David “Trusty” Garcia not quite so trusty
Someone sent me the above picture on our fan page on Facebook the other day, but I was too lazy to follow up on it. Luckily, the folks at the Stolen Valor Facebook account didn’t. It was a picture of a guy by the name of “David Garcia” meeting a fan at The Vet Hunters Project, whose laudatory mission is to house homeless veterans. Of course the first place I went was to AKO and found no one by that name who could have been in special forces (there are 6,000 Garcias in the Army and 300 David Garcias), the closest I came was a SSG in the 5th RTB, but he had a picture in AKO and it wasn’t this guy.
Anyway, here’s a picture of this David Garcia handing a formerly homeless couple his Silver Star – yeah, I’d do that;
And apparently he thinks he’s also an officer in one of the Ranger units;
According to the Stolen Valor folks, they’ve blown him out to the folks at The Vet Hunters Project and they had given him a car that they’ve stopped payment on. They also gave him about $900 they say they’ve recovered. The word is that he did serve albeit briefly. He pretended to be a member of the 426th CA Battalion, which is apparently in California. Apparently, somone has filed for his records, so there will me more.
June 14th, 2012 at 12:01 pm
What?!?!? No Cav patch?
June 14th, 2012 at 12:17 pm
He’s been doing this nonsense since at least 2009. Two MySpace pages bear this out — the information is “friends only,” though.
He was called out then and hasn’t been stopped…I wonder if this will be it.
Here’s his Photobucket account which is open for comments: http://s146.photobucket.com/albums/r275/TRUSTY18/?start=all
June 14th, 2012 at 12:18 pm
What, no story about nearly earning the MOH. See these guys just aren’t trying like they used to.
June 14th, 2012 at 12:19 pm
Assholes like this need to be in jail.
June 14th, 2012 at 12:24 pm
Lets see if I can make up a plausible story for his uniform.
He started as an active duty officer started in SF via the 18-Xray program, ended up assigned to a Ranger battalion, and following a deployment to Afghanistan (where he earned his CIB) got out because the Army wasn’t giving him the schools or assigments he wanted. (the straw that broke the cammels back was the Army’s refusal to post him to a CAV unit).
He re-enlisted in the reserves as an NCO, chose Civil Affairs because they are almost like Special Forces, got jump master and something else written into his contract. He hasn’t updated his pickle suit because he’s waiting for the Army to give him his ASU.
And there we have a perfectly acceptable explanation for his uniforms.
If you take the above seriously you are wrong.
June 14th, 2012 at 12:30 pm
lol@5
June 14th, 2012 at 12:35 pm
Oh man, people are pretending to be Civil Affairs now… we’re doomed!
- Guy with both a USACAPOC patch and Cav patch.
June 14th, 2012 at 12:41 pm
Just an update for you guys, we also forward his information along with his fraud to the local DA. Also the VHP has the documents he presented to them on hand and will be turning them over to an investigator. Seems he forged a 214 among other documents.
June 14th, 2012 at 12:47 pm
i like his gang photos
June 14th, 2012 at 12:53 pm
I’d like to see this asshat walk around Smoke Bomb Hill with that shit on. Skinny little pole smoker.
June 14th, 2012 at 12:58 pm
[...] David “Trusty” Garcia not quite so trusty [...]
June 14th, 2012 at 1:13 pm
Where in the hell are all these chimps coming from? It’s like Ballduster was screwing Pirate lesbian and they had their own little population explosion or some shit! You can’t swing a dead cat around without hitting some Stolen Valor chimp every other fucking day!
June 14th, 2012 at 3:49 pm
@SgtKane-dude are you reading my 2-1?
June 14th, 2012 at 3:58 pm
@Stacy0311 you are the wind beneath my inspiration.
June 14th, 2012 at 5:18 pm
I bet the dipshit was the door gunner on the fuckingspaceshuttle. I hear Silver Stars go for about $30. Did he at least get laid when he gave it away? If not, that’s proof he was never a grunt.
June 14th, 2012 at 6:59 pm
As the Resident Civil Affairs NCO here, WHY ARE PEOPLE FAKING BEING US? Seriously??? And why fake being in the 426th? Thats the one unit that it seems all the previous fake CA people claim to come from!
June 14th, 2012 at 7:25 pm
Lucky, you should be flattered! No poser has claimed to have been an Amtracer yet!? We are the reason the Marine Corps IS the Marine Corps, amphibious assault!?:) As for the discrepancy in his ranks, maybe he’s so damn good they gave him a SPECIAL rank. Maybe he’s a Staff Tenant or maybe a Lieugent?
June 14th, 2012 at 7:54 pm
Lucky, people can’t help it that they want to be as badass ass as CA…
June 14th, 2012 at 8:11 pm
I liked our resident CA guys in n. iraq. They introduced me to mr. ied.
June 14th, 2012 at 9:27 pm
Wow, the Stolen Valor guys are right on top of it. Nice job.
June 14th, 2012 at 9:47 pm
POS. That is all.
June 14th, 2012 at 10:06 pm
Yat Yas, would a Lieugent affectionately be called a Loogie? How about a Major Lieugent, then he would be a Major Loogie.
June 14th, 2012 at 10:49 pm
Why can’t these people with over-active imaginations and a longing to “belong” to something just join up with one of those Roman Army or Civil War re-enactor groups?
Even the guys who mince around with swords at the Renaissance Faires don’t pretend to participate in full metal jousting. They know they’d be challenged on it.
I understand the re-enactors. They’re mostly just in it for the fun and the company, but this bonehead stuff going on with these wannabes is disturbing.
June 14th, 2012 at 11:01 pm
@17 Yat,we have escped or not hi speed enough.Me, a crew chief on UH34Ds. Choctaws for you Army types. Joe
June 15th, 2012 at 5:40 am
Maybe a “Lawn Chair Off the Titanic”, but where’s the coveted CIB on the Class “A”s?
He must have been awarded that Purple Heart before the CIB……perhaps when that 107mm rocket slammed into the FOB?
Also, not for nothing, officers seldom if ever where qualification badges, AND non-regulation letters on the lame name tag?
July 5th, 2012 at 10:17 am
[...] David Garcia “Not so Trusty” Diaz Jr [...]
July 7th, 2012 at 12:43 am
I have information on David Garcia Diaz Jr, he cheated your organization with presumably false documents. if you need any type of information on this guy, please contact me. I am more than willing to cooperate with law enforcement in order to catch this person who continues to cheat organizations with his stories and as a consequence deprives true veterans who really need the help he is taking . he needs to be stopped!!!! I have personally suffered fraud and I would like to know where to seek legal assistance
thank you
July 9th, 2012 at 8:52 am
[...] Land “My moustache alone is SF qualified” Holland v. 10 Leo “Half my Squadron Died” Webb 2 David Garcia “Not so Trusty” Diaz Jr v. 15 Timothy “Durango + Delta = Douchebag” [...]
July 19th, 2012 at 3:19 pm
No. 5:
Very clever and very funny !!
(*sincere*)
July 19th, 2012 at 7:55 pm
This guy strikes me as being very “ballsacksual”…
Know what I mean?
July 19th, 2012 at 7:57 pm
Furthermore…that looks like poser Creekmur next to him…
Do you guys think they are an item?
Fucking power bottoms, both of them.
September 2nd, 2012 at 7:59 pm
See posts about reenactors here. I did Civil War Reenacting for quite a while, and i would have to say they have a remarkably low rate of guys who tried to BS about their real life service. It could be because quite a few reenactors are veterans and it would be hard to pull it off. There are some wackos in reenacting but I think that just being a reenactor and wearing reproduction uniforms doesnt play enough to the guys with egos who want to be thought of as a real hero.
November 11th, 2012 at 1:16 pm
He’s got a blue cord over the left shoulder….
November 29th, 2012 at 2:05 am
This scumbag has raised his ugly head in Southern California getting himself admitted to another great organization and is still spouting his crap about how great a soldier he was. The truth has been brought forward to the leadership of that organization for appropriate action. He was discovered while trying to brag to a friend of mine who in turn called me to check out some of his story.
December 15th, 2012 at 12:28 am
http://www.facebook.com/dave.diaz.3304?ref=ts&fref=ts
December 15th, 2012 at 12:28 am
http://www.facebook.com/dave.diaz.3304?ref=ts&fref=ts .
December 15th, 2012 at 12:29 am
http://www.facebook.com/dave.diaz.3304?ref=ts&fref=ts .
December 15th, 2012 at 12:30 am
http://www.facebook.com/dave.diaz.3304?ref=ts&fref=ts …
December 15th, 2012 at 12:49 am
http://www.facebook.com/dave.diaz.3304?ref=ts&fref=ts .
December 15th, 2012 at 12:51 am
check this dick head out on facebook! http://www.facebook.com/dave.diaz.3304?ref=ts&fref=ts
December 15th, 2012 at 12:52 am
I found another profile of this fake guy http://www.facebook.com/dave.diaz.3304?ref=ts&fref=ts
December 18th, 2012 at 12:18 am
He claims to be a pico Rivera sheriff from pico Rivera California .
December 18th, 2012 at 12:20 am
He claims to be a sheriff from pico Rivera California