BACKGROUND
Jason Lee Merrick comes to us from Cottonport, Lousiana. Merrick is 51 years old at the time of this writing – March 2020.
You may recall a recent Blog of Shame on Dane Reason. Dane Reason and Jason Merrick went to high school together. In fact, someone said he went through “Hell Week” (BUD/S training) with Merrick.
Dane Reason said that he and Merrick went through BUD/S and SEAL Qualification Training (SQT) together. Although Merrick never made this statement directly, he did not correct Reason for making it.
There seems to be some confusion about whether Merrick was a U.S. Navy SEAL. He speaks a lot about Basic Underwater Demolition / SEAL training and has even claimed that he finished BUD/s in 1988.
When a friend of his barricaded himself in a house and shot three police officers, the press spoke to Merrick because he was the man’s friend and owned the house that he barricaded himself into.
Listen to this interview, where Merrick is on the phone, and tells the news station that “I was in the SEAL program and finished BUD/S in 1988” at the 2:18 point of the video.
This story can also be found here, but the video has dropped out of the web page and no longer works.
MERRICK’S STORY
When Dane Reason was exposed as not being a Navy SEAL, Merrick seemed to modify his story as to how much he knew about him.
Merrick volunteered an explanation…
Later, Merrick went on to explain further with more elaboration on the details…
Members of Merrick’s BUD/S class were contacted, and it seems that they had a different recollection as to how many of the tests that he passed. There was some mention of Merrick being thrown out for not being able to complete a part of a dive phase.
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ACTIONS CONDUCTED BY MILITARY PHONIES
After contacting the UDT/SEAL archives and checking the UDT/SEAL database we confirmed that there is NO record of “Jason Lee Merrick” or any other variation of his name ever completing BUD/S Training or assigned to any SEAL teams during the time he was in the Navy. Merrick did attend BUD/S but did not ever graduate.
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Some people were skeptical and asked Military Phony to look into these claims.
Jason Lee Merrick’s military records were ordered through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request.
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FOIA RESULTS
NATIONAL PERSONNEL RECORDS CENTER (NPRC)
Normally, NPRC would hold Merrick’s records but a referral was made to the Department of the Navy.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY (DoN)
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE MANPOWER DATA CENTER (SCRA)
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OTHER INFORMATION
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DISCUSSION and SUMMARY
Jason Merrick’s official military records from the National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) do not support his claim of finishing BUD/S school.
BUD/S and SEAL training is an extreme challenge and worthy of anybody’s respect. Merrick attempted BUD/S several times so this is something he should be proud of.
However, it is rare to see someone claiming they went to medical school or law school if they never graduated. Other than making a point about the training or schooling, why would one bring this up and leave off the part about never finishing?
It could give the appearance of leading a horse to water and not taking responsibility for it drinking. This is a nuance of language to parse terms and they way words are placed together.
So, we just thought we would help clear this all up for anyone under a false impression that Jason Merrick was a Navy SEAL – he was not.
In spike of this, Merrick insists he “finished BUD/S” but was screwed out of graduation and these postings were all about trying to locate old classmates.
Navy SEAL
Merrick’s records show no training as a Navy SEAL nor any duty assignments as a Navy SEAL. A good deal of Merrick’s time was spent aboard the USS Forrestal (CV-59).
As mentioned before, Jason Merrick was not found listed in the BUD/S-SEAL database when it was checked.
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PHOTOS
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SOCIAL MEDIA
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This Ain’t Hell: https://valorguardians.com/blog/?p=97419