BACKGROUND
Matthew Eric Rumple comes to us from Pensacola, Florida. At the time of this writing, February 2020, Rumple is 44 years old.
Rumple works for Healing Paws for Warriors and on his biography on their website Rumple claims he is a retired Master Sergeant (MSG – E-8) and “served over 21 years in the United States Air Force and United States Army Combined in the Special Operations Community.”
On Rumple’s LinkedIn profile page, it claims he served in the US Air Force from May 1991 to May 1995 for a total of 5 yrs 1 month.
Although it is now removed from Rumple’s LinkedIn page, it once was posted that he was awarded the Silver Star “with valor” in 2006. Other claims involved medals awarded multiple times.
Navarre Press had an article that claims that Rumple was wounded in combat.
An article featuring the documentary “Project 22” referred to Rumple as a wounded warrior.
In the following article Rumple writes in to weigh in on the topic of medical marijuana. This is 2018, which is five (5) years after Rumple was discharged. Note that he signs it Sgt. First Class (ret.). The official Army abbreviation for this is SFC which is an E-7.
But on his Healing Paws for Warriors bio page, he claims he is a Master Sergeant (ret) which is abbreviated MSG and is an E-8. If he had retired in 2013 when he left the service, how could he have achieved higher rank?
Some people questioned Rumple’s claims and Military Phony was contacted.
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ACTIONS CONDUCTED BY MILITARY PHONIES
Matthew Eric Rumple’s military records were ordered through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request.
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FOIA RESULTS
NATIONAL PERSONNEL RECORDS CENTER (NPRC)
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE MANPOWER DATA CENTER / SCRA
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DISCUSSION and SUMMARY
LENGTH OF SERVICE
The military records that the National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) provided show military service for about 14.5 years of active duty combined between the US Air Force and the US Army. The DoD Manpower results list Sept 21, 1988 as a date of entry into the Army while the NPRC Summary Sheet lists Sept 21, 1998. We suspect it is a typo on the NPRC Summary Sheet.
So, giving the benefit of the doubt, Rumple’s time in service would have been 15.5 years vs. the 21 years that he claimed.
Some individuals are in a medical holding status until their status is determined and they can medically retire. We do suspect that he may have been medically retired.
RANK
His final rank is listed as a SSG (E-6) which is lower and different than his claims of SFC (E-7) and MSG (E-8).
Here is Rumple on deployment. On his Enlisted Record Brief, it lists his Date of Rank (DOR) for SSG as 20090701 (01 July 2009) so it would have been difficult to make E-8 by 2013.
ASSIGNMENTS
There were no assignments inconsistent with claims.
MEDALS
There are no medals listed that would support Rumple’s claims of having a Silver Star or Purple Heart. If he has TBI, this is a condition that historically a Purple Heart was not awarded for, so there is some question about the claim of “combat wounded.” Later, the Department of Defense changed the criteria for TBI and the Purple Heart but it is not awarded in all cases. Certain conditions must exist. Either way, Rumple did not have a Purple Heart listed in his official military records.
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STOLEN VALOR
If the claims by Matthew Rumple were used to leverage work, military or civilian promotions, or anything else of value, he may have been in violation of Stolen Valor laws. State laws may also apply.
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PHOTOS
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SOCIAL MEDIA
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/needfull
LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-rumple-238a7175/
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This Ain’t Hell: https://valorguardians.com/blog/?p=95172