| Name |
Date Reported |
Hometown |
Claims |
Findings |
| Abbate, Steven |
05/2004 |
. |
Claims
Medal of Honor, black
ops.... works with another of questionable claims and character -
PISTILLI - as Sensei. |
Deceased
2007 |
Abbott III, Marshall Rand
aka Randy Abbott |
05/2005 |
Carlsbad,
Oceanside CA |
Claims he was issued
the Medal Of Honor for some type of mission that had nothing to do with
any type of conflict or war.
He works at Weseloh Chevrolet, right next to a Marine Corps
Base.... he says this to Marines so that they will like him, and so they
will buy a car or truck from him. |
. |
Abel, Warren
Douglas
aka "Doug" |
05/2007
02/2008 |
Cincinnati,
OH |
Claims
Capt, USAF, Special Forces. Claims Sniper with work in Cuba, Osuth and
Central America.
2008- in Cincinnati, with a big horse boarding and
training facility still playing the role of Captain in the Special
Forces, PBR Bull Riding Champion, and former big executive with
Southwest Airlines.
|
Served USAF Jan 23, 1984 - Feb 28,
1984. No military education, no awards or decorations.
Worked for SW Airlines as a ramp agent (baggage buster) from
2002-2004.
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| Acel, Stephen |
02/2004 |
. |
Claims
SEABEE, Vietnam Vet "12 years in the fleet and 14 years
as a Sea Bee." Uses
ANYONE'S actual service as his own from vets posted chats and
profiles on AOL.
Online
known as Gsmythy02@aol.com
. |
QUESTION EVERYTHING !!!
St. Louis MADE A POINT to note: Service in Vietnam or in its
territorial waters is NOT
a matter of record -- [CLICK blue text FOR RECORDS.]
Claims 100% PTSD - VA has no records of care/disability. |
| ADAMS,
RONALD L |
06/2008 |
LEXINGTON,
KY
New Miami, OH
Hamilton, OH |
- CLAIMS retired, or honorable discharged Marine.
- Claims he was shot.. that's what ended his military career or he'd
have gone on to be a merchant marine.
- Claims his date of birth is 23rd of April 1970, born in Kentucky
and his parents were Ruth and Eddie Adams.
- Seriously believe he is 57-60 yrs old.
- Claims he receives a monthly military pension.
- Claims moved into Hamilton to be closer to the
hospital.
- Claims many health problems with his back and knee.
- Claims he was shot in the knee while serving in Iraq in the early
90's.
- Claims he served during the Desert Storm conflict and he says he
was shot there and received a Purple Heart.
|
ST LOUIS COULD LOCATE NO MILITARY
RECORD. |
| Adams, Terry Lee |
04/2003 |
Memphis, TN |
Thrown out of American Legion - conduct VERY unbecoming - accused
of theft and worse by Legion members. Claims black ops in Laos,
found himself zipped "in a body bag". Claims Marine
D.I. Caused problems at WALL
with Family member and USMC..... Now raising money to send
items to troops in war. If prior alleged conduct repeated, troops
may never see a thing....
Campaigning for STATE positions in both Legion and VFW (5/2003) |
QUESTION EVERYTHING !!!
NO RECORD of
Vietnam Service. Record of "AdminClkCrs
- 1970" |
Agioto, Joseph Anthony
aka Agiato, Joe |
2000
2005 YET, AGAIN |
Florida |
Claiming SEALS and/or
Frogman...
SEAL, Police officer |
Note USMC logo on shirt.
|
Served
from April 1958 to January 1960. Records
indicate no SEAL training. Rank at discharge "FA".
Coral Springs Police state
also "impersonated a police officer"
|
| Allward,
Mark |
08/2007 |
Fontaine
CO area |
Claims former Navy fighter pilot, P3 pilot, Navy SEAL, and now
claims that he is a Sniper for Blackwater. He shows up every
once in a while, claiming that he has just gotten back from Iraq.
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I greatly
appreciate your interest in upholding the honor of the US Navy SEAL
Teams, and your search for the TRUTH. Before answering your questions I
must make clear that I am a private individual, not affiliated with the
US Dept. of Defense or any other government organization. I am one of
about a dozen men in America who possess a copy of the SEAL Database, a
comprehensive and regularly updated listing of all men who trained and
served with the Naval Special Warfare units (SEALs, UDT, NCDU, S&R)
from the end of WWII to the present day. I also have access to archival
sources who can verify/deny claims of service DURING WWII. As a former
US Navy SEAL myself, I am fully familiar with the NSW training program
and the standard operating procedures used by the Teams, as well as an
in-depth personal knowledge of many of the ‘insider’ events and
incidents which UDT “Frogmen” and SEALs offer as a part of their
bona fides. My efforts to expose SEAL imposters are performed free of
charge, as a service to the public, and in honor of my SEAL Teammates
who gave their lives in service to our nation… men who truly earned
the right to the title “US NAVY SEAL” but who are no longer able to
stand forward in defense of their honor, their reputations, and their
TEAMs.
If the name
you provided is spelled correctly, I do NOT find a listing in the SEAL
database for anyone named MARK
ALLWARD. Be aware that I have also examined possible
alternate spellings, and names with similar pronunciations.
In fact there are no names listed in the entire SEAL Database (10,700+
names) which begin with the alphabetic letters “ALLW”.
Unless he has
undertaken the unlikely action of a legal name change (an action for
which there would be court documentation) since his claimed service with
the SEAL Teams, and based upon the information you have provided, I can
state conclusively that MARK
ALLWARD has NEVER completed SEAL training, and he is
not now, nor was he ever a US Navy SEAL or UDT “Frogman”. Please be
aware that the SEAL database includes the names of all men who served
with the Underwater Demolition Teams (“Frogmen”). Since 1983 when
the UDTs were all re-commissioned as SEAL Teams it has been the
convention within the Naval Special Warfare community to use the modern
term “SEAL” when referring to all men who ever served in any of the
SEAL ‘precursor’ units.
When members
of the Naval Special Warfare community meet others who claim similar
service, but whom they do not recognize, there is a conversational
exchange of information that establishes the bona fides of each to the
other. There is no set formula for this exchange, nor for the
information that is exchanged, but it ALWAYS takes place, and the REAL
Naval Special Warfare members can ALWAYS spot a phony as a result of
this exchange. I urge you (or those who may have contact with him) to
ask Mr. ALLWARD
three questions:
(1) What was
his BUD/S Class Number?
(NB: No SEAL ever forgets the class number he shouted all day long,
every day, for 6 months)
(2) Where
did his training take place? (NB: Training has been conducted at several
locations over the years; different portions in different places)
(3) When
did he graduate from Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) training?
(i.e. a specific graduation DATE)
The answers
to those three questions may then be compared to hard, firm,
comprehensive documentation to absolutely verify his claims. There are
many other questions which could be asked to further establish the level
of veracity or untruth regarding his claims, but those three questions
are absolutes; the answers are totally UNCLASSIFIED, and every real SEAL
will gladly provide that substantiating information upon request. If Mr.
ALLWARD
offers you any specifics which he claims are definitive and valid
answers to these questions (or if he offers reasons why he cannot answer
them), I would be very interested in learning about it.
The only men
who can legitimately call themselves SEALs are US Navy sailors who have
completed the entire SEAL training program which lasts approximately 2
years and who have received a formal/official designation as
“Combatant Swimmer [SEAL]” with an attendant entry in their military
records of a specific Naval Enlisted Classification Code (NEC). There
are no SEALs in any other branch of the US military armed forces.
While many units of different branches of the military services are
called upon from time to time to work “WITH” the SEAL Teams, it is
incredibly rare for any non-SEAL to ever be engaged in an operation as a
part of a deployed SEAL unit. These rare exceptions generally involve
members of highly trained Special Operations Forces from those other
branches of service or ‘other government agencies’ involved in
gathering/evaluating intelligence information. Non-SEAL Navy units and
other branches of the US military services do occasionally send men to
the SEAL Teams for brief training sessions. Those training sessions do
NOT confer the qualifications for being a SEAL on any of those
‘students’. Such training is most generally intended to facilitate a
familiarity with the way SEAL Teams operate, and are intended to make
cooperation between different units easier and more effective when they
are in the same area of operations.
It is quite
common for those making fraudulent SEAL claims to cite a “secret”
training class, “special selection and skills which allowed them to
bypass BUD/S training”, or “secret missions” as an explanation for
the lack of military documentation to back up their stories. SEAL
imposters also tend to claim their military records are “sealed” and
cannot be accessed. Occasionally inventive imposters claim their records
were destroyed in a fire at the
National
Personnel
Records
Center
. While that facility did experience a fire, no Navy records were
involved, damaged, or destroyed. I would caution you that despite
anything the man might have told you, there are NO secret SEALs. Before
any classified operations may be undertaken, a man must first
successfully complete the totally unclassified BUD/S Training program;
the names of all those who successfully graduate from that training
program are compiled in the SEAL database. Later participation in
classified operations has no impact on whether or not a person is listed
as a graduate of the training program. No one gets to the SEAL Teams
without completing BUD/S training; there are NO EXCEPTIONS! The
graduates of that training program are listed in the SEAL database –
an unclassified document which is nonetheless considered “highly
sensitive” and therefore not available for general public circulation.
There are records of every man who has qualified for the title of
“SEAL”; there have been and will continue to be secret missions, but
there are NO secret SEALs… we know them all.
I might
suggest that you also ask Mr. ALLWARD
to specifically identify WHICH SEAL Team(s) he served on, and when. I am
in direct contact with several hundred of my SEAL Teammates whose
collective experience covers virtually all time periods from the Korean
War to the present; I can quickly contact those individuals to verify
any specific names, events, or other claims offered by Mr. ALLWARD.
If he feels that his name has somehow been mistakenly omitted from the
SEAL records, I’d be pleased to speak with him and hear details of his
service which would serve to validate his claims. The Director of the
Naval Special Warfare Archives – a close personal friend and SEAL
Teammate – is only a phone call away and standing by to amend the
records if this is ever found to be true. However, I’ve made the same
offer to more than 3,600 SEAL imposters in the last five years, and none
of them ever turned out to be a valid SEAL. If Mr. ALLWARD
subsequently suggests to you or others you know that he has contacted
me, the Department of the Navy, or “the government” in some way and
“straightened things out”, I’d be very interested in hearing from
you again.
You will not
be surprised to learn that false claimants of being a US Navy SEAL
vastly outnumber the men who actually earned that title.
Informally-gathered statistics (2001-2004) indicate that there are
approximately 350 imposters for every real SEAL who ever served in the
Naval Special Warfare community. I recently visited a web site which
ranked claims overheard by bartenders during the course of their work…
“I was a Navy SEAL” was at the top of the list! Statistically you
are more likely to encounter someone who has played football in the NFL
than you are to encounter a real Navy SEAL. So, ask yourself this; how
many professional football players have you met?
I checked
another online database held by the Department of Defense and accessed
through www.military.com
under the Freedom Of Information Act by using their Buddy
Finder. That database contains over 20 million records, is
one of the most complete available to the general public, and is fairly
accurate from about 1974 to the present day. That database originally
began as a listing of all military service personnel who might have been
exposed to Agent Orange while on duty in
Vietnam
, and was a means of keeping records for later possible monetary
compensation. It was quickly recognized by the DoD as the start of a
very comprehensive database of military personnel, and subsequently
expanded to include virtually ALL members of the military in later
years. The closer to the present time, the more detailed and complete
the records in the database. From about 1978 to the present date that
database is extremely comprehensive. I found absolutely no listing in
the DoD database for anyone by the last
name you provided
(ALLWARD).
Government documentation does not appear to substantiate his claims of
military service in ANY
branch of the US armed forces, and he was most definitely
NEVER A US NAVY SEAL!
One last
note; It was formerly a violation of federal law to WEAR
specific military unit insignia, badges, patches, pins, tabs, awards,
commendations, medals, or uniform garments for which one did not have
formal/official authorization. Such actions were listed as a
prosecutable offense under Title 18 US Code Section 702 and 704, which
specified up to $5,000 in fines and up to 6 months imprisonment per each
count on which an offender was convicted. It was subsequently recognized
by lawmakers that a loophole of sorts existed within the wording of
Title 18 USC which allowed imposters to make false verbal claims
regarding military credentials, and to then display items for which they
had no legitimate authorization as keepsakes without legal repercussions
so long as they did not actually wear them on their person. To avoid
prosecution false claimants often filled their walls with forged
citations, commendations, and awards for valor, and then posed for
pictures beside those false certificates, but never actually WORE them
on their person.
A recent
amendment to Title 18 USC, Section 704, called the “STOLEN
VALOR ACT” (S.1998), which was signed into law on 20 Dec
2006, now makes it illegal to even make false VERBAL
claims of receiving “any of the
service medals or badges awarded to the members of such forces, the
ribbon, button, or rosette of any such badge, decoration, or medal, or
any colorable imitation of such item”. It must be presumed
that since the earning of the status of US Navy SEAL carries with it a
special Naval Enlisted Classification (NEC) code and a unique breast
insignia (SEAL Trident badge) that the offering of false verbal claims
of being a SEAL would fall within the jurisdiction of this amended
version of the 18USC. This matter, of course, would be for the courts to
determine.
Thank you
again for your concern in this matter, and for your assistance in
upholding the honor of the US Navy SEAL Teams. As noted in my opening
paragraph, I am a private individual and am in no way affiliated with
the US Department of Defense or the US government. Despite any reports
you may make/send to me regarding Mr. ALLWARD’s
false SEAL claims, any such information which I might pass along to the
authorities in this matter would be classified as “hearsay” and
therefore inadmissible in a court of law. The responsibility for
reporting the individual named in your inquiry to the federal
authorities rests with you and with anyone else who may have personally
heard or received these claims from the individual himself. Whether or
not you decide to report him to the federal authorities is entirely up
to you, but at least you now know the truth regarding his bogus claims.
If I can be of any further assistance to you in this matter, please
contact me at your convenience.
Very
respectfully,
Steve
Robinson
USN 1970-1978
SEAL Team ONE
Inshore Undersea Warfare Group ONE
UDT-SEAL
Association
Special Operations Association
POW Network Advisory Board
Naval Special Warfare Archives - SOF Analyst/Contributing Journalist
Disabled American Veterans - Life Member
FORMER Special Investigator - SEAL Authentication Team
Author of the book NO
GUTS, NO GLORY - Unmasking Navy SEAL Imposters
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| Alvarez,
Xavier (Javier) |
08/2007 |
CA |
Claims 29 year Veteran of the USMC, 25 years with Recon, 2
purple hearts, a silver star and a Medal of Honor for pulling
the flag from the embassy in Iran during the hostage situation.
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12:17
pm: Woman who challenged Alvarez' fake medal claim calls ...
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin -
Ontario,CA,USA
Woman who challenged Alvarez' fake medal claim
calls fine 'slap on the wrist'
By
Will Bigham
Article Created: 07/23/2008 12:19:32 PM PDT
A former Southern California Edison employee who claims she was fired
after questioning Xavier Alvarez' claims of military valor said
Wednesday she was "really aggravated" by what she considered
a light sentence handed down to Alvarez on Monday.
Alvarez was sentenced to three years' probation, fined $5,000 and
assigned about 400 hours of community service in Los Angeles federal
court Monday for violating the Stolen Valor Act.
Alvarez, south Pomona's representative on the Three Valleys Municipal
Water District board, claimed in July 2007 that he was a former Marine
and had been awarded the Medal of Honor. He never served in the
military. Melissa Campbell, a former Marine who was fired in July
2007, said Alvarez deserved "at least home detention - so he
would have lost his job. She called the $5,000 fine "a slap on
the wrist."
"He has no business being in public office. Personally, I don't
know why it's just a misdemeanor charge."
Campbell was working as an event planner on a June 2007
Edison-sponsored trip to Big Creek, Calif., where Alvarez was a guest.
He told Campbell and other people during the trip that he was a former
Marine and Medal of Honor winner, she said.
Campbell questioned his claim and confronted him during the trip. The
San Clemente resident says she was accused by her supervisors of
acting unprofessional in her conduct with Alvarez. She was suspended
from her job two weeks later, and fired two weeks after that.
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Water
official to plead guilty to false claim he won Medal of Honor
Whittier Daily News - Whittier,CA,USA
As part of his agreement with the federal government, Alvarez has
agreed to plead guilty to one misdemeanor count of violating the Stolen
Valor Act, ...
From staff reports
Article Launched: 04/30/2008 10:18:45 PM PDT
Local water director Xavier Alvarez has pleaded guilty to federal
charges stemming from his false claim that he won the Medal of Honor,
according to the case's federal prosecutor.
Alvarez, who represents south Pomona on the Three Valleys Municipal
Water District board, was taped making the medal claim at July meeting
of the Walnut Valley Water District.
He later admitted he never served in the military.
As part of his agreement with the federal government, Alvarez has
agreed to plead guilty to one misdemeanor count of violating the
Stolen Valor Act, said Assistant U.S. Attorney Craig Missakian.
Missakian said he received the plea agreement Tuesday.
Alvarez has also agreed to sentencing guidelines that would include
probation only, with no prison time, Missakian said.
The guilty plea and the terms of the agreement will not become final
until Alvarez's court appearance Monday. Alvarez could still back out
of the agreement before that date, Missakian said.
The judge may also decide to issue Alvarez a different sentence than
the one outlined in the plea agreement, Missakian said.
As part of the agreement, Alvarez will still be able to appeal his
case on First Amendment grounds to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals,
Missakian said.
Alvarez unsuccessfully challenged the constitutionality of the Stolen
Valor Act. He argued that the statute violated the First Amendment by
making medal claims such as his a criminal offense. Missakian said
he expected Alvarez to appeal the case, though he said he had no
direct knowledge of Alvarez's plans.
The government has agreed to drop the second count of violating the
Stolen Valor Act against Alvarez, Missakian said.
The second charge was related to a taped medal claim that Alvarez made
in November 2005 during an interview seeking the endorsement of the
Pomona Police Officers' Association.
Alvarez could not be reached for comment. His public defender did not
immediately return a call seeking comment.
The U.S. Attorney's Office is still investigating charges that Alvarez
illegally enrolled his ex-wife for health benefits from Three Valleys.
Missakian said he could not comment on the investigation because it is
still in progress.
Alvarez has been censured by the Three Valleys board over the health
benefits issue.
MORE
of the STORY
http://www.sbsun.com/editorial/ci_9641149
An official problem
Article Launched: 06/19/2008 09:02:57 PM PDT
If ever there was a poster boy for the recall process, it's Xavier
Alvarez.
We wish complete success to the seven-member committee that has
formed to recall Alvarez, a Three Valleys Municipal Water District
board member who pleaded guilty to violating the federal Stolen Valor
Act for claiming he had won the Medal of Honor. He's never even been
in the military.
How can he fail to understand that he should resign his seat after
his conviction and history of lies? It can't be that he refuses to
step down because he has so much to bring to the water district. He
knows nothing about water delivery. He only drains the board's and
staff's time and attention.
Ironically, the recall effort announced at Wednesday's meeting is
led by Marco Robles, the former Pomona City Council member whom
Alvarez attempted to recall from office. Is this a case of
retribution?
Who cares? Get Alvarez out of there.
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July
4 2008 news
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Pomona Man
Sentenced For Falsely Claiming Medal Of Honor
KNBC
Three Years
Probation, $5,000 Fine, Community Service Ordered
POSTED: 1:06 pm PDT July 21, 2008
LOS ANGELES -- A local water
district official who falsely claimed to have earned
the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest military
honor, was sentenced Monday in Los Angeles to three
years of probation.
Xavier Alvarez, 50, of Pomona,
also was ordered by U.S. District Judge R. Gary
Klausner to pay a $5,000 fine and to perform one day
a week of community service for one year at the VA
Hospital in Loma Linda -- a total of more than 400
hours.
The board member with the Three
Valleys Municipal Water District -- which serves the
Pomona, Walnut and eastern San Gabriel valleys --
pleaded guilty May 5 to violating the Stolen Valor
Act of 2005, which makes it a misdemeanor to lie
about receiving a military decoration.
Alvarez's plea agreement with the
U.S. Attorney's Office gives him the option to
appeal his plea based on his First Amendment right
to free speech.
According to prosecutors, Alvarez
-- who has never served in the U.S. Armed Forces --
made the false claim at a July 2007 public meeting
of the Water District board when he was introduced
as a newly elected member of the Claremont-based
panel.
"I'm a retired Marine of 25
years. I retired in the year 2001. Back in 1987, I
was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. I got
wounded many times by the same guy. I'm still
around," Alvarez said, according to a tape of
the meeting.
On June 27, 2007, Alvarez also
told a former Marine in private that he had won the
Medal of Honor for his role in a mission in Iran to
rescue the U.S. ambassador -- a mission that sounded
similar to the 2000 action film "Rules of
Engagement," court papers state.
Other members of the water board
publicly called for Alvarez's resignation, both for
his admitted crime as well as for allegedly lying on
a health insurance form that paid benefits to
Alvarez and his wife -- even though he has been
divorced for five years.
Thus far, Alvarez, who won his
Water Board seat by 48 votes in 2006 and initially
accused his political enemies of framing him, has
refused to step down.
Speaking after Monday's hearing,
Assistant U.S. Attorney Craig Missakian said
Alvarez's refusal to resign shows "he has not
taken the crime seriously and shown sufficient
remorse."
Alvarez owed his narrow electoral
win in part by lying to voters about winning the
Medal of Honor, Missakian said.
A call to Alvarez's attorney,
Deputy Federal Public Defender Brianna Fuller, was
not immediately returned.
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