{"id":81246,"date":"2018-08-25T11:31:11","date_gmt":"2018-08-25T15:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=81246"},"modified":"2022-01-23T22:43:00","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T03:43:00","slug":"james-jeenou-thao-phony-soldier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=81246","title":{"rendered":"James Jeenou Thao &#8211; Phony Soldier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/thao-james-jeenou-thao.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-81247\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/thao-james-jeenou-thao-375x333.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/thao-james-jeenou-thao-375x333.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/thao-james-jeenou-thao-300x266.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/thao-james-jeenou-thao.jpg 453w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/militaryphony.com\/2018\/08\/20\/james-jeenou-thao-us-army-veteran-of-afghanistan-blog-of-shame\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Military Phony<\/a> sends us their work on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ManakaMonica\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">James Jeenou\u00a0Thao<\/a>, who also goes by Jee Nou Thao, and who claims to be a U.S. Army veteran of Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>James recently won a pageant and was crowned &#8220;Mr. Hmong Royalty.&#8221;\u00a0 The title came with hours of community\u00a0service and James was given $1500 in award money.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/thao-facebook.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-81248 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/thao-facebook-341x333.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"341\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/thao-facebook-341x333.jpg 341w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/thao-facebook-300x293.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/thao-facebook.jpg 764w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 341px) 100vw, 341px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here is the video of the pageant&#8217;s\u00a0Round Two, which was in English.\u00a0 For any of you that understand Hmong, there are other rounds where he may have made other claims, but it was clear in the English version that he said he served for six years in the U.S. Army which included a tour in Afghanistan. (start at 3:05)<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6I8DHWsj7Eg?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Someone reached out to him and he\u00a0said he was with the 38th Engineer Company in Afghanistan in 2012.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/thao-38th-engineering.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-81249 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/thao-38th-engineering-500x279.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/thao-38th-engineering-500x279.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/thao-38th-engineering-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/thao-38th-engineering.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Well, the U.S. Army could find no record of Thao&#8217;s military service.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/thao-nprc-redacted.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-81250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/thao-nprc-redacted-258x333.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"258\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/thao-nprc-redacted-258x333.jpg 258w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/thao-nprc-redacted-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/thao-nprc-redacted-768x993.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/thao-nprc-redacted.jpg 1696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 258px) 100vw, 258px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I wonder how the veterans feel that he checked up on every 22nd of the month?<\/p>\n<p>I wonder how the contest administrators would feel about that $1500?<\/p>\n<p>I wonder how the poor chap would feel\u00a0that came in second place?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/thao-mr-hmong-royalty.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-81251\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/thao-mr-hmong-royalty-333x333.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"333\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/thao-mr-hmong-royalty-333x333.jpg 333w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/thao-mr-hmong-royalty-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/thao-mr-hmong-royalty-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/thao-mr-hmong-royalty-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/thao-mr-hmong-royalty.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thao should probably still do community service as part of his role as Mr. Hmong Royalty, but perhaps that service should be working directly with veterans.<\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t think of a better case to test and see if Wisconsin is serious about their newly minted\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/legis.wisconsin.gov\/assembly\/04\/steffen\/media\/1090\/20150701-wisconsins-stolen-valor-bill-becomes-law.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stolen Valor Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Military Phony sends us their work on James Jeenou\u00a0Thao, who also goes by Jee Nou Thao, &hellip; 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