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<\/a><\/p>\nThe folks at Military Phony<\/a> send us their work on Jason Lee Merrick<\/a>.\u00a0 Merrick comes to us from Cottonport, LA.\u00a0 Merrick is 51 years old at the time of this writing – March 2020.<\/p>\n Merrick went to high school with Dane Reason<\/a>, who we recently featured here at This Ain’t Hell \/ ValorGuardians.\u00a0 Once it was put out that Dane Reason was not a Navy SEAL, Merrick seemed to change the story a bit as to how much he knew about Reason’s Navy career.<\/p>\n Some people are under the impression that Merrick was a Navy SEAL.\u00a0 He claims he completed\/passed all phases of Basic Underwater Demolition \/ SEAL (BUD\/S) training but was somehow screwed out of graduation.\u00a0 In the following post, he uses the phrase “finished” BUD\/S as well as “completed” BUD\/S.<\/p>\n Here, Merrick was interviewed by the local news when a friend of his barricaded himself in one of Merrick’s houses and shot three policemen.\u00a0 Merrick claims he was “in the SEAL program and finished BUD\/S in 1988.”\u00a0 (Start at the 2:18 mark if you want to jump to it quickly.)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n [videopress zl5AtCyj w=”1912″ hd=”true”]<\/p>\n SOURCE: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_3mKy_9nDgY<\/a><\/strong> (Start at 4:00 min mark)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n We checked the BUD\/S-SEAL database and Merrick was not listed as graduating.\u00a0 He did attend, however.<\/p>\n We also asked the Department of the Navy to shed some light on this.<\/p>\n The Department of Defense Manpower Data Center was also checked to confirm service dates.<\/p>\n Then, a photo from an old cruise book to establish the timeline and rating…<\/p>\n Jason Merrick\u2019s official military records from the National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) do not support his claim of finishing BUD\/S school.<\/p>\n BUD\/S and SEAL training is an extreme challenge and worthy of anybody\u2019s respect. Merrick attempted BUD\/S several times so this is something he should be proud of.<\/p>\n However, it is rare to see someone claiming they went to medical school or law school if they never graduated. Other than making a point about the training or schooling, why would one bring this up and leave off the part about never finishing?<\/p>\n It could give the appearance of leading a horse to water and not taking responsibility for it drinking. This is a nuance of language to parse terms and they way words are placed together.<\/p>\n So, we just thought we would help clear this all up for anyone under a false impression that Jason Merrick was a Navy SEAL \u2013 he was not.<\/p>\n In spite of this, Merrick insists he \u201cfinished BUD\/S\u201d but was screwed out of graduation and these postings were all about trying to locate old classmates.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n. . . . .<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n
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