{"id":82051,"date":"2018-09-28T20:05:14","date_gmt":"2018-09-29T00:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=82051"},"modified":"2022-01-23T22:42:59","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T03:42:59","slug":"michael-bender-phony-msgt-recon-marine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=82051","title":{"rendered":"Michael Bender – Phony MSgt Recon Marine"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Military Phony<\/a> sent us their work on Michael Thomas Bender<\/a> – who claims he is a retired MSgt of Marines who served from 1984 – 2010 and retired after 26 years.<\/p>\n

He claims that he was in Marine Corps Force Reconnaissance.<\/p>\n

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Then, he also claims he was in “3\/9 Force Recon Battalion” which must be a super secret unit because nobody has ever heard of it.\u00a0 Also, he claims GySgt vs. MSgt in his VetFriends profile.<\/p>\n

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He works around youth in the US Naval Sea Cadet Program.<\/p>\n

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It looks like he lost a foot or two since that uniform was issued, I think we found the incredible shrinking Marine.<\/p>\n

And his profile looks awesome –\u00a0https:\/\/www.region57nscc.org\/pmi-bio<\/a><\/p>\n

He has a chest full of medals, including a Combat Action Ribbon although you have to look close to see what’s wrong with the CAR in the above photo and the ones below.<\/p>\n

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You wouldn’t know it’s the same Marine by looking at his official military records:<\/p>\n

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Michael Bender was discharged from the USMC as a Corporal (E-4) vs. a MSgt (E-8).<\/p>\n

There is nothing in his records to support him serving from 1986 \u2013 2010.\u00a0 The time he spent on active duty is consistent with a Marine that was in the Reserve.\u00a0 In fact, on his summary sheet, it says he was in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve.<\/p>\n

The only medal listed is a Rifle Marksman Badge.\u00a0 There is no Combat Action Ribbon.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

You have to give him credit in this photo – he uses an assortment of ferns and other foliage.\u00a0 I know you can hardly pick him out in the photo below but stare closely at the center of the screen and you will eventually see a goofy dork like guy\u00a0with shrubs on his head.<\/p>\n

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