Just wondering if anyone was paying attention on this post?
Originally Posted by R.M.
I've followed the posts related to Luke_Wyatt, both his posts regarding his claims and what others have said about him regarding his claims.
I'm in the military branch that he claims to have retired from. I'm about to be in its retired reserve. Reviewing what he has said, I have a hard time believing that he is who he claims to be.
For instance.
Claim 01: Someone noted that he went from being a Master Sergeant, to a First Sergeant, to a Command Sergeant Major.
Luke_Wyatt apparently adjusted his rank, presumably after he had retired. Had he been a Sergeant Major/Command Sergeant Major, he would have known that you generally get promoted once on the retired list if you served at a higher rank during active duty. If he retired from active duty, he would retire at the rank he held at retirement, and would have to wait till he had 30 years combined of active duty, and time on the retired list, to apply for promotion on the retired list. It would be a one-time deal based on his highest three years.
So, going from MSG, to 1SG, to CSM, while on the retired list, raises a red flag and speaks against Luke_Wyatt's claims to being a retired CSM. That's not a mistake I'd expect a senior NCO to make.
Claim 02: "seArgent".
Luke_Wyatt was reported to use that word, and insisted on using the word after being called out on it. His defense? Something about his phone. However, a soldier "keeping his nose clean" would generally make Sergeant anywhere from 4 to 6 years after initial enlistment. They generally make specialist at the three-year mark, and Sergeant the following year, assuming that they had hit the deck running.
Most the Sergeant Major/Command Sergeant Major's that I have met had more than 20 years in the military. The high-speed ones were just under 20 years. Meaning, Luke_Wyatt would've had at least 15 to 18 years as an NCO, holding ranks that contain the word "Sergeant". I find it hard to believe that someone being an NCO for that long would misspell that word.
Yes, the phone may misspell it, but to consistently let the same mistake slide through, and not correct the phone the way the rest of us had corrected it when it got ranks wrong, justifies the suspicions of his claims.
Claim 03: How about we each send a mOD a copy of our DD-214
or 215 and see who the real liar is you POS
Luke_Wyatt, being a retired CSM, should know that the DD Form 215 is a correction to an error, or an administrative adjustment, to something in the DD Form 214. It would have to be shown WITH the DD Form 214 that it impacts, and not as an alternative option to the DD Form 214.
This is the first time I've seen someone demand a showing of the DD Form 215.
This challenge is a weak challenge, and is invalid when it comes to veteran verification, because even the veterans at veteran service organizations get fooled by falsified DD-214s. We don't even know if Luke_Wyatt is showing the valid DD 214 form that was in use as of the time he "retired" or not.
If I were to check his so-called DD 214, I wouldn't be surprised if I were able to spot errors left and right. It wouldn't be the first time I've seen a jacked-up DD 214 that a phony, or embellisher, advanced to bolster his claims.
I attempted to reach out to him, in the past 24 hours, to get a conversation going... One that would've easily gotten underway had Luke_Wyatt responded the way other veterans have responded to the questions I asked. These are questions I've asked other veterans online or face to face. They had no problems answering those basic questions.
Lack of Action 01: Failure to answer basic questions that real veterans easily answered.
I asked him when did he retire, what his MOS was, how many years he served, and where he did his overseas tours at. His first response got defensive and didn't answer any of those questions. I find that suspect. He threw a couple of locations at me that anybody would've been able to figure out with an internet search... Not proof of his claims of being in the military, or retiring from it.
His response to those questions would've lead to a conversation between two veterans... Like what happens anytime I ask those questions, or questions similar to them, when talking to genuine veterans.
There is a valid way to verify veteran status, and that's through veteran to veteran conversations, on first hand military experiences. I didn't get that from Luke_Wyatt. He resisted every step of the way, strongly suggesting that he isn't who he claims to be. Another valid way is through a Freedom of Information Request made to the National Personnel Records Center or to the parent service.
Having been both, an NCO and a commissioned officer, I don't see how Luke_Wyatt could've been an NCO in the military. Not with his judgement calls on this board, and definitely not with the line of reasoning that he has used, his acumen, etc.
Based on the responses that I got from him, I see two possibilities.
Possibility 01: He did in fact serve, but not in the capacity that he claims. Again, he doesn't come across as an NCO to me. His judgement calls, regarding how to conduct himself here, reminds me of the attitude of an errant, first term, private. I would say that if he did serve, he was a junior ranking Soldier, and more than likely left, ahem kicked out or separated, in disgrace.
Possibility 02: He didn't serve in the Army, or any other branch, and that he's as phony as the breathable lunar atmosphere.
Reading his replies, both in the forums and via PM, is like listening to the explanations of "Command Sergeant Major Davis". 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56DGe-1zwj0
Semper Fi