One of our ninjas caught this Robert Brown fellow wearing a ball cap with a Silver Star Medal;
He did serve in the Army and the Army Reserves from August 1972 – August 1978. He was an auto-mechanic in Fort Hood, Texas, not that there’s anything wrong with that unless you think that you could earn a Silver Star Medal in Killeen or crossing Cowhouse Creek;
There’s a fellow in Branson, Missouri by the name of Michael Boswell who has been pretending to be a Vietnam Veteran of the Air Force variety.
He was in the Air Force from September 1965 to January 1967, but he was discharged as an Airman Basic (E-1) and it looks like he never left Lackland;
No Vietnam Service Medals, just a National Defense Service Medal.
One of our ninjas saw this fellow, Lyle A. Lookingbill, try to join a group of Navy Petty Officers on Facebook. Some of his stories didn’t add up, so they came to us. He claimed to be a Navy corpsman at the Beirut bombing;
The Navy doesn’t remember him;
This fellow, Mitchell Estep, or Mitch Estepona as he is known on Facebook and “Corvette” to his biker buddies, was on the old POW Network, but he figured that it was safe to venture out into the world in his phony special forces persona once again. We heard about his asshattery just a few weeks ago from someone who was unfortunate enough to bump into him. Estep works at the FAA now.
Of course, the National Personnel Records Center doesn’t remember his career like that. He was a personnel clerk for his entire career. He made Master Sergeant working in the Pentagon, but he has no deployments to Vietnam or to Desert Storm, but he thinks that he deserves the accolades. I see he has a Soldier’s Medal in his records, but I can’t find him on any roster of recipients. I wonder how a personnel clerk could get a Solder’s Medal;
And yes, of course there is a motorcycle, a tattoo and a vest;
The folks at Military Phonies send us their work on this fellow, Carl Anthony Meek. As you can see in the photo above he claims to be a veteran of SEAL Team 6. He graduated from Class #5 and he was in Vietnam;
Not according to the Navy, though. He spent 2 1/2 years as a parachute rigger in New Jersey and California. Another bad case of the Bucklew syndrome;
No awards for service in Vietnam. So, he served at a time when most of his generation wouldn’t, he should have been proud of that.
We talked about this crackpot, Douglas Duane Dietrich, back in September. He claimed to be a Desert Storm veteran and his records don’t support that. He had about three months of service and he was an entry level separation back in 1988, long before anyone had a thought about Desert Storm.
So, apparently, in an attempt to credit himself he attempts to discredit us. Apparently, the story goes that veterans were going to lead a middle class uprising and the NSA, in response to that threat, created “This Ain’t Hell” to put veterans at each others’ throats in order to divide us and avoid the middle class uprising.
Apparently, we’re at the beck and call of Alex Jones. We’re also Holocaust deniers. I once had my picture taken at a book signing with Oliver North, so apparently I had something to do with the Iran Contra cover-up. There’s also a picture of me with Michelle Malkin on the internet, so I want to lock up Muslims in concentration camps.
But you can listen to the retardery beginning at 1:28:00 (that’s 1 hour and 28 minutes);
Of course, he is a big fan of Dan Bernath and speaks highly of Bernath’s legal efforts in Florida.
Dietrich can’t even tell the truth about his father’s career;
Douglas Duane Dietrich is a Naturalized American Citizen, born the son of a Caucasian American Sailor, George Joseph Henry Dietrich (b.1919–d.2007) in the Nationalist R.O.C. (Republic of China), as Reestablished on The Island of Formosa (Taiwan). His father retired from the U.S. Navy after thirty years of Duty covering Gunboat Patrol in the twilight years of Warlord China (circa 1936–1941); the proactive phase of American belligerency in World War II (circa 1941–1945); through The Korean Conflict (circa 1951–1953 and well into the establishment of American involvement in The Vietnam Counter-insurgency (circa 1961–1966; George Joseph Henry Dietrich ultimately sported no less than a dozen medals on the uniform at the time of his burial.
His father spent the Second World War in New York state, the Korean War on the seaboard of the eastern US and during Vietnam, he was on the USS Midway in April 1964 while it was in port in Alameda, California. Midway did support the war in Vietnam, but not until March, 1965 while his father was stationed in San Francisco.
Someone encountered this fellow, Ronald Brewer, two years in a row at the Roanoke, Virginia Veterans’ Day parade wearing the Fleet Marine Force Enlisted Warfare Specialist Device (FMFEWS) pin. From what I understand, the pin is for sailors of the corpsmen variety who served with FMF units, not for Marines. But, I’m sure someone who doesn’t know how to cant their rank on their collars wouldn’t understand badges either.
The National Personnel Records Center says “Who?”
UPDATE: The National Personnel Records Center isn’t being helpful. The NPRC found a record for Mr Brewer that the USMC/Navy couldn’t find using the same information. He was a combat engineer in the Marines for less than three years and he got out as a lance corporal (E-3) as opposed to the Gunnery Sergeant (E-7) rank that he claims. Still not a Navy Corpsman;
In this video clip, he lies about his term of service to the reporter;
Thanks, NPRC!
Someone sent us their research on this fellow, Michael Jon Cox who claims on his LinkedIn profile to be a former member of the Navy Special Forces;
He also claims to be Sailor of the Year for 2003 & 2004;
He handed out SEAL Challenge coins to some kids on a local football team while claiming to be a SEAL;
According to Don Shipley, Michael Cox is not a SEAL. The National Personnel Records Center says that Cox was a SeaBee;
Al Gore’s internet doesn’t remember him being US Navy Sailor of the Year for 2003 or 2004, either.
At this link is a video in which he tells the interviewer that he comes from a special forces background to play football.