{"id":96044,"date":"2020-02-19T07:56:24","date_gmt":"2020-02-19T12:56:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=96044"},"modified":"2022-01-13T20:31:17","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T01:31:17","slug":"richard-calvert-green-beret-not-guardians-of-the-green-beret","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=96044","title":{"rendered":"Richard Calvert, Green Beret… NOT!! – Guardians of the Green Beret"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This was reported to us the other day by someone:<\/p>\n

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Those were mighty bold claims coming from someone we had never heard of before.\u00a0 We checked with our friends over at Guardians of the Green Beret<\/a> and found out they already had his records and were ready to post their case on this guy.\u00a0 They have already contacted American Legion Post 370 and it seems little Richard here has been disinvited.<\/p>\n

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Richard Calvert, Green Beret… NOT!!<\/h1>\n
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Richard Calvert, fake Green Beret was sent to us about a year ago.<\/p>\n

As with many of these guys, they get put to the side when other more pressing cases come in and then they slip through the cracks.<\/p>\n

Well, \u00a0he was getting ready to be a guest speaker at a local American Legion Post and many saw his claims of 54 combats jumps as a huge red flag and reached out to us again.<\/p>\n

?????Click here to hear his claims<\/a>?????<\/p>\n

Here is the initial email when he came back under peoples radar:<\/p>\n

He states many things, A green beret with a death heads flash, Silver stars, bronze stars, 56 jumps with the 1 Division (RVN) as well as duty with LRRPS. “Goat school”. Some LRRPS I know got on to this one when he is announced as a speaker at the American Legion Post 370 in Overland Park Kansas.<\/em><\/p>\n

Some other speaking engagements his bio is listed as:\u00a0Tonight our featured speaker is Richard Calvert, who has earned five purple hearts. Richard was a Special Forces combat medic in the 8th Medical Brigade who was assigned at various times to many different fighting groups in Vietnam. Richard jumped 54 times in Laos and Cambodia.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Here is a link to where he is profiled as a sponsor of the Red Tail Tuskegee\u00a0Airman:\u00a0Removed\u2026 Richard served in the Vietnam War as an Army Combat Medic and earned the Purple Heart. He completed Special Forces Training and then served with various groups and special operations in Vietnam including Long Range Reconnaissance, 101st Airborne and Dust Off Units. The South Vietnamese Army recognized Richard for making 54 combat jumps with their 1st Airborne Division. Richard followed in his uncle Robert Calvert\u2019s footsteps, his uncle was an Army Combat Medic in WWII in the Pacific Theater.”<\/em><\/p>\n

We received a 2nd email from a fellow Green Beret that actually had a sit down with him:<\/p>\n

Backstory:<\/em><\/p>\n

This guy came up on my radar in May of last year, 2019. A veteran friend posted his video on his 501 Facebook and honored him at a veteran event. The video struck me as full of problems, so I shared it with the SF List.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

The BS in this video is too much to list, but the high-points are:<\/em><\/p>\n

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  1. Claims to have been an SF medic.<\/em><\/li>\n
  2. Claims to have 5 purple hearts.<\/em><\/li>\n
  3. Claims to have done 54 combat jumps in Vietnam.<\/em><\/li>\n
  4. Claims to have done LRRP missions.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

    His official records don’t seem to mention any acts of daring-do.<\/p>\n

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    \"\"<\/a>Well, he seems to have done ok at being a Cook\/Typist.\u00a0 The man should have been proud of what he actually did do.\u00a0 Please visit the link below for the entire case.<\/p>\n

    Source: Richard Calvert, Green Beret… NOT!! – Guardians of the Green Beret<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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