{"id":91840,"date":"2019-10-14T08:05:37","date_gmt":"2019-10-14T12:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=91840"},"modified":"2022-01-13T20:31:51","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T01:31:51","slug":"eric-winstead-phony-seal-fake-moh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=91840","title":{"rendered":"Eric Winstead &#8211; Phony SEAL &#038; Fake MoH"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/winstead-beer.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-91841 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/winstead-beer-333x333.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"333\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/winstead-beer-333x333.jpg 333w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/winstead-beer-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/winstead-beer-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/winstead-beer.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The folks at <a href=\"https:\/\/militaryphony.com\/2019\/10\/13\/eric-james-winstead-us-navy-seal-master-chief-medal-of-honor-retired-after-22-years-blog-of-shame\/\">Military Phony<\/a> give us their work on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/eric.winstead1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Eric James Winstead<\/a> who lives in Rockmart Georgia.\u00a0 Winstead claims to be a retired Master Chief and Navy SEAL.<\/p>\n<p>Winstead passed around a resume claiming he retired after serving for 22 years in the Navy, achieved the rank of Master Chief (E-9), obtained a &#8220;Department of Defense Level 5 Clearance&#8221; (whatever that is), was Commanding Officer of SEAL Team 7, and&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">&#8230; [drum roll, please] &#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; was awarded the &#8220;Presidents Medal of Honor.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/winstead-resume-page-1-redacted.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-91842\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/winstead-resume-page-1-redacted.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/winstead-resume-page-1-redacted.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/winstead-resume-page-1-redacted-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/winstead-resume-page-1-redacted-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/winstead-resume-page-1-redacted-250x333.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/winstead-resume-page-2-redacted.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-91843\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/winstead-resume-page-2-redacted.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/winstead-resume-page-2-redacted.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/winstead-resume-page-2-redacted-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/winstead-resume-page-2-redacted-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/winstead-resume-page-2-redacted-250x333.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He offered proof of his Medal of Honor citation&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/winstead-moh.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-91844\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/winstead-moh.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/winstead-moh.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/winstead-moh-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/winstead-moh-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/winstead-moh-444x333.jpg 444w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/winstead-moh-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Department of Defense Manpower Data Center showed no active duty service for Winstead.<\/p>\n<p>The National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) referred us to the Department of the Navy&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/winstead-NPRC-referral.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-91845\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/winstead-NPRC-referral.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/winstead-NPRC-referral.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/winstead-NPRC-referral-257x300.jpg 257w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/winstead-NPRC-referral-768x897.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/winstead-NPRC-referral-285x333.jpg 285w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and the Department of the Navy could find no records on him and referred us to the NPRC&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/winstead-don-no-records.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-91846\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/winstead-don-no-records.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/winstead-don-no-records.jpg 3400w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/winstead-don-no-records-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/winstead-don-no-records-768x497.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/winstead-don-no-records-500x324.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Medal of Honor citation looked an awful lot like the one awarded to SEAL Michael Monsoor&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/winstead-moh-traced.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-91847\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/winstead-moh-traced.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/winstead-moh-traced.jpg 1412w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/winstead-moh-traced-300x255.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/winstead-moh-traced-768x653.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/winstead-moh-traced-392x333.jpg 392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here are the citations for comparison&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/winstead-compare-mohs.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-91848\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/winstead-compare-mohs.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/winstead-compare-mohs.jpg 3022w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/winstead-compare-mohs-300x119.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/winstead-compare-mohs-768x305.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/winstead-compare-mohs-500x199.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So, it goes without saying that someone needs U.S. Navy service to become a SEAL in the first place.<\/p>\n<p>Then, one needs to be in combat and distinguish themselves to be awarded the Medal of Honor.<\/p>\n<p>NO Master Chief, NO 22 years, NO SEAL, NO Medal of Honor, NO Navy &#8211; NO record of any of these achievements.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/winstead-smile.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-91849 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/winstead-smile-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/winstead-smile-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/winstead-smile-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/winstead-smile-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/winstead-smile-333x333.jpg 333w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/winstead-smile.jpg 809w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The folks at Military Phony give us their work on Eric James Winstead who lives in &hellip; 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