{"id":84899,"date":"2019-02-09T18:17:52","date_gmt":"2019-02-09T22:17:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=84899"},"modified":"2024-04-01T16:07:49","modified_gmt":"2024-04-01T20:07:49","slug":"ken-cook-phony-special-forces-ltc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=84899","title":{"rendered":"Ken Cook &#8211; Phony Special Forces LTC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cook-purple-shirt.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-84901 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cook-purple-shirt-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cook-purple-shirt-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cook-purple-shirt-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cook-purple-shirt-334x333.jpg 334w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cook-purple-shirt.jpg 637w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The folks at <a href=\"https:\/\/militaryphony.com\/2019\/02\/09\/ken-cook-retired-lieutenant-colonel-o-5-special-forces-blog-of-shame\/\">Military Phony<\/a> send us their work on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ken.cook.3576224\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kendrick Henderson Cook<\/a> who claims he retired from the US Army as a Special Forces Lieutenant Colonel (O-5).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cook-ltc.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84902\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cook-ltc.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"374\" height=\"481\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cook-ltc.jpg 374w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cook-ltc-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cook-ltc-259x333.jpg 259w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 374px) 100vw, 374px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cook-retired-ltcjpg.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-84903 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cook-retired-ltcjpg-300x221.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cook-retired-ltcjpg-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cook-retired-ltcjpg-452x333.jpg 452w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cook-retired-ltcjpg.jpg 468w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>He also implies he was on active duty until 2007 in some secret clandestine status that would restrict people from having access to his military records.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cook-active-duty-2007.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-84904 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cook-active-duty-2007-500x292.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cook-active-duty-2007-500x292.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cook-active-duty-2007-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cook-active-duty-2007-768x448.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cook-active-duty-2007.jpg 1859w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cook-no-access.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84905\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cook-no-access.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cook-no-access.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cook-no-access-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cook-no-access-500x306.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Is it two tiers or is it three tiers?\u00a0 \u00a0Who&#8217;s counting anyway?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cook-3-levels.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84906\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cook-3-levels.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cook-3-levels.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cook-3-levels-300x66.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cook-3-levels-500x110.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When someone claimed to have his records, he lightened up but still claimed that the FBI would circle the wagons around protecting his status.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cook-fbi.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-84907\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cook-fbi-162x333.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"616\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cook-fbi-162x333.jpg 162w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cook-fbi-146x300.jpg 146w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cook-fbi.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>At issue was his service beyond 1993, but public records show Ken was quite busy.\u00a0 Must have been hard to juggle a life of running from the law while serving as an officer in the US Army.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cook-criminal-1989-MISC.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-84908\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cook-criminal-1989-MISC.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cook-criminal-1989-MISC.jpg 1935w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cook-criminal-1989-MISC-300x147.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cook-criminal-1989-MISC-768x375.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cook-criminal-1989-MISC-500x244.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So, Ken Cook&#8217;s military records were ordered.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cook-summary-sheet.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-84910\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cook-summary-sheet.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"582\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cook-summary-sheet.jpg 1224w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cook-summary-sheet-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cook-summary-sheet-768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cook-summary-sheet-257x333.jpg 257w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cook-assignments.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-84911\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cook-assignments.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cook-assignments.jpg 1584w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cook-assignments-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cook-assignments-768x593.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cook-assignments-431x333.jpg 431w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So, Cook was Special Forces but his official military records do not show assignments\u00a0passed 1993 and it appears he was in a non-drilling reserve status until 1997.<\/p>\n<p>Got out as an E-6 (SSG) vs. O-5 (LTC).<\/p>\n<p>The Special Forces \/ Green Beret community got involved which is summarized below.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>SPECIAL FORCES COMMUNITY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Friends and colleagues that are very familiar with Green Berets\/Special Forces and their training looked into Cook\u2019s situation. A small paraphrased clip of the military training discussion follows about Cook\u2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>If Ken Cook was commissioned, he would have OBC or BOLC, career courses, etc.<\/p>\n<p>No way he got to O-5 without them.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So, there you have it.\u00a0 A man that accomplished enough for anyone to be proud of during his military service.\u00a0 He served when most wouldn&#8217;t and did what many couldn&#8217;t.\u00a0 It is a shame he felt it wasn&#8217;t enough.\u00a0 Many would feel it is more than enough.\u00a0 I will never understand why some people find a need to embellish their military career beyond recognition.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll just post this and sit back and wait for the FBI to come knocking.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The folks at Military Phony send us their work on Kendrick Henderson Cook who claims he &hellip; <a title=\"Ken Cook &#8211; Phony Special Forces LTC\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=84899\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ken Cook &#8211; Phony Special Forces LTC<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":667,"featured_media":84909,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[359,30,391],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-army","category-phony-soldiers","category-valorvultures"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84899","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=84899"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84899\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":155125,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84899\/revisions\/155125"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/84909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=84899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=84899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=84899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}