{"id":39745,"date":"2014-02-11T06:23:43","date_gmt":"2014-02-11T11:23:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=39745"},"modified":"2014-02-11T07:42:01","modified_gmt":"2014-02-11T12:42:01","slug":"greg-banks-in-the-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=39745","title":{"rendered":"Greg Banks in the news"},"content":{"rendered":"

So, thanks to the efforts of MCPO NYC USN Ret. and Oathkeeper, Greg Banks was publicly outed in his community. There was a TV broadcast last night (I’m waiting for the video to be available) and he was featured in the New Times<\/a>;<\/p>\n

“There’s no doubt about it, he’s perpetrating a fraud,” said Terence Hoey, a retired master chief petty officer in the Navy and a regular contributor to website This Ain’t Hell, But You Can See It From Here, who helped unmask Banks’ alleged deception.<\/p>\n

“We in the veterans’ community don’t give these guys an inch, and we will go to great lengths to expose them,” Hoey said. “The No. 1 remedy for stolen valor is the truth, and we are truth seekers.”<\/p>\n

A search of military records initiated recently by one of Banks’ fellow Masons revealed that no one with his name and birth date was currently serving in the military.<\/p>\n

“We have conducted extensive searches of every records source and alternate records source at this center; however, we have been unable to locate any information that would help us verify the veteran’s military service,” Michael Harris, an archives technician at the National Personnel Records Center in Missouri, wrote in a Dec. 13 letter.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Apparently, little Alex, the phony Marine who harassed us with phone calls and threats also called the cops on a reporter who showed up at Bank’s office;<\/p>\n

When a reporter went to Banks’ office on North Street, a man who wouldn’t give his name, accused him of “harassing us all day,” referring to three phone messages left on answering machines at the counselor’s two offices and at his home in Brookfield.<\/p>\n

Told that Banks was accused of falsely claiming to be in the service and portraying himself as an active-duty Army officer, the man said, “That’s no longer accurate,” but wouldn’t elaborate and called 911. Police responded but declined to take any action.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Alex went to Parris Island for a few weeks until the USMC realized that they made a mistake and sent him home. But this was on his LinkedIn profile last month. Some of our resident Marines checked on MOL for us and he didn’t appear in the database. <\/p>\n

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And they used my favorite comparison;<\/p>\n

“Since the police won’t usually prosecute, we’re the stocks and dunking chair in the public square,” Lilyea said. “The only thing we can do is shame these guys.” <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The video is now available;<\/p>\n