Posted on May 10, 2016
Why do those who Steal Valor claim to be Special Forces so often?
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I have found yet another fake here. Danny Erickson. I think I am getting good at this. But when you see a person claiming to be an SF officer you would expect them to provide a better story than this. This fake has been in since Somalia and is still a CPT. But don’t worry. He has also been in Hollywood working with the Mighty Morphing Power Rangers. But he still had time to hit just about every conflict in the past few decades. He should have at least one star on his CIB if not 2 stars. I love how he went to Alpha base at Benning. I guess I wasn't cool enough to be there. And to do all of this as a CPT, pretty impressive.
This comes from his own Bio. This bio was supposedly developed from an interview in 1995. Please excuse the grammer. This reporter couldn’t seem to find a single period in this essay on how awesome Danny was.
1. His Mother had once shot for them ,the quickly Sponsored Denny and Archery Became just as if not more Important than Martial Arts and Gymnastics which was Great because at 9 years old He had Reached 150lbs and 5'4" Which for a 9 year old was pretty large
2. By Sophmore year Denny Was Already being bussed to William Rainey Harper College to start Gen Ed and Law Enforcement Classes , at 17 he Opted to Enlist On the Concurrent Enrollment Option Basic and AIT while finishing his Degree in Business Admin With Minor in Law Enforcement Studies ,He Graduated AIT 2nd Lt. And Was Sent to Alpha Camp outside Ft.Benning Ga, and then Fort Cambell Ky, 101st ABN Air Assault ,75th Ranger Training Corps.
3. The Then Very Green 2nd Lt. Was Deployed to Kuwait and then to Panama then Back to Saudi ,Kuwait and Afghanistan . Upon Visiting Home He was Offered Work as a Martial Arts Stunts Trainer for MMPR by an acquaintance starring in the show , for the next few years arranging his leave around the filming schedules .
4. After reporting back to the Army during a routine Halo with Canine Insertion Jump , Denny Sustained a Career ending Injury , Broken Neck C5-7 and T6-10 .
5. Den Erickson was a Martial Arts And Tactical Instructor For DOD/DOJ in the Midwest ,Recently Specializing In Canine Deployment . Teaches Krav Maga , Holds an 8th Dan Shotokan Karate ( Rank Of Kyoshi) Practices Kyujutsu /Kyudo (Japanese Archery) Fought MMA in His Youth To Keep His Edge ,was often Disqualified for Being too Aggressive, the Fights Had with Oleg Taktarov and Dan Severn Among his Best were Draws with MMA in its infancy was not legal in most states at the time .
If you go to his IMDb page you can read the whole thing but if he takes it down you can still read it in the photos.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm7583758/bio?ref_=nm_dyk_trv_sm#trivia
http://www.rallypoint.com/profiles/567130-18a-special-forces-officer
This comes from his own Bio. This bio was supposedly developed from an interview in 1995. Please excuse the grammer. This reporter couldn’t seem to find a single period in this essay on how awesome Danny was.
1. His Mother had once shot for them ,the quickly Sponsored Denny and Archery Became just as if not more Important than Martial Arts and Gymnastics which was Great because at 9 years old He had Reached 150lbs and 5'4" Which for a 9 year old was pretty large
2. By Sophmore year Denny Was Already being bussed to William Rainey Harper College to start Gen Ed and Law Enforcement Classes , at 17 he Opted to Enlist On the Concurrent Enrollment Option Basic and AIT while finishing his Degree in Business Admin With Minor in Law Enforcement Studies ,He Graduated AIT 2nd Lt. And Was Sent to Alpha Camp outside Ft.Benning Ga, and then Fort Cambell Ky, 101st ABN Air Assault ,75th Ranger Training Corps.
3. The Then Very Green 2nd Lt. Was Deployed to Kuwait and then to Panama then Back to Saudi ,Kuwait and Afghanistan . Upon Visiting Home He was Offered Work as a Martial Arts Stunts Trainer for MMPR by an acquaintance starring in the show , for the next few years arranging his leave around the filming schedules .
4. After reporting back to the Army during a routine Halo with Canine Insertion Jump , Denny Sustained a Career ending Injury , Broken Neck C5-7 and T6-10 .
5. Den Erickson was a Martial Arts And Tactical Instructor For DOD/DOJ in the Midwest ,Recently Specializing In Canine Deployment . Teaches Krav Maga , Holds an 8th Dan Shotokan Karate ( Rank Of Kyoshi) Practices Kyujutsu /Kyudo (Japanese Archery) Fought MMA in His Youth To Keep His Edge ,was often Disqualified for Being too Aggressive, the Fights Had with Oleg Taktarov and Dan Severn Among his Best were Draws with MMA in its infancy was not legal in most states at the time .
If you go to his IMDb page you can read the whole thing but if he takes it down you can still read it in the photos.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm7583758/bio?ref_=nm_dyk_trv_sm#trivia
http://www.rallypoint.com/profiles/567130-18a-special-forces-officer
Stolen Valor
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18A: Special Forces Officer
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I think I'll go home and watch my "Transformers" dvd and check out the credits. His RP profile says he was in it. His IMDB profile is gone as of this morning.
Some times all we can do is cringe.
Some times all we can do is cringe.
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PO3 Sandra Gomke
Found the list of the entire cast and crew on Transformers. There is a Tom Erickson listed under stunts but that's it. Right down to the drivers.
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PO3 Sandra Gomke
Found it! I was putting in the wrong name. Very interesting photos!! I see that Transformers isn't on his imdb credits. "Imposing 300# appearance"? And he has "Stolen Valor" under his Trade Marks. WTH?!
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PO3 Sandra Gomke
And his publicity listings show him in Playboy. Playboy (USA) 25 July 1998, Vol. 1, Iss. 7, pg. n-a, by: Dennis O'Neil, "Why Goldar is still Relevant with Power Rangers". Anyone have the July 1998 issue of PB? Dennis O'Neil is an artist for DC Comics and there is no source for his Playboy interview, much less a connection with the Power Rangers. Hmm, Rangers again. Good grief!!
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There's this one set of videos on YouTube I also like watching by the former Navy SEAL and his wife I can't recall their names at the moment who go around looking into such cases quite heavily, they're also pretty interesting, I'm sure all of you have most likely seen their stuff online at one time or another, I just can't remember their names right now, unfortunately.
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I was only noncombat though i figured I'd just still mention to all of you nonetheless that I actually loved all the mighty morphin power rangers quips, those were actually pretty funny, lol.
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It looks like he got a part in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers in the 1990s. There are several species of fungi that could have gotten roles on that show, That is apparently the high light of his life. Well that and being a delusional fuck-wit.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
Great! Thanks! Now I'm having Flashbacks. "Way Back When During the Great War" When I was handling the Comms for the Counter-Intel Folks they would use Comic Book Characters Names so even I couldn't figure out who they really were but it was always a Riot to read the Adventures of Dick Tracy and Popeye that I got to read.
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1stSgt Eugene Harless
PO1 (Join to see) - He has another IMBD where he says he worked on 4 or five other shows as an "unacredited stuntman and coordinator. Im talking several shows and hundreds of episodes. He even has a couple of messages where he praises himself. He wrote one as a female admirier but he forgot to change his nane so its bvious it was him. He is a toad shy of a few warts.
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1stSgt Eugene Harless - Also, have you noticed almost every word is capitalized? This made me laugh; his trademark is Stolen Valor.
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Wes Gannon
They may also think if it sounds classified at a high enough level you will be so awed that it won't cross your mind to question such a warrior.
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I'm continuously amazed by the number of people who claim to be former SF. They always get caught for a number of reasons. First, it's impossible to talk the talk, when you have not walk the walk. They tend to talk in vague references about conflicts, but can't seem to remember the number of the team they were on, or the names of team members, or exact dates of operations. Secondly, these assholes tell tall tales that make Bob Howard look like a slacker - i.e., I got 8 purple hearts, 6 bronze stars, 3 silver star and was nominated for the MOH twice - but, my records are classified, so no one knows about me. Other times they talk about being deployed as a one-man operation for long periods of time - I had this one related to me just last week yet again. It's impossible to spend time in SF, and not have people remember you. You make lots of friends in the Q-Course, and the men on sister-teams know who you are - so, the idea that SOF is secretive does not hold up as a reason that nobody knows who you are. These guys will also claim POW status - stating that my whole team died but me, and I escaped 30 days later etc. They also can't seem to get their uniforms right. The first guy I remember looking into got busted because a local newspaper publish a war-hero article with a photo about him. The guy had a beret on with the 5th Group flash where the flash was positioned over his left ear, not his left eye. He had a Pee Wee Herman look about him - the photo busted him. In a day where a FOIA can be pulled on any individual it astounds me that these people still think they can get away with this kind of behavior, but they come out of the woodwork with alarming regularity. Why do they do it? Low self esteem is one factor I expect, and I think that many think that claiming a military background helps flush out a lackluster resume. The SF community is currently outing a gent who was able to pull off his story for more than a decade - claimed SF LTC - FOIA shows he was a PFC clerk when he ETS'd.
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CPT Robert Boshears
Before being an Infantry Officer, I was a Deck Ape in the Navy...probably not PC now, and that is not a glamorous life. One day, under the 5 inch gun on the Oklahoma City, someone asked could anyone type. Oh hell yes I could type. That got me out of the little room under the gun mount and about 120 feet back, port side, main deck...with no armor protection. I struck for and made JO3 (Navy Journalist). A retired Marine who teaches with my wife, saw my blue Army sticker on my car (I ended up an Army Infantry Officer)... He asked me what I did, I told him I was a Journalist. He hasn't talked to me since, which is no sweat off my blue cord or crossed rifles.
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Fakes claim to be SF because we have a well earned reputation. They also get to smirk and be quiet when they do not have a believable story, since we are the "Quiet Professionals".
As preeminent trainers and communicators, we have a responsibility to teach the conventional military what our role, capabilities and contributions to the fight are.
As preeminent trainers and communicators, we have a responsibility to teach the conventional military what our role, capabilities and contributions to the fight are.
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"75th Ranger Training Corps" LOL. You'd think they could at least google some proper names, etc. It's all out there.
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If they can't think up a good story for "how did you get that medal?", they can always claim "That's still classified."
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CPT Russell Pitre
I wish I could hear someone say that when you ask them how they got their profile.
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CPT Russell Pitre If you read his bio carefully, it says , "75th Ranger Training Corps" which doesn't mean he completed Ranger course. To me this means he attended but never completed. Since he's out he must have a DD-214, so it's just a simple matter of requesting it, which I will do. Will post when it arrives. And since his full name is in his bio, I'll be sure to get the correct person.
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SGM Mikel Dawson
CPT Russell Pitre - Yes Sir, I feel compelled to do so. I have no dates of service, I have officer, but there are other officers with his name, so I am lucky he gave his full name in the interview. Will see what turns up. I will request a DD-214, 2-1 which will give all units assigned and training.
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