{"id":132775,"date":"2022-10-28T05:56:43","date_gmt":"2022-10-28T09:56:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=132775"},"modified":"2022-10-28T05:56:43","modified_gmt":"2022-10-28T09:56:43","slug":"what-is-stolen-valor-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=132775","title":{"rendered":"What is Stolen Valor?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nIn a recent article in AZCentral.com, they outline a few Stolen Valor cases and highlight Doug Sterner, who has been active in stolen valor issues.<\/p>\n

Doug and his wife were behing getting a Stolen Valor law passed in addition to Doug writing a book on Stolen Valor titled “Restoring Valor: One Couple’s Mission to Expose Fraudulent War Heroes and to Protect America’s Military Awards System<\/span>.<\/a>”<\/p>\n

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What is stolen valor? Arizona man’s phony exploits inspire law to crack down on it<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Rebekah L. Sanders | Arizona Republic | Oct 24, 2022<\/em><\/p>\n

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A man accused of faking a military record and\u00a0taking advantage of military families\u00a0is just the latest claim of an Arizona resident\u00a0pretending to have served in the armed forces for personal gain.<\/p>\n

A number of high-profile “stolen valor” cases have occurred in Arizona over the years, including a Willcox man whose tall tales about being a decorated war hero spurred Congress to pass a law in 2006 against military impersonations.<\/p>\n

An\u00a0Arizona Republic investigation showed\u00a0Matt Augee, who runs the Phoenix nonprofit RecFX Foundation, repeatedly claimed he served as a soldier and sheriff’s deputy.\u00a0Military and law enforcement have no record of it.<\/p>\n

Augee also is accused of duping veterans out of tens of thousands of dollars and taking donations for himself, former supporters said.<\/p>\n

Multiple people, including Augee’s parents and a member of the Arizona Veterans Hall of Fame,\u00a0reported him to state and federal authorities, but investigators filed no charges. Augee maintains he did nothing wrong.<\/p>\n

Stolen valor is an insult to ‘real heroes’<\/strong><\/p>\n

Doug Sterner,\u00a0a Vietnam veteran and military historian, researches cases like Augee’s and maintains the\u00a0Hall of Valor<\/a>,\u00a0the largest database of verified U.S. military award citations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Doug has been known to read the TAH articles from time to time, so make sure and give him a shoutout if you are so inclined.\u00a0 We will make sure he is aware of this publishing so he can browse the comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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