{"id":38464,"date":"2013-11-16T17:14:11","date_gmt":"2013-11-16T22:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=38464"},"modified":"2013-11-16T17:18:55","modified_gmt":"2013-11-16T22:18:55","slug":"veterans-associate-group-at-walmart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=38464","title":{"rendered":"Veterans Associate Group at Walmart"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Buck<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n

Currahee John went to his local WalMart in Alpharetta, GA and ran into Buck Melchi today.<\/p>\n

This guy was set up outside our local WalMart in Alpharetta, GA, collecting money for the \u201cVeterans Associate Group,\u201d and wearing what looked like a fake VA ID card on top of an absolute travesty of a \u201cuniform.\u201d He was right friendly when I asked if I could take a picture of him (I thought the saluting was a nice touch!), but somewhat less so when I asked what the \u201cVeterans Associate Group\u201d did. He mumbled something about providing \u201csocial services for wounded veterans\u201d and showed me what also appeared to be a fake State of Georgia Certificate of Incorporation (which I didn\u2019t manage to get a shot of), before whipping out his cell phone to report me to his \u201cboss\u201d for asking questions. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"Buck<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n

Yeah, I tried the website address on the sign and it gives me a 404 “not found” error. John got a shot of Buck’s ID card and it just doesn’t look right to me, and I’m pretty sure that the VA doesn’t send people out to collect money with their government IDs. Maybe some of you VA employees can chime in about the ID’s appearance.<\/p>\n

\"Melchi<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n

The Veterans Associates Group has an address, but the phone number goes to vmail;<\/p>\n

Veterans Associates Group
\n620 Hillcrest NW Rd
\nLilburn, GA 30047
\n(678) 694-1132 <\/p>\n

The address is a parking lot;<\/p>\n

\"Veterans<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n

John also said that Buck told him he was in the Navy (notice the ball cap logo), yet he’s wearing an Army uniform, with the flag backwards. Someone should let the local cops know about him, because I don’t get the sense that he’s legit, maybe a call to the Walmart manager wouldn’t be totally out of line either. Good work, John.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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