Our Mission:
At Guardian of Valor, we’re more than just a name. We’re a team of passionate individuals committed to making a difference. Our Mission at Guardian Of Valor is to investigate those who falsely claim Military service or claim unauthorized medals or tabs, and once properly investigated, deliver them to not only the proper Law Enforcement Officials but also to the public via our mediums.
It may be your First Amendment right to lie about service to this country, and medals earned, but it is our First Amendment right to show the world your lies.
Our investigators are a group of Active and Veteran service members who want to protect the Uniforms of the services and the Valor, Integrity, and Honor that comes with that.
We value our Service members, Veterans, those who have given the Ultimate Sacrifice, and their families. We will do whatever is needed to protect them, and the sacrifices they have made. The public should be aware of any person who would lie about service or unearned medals or tabs.
For more than a decade, we have been the nation’s premier Stolen Valor investigators and have been featured on Good Morning America, People Magazine, and The Atlantic among hundreds of others.
We use the Counter-Speech Doctrine as referenced by Supreme Court Justice Kennedy in his Dissenting Opinion on the original Stolen Valor Act of 2005, which was ruled unconstitutional because it violated Free Speech and was too broad of a law in United States V. Alvarez
Kennedy said, “And it has not shown, and cannot show, why counterspeech, such as the ridicule respondent received online and in the press, would not suffice to achieve its interest,” Kennedy said. “The facts of this case indicate that the dynamics of free speech, of counterspeech, of refutation, can overcome the lie.”
Kennedy elaborated that “the remedy for speech that is false is speech that is true,” calling it “the ordinary course in a free society.”
We also work to have those prosecuted who violate the Stolen Valor Act of 2013, which makes it illegal to claim certain awards and gain a tangible benefit. You can read the law here – Stolen Valor Act of 2013