{"id":92603,"date":"2019-11-12T08:05:39","date_gmt":"2019-11-12T12:05:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=92603"},"modified":"2022-01-13T20:31:51","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T01:31:51","slug":"ty-hampe-phony-combat-infantry-badge-cib-w-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=92603","title":{"rendered":"Ty Hampe – Phony Combat Infantry Badge (CIB) w\/ Star"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The folks at Military Phony<\/a> send us their work on Ty Kevin Hampe<\/a>.\u00a0 Hampe lives in Greencastle, Indiana and is 56 years old as of November 2019.<\/p>\n

Hampe makes many claims, including: U.S. Army Staff Sergeant, Desert Storm Veteran, awarded the Combat Infantry Badge (CIB) w\/ star to denote second award, a Bronze Star and served for 20 years. He also appears to have attended two universities at once.<\/p>\n

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Most of the claims of medals were due to a few photos that he posted on Facebook of himself in uniform.<\/p>\n

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And then a post of the uniform itself…<\/p>\n

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The medals are itemized below after the FOIA results.<\/p>\n

He also claims to be a combat veteran.<\/p>\n

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And a veteran of Desert Storm…<\/p>\n

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Then, there are claims by implication. Although he doesn\u2019t state the claim, he will post something to his Facebook account and accept thanks without correcting anybody should they make an assumption that wasn\u2019t true. He did this with Airborne, the 82nd, the Purple Heart medal and the Battle of Mogadishu.<\/p>\n

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People became skeptical so his military records were ordered by a FOIA request.<\/p>\n

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Additionally, Hampe\u2019s LinkedIn<\/a> page claimed that he was in the National Guard from 2001-2011 and the NPRC did not return results for that period. The DoD Manpower Data Center was systematically searched from 1994 to PRESENT and there was no indication of active duty. NPRC would have picked up any National Guard service, regardless of active duty.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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DISCUSSION and SUMMARY<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Military records for Ty Hampe show that he served in the U.S. Army from January 26, 1982 to April 30, 1993, so less than the 12 years that his service stripes claim and less than the 20 years he claims on LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/p>\n

According to records that were obtained from the NPRC and DoD Manpower Data Center, Hampe was discharged from the U.S. Army on April 30, 1993 and the Battle of Mogadishu was from 3-4 October 1993.<\/p>\n

The rank listed on the NPRC Summary Sheet is Specialist (E-4) vs. Staff Sergeant (E-6) which he also claims on LinkedIn and the Sergeant (E-5) which is the rank displayed on his uniform photo.<\/p>\n

MEDALS & BADGES<\/p>\n

There are a lot of discrepancies in the medals listed in his records and the medals displayed on the uniform photo. We did another comparison graphic to help in the comparison.<\/p>\n

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He does have a Parachutist\u2019s Badge and an Air Assault Badge.<\/p>\n

There is no Purple Heart, no Bronze Star Medal, no Master Parachutist\u2019s Badge, no Master Rigger school, or no jungle school listed in Ty Hampe\u2019s official military records. It does strike us as odd that he does not have a National Defense Service medal listed in his records.<\/p>\n

Of concern and of violation of the Stolen Valor Act is the Combat Infantryman Badge (CIB), especially with the star designating a second award. This was not found in Hampe\u2019s official military records.<\/p>\n

STOLEN VALOR<\/strong><\/p>\n

If the claims by Ty Hampe were used to leverage work, military or civilian promotions, or anything else of value, he may be in violation of Stolen Valor laws. State laws may also apply.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There is so much more over at Military Phony<\/a> so go have a look if you want more background.<\/p>\n

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\nIMPORTANT UPDATE ON TY HAMPE
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\nThanks to one of our research ninjas, we’ve identified the two unknown medals as Indiana State Guard.\u00a0 We will file for his Indiana State Guard records and refile at NPRC for a second active duty beyond what they provided us.\u00a0 It is possible that he could have achieved the rank of SSG, and possible he could have been in Somalia, possible he was awarded the Bronze Star Medal, but we don’t<\/strong> think it is possible that he was awarded two CIBs, so the post will stay up.\u00a0 Many of the schools he is claiming along with dates are not supported in the military records that we have on him.<\/p>\n

We went with his claim of being in the National Guard vs. State Guard on his LinkedIn page so it sent us in another direction since the NPRC would have had National Guard records.
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