{"id":6192,"date":"2008-12-15T11:26:05","date_gmt":"2008-12-15T16:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=6192"},"modified":"2008-12-15T11:34:25","modified_gmt":"2008-12-15T16:34:25","slug":"another-fake-hero-busted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=6192","title":{"rendered":"Another Fake Hero Busted"},"content":{"rendered":"

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After Jonn\u2019s expose of the IVAW hero\u2019s doctoring of his military record I found it interesting that the front page of the San Antonio Express News had yet another story of a fake hero.<\/p>\n

Meet Brian Culp. Brian has a very heroic story. He was a Ranger in Somalia, a winner of two Purple Hearts, a Bronze Star with \u201cV\u201d device for valor, a disabled veteran and now running an organization called Veteran Adventures.<\/p>\n

The problem is that it is all a frigging lie<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This is beyond the scumbag that is Geoff Millard, this ass clown is going to prison.
\nSadly, the story is not that unusual.<\/p>\n

Boasting a military record that included two Purple Hearts, decorations for valor and combat service in Somalia with the Army Rangers, Brian Culp seemed the perfect war hero to be honored last year as grand marshal in LaVernia’s patriotic parade.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was very deserving because of his military experience, battles and honors. And he had gotten hurt,\u201d said Merrie Monaco, president of the Lions Club that sponsors the Bluebonnet Fest Parade.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The good people of LaVernia, Texas honored him for his service and his quest to take care of veterans. Naturally, Brian was enjoying the local celebrity.<\/p>\n

Then one day he pulled into a gas station near my home with his fake Purple Heart plates and his 201 file displayed on his vehicle.<\/p>\n

Picking that particular gas station that day was an unfortunate decision for our hero.<\/p>\n

But it was a chance encounter with a former Army Ranger last year that led to Culp finally being exposed. Highway patrolman Derome West said he came upon Culp while patrolling U.S. 281 near Bulverde.<\/p>\n

\u201cA pickup with a Ranger tab and Purple Heart plates pulled into the Valero in front of me, so I pulled up beside him,\u201d West recalled.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe started telling me about how he was in the 3rd Ranger Battalion in Mogadishu, and we got to talking a little bit. There’s a little bit of a vetting process,\u201d he said of the Ranger fraternity.
\nBut Culp’s story didn’t check out with other Rangers who were in the rescue mission made famous in the movie, \u201cBlack Hawk Down.\u201d His references also failed him and there was no record of his being in Somalia.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have a copy of the joint meritorious unit award that was awarded to all the Rangers in Somalia in support of Operation Gothic Serpent, aka \u2018Black Hawk Down,’ and his name is not on it. I can state with 100 percent certainty, he was not there,\u201d said former Ranger Raleigh Cash of Illinois, who participated in the Somali operation.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Brian will be sentenced on December 29th, he faces three years in prison. Oh and this is Texas, he will get every day of it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After Jonn\u2019s expose of the IVAW hero\u2019s doctoring of his military record I found it interesting … Another Fake Hero Busted<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6192","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\/6192","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\/64"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6192\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}