Wesley Matthew Swanson; Red Sky Tactical

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Someone sent us this fellow, Wesley Matthew Swanson, the founder and CEO of Red Sky Tactical. At his LinkedIn profile, he claims to have served in Operation Iraqi Freedom 1 & 3.

Wesley Swanson LinkedIn

His records don’t support that claim. He doesn’t have any campaign medals for OIF beyond the awards that everyone gets for being on active duty;

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Wesley Swanson FOIA ERB

Wesley Swanson FOIA

I can’t find any active duty for him while he was in the Reserves, either. So, if you’re signing up for training with Red Sky Tactical in Greeley, Colorado hoping for training from an OIF veteran and Wesley is your instructor, sorry. He’s a combat engineer who never deployed.

Yep, Purple Heart license plates involved, too.

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Comments

64 responses to “Wesley Matthew Swanson; Red Sky Tactical”

  1. Instinct

    Posted it to his Facebook. Let’s see what he does, shall we?

    1. BB

      What did he do? Lol

  2. Deplorable B Woodman

    Another Stolen Valor Phoney that had to take a Large Steaming Dump all over a perfectly good service.

    Being the Rancid Cherry topping the Stolen Valor Shit Sundae, it makes you wonder what else is buried in that mass of fecal fertilizer, and does any of it disqualify him from being anywhere even CLOSE to a gun, much less holding, posessing, owning, or training on said same weapons??

    Curious minds, and all that.

  3. Mick

    Wait just a minute; what the heck is going on here?

    No CIB?

    No Ranger tab?

    No Airborne jump wings w/’mustard stain’?

    No SF quals?

    No Purple Heart(s)?

    No Bronze Star w/’V’?

    No Sniper quals?

    Hasn’t qualified ‘Expert’ on every weapon known to man?

    No black belt in an obscure martial art?

    No raging case of the PTSD?

    No motorcycle vest adorned with Poser bling?

    This is a complete ‘swing and a miss’ if this assclown is trying to compete at the varsity level of Stolen Valor Posing.

    That said, he does make an admirable effort with the obligatory shaved head, goatee beard, 5.11 pants, and rigger belt. He does need to work on his ‘1000 yard stare’, however.

    1. 2/17 Air Cav

      It’s the 50-foot gay gaze.

      1. ex-OS2

        That is his “I just blew a guy and liked it” face.

        1. Green Thumb

          Yeah.

          This turd is no stranger to the clap.

      2. A Proud infidel®™

        He has a MEAT GAZER’S GRIN.

    2. Yef

      No bronze stars with V on his Iraqi Campaign Medal?
      Slacking.

      1. Ncat

        Just sad. I hate it when they don’t even put in the effort.

    3. Martinjmpr

      He does need to work on his ‘1000 yard stare’, however.

      Concur. His “war face” needs a lot of work.

      He doesn’t look angry, he looks bored.

      He looks like Lumbergh just reminded him to put cover sheets on the TPS reports.

      Also those chin-pubes don’t qualify as a “beard.” If you can’t grow a “tactical beard,” then shave.

      This guy looks more like an airsoft wannabe than a steely eyed killer.

    4. sj

      No Doo rag.

      No dog.

      1. Mick

        Good catch!

      2. CWORet

        No vest.

      3. CWORet

        No glo belt.

    5. nbcguy54ACTUAL

      No two week NBC school?

      Not worth the air he breathes….

    6. Mayhem

      No black belt in an obscure martial art?

      I know, if they don’t claim to have a 9th degree black belt in the Scottish Martial art of FAQUUU ! which is mostly a lot of headbutting and kicking people on the ground, then they ain’t trying.

      1. Mick

        Och, aye!

      2. A Proud infidel®™

        Obscure martial Art?

        Next thing you know I’ll have people bagging on me because I’ve claimed to have black Belts in Yakimandu, Chop Suey and Egg Foo Yung. I assure everyone that my chopsticks are THE deadliest thing on Earth to any morsel of food on my plate!

  4. 1610desig

    All that zen/holy warrior quote bullshit on his site is a scream…who would possibly want training from this schmuck? Is he running a poser academy for those of minute genitalia?

    1. Yef

      Hey. There is nothing wrong with being small down there. Size doesn’t matter.

      1. 1610desig

        I had a horse graft done in Tijuana…only downside was it was a little difficult to find pants that fit…ended up expediently adding a third leg to all my trousers

      2. Mayhem

        I am sure he is probably a “grower” not a “Show-er”

        1. CWORet

          Nice taint tickler tho…

  5. Skippy

    Holy Shit bat-man it’s a twofer Friday
    I wonder if these SHIT BAGs have heard of the Internet
    Because someone is always looking

    So easy to be proud of ones service

  6. GR_ATC

    He’s a deputy sheriff? I wonder if his “combat experience” played a role in the hiring process?

  7. ex-OS2

    He claims to be a Deputy Sheriff with the Weld County Sheriff’s office as well according to his LinkedIn. Curious to know if he used his bullshit to obtain an edge for the Deputy position.

    There are no business filings for either Red Sky Tactical or Red Sky SOG at the Colorado Secretary of State online database.

    Cocksucker.

    1. Dolch Mann

      someone should drop a dime on him with the
      Weld County Sheriff’s office, and make sure you get back 9 cents in change!

      1. 2/17 Air Cav

        I was googling that deptment and it looks like they arrest as many of their own and former deputies as they do nonemployees.

    2. A Proud infidel®™

      S’okay y’all, I have plenty of popcorn and Nachos ready for this show!

  8. QM1

    I chuckled at the OIF 1 & 3 on his LinkedIn resume.

  9. HMCS(FMF) ret

    Another “wannabe” that took a elephant sized shit all over his service.

    Cocksucking, gerbil felching assclown…

  10. Dapandico

    Also:

    Congress staff

    Congressman Cory Gardner

    January 2013 – May 2013 (5 months)

    International affairs specialist (intern)

  11. Green Thumb

    Another Low Speed, High Drag turd.

    I wonder what he does at All-Points Logistics?

    1. ex-OS2

      Staff Cocksucker.

  12. deckie

    Wonder what the Weld County Sheriff’s Office would have to say about it, considering he also claims to be a Sheriff’s Deputy.

  13. Sparks

    It’s gonna take a plunger to get this turd to flush.

  14. Graybeard

    Wesley Matthew Swanson is a fraud, a phony, a Stolen Valor wannabe.

    Enjoy the fame of being found out, Wesley Matthew Swanson, you lying jerk.

  15. Skyjumper

    Reminds of an old saying I heard my Dad say a time or two:

    “Why are there so many more horses asses than there are a horses.”

  16. billy.hill

    I dont get it, who trains at these places? All these fakes run these whatever they are academies, is there really any money in this? IMO it wouldnt be hard to tell who has and who hasnt just by having a 10 minute conversation with them. Who are they fooling, the preppers???

    1. GR_ATC

      It seems to me, the newest generation want so badly to be “operators” that they will believe anything. I blame HALO and Call of Duty.

      I remember my desire to try TACP or Combat Control until I saw what they actually do. Those individuals are amazing with skills I will never acquire. I am happy to sip my coffee in a Control Tower or RAPCON with many armed individuals between me and hostile forces.

  17. OldManchu

    AAAAAAAHahahahahahaha.
    Go look at his high speed “operator” picture on his facebook.

    That chinstrap though!

  18. Slick Goodlin

    Is that the latest Army 2-1 form?
    It sure is easier to read than the old
    pen & ink, typewritten 2-1’s.

  19. How doesn’t a combat engineer not get deployed?

    1. PFM

      I’m gonna guess obscure injury/medical condition or wife is gonna leave me, etc.. Always some poor scmuck with a pregnant wife available to take his place…

  20. Tony180a

    He’s getting some love on Facebook! He’s not claiming to be Special Forces just using a lot of SF symbology in a I’m one of them too sort of way. Fucking Turd.

  21. jonp

    Tactical In Name = Legit.

  22. Skippy

    Go figure he has locked down his FB Account

    1. ex-OS2

      Scrubbed and now this:

      “For the constant attacks that I have Stolen Valor one I never said that I personally was special forces I did have somebody that works for me name to Merrit Cruzan who was. As far as never being deployed I have been deployed and I have my orders and awards at home.”

      “I would also like to note that my DD-214 is incorrect as well as my erb….. I don’t personally care about the attacks that much but I figured I’d give you my side of the story. I haven’t done a class with cruzan in 2 years.”

      My shit is incorrect and I had a friend who was Special Forces.

      1. swormy

        I wouldn’t hold my breath on him producing orders and awards, but anything can happen I guess.

        More likely he’ll come back saying he was “Honoring” S.F. Soldiers. Seems to be item #1 in the Poser Playbook.

        1. The Al

          Good fall on not holding your breath- he says he’s not going to post them because he has no need to prove anything to us.

      2. Hack Stone

        So, by his logic, if my neighbor is a gynecologist, I can start examining women’s hoohaahs? Good to know.

      3. PFM

        How is it that you are looking to be promoted at some time and don’t check your ERB?

        1. A Proud infidel®™

          That’s only if one is at least a Second or Third Degree SHITHEAD.

  23. The Al

    Is that a National Association of Gun Rights banner behind him in that first picture? Nothing screams “great training” like supporting an organization whose only purpose is to make the CEO richer while bad-mouthing other organizations that are doing something to defend our 2A rights. Case in point #1: https://www.ar15.com/forums/t_1_5/1269051_.html

    Case in point #2: https://www.saf.org/dudley-browns-despicable-deception/

    1. The Al

      Yep- I see RMGO on his LinkedIn page. That says all I need to know

  24. Guard Bum

    His SF explanation is BS but to be honest his records do look AFU. He would at least have an ASR and possibly a GCM since he did 3 years active duty.

    1. A Proud infidel®™

      IMHO 3 years or more of AD sans a Good Cookie says Article 15 or something else that says “DICKSTEPPER”.

  25. streetsweeper

    Was there not a certain female poser, privit dictictive & scam artist that was found to be living in Weld County as well a couple years back? Maybe she got her weapons qualification’s through this asshat. Heh.

  26. CA_SGT

    He’s posted Arcom Cert’s for OIF and has a video of his ex claiming he was deployed to Iraq.

    Links are here https://www.facebook.com/Red-Sky-Tactical-187489264639765/?hc_ref=PAGES_TIMELINE&fref=nf

    I’m not an expert so someone may want to check into it.

    1. ex-OS2

      He supposedly called Jonn and says there has been no call back.

      He is still a cocksucker.

  27. Anonymous

    Double-digit IQ on this one… and he lives up to it.

  28. A Proud infidel®™

    Wesley Matthew Swanson, at least a Fourth Degree Douchebag, at minimum a Fifth Degree SHITHEAD as well as a Sixth Degree SHIT-FOR-BRAINS as well as a lying-assed pisspants booger-eating meat gazer-grinning asswipe pus-nuts no-load twinkle-toed candyassed bedwetting MAMA’S BOY of a Sparkle Pony. In that pic he looks like he’s grinning because his Mommy just told him he was getting a nice warm enema before bedtime because she thought he had been a good little boy all day.

    1. Green Thumb

      Wesley Matthew Swanson = Loser.