STACY HALL

Dear POW Network,

Please pass this information along in response to the inquiry regarding Mr. STACY L HALL.

To Whom It May Concern:

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. My efforts to expose SEAL imposters are performed 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 (end of WWII to the Present Day) for anyone named STACY L HALL. I have also examined possible alternate spellings, and names with similar pronunciations without finding any that might be applicable.

Unless he has undertaken the unlikely action of a legal name change (an action for which there would be court documentation) since his claimed attendance at BUD/S training, and based upon the information you have provided, I can state conclusively that STACY L HALL has NEVER COMPLETED SEAL training, and he is not now, nor was he ever a Navy SEAL or a Navy UDT “Frogman”.

I attempted to leave a message for Mr. HALL via the Military.Com web site functions/tools, but encountered an error which prevented my doing so.

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. If you find it possible to communicate with the man at some point in the future, I might suggest that you to ask Mr. HALL these questions:

(1) Since there is no listing in the SEAL Database for the name you are currently using, WHAT NAME DID YOU USE during SEAL training?

(2) 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)

(3) Where did his training take place? (NB: Training has been conducted at several locations over the years; different portions in different places)

(4) When did he graduate from Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) training? (i.e. a specific graduation DATE)

There are many other questions which could be asked to further establish the level of veracity or untruth regarding his claims, such as asking for the names of other members of his graduating class, but those basic questions are absolutes. The answers to those questions are totally UNCLASSIFIED, and every real SEAL will gladly provide that substantiating information upon request, although you will be very likely be told that the information is either classified or sensitive and cannot be provided, or you will be given some totally bogus information.

Mr. HALL has clearly indicated that he is/was affiliated with SEAL Team SIX. I must advise you that SEAL Team SIX was decommissioned about 1989 (I am being purposely vague) and the officers and men were assigned to other SEAL element(s). As the photograph specifically shows Mr. HALL wearing all of the awards and medals claimed on his web site profile, it must be presumed that it is a recent photograph, rather than one which was taken many years ago. In that photograph Mr. HALL barely appears to be of legal age to serve in the military, much less old enough to have achieved the rank of CHIEF and to have RETIRED. I would suspect that SEAL Team SIX actually ceased to exist about the time Mr. HALL was wearing diapers. I feel compelled to also point out that his appearance is far from that of a physically fit SEAL, or even a retired and mildly-out-of-shape SEAL.

No one gets to the SEAL Teams without first completing BUD/S Training. 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, and Mr. HALL is not one of our own.

Thank you again for your concern in this matter, and for your assistance in upholding the honor of the US Navy SEAL Teams. Based upon the specifics of his actions and claims, Mr. HALL certainly seems to have crossed the line from braggadocio and is likely to be prosecutable under the STOLEN VALOR ACT of 2005. 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. I will do my best to bring the attention of the federal authorities to bear on this shameless imposter. Whether or not the federal authorities elect to press charges is entirely up to them, 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.

Respectfully,