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\nLes Brown<\/p>\n
\nLes Brown<\/p>\n
One of our ninjas sends us a news story from Elko, Nevada about valor thief Les Brown, and how he’s in full denial about the accusations and evidence that came to light on these pages. From the article:<\/p>\n
CYNTHIA DELANEY<\/strong><\/p>\n ELKO \u2013 A U.S. Army veteran who started a local POW\/MIA group 15 years ago is at war again, this time with \u201cstolen valor\u201d groups claiming he falsified his credentials.<\/p>\n Two online valor forums are posting allegations against Les Brown, commander of the POW*MIA Elko Awareness Association. The blogs put out by valorguardians.com and militaryphony.com claim Brown does not hold status as a master sergeant, was discharged rather than retired from service, and that he falsely wears the Combat Infantry Badge and Special Forces Insignia on his POW\/MIA vest.<\/p>\n They also claim that there is no documentation to support Brown\u2019s Desert Storm veteran status.<\/p>\n \u201cTwo days after I got home from Washington, D.C., I got a phone call from my police chief that an individual charged me with plagiarism and abuse of powers due to an article that was written in the Elko Daily Free Press,\u201d Brown said at a meeting held Wednesday evening at Elko City Hall.<\/p>\n He was referring to a June 15 \u201cLocal Inspirations\u201d feature that described his efforts to bring back forgotten soldiers and his community service involvement.<\/p>\n Brown works for the City of Carlin. Accusers began emailing Brown\u2019s supervisor, the Elko Daily Free Press and several other people on July 19 claiming that Brown is guilty of \u201cstolen valor.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThis guy \u2026 has created a bunch of problems,\u201d Brown said, laying down military credentials that he said refuted the claims. \u201cHe also says I did not serve in Desert Storm. Here is the DD214 right here that says I did and he also says that I don\u2019t have a retired I.D. card and I didn\u2019t retire as a master sergeant.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cLes Brown committed a felony,\u201d said the administrator at militaryphony.com in an email that was sent to the Elko Daily Free Press. \u201cI am talking about donations that Brown has solicited while misrepresenting himself. Wearing an unearned Combat Infantryman Badge is a felony violation of the Stolen Valor Act of 2013 \u2014 especially if it was leveraged to raise money.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/p>\n \u201cThese hack websites are going after our vests,\u201d Brown said. \u201cThey went after \u2018River Rat\u2019 in May for stuff that he was wearing on his vest. They talk about things we wear on our vests that we didn\u2019t earn. Well, we all wear something on our vests that we didn\u2019t earn.\u201d<\/p>\n Brown pointed to a vest his granddaughter wore that has Marine Corps stripes on it to represent a program the group started for children.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Nice deflection, dragging a child into this. Speaks volumes about his character.<\/p>\n I’m not about to claim being an expert at reading DD-214s, but it seems to me he left as an E-4 with no awards that go along with becoming Special Ops (Parachute Wings, Dive Bubble), no CIB, and “..in support of Desert Storm.” is pretty vague. Also no awards FOR Desert Storm, either.<\/p>\n Hat tip to our ninja for the link. Read the rest of the article, including mention of one of our own, here: Elko Daily<\/a><\/p>\n ADDITIONAL COMMENT BY MEMBER OF TAH:<\/p>\n Well, it’s good that Lester Kent Brown didn’t ever wear that vest. No, just made up bling for his granddaughter.<\/p>\n![\"les](\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/les-brown-vest-e1564154895865.jpg\")
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\nYeah, it was just a made up vest for his granddaughter to wear.
\nNot like Lester Kent Brown would wear a vest with Master Parachutist Badge, A Combat Infantryman’s Badge, Sergeant First Class rank insignia, a Ranger Tab…<\/p>\n
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