Dustin Lynn Caraway – Army Ranger, Combat Medic, Blog of Shame

10 years ago

He packed a lot of military training into 3 short months.

BACKGROUND

Dustin Lynn Caraway, who sometimes goes by “Doc” or “Otis”, claims to have served in the US Army.

We are told that he goes around claiming to be a US Army Staff Sergeant and deployed to Iraq with a Ranger Regiment and 101st Airborne as a combat medic, but we can only go by these photos which display jump wings and a Combat Medical Badge.

It’s hard to tell from the following photo, but the cover he is wearing says he is an OPERATION <indistinct> VETERAN. The ribbon is a GWOT-EM, or Global War on Terrorism – Expeditionary Medal.

This Victoria Advocate article, the local newspaper, says that Caraway is a 2006 graduate of Calhoun High School and spent seven (7) months as a firefighter. That would mean that the only two operations that he could have been a part of were Operation Iraqi Freedom (Iraq) or Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan).

Dustin Caraway’s official military records were requested through the Freedom of Information Act.

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FOIA RESULTS – SELECTED

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FOIA RESULTS – COMPLETE

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DISCUSSION & SUMMARY

DISCUSSION

With only three months in the US Army according to his service records, Caraway would have had a difficult time completing boot camp, advanced training and a service school – let alone deploying to a combat zone.

In light of this it is certainly ironic the Army-themed and other motivational graphics that Caraway posts to his Facebook page…

… and this irony rings true in the following one especially.

Caraway has also an extensive criminal record and appears to have done something worthy of probation. This activity would have impacted his ability to serve in the United States Army.

SUMMARY

Dustin “Doc” Caraway’s claims are not supported by his official military records.

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