The GotGB did some extensive work with this case so we can only scratch the surface. Ron XXXXXinformed me tonight, less than an hour ago, that he has been removed from that speaking circuit. Stephen "Grizz" Dukeman, Green BeretNOT!! We are former and current Green Berets who find and investigate those who falsely claim to be a Green Beret. Here is the initial email when he came back under peoples radar: He states many things, A green beret with a death heads flash, Silver stars, bronze stars, 56 jumps with the 1 Division (RVN) as well as duty with LRRPS. Categories RSSExpand/CollapseSPECIAL FORCES MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENTS (9) RSSExpand/CollapseHall of Heroes (11) He and I were BEST FRIENDS during the time he CLAIMS 7th GP 18D (MY MOS and MY Duty assignment - ODA 755/754, O&I, SWC G Co SFAS, 1st Bn S3). What are the chances a personsit down across the desk from a guy youre trying to impress and potentially get a job from and you're BOTH Green Berets? If you've heard Joey Galindo the fake Green Beret making these false claims, email us at: Contact@Guardiansofthegreenberet.com We've identified all men in the picture. Mike Mika has twice, along with Rudi Gresham the fake Green Beret claimed that Rudi spent 12 years in the S.C. National Guard and that's where he attained the rank of LTC. Rudi Gresham, Fake Green Beret for 30 plus years? Ron Fernandez, you'll now be added to guardiansofthegreenberet.com hall of zeroes forever. Butch Hansen told one of our investigators anexcuse as to why he claimed to be a Green Beret and then told us a different excuseon the phone. Strst utbud av kepsar, mssor & hattar. In Pic #, #RonFernandez, #RonnieFernandez, #RonRFernandez, #RonnieRFernandez, Categories: TOP TEN ZEROES, Hall of ZeroesNumber of views: 11166, Tags: #RonFernandez #RonnieFernandez #RonRFernandez #RonnieRFernandez. Soooo, what are his claims vs what the facts show: Silver Star x2:False, he never went to Vietnam, he never saw combat. Not close. Claims to have done 54 combat jumps in Vietnam. Gunmaker with DoD Contacts Falsely Claims to be a Green Beret. Of course SFA National refused and nothing came of his idle threat. It was getting harder for Anthony Travis Nielsen the fake Green Beret to claim we were on the wrong guy. Anthony Travis Nielsen, Green BeretNOT!! These were not earned by Richard Calvert, Fake Green Beret, This is the top portion of a fake cert that claims he has 54 combat jumps, This is the bottom portion of a fake cert that claims he has 54 combat jumps. He was a CAR STEREO SALESMAN and INSTALLER on Yadkin Road the ENTIRE TIME I KNEW HIM. Joint Service Commendation Medal:False, Records do NOT support this claim, Army Commendation Medal w/ 2 Oak leaf clusters:False, Records do NOT support this claim, Good Conduct Medal x4:False, Records do NOT support this claim, Vietnam Service Medal w/ 3 campaign stars:False, Records do NOT support this claim,he never went to Vietnam, Vietnam Campaign Medal:False, Records do NOT support this claim,he never went to Vietnam, Combat Medic:False, He seems to have received Med Corpsman (91A10)training in basic yet never held that as a duty MOS. We think his history in and of itself shows when he takes money and doesn't NOT provide the services promised is yet another form of deceiving people. I just looked at his personal website, and it still has a picture autographed by General Yarborough, and a statement that says he served as Yarboroughs Aide. I told him that his 214 shows he was only in the Army for 2 years and all of it in Germany as a clerk he just shrugged his shoulders and said I dont know nothin about that.. Some other speaking engagements his bio is listed as:Tonight our featured speaker is Richard Calvert, who has earned five purple hearts. Ron failed to respond, and when I pursued him he had every excuse in the world as to why he couldn't produce it. Asked my Recon buddy. He was a CAR STEREO SALESMAN and INSTALLER on Yadkin Road the ENTIRE TIME I KNEW HIM. Available Shipping Methods: Standard: Typically 3-8 business days.Flat rate of $6.99; Express: Typically 2-3 business days.Rates vary based on order total. Do you think you have an individual making claims of being a Green Beret falsely? If you want what we have, just join the military. I took screen shots. Richard jumped 54 times in Laos and Cambodia. Taken from a website. Good job Guardians of the Green Beret. We were in Westarea Fire Department TOGETHER and he lived in a trailer on Haretown road. i never knew that, Ol' "Sarge" here talking all kinds of crap and stuff after he was exposedLOL. is that white shirt even a thing? False, he never went to Vietnam, he never saw combat. Ourphone call with him is included immediately after the one we found of him claiming SF. He probably never will. The phone call was short. 10) Ron Fernandez the fake Green Beret pretends he knows what he's looking at after Land Nav. He and Mike Mika (President of SFA Ch 34) threatened to sue the SFA National if they didn't rescind the letter they sent us, give Rudi a formal apology, and re-instate him as a member in good standing. If you've had contact with Ron Fernandez and know him to have portrayed himself off as an LTC in 19th Special Forces Group or any type of military unit whatsoever, send us an email: Call with 1st student that wrote the memorandum, Call with a 2nd student that wrote a memorandum for Ron, Copyright 2023 by Guardians of the Green Beret. Joe scammed $1000's and $1000's from those around him based on his lies. To any potential fakers. This is the point at which I smelled bullshit. Had not kept tabs on it. They give a false representation of who we are, what we are, and what we represent. Well, he was getting ready to be a guest speaker at a local VFW and many saw his claims of 54 combats jumps as a huge red flag and reached out to us again. He told them we had the wrong guy. This guy is to me obviously mentally ill. Our meeting this morning (1000-1030hrs, 17 Feb 2020): We met at a Starbucks near his home. It must have been awesome to him to take on a persona. I don't think there is a word for all the things that would go through my mind. Ribbon rack was modest, I recall he had a Bronze Star, an MSM, and the normal Army fruit salad that followed down (ARCOM, AAM, NDSM, Army Svc Ribbon). And it just amazes me the lengths that people will go through to embellish military service. When you get to the end of the pictures, click the red bar to expand to more pictures. At least until you reached out a few weeks ago. Guardians_of_the_Green_Beret Subscribe 21 Home Videos PlayLists Liked videos You can visit our website @ guradiansofthegreenberet.com We are current and former Green Beret that expose those who claim to be one of us falsely. Stepped. Rick was sent to us by someone who saw him at a yearly Vietnam Veteran's reunion over the years. I just looked at his personal website, and it still has a picture autographed by General Yarborough, and a statement that says he served as Yarboroughs Aide. Never even attempted the Special Forces Qualification Course. Well done. He was a 13B in the Utah National Guard. It is also played at the end of every Denver Broncos home victory. John Medlock had problem both in and out of the service. Good job Guardians of the Green Beret. SF Brother's Remembrance Chips for Gravesite visits. SGM Fernandez responded to a cold email I sent and called me. I tracked him down and he rolled out of his rack unshaven and was going to go do the RSO thing until I told him to shave as a good example to the cadets. I had no idea this problem was so widespread. Looks like he did 2 years active duty. Papotia Reginald Wright, Green Beret NOT!! False, Records do NOT support this claim,he never went to Vietnam, False, He seems to have received Med Corpsman (91A10)training in basic yet never held that as a duty MOS. When will this clown give it up? Here is a link to where he is profiled as a sponsor of the Red Tail TuskegeeAirman:Removed Richard served in the Vietnam War as an Army Combat Medic and earned the Purple Heart. Guardians of The Green Beret - YouTube Our new website is online.Still a few issues we need to iron out but you can check it out:http://guardiansofthegreenberet.comAnd our. #FrancoWebb, #FrancoKWebb, #FrancoWebbFayetteville, #FrancoWebbGreenBeret, #FayettvilleBakeryAndCafe, Categories: Hall of ZeroesNumber of views: 4244, Tags: #FrancoWebb #FrancoKWebb #FrancoWebbFayetteville #FrancoWebbGreenBeret. He also said he used a Barrett 50 Caliber Sniper rifle as a Special Forces Sniper. These chips are designed to be placed on the grave markers of war fighters who have worn the Green Beret in the past and present. It was the only one where all of his stolen valor claims were on display. And it just amazes me the lengths that people will go through to embellish military service. He was NOT Airborne qualified, nor did he receive multiple Silver Stars or Purple Hearts. I had no idea this problem was so widespread. #AnthonyTravis, #AnthonyTravisNielsen, #AnthonyRaids, #TravisAnthony #LiveFastCollective, #LiveFastBrand, 14) Anthony Travis Nielsen the fake Green Beret. Jack wasn't aware that we found his Ex-wife Jack Proulx said he went to Vietnam as a US Army Green Beret in 1971 and back in 1976, a year after Vietnam fell. He just didn't think it was worth it. He arrived at 1005. We are former and current Green Berets who find and investigate those who falsely claim to be a Green Beret. Edit: After our article came out, Greg Barnes of CityView ran the story. DET A-431 (CAI CAI), D CO, 5TH SF GROUP, South Vietnam, Kien Phong province Army of the United States. Their website has a "hall of heroes" dedicated to decorated Special Forces veterans and a "hall of zeroes" for the imposters. I have been watching this story and it disgusts me that there are people who would assume to receive the accolades deserved, but never sought, by better, braver, stronger men. If he did, he'd screw an honest young officer down the road if the commission was determined to be fraudulent in any way. Offensive is not the word. While we were trying to get him on the phone we pushed forward with the case and started rough drafting the article. Yes, I am a Green Beret. We did a search in our pay-to-play programs and found the data needed to check his records and saw he wasn't the Green Beret as he has been claiming. The Guardians of the Green Bere t have released their report of the joint investigation of Tennessee gunmaker Blaine Campbell, who falsely claimed he was a Special Forces weapon sergeant. I did not answer. This is almost unbelievable. Dennis emailed us that he never claimed to be a Green Beret yet friends and family say different. He just didn't think it was worth it. He could have everything without dropping a single iota of blood, sweat, or tears. I reached out to XXXXX'spredecessor COL(R) XXXX XXXXXX (GS15 w/ USACE in Cincy, XXXXand I came to be friends during my tenure), and XXXXmentioned he remembered Ron as a MAJ at an event he (XXXX) was invited to by XXXXX. We tried calling him a number of times throughout the day and into the evening with no success. I deleted the pics after we discovered Ron was a fraud. Shop John Hatter & Co online from Hatstore.co.uk. He could have everything without dropping a single iota of blood, sweat, or tears. Let this guy be a lesson to you. Pages 1 of 3 and 3 of 3 are in the picture section. This. We were in Westarea Fire Department TOGETHER and he lived in a trailer on Haretown road. XXXXXXknew Ron for almost 10yrs, was friends w/ Ron's wife (USAF SSgt ETS'd). No. He showed me as proof of his being SF a ring that has a skull on a 5th Gp flash, that no SF guy would wear. I remember the weather was bitterly cold and windy and we bivouacked just outside the FKKY boundaries on a local training area. -- we were all in Service Dress. We're not sure he even knew what he was pretending to be. The 7th Grp picture he pretends is his is an ODA from the mid-'80s. He questioned why someone would be looking into him. RememberourBrothers. Not hard to do the math at that point. This exercise is not related to his charade associated with UC ROTC. I spent 23 years in the Army and retired in 2006 and although would have loved to to be a part of a Special Forces or Ranger unit and go through all of the training, never did it. If you have any questions, please, contact me. We assume he was in the National Guard and he confirmed that over the phone. They give a false representation of who we are, what we are, and what we represent. People probably don't realize what it would be like for me to ever actually meet a phony Green Beret. In honor of our fallen Green Berets, SF Brothers in collaboration w/ Excalibur Industries, have come up with these high quality Remembrance Chips. Don't do this to your family and friends. You can see a video of him here and hear his confession: If you've had contact with the fake Green Beret Anthony Travis Nielsen, send us an email so we can add it to all the others. Mr Prouix needs to be exposed. Maybe it's best to copy and paste one of the detailed emails: apologies taking so long to get this to you. This is not a bullying or shaming forum. COL Bob Howardserved five tours in Vietnam and is the only soldier in our nation's history to be nominated for the Congressional Medal of Honor three times for three separate actionswithin a thirteen month period. Reply . We also have an area to honor true SF Heroes on our site 00:13:51 Steven Morales, Green Beret? As with many of these guys, they get put to the side when other more pressing cases come in and then they slip through the cracks. Richard Calvert, fake Green Beret was sent to us about a year ago. These phonies are almost always criminal otherwise in my opinion. For real Green Berets, there was one dead giveaway that Brooklyn Army vet Papotia Reginald "Reggie" Wright was an imposter. NOT!! These phonies do a great disservice to all us real Green Berets. We won't share your name or email address. We didn't have to wait for denial of records from NPRC since Ron Fernandez admitted that he never even attended basic training, much less the Basic Airborne Course, Selection, and the Special Forces Qualification Course. Also, if Franco Webb the fake Green Beret has taken your money without performing services, send us an email. First of all, thank you folks for what you do, what youve done, and what youre willing to do. The Guardians of the Green Beret is a team of active duty and retired Green Berets who expose Special Forces imposters and posers. Update on our channel and how we move forward.Check out our website with over 100 fakes listed:http://guardiansofthegreenberet.com I never saw this until I saw all the pics together at the same time (see below). Those wings and awards are not earned. We believe he was hoping he could get it to use as his own since he had already had 2 instances of being asked to produceone to enter a military installation and not being able to when asked. I spent 23 years in the Army and retired in 2006 and although would have loved to to be a part of a Special Forces or Ranger unit and go through all of the training, never did it. With him admitting that was his address, we knew we had him. That might not be his birth name, but it is the name he used while he attended Basic Training. It was also noted that the rank of LTC was left out of eachmemo. Calvert called me 3 times this afternoon in the span of 10 minutes. Someone had reached out to them with concerns about his claims. What he wore on his Svc Dress didn't seem out of character; my cousin was w/ 19th SFG(A) and I remember seeing him in his SVC dress before. Don Albares seems to like shiny awards he didn't earn as he wore many. Ron asked to tag along and I didn't see any reason why not. Here is the listing The Guardians of The Green Beret have for Jeremy Dewitte Added to the Hall of Zeros April 2020 . The second nomination was downgraded to the Silver Star. He probably never will. But he dug in. He should have done better research. Never even attempted the Special Forces Qualification Course. Neither time were they able to produce records that baked up that statement. He said he'd reach out. Never a Green Beret. So we move forward anyway. He probably never will. I told him that it is impossible that he had 54 combat jumps in Vietnam, he said that they all were with the ARVNs and thus not documented. Good job Guardians of the Green Beret. Never. False, Records do NOT support this claim. It must have been awesome to him to take on a persona. We always try and reach out to these guys yet couldn't get this fake Green Beret to answer the phone. Don't do this to your family and friends. I reached out to USA SWC at Bragg and talked w/ the training records guy (cannot recall his name, was a DAC). And he was a decent and easy-going guy. I'll stretch it out just to be there let me know. 6th pic is our April 2016 commissioning, Ron is far left next to MAJ XXXXX; our new SEL MSG XXXXX XXXXXis far right and I'm buried in the middle (easy to find me). Guardians of the Green Beret 6.15K subscribers Carl was sent to us after he gave someone a business card of his claiming to be retired SF with VA diagnosed PTSD (on the card) and he should be. In the meantime, I shared all of this w/ MSG XXXXX, CPT XXXXXXX, MSGs(R) XXXXXXXand XXXXX, LTCs(R) XXXXXXXXand XXXX, COL(R) XXXXXX, and my HR tech Ms. XXXXXXXXXXX. These phonies do a great disservice to all us real Green Berets. Never even attempted the Special Forces Qualification Course. Unable to recall the cadet's name or look up the Facebook profile where the pics were posted. His beret was black. #RonFernandez, #RonnieFernandez, #RonRFernandez, #RonnieRFernandez, 9) The UC ROTC program knew Ron Fernandez as a LTC for years before he was finally run off the campus. I have been watching this story and it disgusts me that there are people who would assume to receive the accolades deserved, but never sought, by better, braver, stronger men. We had to have a special sit-down w/ the entire cadet battalion and talk about stolen valor -- Ron was obviously the front-and-center example. Mr Prouix needs to be exposed. 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