{"id":83113,"date":"2018-11-28T12:04:05","date_gmt":"2018-11-28T16:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=83113"},"modified":"2022-01-23T22:42:58","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T03:42:58","slug":"florida-man-arrested-for-stolen-valor-posed-as-decorated-marine-vet-usmc-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=83113","title":{"rendered":"Florida man arrested for stolen valor, posed as decorated Marine vet &#8211; USMC Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #404040;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmclife.com\/2018\/11\/florida-man-arrested-for-stolen-valor-posed-as-decorated-marine-vet\/?fbclid=IwAR0fr9hvtgpNtneSkKNIyx6VxDByW9R3QV8af9WcmduTVkr2-2oIF1mZyT8\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Stolen-valor-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Marine Corps League seems to be coming around to the fact that they might have some posers in their ranks.<\/p>\n<p>A legit member of the Marine Corps League has taken up the cause to expose and prosecute\u00a0these Valor\u00a0Vultures.\u00a0 I called the national headquarters of the Marine Corps League several times during the past year to encourage them.\u00a0 I doubt much would have come of it without the dedication and resolve of several honorable Marines.\u00a0 I am encouraged that there are still men of honor in this world.\u00a0 Semper Fidelis to those who stayed the course on this case and did the right thing in the face of those who doubted them.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Cary Falor Blake Haerlin, 56, of Port St. Lucie was arrested on Nov. 25 and charged with unlawful use of uniforms medals or insignia, third degree grand theft and uttering a forged instrument.<\/p>\n<p><strong>From about 2008, Haerlin has portrayed himself as being a decorated veteran of the U.S. Marines and has served as the Judge Advocate for the Department of Florida, Marine Corps League, Inc.\u00a0 Initially he joined the General A. A. Vandegrift\u00a0 Detachment 068, and during about 2010 transferred to LCpl. Justin J. Wilson Detachment 1045.\u00a0 As the Department of Florida&#8217;s Judge Advocate he had the responsibility to uphold League Bylaws and regulations, investigate formal cases of alleged wrongdoing and conduct official League Hearings; with an annual stipend of $2,500.00.\u00a0 Haerlin&#8217;s &#8216;less than honorable&#8217; discharge status would have prohibited his League membership, but his forged DD-214 facilitated his unlawful joining.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div style=\"position: relative; height: 0; padding-bottom: 39.83%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"position: absolute; width: 80%; height: 80%; left: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rQ4bP0O-1oc?ecver=2\" width=\"904\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>It seems this Valor Vulture is getting the attention he so desperately deserves.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/us\/stolen-valor-case-ends-with-marine-corps-league-officer-e2-80-99s-arrest\/ar-BBQ8HJR\">MSN<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcpalm.com\/story\/news\/crime\/st-lucie-county\/2018\/11\/26\/former-marine-jailed-after-allegations-he-forged-military-records\/2118623002\/\">Local News<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #404040;\">Source: <\/span><em style=\"color: #404040;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmclife.com\/2018\/11\/florida-man-arrested-for-stolen-valor-posed-as-decorated-marine-vet\/\">Florida man arrested for stolen valor, posed as decorated Marine vet &#8211; USMC Life<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Marine Corps League seems to be coming around to the fact that they might have &hellip; <a title=\"Florida man arrested for stolen valor, posed as decorated Marine vet &#8211; USMC Life\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=83113\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Florida man arrested for stolen valor, posed as decorated Marine vet &#8211; USMC Life<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":667,"featured_media":83115,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[184,331,30,391],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-marine-corps","category-marines","category-phony-soldiers","category-valorvultures"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/667"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=83113"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83113\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/83115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=83113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=83113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=83113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}