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John Giduck files lawsuit against SOCNET, and Soldier who outed him as a Phony

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This Story has been Updated with more recent information and links. We received this story from a guy over at the SOCNET.COM site. They outed this guy, John Giduck, as a phony a few years ago after he made claims of being an SF operator among other things. But what is worse they say, is in retaliation for outing him he released the Personal Information of a current Active SF Operator. Not only placing this man’s life in danger but also the lives of his family as this Soldier is…

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Congressman Troy Nehls CIB Controversy: Unauthorized Wear of Combat Infantryman’s Badge

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11 June 2024 Congressman Troy Nehls(R-TX) continues to wear a Combat Infantryman’s Badge lapel pin even after he has been notified by the Pentagon and several other organizations that he is not authorized this award. Congressman Nehls has continued to double down on wearing the CIB, even after being presented with documentation that his CIB was revoked because it had been erroneously awarded to him in the first place. We sent for the Congressman’s records over 6 months ago, after several people who were familiar with his 2008 deployment raised…

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Man Catfishes Women Online By Pretending To Be A Marine And Cop

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Ron Vradenburg   Crawford County, Michigan – According to authorities, 20-year-old Ron Vradenburg pretended to be a Michigan State Police undercover officer and a Marine on social media, taking thousands of dollars from young women. He created an online persona a Veteran named Josh Horvath on Facebook in the summer of 2014. He did this by using a picture he found, and telling women online that he needed money to help fund his undercover operation. “The case involves somebody catfishing, is the term that’s out there on social media,” Detective…

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Sammy Samford Radio Hosting SEAL

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    We did not out Mr. Samford, our friends over at POWNetwork  had already begun the investigation when he was brought to our attention, and they have concluded that not only was Mr. Samford never an elite Navy SEAL, and he also never served in any branch of the U.S. Military. Mr. Samford likes to tell people who listen or call into his web-hosted Radio show that he was a Navy Seal, who saw action in Grenada and Iran. He claims his plane crashed in Iran years ago and…

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