 3 weeks 1986
Assignments:
860508-869708 Basic Training Fort Jackson
860711-861029 AIT Duty MOS 31C00 Fort Gordon
861030-861124 Basic Ann
870123-870319 31C1P HHT 1/17 Cav 82d ABN DIV
870320-870527 31C1P Co C 313 MI Bn Ft Bragg
870528-871001 31C1VA4 Trp D 1/17 Cav 82d ABN DIV
871002-870430 31C1P HHC 82d ABN DIV
870430 Released From Active Duty

His FOIA;

Someone sent us their work on this Jeffrey Davis fellow who claims to be a former Navy SEAL intelligence officer and a former Navy pilot.

To prove his stories, he has pictures of himself in uniform like this one;

It’s actually a photoshop from a picture of Navy SEAL Cdr. Job W. Price, 42, of Pottstown, Pa who tragically lost his life in an apparent suicide while he was deployed to Afghanistan;

And then there’s this one, a photoshop from a picture of Alex O’Loughlin, an actor on Hawaii Five-O who plays a former Navy SEAL in the role;

In regards to Mr Davis, the Navy says “Who?”

He was otherwise occupied and thus unable to join the military. This isn’t photoshopped;

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