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Someone sent us their work on this fellow, Ernest “Gabe” Hetrick<\/a> who claims to be a Special Forces Commo sergeant in his LinkedIn<\/a> profile;<\/p>\n

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The local media<\/a> did a story about him that claims that he “survived” Desert Storm, participated in numerous dangerous assignments;<\/p>\n

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Well, the NPRC says that he “survived” Desert Storm from the safety of Fort Gordon where he was going through his initial training during that period. He was stationed at Fort Ord, California, Berlin, Germany, Fort Riley, Kansas, and Hanau, Germany. No Special Forces training, no parachute training. It could be possible that he was provided support in the Serbia, Bosnia and Kosovo theater, but there’s nothing that indicates that he was in Turkey or Iraq. His LinkedIn profile says that he was an 18E, but there’s nothing that indicates that he was anything other than a 31K radio repairman. The NPRC also says that he wasn’t a sergeant either – he got out as a specialist (E-4). There’s a picture of him out on the town wearing a jacket with a stylized 82d patch, and an Air Assault Badge, too<\/del>. No he wasn’t in the 82d Airborne Division nor did he attend Air Assault School<\/del>.<\/p>\n

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Looking at his eye, he was probably medically retired for the baseball bat injury that he describes in the article and his military career was cut short because of that injury, but it certainly doesn’t look like he was Special Forces qualified like he claims.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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