Guardian of Valor

Josh Hargis, a Ranger with the 3rd Ranger Battalion, was wounded last week in the attack that left four other members of his team dead. The 3rd was conducting a mission to try to capture a HVT(High Value Target), in the Panjwai district of Afghanistan. With the little info we know so far, 36 members and a canine unit were attempting to capture a high value target in Panjwai in southern Afghanistan. When the troops arrived at the home, U.S. military officials said, the unit did a typical “call out” asking for…

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“Give me honorable enemies rather than ambitious ones, and I’ll sleep more easily by night.”  ― George R.R. Martin 11DEC16, By Elias. It was a normal weekend, I was driving to the feed store blasting 1987’s Predator soundtrack and received the following lead from our (extremely) swollen inbox. “Select Reason For Email: Investigation Inquiry Subject: Possible Stolen Valor Message:       A man named Art MEDINA runs a so-called nonprofit organization called Field of Honor…. he claims he was in Alpha company 1st battalion 3rd marines, in 1st platoon…

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Bud Hadley on Instagram with his “SF” pose. 13 February 2017 – Mobile, Alabama – Once upon a time there was a bushy bearded Army Medic named Edward “Bud” Hadley Jr that roamed around Mobile, AL telling tall tells about how he was a badass Special Forces guy who walked the streets of Iraq kicking in doors and taking names. He boasted about how his service as a SF member in Iraq got him a Bronze Star with a V for Valor. He decorated his office with Special Forces awards…

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Sean Yetman in a 2014 Video that went Viral In November of 2014, we received a video in our email from Ryan Burke. He told us he had confronted a fake Ranger in Pennsylvania at the Oxford Valley Mall.  Little did we know, at the time that this video would have a huge impact in not only furthering our mission but also stoking the fires for change under some lawmakers. Once we viewed the video, it was obvious that the person in the video later found out to be Sean…

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15JAN17 By Elias & Blackjack “All honor’s wounds are self-inflicted.” -Andrew Carnegie Mr. Bruce Allen PENDLAY. There’s nothing new here. No need exists to schedule further outrage, this a docket post: A collection and living document for us here at Guardian of Valor. Thanks to the efforts of our colleagues at Green Beret Posers Exposed, and a few others I know I missed. The best predictor of future performance is past performance, and there may still be more PENDLAY performances. They will be written about here. For a number of…

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