{"id":97479,"date":"2020-03-26T07:39:52","date_gmt":"2020-03-26T11:39:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=97479"},"modified":"2022-01-13T20:31:16","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T01:31:16","slug":"john-grandizio-green-beret-not-guardians-of-the-green-beret","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=97479","title":{"rendered":"John Grandizio, Green Beret…NOT!! – Guardians of the Green Beret"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Our friends at Guardians of the Green Beret<\/a> bring us their case on John Grandizio.\u00a0 It seems that being a legit Wounded Warrior was not enough for Johnny so he added a bunch of ribbon salad and promoted himself.<\/p>\n

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John Grandizio was brought to our attention by a member of a Ranger Regiment forum (to vet him) after his wedding photos showed up online due to some rather major irregularities in his uniform. As with most frauds, there were just too many things wrong to ignore.\u00a0 John Grandizio, fake Ranger and Fake Green Beret, had the full attention of this group which also reached out to a brother that was also a member of SF Brothers due to his representation of the SF long tab.\u00a0 Some tried to contact John but he subsequently removed his online profiles. The Ranger and SF forums worked together to gather the information required to vet John Grandizio. \u00a0He was nothing that he claims. We see he was assigned to<\/p>\n

163d Military Intelligence Battalion for a short time.<\/p>\n

The following summarizes the results:<\/p>\n

Claims:<\/p>\n

Combat infantryman Badge with Star (Two awards):\u00a0False, records do not support this claim.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Parachutist Badge (Combat jump star?)):\u00a0False, records do not support this claim.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Special Forces Tab):\u00a0False, records do not support this claim.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ranger Tab):\u00a0False, records do not support this claim.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Military Free Fall Parachutist badge):\u00a0False, records do not support this claim.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Air Assault Badge):\u00a0False, records do not support this claim.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sergeant\u00a0First Class (E-7) stripes):\u00a0False, records do not support this claim. Records\u00a0show him as a Private.<\/strong><\/p>\n

3 service stripes (9 years):\u00a0False, records do not support this claim.<\/strong><\/p>\n

9 combat stripes (54 months in combat):\u00a0False, records do not support this claim.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ranger Regiment Tan beret with Regimental flash:\u00a0False, records do not support this claim.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Blue Infantry cord:\u00a0False, records do not support this claim.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Joint Meritorious Unit Award:\u00a0False, records do not support this claim.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation:\u00a0False, records do not support this claim.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ranger Regiment Combat patch on\u00a0his SFC pics:\u00a0False, records do not support this claim.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Special Forces Combat Patch on his SGT pic:\u00a0False, records do not support this claim.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Medals \/ Ribbons in E-7 photo:<\/p>\n

DoD Distinguished Service:\u00a0False, records do not support this claim.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Defense Superior Service:\u00a0False, records do not support this claim.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bronze Star w\/ V:\u00a0False, records do not support this claim.<\/strong><\/p>\n

3 Purple Hearts:\u00a0False, records do not support this claim.\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0He does have\u00a01<\/strong><\/p>\n

Joint Service Commendation:\u00a0False, records do not support this claim.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Army Commendation Medal w\/ V:\u00a0False, records do not support this claim.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Army Achievement Medal:\u00a0False, records do not support this claim.<\/strong><\/p>\n

National Service Defense:\u00a0True<\/strong><\/p>\n

Armed Forces Expeditionary:\u00a0False, records do not support this claim.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Southwest Asia Service:\u00a0False, records do not support this claim.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Afganistan Campaign:\u00a0False, records do not support this claim.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Iraq Campaign:\u00a0True<\/strong><\/p>\n

GWOT Expeditionary:\u00a0False, records do not support this claim.<\/strong><\/p>\n

GWOT Service:\u00a0True<\/strong><\/p>\n

Armed Forces Service:\u00a0False, records do not support this claim.<\/strong><\/p>\n

NCO Professional Development:\u00a0False, records do not support this claim.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Army Service Ribbon:\u00a0True<\/strong><\/p>\n

United Nations:\u00a0False, records do not support this claim.<\/strong><\/p>\n

He doesn’t wear the Combat Action badge nor the overseas service ribbon but those\u00a0show in his records<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Click on the link below to read their entire case on John Grandizio.\u00a0 Being a Private is not much to be proud of, but at least it is honest.<\/p>\n

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

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