{"id":59582,"date":"2015-05-01T07:28:51","date_gmt":"2015-05-01T11:28:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=59582"},"modified":"2015-05-01T07:48:10","modified_gmt":"2015-05-01T11:48:10","slug":"gregory-allen-phony-marine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=59582","title":{"rendered":"Gregory Allen; phony Marine"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Mary sends us a link to the story of Gregory Allen, a fellow in California who reportedly does a lot of good work for veterans as president of the Marin chapter of the Military Officers Association of America. According to the Marin Independent Journal<\/a>, he has claimed to be two-tour 1st Lieutenant Vietnam veteran. Looking at the picture of him above, he claims that he was SCUBA-qualified, parachute-qualified, he has two Navy Marine Corps Medals (which are awarded for heroism not against an armed enemy), a Bronze Star Medal, two Purple Heart Medals, a Navy Marine Corps Commendation Medal, the Navy Marine Corps Achievement Medal among some other stuff, including Vietnam service awards.<\/p>\n

The Journal says none of that is true;<\/p>\n

However, \u201cTwo public affairs officers from the Western Recruiting Region did an investigation and were unable to find any record of him serving in the Marine Corps,\u201d said Sgt. Alfred Lopez, public affairs director for the Recruiting Station San Francisco for the U.S. Marine Corps.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is conclusive that he has not served (in the Marines),\u201d Lopez said.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe the only records of him serving in any military capacity were of a short enlistment in the Navy\u201d for less than a year, with a medical discharge, Lopez said. He declined to elaborate.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Of course, Allen isn’t going to admit that he has been lying for more than 10 years;<\/p>\n

Asked Thursday, \u201cDid you serve in the Marine Corps?\u201d Allen responded, \u201cI\u2019m not going to say anything. I\u2019m going to let the lawyer answer these questions. We have some things going on we have to be sure of.\u201d<\/p>\n

Allen would not give his attorney\u2019s name or contact information, and though he said the lawyer would contact the Independent Journal for an interview, no such contact was made.<\/p>\n

Asked if he could furnish a copy of his DD-214, an official document of military service, Allen said he would supply it when he receives it.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll the accusations brought forth, we will aggressively respond. There is more to what happens as to why this began in the first place,\u201d he said, though he would not elaborate.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So, he’s saying that he doesn’t have a copy of his DD214, so how did he join the MOAA and become president of his local chapter? Everyone speaks highly of his work with youths who needed his mentoring to succeed when they went to basic training. As we’ve seen, these guys are always guilty of something else besides stealing honor for wearing awards they never earned and since he’s worked with youngsters, I’d look into that if I were a police officer.<\/p>\n

Mary has already submitted for a FOIA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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