{"id":86241,"date":"2019-04-12T08:15:14","date_gmt":"2019-04-12T12:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=86241"},"modified":"2022-01-13T20:31:54","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T01:31:54","slug":"frotz-gerlach-yet-another-phony-seal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=86241","title":{"rendered":"Frotz Gerlach – Yet another Phony SEAL"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The folks at Military Phony<\/a> sent us their case on David Chris Gerlach<\/a>, who likes to go by the nickname ‘Frotz’ or ‘Frotzy’ with his friends.<\/p>\n

Gerlach has a SEAL Trident displayed on his motorcycle vest…<\/p>\n

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On the reverse side of this jacket, he claims to have been a Torpedoman’s Mate First Class (E-6) as well as a Veteran of Desert Shield\/Storm…<\/p>\n

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And his friends seem to think he was a SEAL…<\/p>\n

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So the BUD\/S-SEAL database was checked along with other important resources and Gerlach’s name was not listed, so his military records were ordered through a Freedom of Information Act Request (FOIA).\u00a0 As you may have guessed, they tell a different story…<\/p>\n

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Gerlach’s official military records show no SEAL training and no SEAL assignments.<\/p>\n

He was a Torpedoman and got out as a Second Class Petty Officer (E-5) vs. the First Class Petty Officer (E-6) that he claimed.<\/p>\n

Here he is back in 1985 as an E-3 aboard the USS Canopus (AS-34)…<\/p>\n

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His official military records also show that he spent nine (9) years on active duty and got out the day before Desert Storm kicked off, so he could not have been a part of that.\u00a0 His records do not support his involvement in Desert Shield, either.<\/p>\n

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If you browse the photos on his Facebook page you will see a recurring theme – he likes to give people the finger.\u00a0 We just hope that he is not as flippant when it comes to clearing all this up.<\/p>\n

Gerlach lives in Green Bay, Wisconsin.\u00a0 \u00a0The state of Wisconsin has a newly minted 2015 Stolen Valor Law<\/a>.\u00a0 We can’t think of a better test of this law than “Frotzy” Gerlach and his claims that don’t hold up when you compare them to his official military record.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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