{"id":20014,"date":"2010-08-04T07:17:41","date_gmt":"2010-08-04T11:17:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=20014"},"modified":"2012-03-22T19:47:33","modified_gmt":"2012-03-22T23:47:33","slug":"angelo-otchy-another-phony-hero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=20014","title":{"rendered":"Angelo Otchy, another phony hero"},"content":{"rendered":"

Zedechek sent us an article last night<\/a> about military barfly Angelo Otchy, the New Jerseyian who managed to get booted from nearly every branch of military service, and then engineered his own award of his community’s Distinguished Service Medal with his fantasies;<\/p>\n

The 35-year-old Army veteran told a reporter that day about his three tours of duty in Iraq. Voice dropping to a near-hush, he spoke, too, about the buried bomb that ripped through his Humvee, injuring him and claiming the lives of three friends, one of them a soldier from Paterson.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m haunted by that day every day of my life,\u201d Otchy told The Star-Ledger.<\/p>\n

But Otchy wasn\u2019t in that Humvee. He was at home in New Jersey when the soldiers died. And he didn\u2019t serve three tours of duty in Iraq. He served half of one tour before he was sent back to the States for extended rest and relaxation.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Sweet Marie. And who busted him? It was his own uncle, a colonel. The Star Ledger says he had an extensive military career;<\/p>\n

Records show he joined the Army in December 1993, only to be discharged four months later. In May 1996, he enlisted in the Marine Corps but washed out of basic training. Otchy said he failed to qualify in weapons proficiency.<\/p>\n

Just three months later, he joined the Navy. Again it didn\u2019t stick. Otchy lasted less than a year before he was discharged.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t want to do it anymore,\u201d he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Now someone compare that quote with this statement from Otchy;<\/p>\n

\u201cI was feeling down and out, and I guess I wanted someone to appreciate what I did for this country, because I sure as hell don\u2019t feel appreciated,\u201d Otchy said. \u201cI\u2019ve been home two years, and maybe two people said \u2018Thank you for your service.\u2019?\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Poor guy, he didn’t do anything and feels unappreciated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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