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Our partners at Military Phonies<\/a> share their work with us on this fellow Mike Kavanagh<\/a> who claims to be a Navy SEAL in social media conversations;<\/p>\n

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The real deal SEALs at Military Phonies couldn’t find Mike in the SEAL database so they got his FOIA;<\/p>\n

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Their summary of his career;<\/p>\n

As we wander through these records we can come to a few conclusions. We have found at least three Navy NECs awarded. He attended an EOD Scuba Diver school in Key West and was given NEC 5345 (Scuba Diver). A follow-on school called EOD\/Technical Escort is next on the list but shows an N\/A in the completed box with no NEC awarded. He then reports to the USS Bowen DE 1079 for duty as an Electricians Mate third class. Two years later (1973) Mike goes to Second Class Diver school and earns the NEC 5343. He was an E5 in 1975 and by 1978 he was earning NEC 5311 (Saturation Diver) and it appears his records show him as an E6. During that year his records show him receiving two blocks of dive training with one being 17 weeks long and the other 14 weeks in duration. That\u2019s why its confusing that he would be released from the Navy the following year. Those types of schools usually require an extension of guaranteed service. His official records show he was discharged as an E4. The DD214 he provided to us shows he was discharged as an E6. We have no explanation for this discrepancy. There is no record of Kavanagh ever attending SEAL Training or even being near a SEAL Command. He shows no SEAL or EOD Navy Enlisted Codes in is records. He also shows no record of service in Vietnam.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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