{"id":89053,"date":"2019-07-19T08:05:04","date_gmt":"2019-07-19T12:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=89053"},"modified":"2022-01-13T20:31:52","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T01:31:52","slug":"les-brown-fake-special-forces-ranger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=89053","title":{"rendered":"Les Brown &#8211; Fake Special Forces Ranger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/brown-folded-flag.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-89054 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/brown-folded-flag-396x333.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"396\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/brown-folded-flag-396x333.jpg 396w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/brown-folded-flag-300x252.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/brown-folded-flag-768x646.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/brown-folded-flag.jpg 994w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 396px) 100vw, 396px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The folks at <a href=\"https:\/\/militaryphony.com\/2019\/07\/18\/les-brown-master-sergeant-ranger-special-forces-20-year-career-blog-of-shame\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Military Phony<\/a> send us their work on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/les.brown.712\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lester Kent Brown<\/a>, who simply goes by &#8220;Les.&#8221;\u00a0 Les heads up a Nevada chapter of a POW\/MIA organization.<\/p>\n<p>Les has been in the <a href=\"https:\/\/elkodaily.com\/lifestyles\/local-inspirations-les-brown-on-bringing-back-the-forgotten\/article_fe520b20-846d-59e9-9ddb-631b04c8d3ea.html?fbclid=IwAR0r9E0f7RemWI8Ud5XrHlrxBPHcUsNmEWsvMMTVSJmKnb5vJY6waiS-AHk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">newspaper<\/a> where the article states he is a retired Master Sergeant having served in the Army for 20 years.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/brown-article-20yrs.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-89055\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/brown-article-20yrs.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"1175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/brown-article-20yrs.jpg 1216w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/brown-article-20yrs-153x300.jpg 153w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/brown-article-20yrs-768x1504.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/brown-article-20yrs-170x333.jpg 170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He also has been spotted in a veteran&#8217;s vest showing the MSG rank, several Special Forces crests, the RANGER tab, a Combat Infantry Badge (CIB) and a patch designating him as a veteran of Desert Storm.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/brown-flag.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-89056\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/brown-flag.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/brown-flag.jpg 829w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/brown-flag-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/brown-flag-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/brown-flag-222x333.jpg 222w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Well, his official military records tell a different story&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/foia-brown-summary-sheet.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-89057\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/foia-brown-summary-sheet.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/foia-brown-summary-sheet.jpg 1699w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/foia-brown-summary-sheet-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/foia-brown-summary-sheet-768x988.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/foia-brown-summary-sheet-259x333.jpg 259w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/foia-brown-assignments.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-89058\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/foia-brown-assignments.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/foia-brown-assignments.jpg 2197w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/foia-brown-assignments-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/foia-brown-assignments-768x593.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/foia-brown-assignments-431x333.jpg 431w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/foia-brown-education.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-89059\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/foia-brown-education.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"646\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/foia-brown-education.jpg 1695w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/foia-brown-education-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/foia-brown-education-768x993.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/foia-brown-education-258x333.jpg 258w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Brown got out as a Specialist vs. his claim of Master Sergeant (E-8).<\/p>\n<p>He did not retire after 20 years. His summary sheet said he was discharged vs. retired.<\/p>\n<p>Brown does not have the Combat Infantryman Badge (CIB) under his awards and he does not have the medals or assignments that would support his claim of being in Desert Storm.<\/p>\n<p>He also does not have an assignment to any Special Forces units.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The folks at Military Phony send us their work on Lester Kent Brown, who simply goes &hellip; <a title=\"Les Brown &#8211; Fake Special Forces Ranger\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=89053\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Les Brown &#8211; Fake Special Forces Ranger<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":667,"featured_media":89054,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[392],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-armyposer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89053","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=89053"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89053\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89060,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89053\/revisions\/89060"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/89054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=89053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=89053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=89053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}