{"id":68067,"date":"2016-09-22T08:00:28","date_gmt":"2016-09-22T12:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=68067"},"modified":"2022-01-23T23:30:22","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T04:30:22","slug":"alvin-long-marine-force-recon-army-special-forces-phony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=68067","title":{"rendered":"Alvin Long; Marine Force recon, Army Special Forces phony"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=68068\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-68068\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Alvin-Long2-270x333.jpg\" alt=\"Alvin Long2\" width=\"270\" height=\"333\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-68068\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Alvin-Long2-270x333.jpg 270w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Alvin-Long2-243x300.jpg 243w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Alvin-Long2.jpg 356w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Folks at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/SFPoserPatrol\/\">Green Beret Posers Exposed<\/a> sent us a tip on this Alvin Long character. He claims to have been a Marine Force Recon operator and then his wife made him quit, but she was fine with him going on to be an Army Special Forces operator. He claims six combat deployments and six Purple Hearts to match. Here you can hear him tell it in this video;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KxTN_-9LzV0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Part of his story is true, but not enough of it. He spent four years in the Marine Corps from 1959 &#8211; 1963 &#8211; none of it in any Recon units. Most of it was spent on dry land in California. He went into the Army National Guard from August 1963 &#8211; March 1964, then he went into the Army March 1965 &#8211; March 1981, not as a special forces operator, but as a truck driver. He did three tours of Vietnam as a truck driver, then he became an MP. No jump school, no special forces training. <\/p>\n<p>His family says that he kept his lies to himself until his wife died recently and then he busted out, first making himself a Master Sergeant until he unilaterally promoted himself to sergeant major;<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=68069\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-68069\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Alvin-Long-Mission-Creep-250x333.jpg\" alt=\"Alvin Long Mission Creep\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-68069\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Alvin-Long-Mission-Creep-250x333.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Alvin-Long-Mission-Creep-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Alvin-Long-Mission-Creep.jpg 298w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=68070\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-68070\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Alvin-Long-patch-250x333.jpg\" alt=\"Alvin Long patch\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-68070\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Alvin-Long-patch-250x333.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Alvin-Long-patch-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Alvin-Long-patch.jpg 288w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=68071\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-68071\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Alvin-Long-Combat-patch-250x333.jpg\" alt=\"Alvin Long Combat patch\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-68071\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Alvin-Long-Combat-patch-250x333.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Alvin-Long-Combat-patch-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Alvin-Long-Combat-patch.jpg 288w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>He actually retired as a staff sergeant;<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=68072\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-68072\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Alvin-Long-DD2141-249x333.jpg\" alt=\"Alvin Long DD2141\" width=\"249\" height=\"333\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-68072\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Alvin-Long-DD2141-249x333.jpg 249w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Alvin-Long-DD2141-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Alvin-Long-DD2141.jpg 747w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 249px) 100vw, 249px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=68073\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-68073\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Alvin-Long-FOIA-318x333.jpg\" alt=\"Alvin Long FOIA\" width=\"318\" height=\"333\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-68073\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Alvin-Long-FOIA-318x333.jpg 318w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Alvin-Long-FOIA-287x300.jpg 287w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Alvin-Long-FOIA.jpg 701w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 318px) 100vw, 318px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=68074\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-68074\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Alvin-Long-FOIA-Marine-Corps-Assignment1-257x333.jpg\" alt=\"Alvin Long FOIA Marine Corps Assignment1\" width=\"257\" height=\"333\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-68074\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Alvin-Long-FOIA-Marine-Corps-Assignment1-257x333.jpg 257w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Alvin-Long-FOIA-Marine-Corps-Assignment1-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Alvin-Long-FOIA-Marine-Corps-Assignment1.jpg 566w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 257px) 100vw, 257px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=68075\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-68075\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Alvin-Long-FOIA-Marine-Corps-Assignment2-257x333.jpg\" alt=\"Alvin Long FOIA Marine Corps Assignment2\" width=\"257\" height=\"333\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-68075\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Alvin-Long-FOIA-Marine-Corps-Assignment2-257x333.jpg 257w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Alvin-Long-FOIA-Marine-Corps-Assignment2-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Alvin-Long-FOIA-Marine-Corps-Assignment2.jpg 566w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 257px) 100vw, 257px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=68076\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-68076\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Alvin-Long-FOIA-Marine-Corps-Assignment3-257x333.jpg\" alt=\"Alvin Long FOIA Marine Corps Assignment3\" width=\"257\" height=\"333\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-68076\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Alvin-Long-FOIA-Marine-Corps-Assignment3-257x333.jpg 257w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Alvin-Long-FOIA-Marine-Corps-Assignment3-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Alvin-Long-FOIA-Marine-Corps-Assignment3.jpg 566w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 257px) 100vw, 257px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=68077\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-68077\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Alvin-Long-FOIA-Army-Asignments-431x333.jpg\" alt=\"Alvin Long FOIA Army Asignments\" width=\"431\" height=\"333\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-68077\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Alvin-Long-FOIA-Army-Asignments-431x333.jpg 431w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Alvin-Long-FOIA-Army-Asignments-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Alvin-Long-FOIA-Army-Asignments-768x594.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Alvin-Long-FOIA-Army-Asignments.jpg 907w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 431px) 100vw, 431px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>No Soldiers Medal, no Silver Star, no Bronze Star, no Purple Hearts, no Combat Infantryman Badge (2d award), no jump wings, no Pathfinder badge, no POW Medal, no Air Assault Badge, no scuba bubble, no Drill Sergeant badge, no Special Forces tab, no Ranger tab, what did I miss?<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=68078\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-68078\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Alvin-Long-rack-250x333.jpg\" alt=\"Alvin Long rack\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-68078\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Alvin-Long-rack-250x333.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Alvin-Long-rack-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Alvin-Long-rack.jpg 336w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=68079\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-68079\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Alvin-Long-Combat-patch-1-250x333.jpg\" alt=\"Alvin Long Combat patch\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-68079\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Alvin-Long-Combat-patch-1-250x333.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Alvin-Long-Combat-patch-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Alvin-Long-Combat-patch-1.jpg 288w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Folks at Green Beret Posers Exposed sent us a tip on this Alvin Long 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