{"id":33322,"date":"2012-12-20T15:37:14","date_gmt":"2012-12-20T19:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=33322"},"modified":"2012-12-20T18:10:22","modified_gmt":"2012-12-20T22:10:22","slug":"phony-marine-guarding-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=33322","title":{"rendered":"Phony Marine guarding school (UPDATED)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Preston sends us a link to Business Insider<\/a> who checked out the background of Sgt. Craig Pusley, a marine who the Associated Press<\/a> and Huffington Post<\/a> among others<\/a> featured in an article about how Pusley volunteered to guard a local school in his Marpats.<\/p>\n

Well Business Insider found out that Pusley hadn’t even made it out of training during his stint;<\/p>\n

Craig R. Pusley served for not even a year, from 17 July 2007 to 8 April 2008, never earned a Military Occupational Specialty (MOS – a job designation), and never left Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, according to the report.<\/p>\n

He left the Corps as a basic Marine (8000 MOS designation), no reserve status.<\/p>\n

His rank was never more than Private First Class, he never deployed, and his only award was for the National Defense Service Medal.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’ve got a Facebook conversation about Staff Sgt. Jordan Pritchard that isn’t very flattering either. So, while I think some of these guys hearts are in the right places, they need to keep the phony shit out of it.<\/p>\n

UPDATE:<\/strong> Our buddy, Jeff Schogol at the Air Force Times sends us a link to the Marine Corps Times<\/a> interview with Pusley;<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of fabrication to this story that didn\u2019t come out of my mouth,\u201d Pusley said. \u201cAll I know is that I talked to a Modesto Bee lady, and everything went crazy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Photographs show him wearing the rank insignia of a sergeant, however. Asked about that, he said he didn\u2019t realize what was on the uniform and borrowed it from someone else.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel horrible about this,\u201d he said. \u201cMy intention was for the kids. I don\u2019t understand why everyone has to find a negative in every situation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pusley didn\u2019t have an explanation why Austin would have reported that he went to Iraq and Afghanistan, or why it was repeated in subsequent news coverage. However, he said he is \u201cdeeply sorry\u201d if standing in front of the school in uniform if it offended anyone, and has written an email to the White House apologizing. He wasn\u2019t anticipating a blast of negativity after appearing at the school, he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI cannot emphasize enough how sorry I am that all of this has happened,\u201d he said. \u201cThese were not my intentions. This was never supposed to happen.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, funny how that happens – you tell lies and when you get caught, it’s hardly your fault.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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