Phony SEAL of the week from August 17. Somehow I missed it until today;
Retired Navy SEAL Don Shipley BUSTS Robert L. Ward Sr of Los Angeles. Robert fooled the Mirage Hotel and Casino once claiming to be a Navy SEAL Master Chief to get his daughter into an exclusive private event with the Mirage dolphins. I was contacted when he tried it a second time for his wife and a former Marine there called BULLSHIT.
THERE IS A Robert Ward on the internet who’s Linkedin profile explains his time in SPECWAR as a Warrant Officer and HE IS LEGIT. He is a Retired SWCC and has NOTHING to do with the Robert Ward in the video.
I believe the Phony Robert L. Ward Sr Googled his own name like many of us do, and found the other Roberts profile and stole it…
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48 responses to “Don Shipley meets Robert L. Ward, Sr.”
I Googled my name once. I found out that I share the exact standered name line as a LCPL that was killed in Fallujah in 2004.
@1 that would be a difficult profile to steal
If you’re going to watch this, get a bowl of popcorn first.
@1 Twist got you beat, I found my name in the soldier’s wall, there is a purple heart recipient with my exact name (I presume is the same person)
wait wait i JUST googled my name with “purple heart” added to it and found 2 people, a Marine PFC, an 8th battalion tank in WW II …. now tell me I don’t have a VERY generic name 🙁
@4, Thats the thing, my name is not very common.
I googled my name and found that there are about 152 women in this country who have the same first and last name as mine, and about a third of them have the same middle initial.
Nothing like being generic. You can get lost in the interclouds.
I Can NOT wait for Round Two.
/Don can I just touch your hair? I think I’d develop SUPERPOWERS!!!
Good job Don!
As Travolta said in Saturday Night Fever: Don’t touch the hair!
Awesome.
Maybe Don Shipley could call Phildo?
So, I’m thinking on dressing as a phony SEAL and go “trick or treat” to Don’s house as a joke, who else thinks I’m going to get shot if I don’t video tape it? 😛
@10 He can’t Don is aware of Phildo but Maryland law won’t allow recording unless both parties consent and you know Phildo will never go for it (I remember reading on this blog that reason as I don’t know Don personally)
@13.
Good point.
Don’s Wife Best Quotes:
“I am sure you saw alot of dolphins in the PI.”
“Did one of them have a goat?”
“I have seen the pictures!”
“Short dresses and goats!”
“They all looked nice piled up on that bed.”
“I was not going to let my children see that.”
“Hooker … I would not know what one was.”
“Not in the fuckin’ Phillipines.”
“You didnt go out in town and do what those other boys did, did ya?”
Don’s Best Quote:
“Have you ever shot a Drager?”
@ 11 & 12
I think that Phildo is in Florida or in Virgina..Psul is in Maryland.
Virginia is a One Party state for recording and Florida is a two-party state.
Merritt Island Office….-Bad.
Reston-GOOD!!!
Maybe Phildo is aware of this and that’s why he’s avoiding ALL calls.
/Right GT?
I tried calling his office, left as message, as Retired USN MCPO, no response!
@14 I LOVED Don’s phase “Did you REALLY burn that?” he was baffled … OMFG Mama chief is awesome!!!! I have to meet them one day for sure!
@15 At this point I would love to know how those company meetings go …
Ugh can’t type today “face” not phace 😛 (I blame it on the coffee)
BTW Don’s voice is cracking he is SO mad, I’ve never heard him that mad ..
Green Thumb: Florida is a 2-party consent state with respect to recording phone calls. That might have something to do with it.
There is a perfectly good explanation for this, maybe he was hoping to be dolphin raped!
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/9172937/Dolphins-resort-to-rape.html
Cool, I’m a telecommunications operator at HM Forces in the British Army…..or I’m the Center Commander at United States Army Medical Recruiting. Oddly enough my studly exploits and daring do while breaking track in the motorpool never came up…I earned that Driver’s-T Badge dammit! Nobody can match me on inspecting end connectors!!
@14 I almost spit out my gatorade at that line “Have you ever shot a Drager?”…..
@16.
No surprise, there.
“Have you ever shot a Draeger?” DAMN, I laughed my arse off when I heard the poser’s response to that, dead giveaway!! I’m not even a SCUBA Diver, but I’ve used Draeger SCBA’s here and there when I did HAZMAT cleanups for a living. Hey Senior Chief Shipley, have you ever asked a poser if they ever used a Baralyme Canister while on the rifle range? I thought that would be a good “poser-buster” question. Keep the videos coming, I’m just another Army “Leg”, and I enjoy seeing posers get busted, PERIOD!
Good thing I didn’t have a drink in hand. The Shipleys crack me up.
Ooh, I’m going to remember that DRAGER question…good to know for us non-Navy folk
If I remember correctly, it’s spelled “Draeger”. They not only manufacture SCUBA equipment, but protective respiratory as well, things like SCBA’s (Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus, what Firemen use) as well as fill and half face Negative Pressure (filter) Respirators. Their stuff is top-shelf equipment, very reliable! If I remember correctly (I’ve only read about it, I’m not SCUBA Certified) a Baralyme Canister is used in a SCUBA rebreather so there’s no telltale trail of bubbles on the surface and the Diver can stay underwater longer, thus my “Bust-the-Poser” question if they ever used a baralyme Canister at a rifle range!
I vaguely knew that a Draeger was connected with diving…I didn’t know where Shipley was going with the question. So between Shipley’s question and douchebag’s answer, I can only infer that a Draeger is an underwater .50 caliber machine gun.
Chief is mistaken the “Drager” is the .50 Cal that is mounted on the side of he space shuttle door
@6 – I have a pretty unusual name, but 15 – 20 years ago I received a letter from someone who was looking for a woman in a WWII era photo with my name. Problem was, I was born in 1962 and the name he was looking for is my married name.
Cool experience though.
I googled mine I’m a famous biologist lol
“Do you want to try that again?” — Don Shipley
Translation:
“The gig is up, how about coming clean, admit that you’re a fraud, show that you sincerely see how wrong that is, show that you won’t continue to do that, etc?”
Maybe we should ask fakers the following questions:
“How many boxes of grid squares are required in each vehicle prior to rolling out on a mission?” How many grid squares are required per box, and how low on grid squares do you have to be to order new grid squares?
“Where is the BFT worn on your body?”
I remember busting a SEAL faker at Warrior Transition Course. The guy made the mistake of claiming to be at the same SEAL compound that anybody could see driving past it… he claimed that I had to have a top secret clearance to see it, or go on a tour that goes by that area. I asked him questions dealing with what was inside the compound; he answered all the questions wrong. I pounced and told him why his SEAL claims didn’t fly.
The guy stayed away from me for the rest of the course, and quit bragging about his “SEAL exploits.” 😀
@32 He should ask how many cracks the grinder has, by the amount of pushups they do a day I’m sure they freaking know .. or ask them about “old misery” 😛 LoL!!
@29, J.O.D, Bravo Sierra!! I manned a Draeger Plasma Gun When I was just a “Rug Rat” Door Gunner on the Apollo Missions!!!
/exit sarc mode
– “Have you ever shot a Draeger?”
– “Only when I was drunk enough to try to shoot my breathing EQ and wear my M4”
Ex-PH2 – My husband’s ex-wife and I share the same name. The same first name, middle initial and last name, she is the only other person
I’ve ever met that spells her first name the same as I do. I keep hoping Paul will try to find me, because most likely he’d find her first. haha!. Hmm… Maybe I’ll.. No,no never mind.
I got a private message on Facebook 2 days ago from Mr.Shipley. The only times I’ve been happier was twice before, the day I gave birth and the day she moved to college. Wanna know what it said?
He said and I quote “Mam if you don’t stop harassing me. I’ll be force to get a restraining order.” Is he dreamy or what? 😉
Crap! #36 was me. I have no clue how my name got deleted.
Another poser that failed math. He claims to have gone though BUDS in 1982, is currently on active duty, and has been a SEAL for 25 years. If he was on active duty, he wouldn’t even have to do the math, he could just look on his LES.
Don should have asked him what year he made Master Chief, another easily verifiable piece of info.
BTW, there is no Robert L. Ward currently on active duty in the Navy nor in the Navy Reserve.
The phony SEALies just keep on coming…
i cant wait for the rebuttle, jonn had better post it here.
i googled my name for the first time ever because of this video, turns out that there is a country singer with my name in Tennessee. on the grounds that i am totally tone def, i dont think i could pass for him, also dont have the beard to do it either.
Can’t…..breath…..laughing to f***ing hard.
The best part isn’t even Don overhauling his ass. The best part is the pregnant pause silence on the phone where you can almost hear him shitting his knickers.
Bahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!
I think this is my favorite of all time. I’m not sure if this one was ever posted here, but it’s a “must-see” Don and his wife are an awesome couple!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tev43vwD1M
I am a life member of the Don Shipley Fan Club!
Valkyrie, I think it’s most likely Chief Shipley will sic Mrs. Chief Shipley on you. She was a Bos’ns Mate in the Navy. She’s one tough cookie.
Correct me if I’m wrong but a 25 year SEAL in service is very very rare? or am I wrong as usual?
Err I mean .. a SEAL with 25 years of service .. God this other news has me so mad I can’t type … *sigh*
part two is up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhmsRUSZ6VY&feature=c4-overview&list=UUUxuYuqe-XBFonUGFLETfnA
you know what. Im going to find an LR5 Drager and figure out how to shoot it. If it works, I will let you know. heh