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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nWe talked about Senior Chief Clayton Pressley III a couple of times last year<\/a> when he was arrested for identity theft – identities that he stole from his subordinates. He pleaded guilty in August to the charges. He was sentenced yesterday to fifty months in prison, according to a link <\/a>sent to us by Mick. <\/p>\n The Virginian-Pilot seems to think that Pressley is some sort of hero;<\/p>\n Pressley served in the Navy almost 20 years, leaving in February.<\/p>\n He received his Bronze Star in January 2007, according to a copy of the citation, \u201cfor exceptionally meritorious service during Operation Iraqi Freedom.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cHis outstanding dedication to duty during combat operations in Iraq contributed to the overwhelming success of the command\u2019s mission,\u201d the citation said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n He got a Bronze Star Medal for merit. That doesn’t make him a hero – even I have a BSM for merit.<\/p>\n In an interview last year, Pressley said that while the citation references his entire tour of duty, he believed he got the medal for pulling comrades from a Stryker vehicle that had been hit by a bomb. He said he did it while under fire.<\/p>\n […]<\/p>\n Court documents said he served as a command action casualty officer, meaning he contacted military members\u2019 families in the event of their death.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Yeah, if he had done what he says he did, it would have been a BSM for Valor and the incident would have been detailed in the narrative, not some generic BS about contributing to the unit’s mission. You’d think that with their connections to the military community in Virginia, the Pilot would be able to figure that stuff out for themselves. <\/p>\n As a Navy casualty officer, I doubt he ever saw a Stryker, a burning one or not burning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"