{"id":62915,"date":"2015-11-23T10:00:03","date_gmt":"2015-11-23T15:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=62915"},"modified":"2022-01-23T23:31:53","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T04:31:53","slug":"randy-ray-ward-phony-marine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=62915","title":{"rendered":"Randy Ray Ward; phony Marine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=62916\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-62916\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Randy-Ray-Ward-cap-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"Randy Ray Ward cap\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-62916\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Randy-Ray-Ward-cap-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Randy-Ray-Ward-cap-257x333.jpg 257w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Randy-Ray-Ward-cap.jpg 282w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>The folks at <a href=\"https:\/\/militaryphonies.wordpress.com\/2015\/11\/22\/randy-ray-ward-us-marine-corps-combat-veteran-recon-beirut-veteran-ptsd-corporal-blog-of-shame\/\">Military Phonies<\/a> send us their work on this fellow, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/randy.ward.524\">Randy Ray Ward<\/a>, who claims to be a survivor of the Beirut bombing in October 1983.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=62917\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-62917\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Randy-Ray-Ward-claims-300x60.jpg\" alt=\"Randy Ray Ward claims\" width=\"300\" height=\"60\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-62917\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Randy-Ray-Ward-claims-300x60.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Randy-Ray-Ward-claims-500x100.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Randy-Ray-Ward-claims.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=62918\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-62918\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Randy-Ray-Ward-claims1-276x300.jpg\" alt=\"Randy Ray Ward claims1\" width=\"276\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-62918\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Randy-Ray-Ward-claims1-276x300.jpg 276w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Randy-Ray-Ward-claims1-307x333.jpg 307w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Randy-Ray-Ward-claims1.jpg 502w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 276px) 100vw, 276px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>He has a still-growing rack of ribbons, probably because the Marine Corps is still discovering his derring-do years afterward;<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=62919\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-62919\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Randy-Ray-Ward-4-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Randy Ray Ward (4)\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-62919\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Randy-Ray-Ward-4-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Randy-Ray-Ward-4-250x333.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Randy-Ray-Ward-4.jpg 314w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=62920\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-62920\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Randy-Ray-Ward-5-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"Randy Ray Ward (5)\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-62920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Randy-Ray-Ward-5-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Randy-Ray-Ward-5-249x333.jpg 249w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Randy-Ray-Ward-5.jpg 366w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=62921\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-62921\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Randy-Ray-Ward-7-183x300.jpg\" alt=\"Randy Ray Ward (7)\" width=\"183\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-62921\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Randy-Ray-Ward-7-183x300.jpg 183w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Randy-Ray-Ward-7-203x333.jpg 203w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Randy-Ray-Ward-7.jpg 406w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 183px) 100vw, 183px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=62922\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-62922\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Randy-Ray-Ward-8-277x300.jpg\" alt=\"Randy Ray Ward (8)\" width=\"277\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-62922\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Randy-Ray-Ward-8-277x300.jpg 277w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Randy-Ray-Ward-8-307x333.jpg 307w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Randy-Ray-Ward-8.jpg 638w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 277px) 100vw, 277px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=62925\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-62925\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Randy-Ray-Ward-growing-rack-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"Randy Ray Ward growing rack\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-62925\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Randy-Ray-Ward-growing-rack-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Randy-Ray-Ward-growing-rack.jpg 417w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>But, no, he spent about a month in the Marine Corps, according to the National Personnel Records Center from January to February 1982;<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=62923\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-62923\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Randy-Ray-Ward-FOIA-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Randy Ray Ward FOIA\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-62923\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Randy-Ray-Ward-FOIA-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Randy-Ray-Ward-FOIA-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Randy-Ray-Ward-FOIA-334x333.jpg 334w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Randy-Ray-Ward-FOIA.jpg 744w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=62924\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-62924\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Randy-Ray-Ward-Assignments-300x205.jpg\" alt=\"Randy Ray Ward Assignments\" width=\"300\" height=\"205\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-62924\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Randy-Ray-Ward-Assignments-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Randy-Ray-Ward-Assignments-486x333.jpg 486w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Randy-Ray-Ward-Assignments.jpg 926w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>No combat, no awards, pretty much no service. But he beats the PTSD drum a lot and he blames it on his non-existent combat service, I&#8217;m guessing that he does that for a reason.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The folks at Military Phonies send us their work on this fellow, Randy Ray Ward, who &hellip; <a title=\"Randy Ray Ward; phony Marine\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=62915\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Randy Ray Ward; phony Marine<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":62916,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,391],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-phony-soldiers","category-valorvultures"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62915","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=62915"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62915\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/62916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=62915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=62915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=62915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}