{"id":67839,"date":"2016-09-08T08:00:57","date_gmt":"2016-09-08T12:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=67839"},"modified":"2022-01-23T23:30:23","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T04:30:23","slug":"daniel-g-medina-phony-rangersf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=67839","title":{"rendered":"Daniel G Medina; phony Ranger\/SF"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Someone noticed this fellow, Daniel G. Medina<\/a> from Hemet, California, on Facebook. Of course, there’s a motorcycle and a vest involved;<\/p>\n

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He claimed in social media discussions that he was injured on the jump into Grenada as an attachment to the Rangers from the Special Warfare Center. That’s what influenced folks to send him to us – they had a jump roster for Grenada and he wasn’t on it.<\/p>\n

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From his records, it looks like he had 3 months AWOL in 1974 while he was at Fort Lewis, Washington as an infantryman in 2\/60th Infantry, not the 2\/75th Ranger Battalion like he claims. <\/p>\n

Medina reenlisted to be a 91B Medic after four years of service in 1978. He claims that he was a helicopter pilot – his records show that he spent about three years as an Air Ambulance Attendant in Japan, but certainly not a pilot.<\/p>\n

In October 1983, during the Grenada operation, he was a patient care specialist in Japan. He didn’t go to jump school until 1987, four years after Grenada – so he couldn’t have jumped into Grenada since he hadn’t trained for the jump yet. <\/p>\n

Medina went to Special Forces training in October 1987, but then, he was on his way to Germany in January, 1988 – it looks like he was medical drop from SFQC. It wasn’t his fault until he started claiming things he didn’t earn.<\/p>\n

Looking at his assignments, he might have made it to Staff Sergeant (E-6) but towards the end of his time, it appears that he got busted down to Specialist E-4 (his Duty MOS went from being a 91B30 to a 91B10) and with about a year in Germany, he was back in the US and separated from the service. He’s wearing Sergeant First Class (E-7) on his little vest – he didn’t make it that far. The bust, for whatever unknown reason, is probably why he had to get out with almost 15 years instead of sticking it out for 20 and retirement.<\/p>\n

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There’s no Ranger training, no Special Forces training, no jump into Grenada, no Combat Field Medic Badge, no combat, no helicopter training in his records, just an old guy with a vest and some stories.<\/p>\n

Stories he’s been telling for at least two years<\/a>;<\/p>\n

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