{"id":63795,"date":"2016-01-12T08:00:49","date_gmt":"2016-01-12T13:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=63795"},"modified":"2022-01-23T23:31:49","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T04:31:49","slug":"rick-wren-phony-marine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=63795","title":{"rendered":"Rick Wren; phony Marine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=63801\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-63801\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Rick-Wrenn-300x203.jpg\" alt=\"Rick Wrenn\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-63801\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Rick-Wrenn-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Rick-Wrenn-493x333.jpg 493w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Rick-Wrenn.jpg 591w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Someone sent us their work on this Rick Wren fellow. Lately, he&#8217;s been spelling his name Wrenn, reportedly to avoid back child support, I hear. But, he&#8217;s been telling folks that he retired from the Marine Corps with 20 years of service as a staff sergeant, that he&#8217;s a decorated Vietnam veteran with a couple of tours there as a door gunner. We shouldn&#8217;t look for his records because the CIA destroyed them when he started doing missions for them after he retired. <\/p>\n<p>Some of his online social media profiles reflect the retired Marine thing;<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=63798\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-63798\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Rick-Wren-profile-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Rick Wren profile\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-63798\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Rick-Wren-profile-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Rick-Wren-profile-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Rick-Wren-profile.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=63799\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-63799\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Rick-Wren-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Rick Wren\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-63799\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Rick-Wren-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Rick-Wren-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Rick-Wren.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=63800\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-63800\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Rick-Wrenn-RP-profile-300x154.jpg\" alt=\"Rick Wrenn RP profile\" width=\"300\" height=\"154\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-63800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Rick-Wrenn-RP-profile-300x154.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Rick-Wrenn-RP-profile-500x257.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Rick-Wrenn-RP-profile.jpg 747w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>The National Personnel Records Center disagrees. In spite of the CIA&#8217;s attempts to destroy his records, they weren&#8217;t completely successful.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=63797\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-63797\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Rick-Wren-FOIA-255x300.jpg\" alt=\"Rick Wren FOIA\" width=\"255\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-63797\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Rick-Wren-FOIA-255x300.jpg 255w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Rick-Wren-FOIA-283x333.jpg 283w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Rick-Wren-FOIA.jpg 623w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 255px) 100vw, 255px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>He spent more time on the Delayed Entry Program than he did on active duty &#8211; about 2 and a half months. No Vietnam, no helicopters, no staff sergeant. But he did score the National Defense Service Medal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Someone sent us their work on this Rick Wren fellow. 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