Frederick Emmart – US Navy Combat Veteran, Operations Specialist, BM, Special Boat Operator, Blog of Shame

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6 years ago

BACKGROUND

Frederick Porter Emmart (II) comes to us from Keyser, West Virginia. Emmart is 44 years old as of February 2020 – the time of this writing.

While discussing a Facebook post of Emmart in a Navy uniform, he says that he is retired and living in West Virginia.

On Emmart’s Facebook profile, it says he was an Operations Specialist (OS) and retired from the Navy. It also says he is a Disabled Veteran, former Boat-swain [sic], Culinary Specialist and Petty Officer First Class (E-6).

It says he is an Operations Specialist under the Facebook ‘About’ section.

Emmart has photos and comments posted that gives the implication that there is a strong connection with himself and the US Navy SEAL community.

And even states he was serving with them at the time.

In fact, Emmart was asked about this…

Emmart claimed to have many jobs while in the Navy…

Emmart even said he was with the SeaBees…

Emmart was asked about being with the Marines…

Emmart had a posting on his page about bombs going off…

Emmart was asked about his rank and if he was in combat. He said he received a Combat Action Ribbon (CAR) for Operation Desert Shield. Besides ODS/S being before he enlisted in 1993, the “combat” part of that operation was called “Storm” and not “Shield.” He was honest about his rank and said E-5 vs. E-6 but felt he was so close to E-6. Recall it is claimed as PO1 (E-6) on his Facebook profile.

There were many other claims about deployments and time frames. They were somewhat off (i.e. Camp Lejeune Naval Hospital from 2009-2013) but it may get hard to follow this case to post all of them.

Some people became skeptical and asked Military Phony to look into these claims.

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ACTIONS CONDUCTED BY MILITARY PHONIES

Frederick Porter Emmart II’s military records were ordered through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request.

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FOIA RESULTS

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY (DoN)

*FOIA Results – DoN – Frederick Porter Emmart II – Assignments*

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DISCUSSION and SUMMARY

The records show that Fred Emmart served in the US Navy from 1993 to 2013. He was discharged as a Culinary Specialist Second Class (E-5).

He did just over 20 years in the Navy and retired. There was no discrepancy there.

RATINGS AND ASSIGNMENTS

His records show no other training or rating other than the CS rating.

He was not a Boatswain’s Mate (BM) or Operations Specialist (OS).

Emmart’s records do not support a claim of being a Special Boats Operator or Navy SeaBee.

COMBAT VETERAN

There is no Combat Action Ribbon (CAR) listed in Emmart’s military records that would designate him as being in combat.

If a combat veteran is someone that was aboard a ship in the waters supporting a combat action, and either fired missiles or launched planes in direct support of that mission, the ship is usually given a Combat Action Ribbon but it is not an individual award. It may be a truthful claim of the sailors on board to claim they were a combat veteran.

DISABILITY

Emmart may have a service connected disability but since he did the full twenty years for retirement, it does not appear to be a Navy career cut short by a medical retirement but we don’t know. If there was a disability, it would most likely be an injury vs. being combat wounded or he would have a Purple Heart medal and a Combat Action Ribbon.

STOLEN VALOR

If the claims by Fred Emmart were used to leverage work, military or civilian promotions, or anything else of value, he may be in violation of Stolen Valor laws. State laws may also apply.

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