{"id":159670,"date":"2024-08-06T08:00:56","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T12:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=159670"},"modified":"2024-08-05T19:38:35","modified_gmt":"2024-08-05T23:38:35","slug":"veterans-service-dog-provider-accused-of-sv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=159670","title":{"rendered":"Veterans\u2019 service dog provider accused of SV"},"content":{"rendered":"
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“Maj Gen” Kirk Lanam<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In the complete works of Gilbert and Sullivan, one can find a song that starts thusly;<\/p>\n

I am the very model of a modern Major-General,
\nI’ve information vegetable, animal, and mineral,
\nI know the kings of England, and I quote the fights historical.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Kirk Lanam fancies himself a major general, but a local news organization has requested the records and…their results indicate that was a lie. It’s a lengthy read, but they do a bang up job on comparing Lanam’s tales of being a USAF Special Operations Airman, when he was…and you\u00a0will not\u00a0<\/em>believe this…in federal prison.<\/p>\n

This story has it all. He was a general, in “civil engineer, special operations” [Editor’s note: there is something we Zoomies call Red Horse that would fit such a definition, but this cat was never Red Horse], he runs a charity, a charity that buys vets service dogs, his service was of course classified at the highest levels, he’s got a PhD, AND the aforementioned stint in an FCI.<\/p>\n

The most amazing part of this story to me though is that he had a bunch of legitimate veterans working for him that didn’t sniff out the BS right away.<\/p>\n

From WLNS<\/a>;<\/p>\n

A 6 News investigation has revealed the leader of a nonprofit agency working with veterans has misled his volunteers, donors, clients and the media about his military service record \u2013 including embellishing his rank and claiming to have been a special operator for the United States Air Force.<\/p>\n

Kirk A. Lanam, 52, is the executive director, president and founder of Veteran Service Dogs Organization (VSDO) and has claimed since at least 2017 to have been a special operations member with tours in combat zones all over the world. He\u2019s also claimed to be a brigadier general and a two-star general, also known as a major general\u2014appearing at promotional and fundraising events wearing a camouflage uniform bearing those ranks and patches from USAF Special Operations.<\/p>\n

On April 19, 2023, Lanam, in civilian clothing and with one of his service dogs at his side, walked up to the podium at the Hamburg Township Planning Commission. \u201cGood afternoon, my name is Brigadier General Kirk Lanam,\u201d he said. \u201cI am 34 years on paper with the United States Air Force and 22 years active combat.\u201d<\/p>\n

His military records, obtained by 6 News from the Air Force Personnel Center in Texas as well as the National Personnel Records Center (NRPC) of the National Archives, show Lanam served just under two years in the USAF, from July 1990 to June 1992. Those records reveal when he separated from the Air Force, he had a rank of Airman Basic (E-1).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Much, much more at the source.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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