{"id":169573,"date":"2025-05-17T10:00:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-17T14:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=169573"},"modified":"2025-05-17T10:34:07","modified_gmt":"2025-05-17T14:34:07","slug":"jacksonville-fl-man-gets-3-months-in-prison-for-faking-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=169573","title":{"rendered":"Jacksonville (FL) Man Gets 3 Months in Prison for Faking Service"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A 60-year-old Jacksonville Marine Corps veteran, Robert D. Gulledge, has been sentenced to three months in federal prison for falsifying his military service records. While Gulledge legitimately served six years in the Marines as a sergeant, he repeatedly used doctored discharge paperwork (DD Form 214) that falsely promoted him to gunnery sergeant and fabricated extensive experience in counterintelligence, reconnaissance, parachuting, and scuba diving.<\/p>\n

According to prosecutors, Gulledge used these fraudulent documents at least 10 times over 15 years to secure employment and veterans’ benefits, including a 2023 application for a State Department contract position and a 2019 application for VA disability benefits.<\/p>\n

Following his August 2024 indictment, Gulledge received a sentence well below the maximum potential five-year term.<\/p>\n

SMC vet in Jacksonville gets 3 months in prison for faking service record for job, benefits<\/strong><\/a>
\n16 May 2025 | Steve Patterson | Jacksonville Florida Times-Union<\/em><\/p>\n

A Jacksonville Marine Corps veteran is facing three months in federal prison for repeatedly using faked records of his military service and training to apply for jobs and veterans\u2019 benefits.<\/p>\n

Court records say Robert D. Gulledge, 60, served about six years in the Marines and became a sergeant, but he was sentenced May 8 for using discharge paperwork that called him a gunnery sergeant, two promotions above his real rank.<\/p>\n

That paperwork, the Pentagon\u2019s DD Form 214, had also been doctored to show a fictional career including about eight years in counterintelligence and about 14 years in reconnaissance, parachute, and scuba diving assignments, according to a document a prosecutor filed in December.<\/p>\n

Gulledge \u201cused the false form for employment or benefits at least 10 times over 15 years,\u201d starting in 2009, the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office said May 15 in a release.<\/p>\n

One that raised flags was a 2023 application for a job as a senior research analyst on a U.S. State Department contract. A court record said Gulledge was later questioned and acknowledged using a phony DD 214, as well as submitting a fake training certificate to confirm his work qualifications.<\/p>\n

Gulledge had also applied in 2019 for disability benefits from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, submitting the doctored discharge form then as well as in an appeal he filed in 2021 after being turned down by VA, court records said.<\/p>\n

He was indicted in August 2024 on a single count that could have led to a maximum sentence of five years behind bars.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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