{"id":97210,"date":"2020-03-20T07:30:18","date_gmt":"2020-03-20T11:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=97210"},"modified":"2022-01-13T20:31:16","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T01:31:16","slug":"dane-reason-phony-seal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=97210","title":{"rendered":"Dane Reason &#8211; Phony SEAL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/reason-fishing.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-97214 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/reason-fishing-500x214.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/reason-fishing-500x214.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/reason-fishing-300x129.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/reason-fishing-768x329.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/reason-fishing.jpg 1050w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The folks at <a href=\"https:\/\/militaryphony.com\/2020\/03\/19\/dane-paul-reason-u-s-navy-seal-u-s-navy-special-warfare-development-group-blog-of-shame\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Military Phony<\/a> send us their work on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dane.reason\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dane Paul Reason<\/a>.\u00a0 It seems we have another veteran with perfectly honorable service that had to embellish his career beyond recognition.<\/p>\n<p>Reason&#8217;s Facebook page is covered with SEAL-related imagery.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/facebook-profile.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-97215\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/facebook-profile.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/facebook-profile.jpg 1883w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/facebook-profile-300x237.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/facebook-profile-768x607.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/facebook-profile-421x333.jpg 421w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/reason-facebook-profiles.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-97216\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/reason-facebook-profiles.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/reason-facebook-profiles.jpg 1161w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/reason-facebook-profiles-300x235.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/reason-facebook-profiles-768x601.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/reason-facebook-profiles-426x333.jpg 426w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reason has answered questions about the images, confirming that he was a SEAL and went through BUD\/S and SQT.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/reason-back-in-the-day.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-97217\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/reason-back-in-the-day.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/reason-back-in-the-day.jpg 2247w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/reason-back-in-the-day-300x145.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/reason-back-in-the-day-768x372.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/reason-back-in-the-day-500x242.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/reason-buds-and-sqt.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-97218\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/reason-buds-and-sqt.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"637\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/reason-buds-and-sqt.jpg 629w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/reason-buds-and-sqt-189x300.jpg 189w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/reason-buds-and-sqt-209x333.jpg 209w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/reason-del-coronado.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-97219 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/reason-del-coronado-500x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/reason-del-coronado-500x225.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/reason-del-coronado-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/reason-del-coronado-768x346.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/reason-shadow-box.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-97220 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/reason-shadow-box-500x244.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/reason-shadow-box-500x244.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/reason-shadow-box-300x146.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/reason-shadow-box-768x375.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/reason-group.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-97221 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/reason-group-500x290.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/reason-group-500x290.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/reason-group-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/reason-group-768x446.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/reason-group.jpg 1885w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This last image, where Reason claimed to be the one in the middle, kneeling, was discovered to be from <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Operation_Ocean_Shield\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Operation Ocean Shield (opens in a new tab)\">Operation Ocean Shield<\/a> which occurred from 2009-2016.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/reason-ocean-watch.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-97222 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/reason-ocean-watch-500x261.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/reason-ocean-watch-500x261.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/reason-ocean-watch-300x156.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/reason-ocean-watch-768x400.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/reason-ocean-watch.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>SOURCE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/Dfuc3YQ.jpg\">https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/Dfuc3YQ.jpg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reason&#8217;s service time was checked and it was discovered he got out in 1997, so he couldn&#8217;t have participated in Operation Ocean Shield which was over 10 years after he left active duty.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/reason-dodmanpower-redacted.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-97224\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/reason-dodmanpower-redacted.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"665\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/reason-dodmanpower-redacted.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/reason-dodmanpower-redacted-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/reason-dodmanpower-redacted-768x1021.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/reason-dodmanpower-redacted-250x333.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">. . . . . <\/span><\/p>\n<p>So, the BUD\/S-SEAL database was checked and Dane Paul Reason or any variation of that spelling was not found to be listed.<\/p>\n<p>What did the Department of the Navy have to say&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97223\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/FOIA-Reason-DoN.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3400\" height=\"2200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/FOIA-Reason-DoN.jpg 3400w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/FOIA-Reason-DoN-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/FOIA-Reason-DoN-768x497.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/FOIA-Reason-DoN-500x324.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3400px) 100vw, 3400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">. . . . .<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Next, the National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) was consulted&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/REASON-FOIA-01-Summary-Sheet.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-97225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/REASON-FOIA-01-Summary-Sheet.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"651\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/REASON-FOIA-01-Summary-Sheet.jpg 1692w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/REASON-FOIA-01-Summary-Sheet-230x300.jpg 230w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/REASON-FOIA-01-Summary-Sheet-768x1000.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/REASON-FOIA-01-Summary-Sheet-256x333.jpg 256w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/REASON-FOIA-02-Assignments.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-97226\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/REASON-FOIA-02-Assignments.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"647\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/REASON-FOIA-02-Assignments.jpg 1700w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/REASON-FOIA-02-Assignments-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/REASON-FOIA-02-Assignments-768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/REASON-FOIA-02-Assignments-257x333.jpg 257w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/REASON-FOIA-03-Assignments.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-97227\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/REASON-FOIA-03-Assignments.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"647\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/REASON-FOIA-03-Assignments.jpg 1700w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/REASON-FOIA-03-Assignments-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/REASON-FOIA-03-Assignments-768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/REASON-FOIA-03-Assignments-257x333.jpg 257w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/REASON-FOIA-04-Assignments.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-97228\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/REASON-FOIA-04-Assignments.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"649\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/REASON-FOIA-04-Assignments.jpg 1695w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/REASON-FOIA-04-Assignments-231x300.jpg 231w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/REASON-FOIA-04-Assignments-768x996.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/REASON-FOIA-04-Assignments-257x333.jpg 257w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h4><strong>DISCUSSION and SUMMARY<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Dane Reason\u2019s official military records from the National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) do not support many of his claims.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rating<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dane Reason was in the MS rating. That stands for Mess Specialist (cook). He got out of the Navy as an MS3, which is an E-4.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Medals<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The official military records do not support Reason having the SEAL Trident or parachute jump wings.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Navy SEAL<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Reason\u2019s records show no training as a Navy SEAL nor any duty assignments as a Navy SEAL. A good deal of Reason\u2019s time was spent aboard the USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67).<\/p>\n<p>Dane Reason was not found listed in the BUD\/S-SEAL database when it was checked.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I once heard a Navy Captain tell Chief Cook Casey Ryback, &#8220;You know, if I had your ribbons, I&#8217;d wear &#8217;em to bed.&#8221;\u00a0 \u00a0I don&#8217;t think Reason is anything close to being Ryback.\u00a0 Nobody could ever make a cake like the one Casey did.\u00a0 It was damn near perfect in every way.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s hope Dane stops leaving a stain everywhere he goes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The folks at Military Phony send us their work on Dane Paul Reason.\u00a0 It seems we &hellip; <a title=\"Dane Reason &#8211; Phony SEAL\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=97210\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Dane Reason &#8211; Phony SEAL<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":667,"featured_media":97212,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[320,393,339,408,391],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-97210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fake-seal","category-navyposer","category-phony-seal","category-stolen-valor","category-valorvultures"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97210","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=97210"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97210\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97232,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97210\/revisions\/97232"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/97212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=97210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=97210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=97210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}