{"id":65215,"date":"2016-04-11T09:55:33","date_gmt":"2016-04-11T13:55:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=65215"},"modified":"2022-01-23T23:31:10","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T04:31:10","slug":"joe-lucania-devil-dog-arms-phony-marine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=65215","title":{"rendered":"Joe Lucania; Devil Dog Arms phony Marine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=65217\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-65217\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Joe-Lucania-268x300.jpg\" alt=\"Joe Lucania\" width=\"268\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-65217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Joe-Lucania-268x300.jpg 268w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Joe-Lucania.jpg 284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 268px) 100vw, 268px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>This was going around social media yesterday. This Joe Lucania has been pretending to be a Marine sniper and he founded this Devil Dog Arms using this persona. You can hear him tell you that he was a Marine at about 1:00 in this video and claiming to be a Marine Corps sniper around 2:00 (I guess they yanked the video after I linked to it &#8211; just trust me);<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ar9x9YQntpg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Like I said, this message started circulating yesterday;<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=65216\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-65216\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Joe-Lucania-Devil-Dog-Arms-300x249.jpg\" alt=\"Joe Lucania Devil Dog Arms\" width=\"300\" height=\"249\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-65216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Joe-Lucania-Devil-Dog-Arms-300x249.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Joe-Lucania-Devil-Dog-Arms-768x637.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Joe-Lucania-Devil-Dog-Arms-401x333.jpg 401w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Joe-Lucania-Devil-Dog-Arms.jpg 829w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know what was the impetus for this admission that he had never served in the Marines, but there you go. It looks like he went as far as getting a USMC tattoo, if the comments can be believed at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/devildogarms\/?fref=nf\">Facebook link<\/a>. His <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/joe-lucania-a393405\">LinkedIn<\/a> profile says that Devil Dog Arms is a veteran-owned business. The IRS and the VA might want to take a look at that.<\/p>\n<p>I guess he was good enough as a phony to fool <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ammoland.com\/2014\/06\/devil-dog-arms-of-lake-zurich-il-tops-my-recommended-list\/#axzz45WfMSxub\">other Marines<\/a>;<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=65218\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-65218\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Joe-Lucania-Ammoland-234x300.jpg\" alt=\"Joe Lucania Ammoland\" width=\"234\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-65218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Joe-Lucania-Ammoland-234x300.jpg 234w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Joe-Lucania-Ammoland-260x333.jpg 260w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Joe-Lucania-Ammoland.jpg 537w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 234px) 100vw, 234px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>So much for a victimless crime, huh?<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=65222\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-65222\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Lucania-Victimless-Crime-300x174.jpg\" alt=\"Lucania Victimless Crime\" width=\"300\" height=\"174\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-65222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Lucania-Victimless-Crime-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Lucania-Victimless-Crime.jpg 471w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<blockquote><p> As a vet and now a former employee of DDA, I&#8217;m extremely disappointed, hurt and insulted by the recent discovery of the big lie and its cascading damage to so many good people. Not only was it disgraceful and insulting to all of us who served in the US military, it hurt the hardworking, honest and dedicated people, I&#8217;ve had the pleasure of working with at DDA this past year. All of us employees of DDA lost our jobs and the ability to support our families this week (many of us also lost out on wages, earnings and unreimbursed expenses that where owed to us while the company was still up and running) as a direct result of the big lie which ultimately caused DDA to close its doors. My thoughts and well wishes go out to my fellow former employees and their families as we put DDA in our rear view mirrors and move forward in search of better opportunities. I also want to shout out to all of the loyal customers, vendors, supporters and partners who put their trust, energy and resources into DDA. It&#8217;s been a great pleasure to get to know and work with you. I personally want to thank you for all you&#8217;ve done.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>ADDED 4\/12\/2016<\/strong>; Just for the record, here&#8217;s the result of his FOIA request;<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=65229\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-65229\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Joe-Lucania-FOIA-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"Joe Lucania FOIA\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-65229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Joe-Lucania-FOIA-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Joe-Lucania-FOIA-257x333.jpg 257w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Joe-Lucania-FOIA.jpg 566w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This was going around social media yesterday. 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