Jess "Skip" Hall, founder of a Birmingham, Ala.-based security and training company called "Hollow Point," doesn't mince words about wanna-bes who pretend to be more than they are. He uses the language of a former Green Beret and Vietnam combat veteran.
"There are many fakes and so-called experts in everything today," he says in the opening page to his blog, "starting [with] the individual in the White House."
On his website, Hall lists a number of qualifications and experiences beneath his photo, including "5th SF SOG A Team Leader, Vietnam." Another page includes an image of an "unofficial" 5th SOG patch from Vietnam -- a skull wearing a Green Beret -- and beneath it reads: "Skip Hall's Unit Patch."
But there's a problem with Hall's apparent outrage over phonies: He might be one too.
I had a small part in busting the fake, Indian, artist and combat Vietnam veteran Churchill.
Hinton said he was not the only one investigating Hall's background. The Alabama man had also come under the scrutiny of Chuck and Mary Schantag of P.O.W. Network."Someone asks, we file for records, we pass those back and what happens happens," the Schantags said in an email to Military.com.
They said the reports of possible phonies go up and down, depending on the season.
"50 phony SEALs a day for awhile," they said. "Slowed a bit, but Memorial Day is just around the corner and reports will skyrocket again."
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