{"id":68536,"date":"2016-10-21T10:19:53","date_gmt":"2016-10-21T14:19:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=68536"},"modified":"2022-01-23T23:30:20","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T04:30:20","slug":"juan-j-gonzalez-embellishing-sheriff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=68536","title":{"rendered":"Juan J. Gonzalez; embellishing sheriff"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Juan J. Gonzalez is running for sheriff in Kleberg County, Texas and some controversy was raised over some of his claims of his military service. He was handing out these cards;<\/p>\n

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The problem is that he never deployed to Desert Storm while he was in the Navy. According to KRISTV<\/a>;<\/p>\n

Although he didn’t actually deploy for combat in Desert Storm, Gonzalez says that quote being a “Desert Storm Veteran” may not be what it seems. Actually, it means,”That anyone who served on active duty from August 2nd 1990 to present, is considered also a Gulf War Veteran,” Gonzalez said. <\/p>\n

Although he was never deployed into that war, he was active duty during that era, from September of 1987 until April of 1994. “I never claimed to have war combat experience never, I’m just a Gulf War Era Veteran,” he said. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, no. I served during the Vietnam War, but I’m not a Vietnam veteran and if I called myself a Vietnam veteran, I’d be rightly called out for lying about my service. I’m also not a Grenada veteran or a Panama veteran or a Somalia veteran – I served during those conflicts, but I wasn’t there.<\/p>\n

He also said that he is a Purple Heart recipient. Although it is never made clear where or how he received this medal.<\/p>\n

Gonzalez received the Purple Heart Medal during his service with the Kingsville Police Department.<\/p>\n

Gonzalez then questioned if where the Purple Heart came from really made a difference. “A purple heart is a Purple Heart,” he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If he meant for people to understand that he received the medal during his career as a policeman, he would have said that, not put it where it could be easily misunderstood and misinterpreted on campaign literature.<\/p>\n