http://thisainthell.us/blog/?p=35762, Robert Plummer of CARTHAGE NC claims to have been the First Black Frogman and he was NOT. I wish there was a way to expose the frauds who claim to have served in Delta Force. While my elbows are quaking under the weight of Ol Misery, another team relaxes, no doubt regaining strength to win the next challenge, too. The rationale: Say your elbow or knee is shot offyou still gotta know how to get to the surface. How do they get away with this for so long? They hide behind a screen and harangue [the phonies] families, their mothers., You might expect a man like Shipley to act aggressive when confronting phonies, but he keeps it surprisingly cool. I got guys fing coming from Brussels, from China, Shipley tells me. The 40 other local men are being investigated to determine if their names should be there too, a CyberSEALs spokeswoman said. I was humiliated, he told the newspaper. Mar 73 leaving 159 Embassy Marine Security Force and 50 Military sentenced to 3 years probation and fined several thousand dollars--even in MANY will read and learn from this article Ive written. But I just thought it looked cool.. Im crawling through it on my elbows with 25 other slimy recruits. . But they could only project it down a couple of barstools at the village pub. The oldest is a 53-year-old from Brussels (a ripped 53-year-old). Helmet of hair gleaming in the cameras lights, Shipley would sit at a desk ratting out fakers over speakerphone. Retired Navy Capt. Most SEAL Phonies are pretty dumb, others are not and they lurk on SEAL Websites for information and ask questions in forums. At 50-years old, Im not as fast with my fists as I used to be, but Im lethal with a keyboard and anyone who attempts to steal the Honor of SEAL Team has their hands full with me. 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[CDATA[ Our campfire is struggling when Shipley and his wife and YouTube costar, Diane, speed over in a golf cart for a little ribbing before bed. ), From: meyer@nctimes.net (John Come on, you know you want to give it up!, I hear at one point when my team is fighting to keep the log above our heads the longest. Shipley started Extreme SEAL Experience in 2006, expecting to cater only to Navy candidates. Combined Federal Campaign #11454 Tax I.D. SEAL Training in the Navy, BUD/S, (Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL School) is an Unclassified Navy School and much like any other school in the Military. http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/pmsea/files.htm they are a liar as this person who joins the association must have someone who vouched for his In July, after OmniTrade had fallen behind on its rent and was preparing to leave the office building, two men showed up at Nolan's office and repossessed the exotic fish he kept, leaving behind the empty tank, employees said. Vast swaths of Ukraine have been transformed into potential crime scenes. The accusers had been drawn to Fords belt, which they said looked too ornate for the uniform. Shipleys fake-SEAL policing started six years ago, when a former Marine wanted to donate two sniper rifles to Shipleys camp. Hats off to the work he has done. KEATON, Robert Plummer served on the USS Rooks as an E-2 Engineman. Or asked, why is the very senior Joint Service Commendation Medal behind the lowly Coast Guard Meritorious Team Commendation Ribbon and so far out of whack in the US Military Order of Awards Precedence? On its ``Wall of Shame,'' CyberSEALs says Nolan claimed to be a member of Seal teams 2 and 6. Guardian Of Valor - Investigating those who Steal Valor from those that earned it. | Tags: 101st Airborne, army, Marine Corps, purple heart, Category: Afghanistan, Army -Special Forces, Army/Air National Guard Posers & Embellish-ers, Combat Medic, Combat veteran, Medals, Mogadishu, purple heart, Stolen Valor, US Army Posers & Embellish-ers, Vietnam Shipley decides were going to play a little game called Hide the Trainee. Because so many Phony SEAL videos were pulled from YouTube when the phonies would cry about them I started https://www.phonyseals.com, a membership site, to keep the videos up no matter how much the phonies scream. Theres little swearing, only the occasional threat, and he has a rule to not write in all caps. FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson, Stolen Valor: How the Vietnam Generation Was Robbed of Its Heroes and Its History. Is it yellow? We like the suck, says Shipley, explaining what motivates SEALs to crawl through mud. Aspiring SEALs see that, Shipley says, and realize this isnt a video game., Hes proud of his low dropout rate but wants it lower. But were both overweight, we drink too much, our blood pressures up, he sighs. It is the real suck. Naval Special Warfare, Underwater Demolition and modern day SEAL Teams, have always welcomed any man of any race into our ranks as long as that man could do the job, Anyone needing a Navy SEAL claim verified should send a good spelling of that persons name to Number One was I was a Navy SEAL., Another old way of verifying SEAL Phonies, that never worked very well, was asking them who their Swim Buddy was in BUD/S. HAS A LONG LIST OF PHONIES, CLICK---->PHONIES. When asked if Jimmy Crackcorn was ever a Navy SEAL I just scroll down to Crackcorn and look for James or Jimmy. I start to think that maybe this wont be so bad after all. We need to tie ourselves up at the wrists and ankles, drop down to the bottom, and figure out how to come back up. I was Class 228 Ohhh, Ok sorry to have questioned you Mr. SEAL, now let me buy you drinks all night and listen to all your TALL Tales of Heroism.. We smear paint on our faces and strap on fake machine guns. I was starstruck when I first saw him, I hear one of the Extreme SEAL students say. Psychologists who have studied the phenomenon describe a condition called pseudologia fantastica: the blurring of fact and fantasy so thoroughly that the imposter almost convinces himself that he is a war hero. Sterner and his wife helped fix that. | Tags: BUD/S, CIB, Combat Infantryman Badge, Navy, SEAL, BACKGROUND Jose Carlos Montanez (-Nazario) comes to us from Chesapeake, Virginia. Disclaimer: Not knowing your SEAL Training Class number is like not knowing your wifes name, Its very clear he was never a Navy SEAL because Im a retired SEAL and I quickly checked and found NO LISTING of him ever being a SEAL. You dont Same with asking Who was your Commanding Officer. When the Phony comes back with Captain Crunch was my CO, now what are you going to do??? But they pulled the plug before the pilot came together. Brian K Murphy was just removed as Post Commander of Post 8182 in Florida for his outrageous Navy SEAL claims I exposed Whats in the water in Florida that you VFW guys dont question a members credentials or claims? . Log PT (the PT is short for physical training) is another SEAL tradition, appropriated from WWII-era British commandos who exercised with telephone poles. The man claimed his North Vietnamese captors nailed him to a tree, then tossed him into a ditch and left him for dead. Shipley claims it would be hard for reality TV to woo him again. posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its Phony Navy SEAL of the Week. Suddenly, its go time. I waited almost three weeks for heavily redacted documents confirming Shipleys military service to arrive. Don Shipley BUD/S 131, SEAL Team ONE, SEAL Team TWO. And he could not give me a training class number first saying it was Class 48 and then changing it to Class 4. Take part in Hell Night, the whole ordeal. Dont worry, he said. ``I asked him how he got through the hellhole in Hanoi,'' Schantag said. Call is the Evacuated as many as we could, cleared out the dead, tried to keep the ship afloat. Thats approximately one (1) former Navy SEAL for every 45 THOUSAND citizens. Ill also provide phone support and advice on dealing with these clowns and we can pull that persons military records through the Freedom of Information Act. But he has never met one. We drop to the ground, and I begin to yell out the count. Photo: U.S. Navy. My son wanted to come here for vacation instead. He nods to his 19-year-old kid, Jake, whos on the other side of me goading his dad into falling first. Number 31-1728910The Navy SEAL Foundation is a 501(c)(3) tax exempt, national non profit charitable foundation. There are records of you for about everything you do or have done. Looking closely, there WAS a listing for a Cornelius Smit, though, and I saved myself a punch in the face by Neil AKA Cornelius who was in fact a SEAL. When a man graduates BUD/S Training in the Navy, or even begins it and fails, he is listed in a database. Records are kept. Rope Swing 17. The word that best describes Nolan and these other frauds is. Anyone in the know would fall over when someone would claim BUD/S Class Alpha 18, Special SEAL Tactics, Unit Battalion, Section Charlie, knowing that SEAL Training Classes are numbered ZERO and up Many others would not, and those numbers and Military Jargon would lead to an apology by the questioner for inquiring about the persons (Phonys) Navy SEAL background in the first place. Until the brakes squeal to a stop and someone yells, Everybody out!. His name and close age. Like rubbernecking past a car crash, I couldnt tear myself away. But there was something fishy about the guy. That makes them very dangerous men. He is a graduate of Armed Forces Staff College and the U.S. Army's Foreign Area Officer School. No trail, eitherjust thickets of tangled branches that we have no choice but to press through. Who Will End Up Buying the Washington Commanders? about his claims of service/status/awards, etc? Ive obviously been dealing with a liar and a phony all these years. He is not listed in the Navy SEAL database. Shipley's fake - SEAL policing started six years ago, when a former Marine wanted to donate two sniper rifles to Shipley's camp. Only a quarter make it through. He had made false statements to federal agents regarding bank loans and fraudulent insurance invoices, according to papers filed in Norfolk federal court. More than 350 people attend each summer. One phony swore that hed erase all his SEAL tattoos that very week. Forget about how much it hurts to hurl medicine balls and sprint across a sun-cooked field wearing a mini-parachute for wind resistance and a 20-pound weight vest just because. Today Shipley gets more than 150 verification requests a week. [email protected] (john meyer) let's make an official soa phony list: Navy Seal Shares His Wall of Shame Steve Viola YouTube from www.youtube.com. Hopefully its not hot dogs. The site received one complaint about a man who spins his yarns at an Oceanfront nightspot in Virginia Beach. Likely nothing more than a brisk paddle to real SEALs, who learn how to glide like a fish with a combat sidestroke that can keep them alive over miles-long littoral treks. Nolan is being held in the Western Tidewater Regional Jail pending a February sentencing. They easily discover Marcus Luttrells, the Lone Survivors Class was 228. The phony told Shipley that Luttrell panicked during swim training. Some Classes had no Official Hell Week. Class 50 graduated SEAL Training in Little Creek in December, 1970, Class 50 also graduated SEAL Training in May, 1969 in Coronado.. No one Graduated Class 78 and no one Quit in Class 80. Jose Carlos Montanez - Navy Chief, U.S. Navy SEAL, BUD/S Class 176, Panama 1990, Blog of Shame. But to SEALs, water is home. While a guard stood sentry, the camp dog accidentally fell into the pit. Posted on 12/10/2001 6:01:40 AM PST by csvset, Pretenders to glory: Exposing Navy SEAL fakes By BILL BURKE, The Virginian-Pilot December 9, 2001. He lives in DC, where his landlord is no longer a Russian spy. His website says, Here you learn . And take your hands off your weapon. Arrowood's classroom was two doors from Ashman's. BUD/S, UDTR, UDTB and UDTRA Training Classes have been numbered starting with Class ZERO that became the first Class to train in Coronado, California in 1950 but Class ONE graduated Training in 1947 at Little Creek. I moved in close to the biggest guy who was blocking my shot, as he obviously seemed to be the Ring Leader of the gang. Attaches. After the killing of Osama bin Laden by SEAL Team Six in a 2011 raid, Navy SEALs became full-blown celebrities, and Greitens rode that fame to speaking tours, a spot on Time magazine's 2013 . Its after 2 am when we leave the pool and board a bus we thought was going back to Shipleys. After a 15-minute run through the woods, its time for the days first maritime exploit. Former military will Facebook him about a new colleague whose Navy stories dont ring true. Tires 18. great heroism.''. Subscribe to Duffel Blog to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives. But hell entertain the phonies excuses for a while before blowing their cover. ", Shipley, who retired from the Navy in 2003, served in SEA. Some Navy Corpsman during the Vietnam era were only required to complete the Diving Phase of SEAL Training before assignments to SEAL Teams. The SEAL Database is an alphabetical listing of EVERY man who ever graduated any form of training for Navy Combat Demolition Units, Underwater Demolition Teams, Scouts and Raiders and SEAL Training and dates back to 1943 at our inception during WWII. The FBI went after a variety of offendersthe Louisiana man who allegedly claimed to have a Purple Heart in order to get a special license plate, the Virginia county commissioner found guilty of lying to receive disability benefits. Eventually, hed drop the bomb: Whats your BUD/S class number?. U.S. Navy SEALs, Special Warfare Combatant-Craft Crewmen, and Naval Special Warfare support personnel voluntarily accept the inherent hazards of their profession, with full knowledge of the demands of their chosen way of life. Its hard to tell whats going on. http://www.extremesealexperience.com/. 27. GAUTHIER, RAYMOND J of The man said he was disabled after his helo got shot down over Panama, and Shipley made a point of toasting him in front of a class. I still see some white on that shirt, Gaynor! he bellows from his perch on the banks. When he was 16, his father, a fighter pilot turned airline captain, moved the family near Easton. EVERY MAN, without exception is listed there. Stay tuned for part two and in the meantime check out ABCs report here. The next morning, people are up before sunrise, stretching and debating which breakfast items arent likely to resurface later. Sure enough, the fellow rolled up his sleeve and showed off the tattoo on his arm. Telling tall tales Some pretenders to glory spin wondrous yarns. CHECKING All classes taught by a SEAL Instructor, in BUD/S or SEAL Team, always begin with a War Story from the Instructor to establish creditability on the subject matter being taught by him, or to entertain the class and keep their attention. Its not like you dunk your head in the mud once during Hide the Trainee and youre done. After retiring in 2003, he worked for Blackwater in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Usually if they bragg about it, their lying. Nolan even persuaded one investor to pony up $30,000 when he told her about his covert activities, then presented her with papers that showed he had been honorably discharged. The commandos who rescue hostages and infiltrate enemy countries covertly, who killed Osama bin Laden and saved Captain Richard Phillips from Somali piratestheir East Coast headquarters is 30 miles away in Little Creek, Virginia. Another told tales about how the Navy showed videos of killing women and kids to toughen him up. Shipley didnt like that onehed been talking up the character that time in uniform builds. Gradually, hed ask specific questionsWho was your instructor? is like, to say they EARN it is a major understatement. Im just going through a midlife crisis and wanted to do the most extreme thing possible, Steve Epperson, a 46-year-old electric-utility CEO from Kansas, tells me. But every year, one or two drop out. People are shoved and slapped. SEAL Verifiers are meticulous and we do our homework before raising the Phony Flag. Let's make an official SOA phony list: Some guys, theres such a bloodlust, he says. The dicks in the mud instructor from earlier fires a frigid hose at us as we do push-ups on hard gravel.