{"id":36071,"date":"2013-06-06T12:45:01","date_gmt":"2013-06-06T16:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=36071"},"modified":"2013-06-06T12:45:24","modified_gmt":"2013-06-06T16:45:24","slug":"phony-seal-in-waukegan-il-pd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=36071","title":{"rendered":"Phony SEAL chief of Waukegan, IL PD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Robert-Kerkorian.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Robert-Kerkorian-300x213.jpg\" alt=\"Robert Kerkorian\" width=\"300\" height=\"213\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-36072\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Robert-Kerkorian-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Robert-Kerkorian.jpg 446w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Jeff sends us a link to the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/news\/local\/ct-met-waukegan-police-chief-20130606,0,1840821.story\"> Chicago Tribune<\/a> story about Robert Kerkorian, the new police chief of Waukegan, IL who put on his 1987 application to join the police force that he was, what else, a Navy SEAL;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>But Chief Robert Kerkorian never trained as a SEAL, according to military records obtained by the Tribune. He was in the Navy for six months and never entered the rigorous training required of the special operations force, records show.<\/p>\n<p>Asked about his military career, Kerkorian repeatedly declined to discuss the issue.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Anything that preceded my employment here as a police officer has no bearing on my 26 years as a law enforcement officer here,&#8221; he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Well, other than the fact that you&#8217;re big F&#8217;n liar, nuts which are numb. Don Shipley busted him, of course;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>By adding SEAL training to his application, the new chief essentially credited himself with undertaking &#8220;the toughest military training in the world,&#8221; said Don Shipley, a former SEAL who exposes military fakers online. People who misstate their service on applications, Shipley said, mislead employers and disrespect veterans&#8217; sacrifices.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When you&#8217;re putting that crap on a job resume, you&#8217;re definitely trying to profit from it,&#8221; he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Apparently, the mayor doesn&#8217;t think it&#8217;s a big deal. <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Questioned about his new chief&#8217;s military record, Motley said he had not looked at Kerkorian&#8217;s personnel file and the two had never discussed his service. His military credentials are &#8220;not relevant to his employment as chief,&#8221; Motley said, describing himself as &#8220;very pro-Kerkorian.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think he&#8217;s doing an excellent job. He&#8217;s very well-respected,&#8221; he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Yeah, but can you believe anything that comes out of his crooked mouth?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jeff sends us a link to the Chicago Tribune story about Robert Kerkorian, the new police &hellip; <a title=\"Phony SEAL chief of Waukegan, IL PD\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=36071\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Phony SEAL chief of Waukegan, IL PD<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-phony-soldiers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36071\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}