BACKGROUND

David William Brewer comes to us from Naples, Florida. At the time of this writing, April 2023, Brewer is 49 years old.

Brewer is a real estate agent in the Marco Island/Naples area of Florida. In his real estate profile, there are claims of being a combat veteran and an 18B Special Forces Medic.

SOURCE: https://www.realtor.com/realestateagents/5d0aa0254439860012df4dd3

A claim of “Medic / Special Opts Devision” [sic] is reinforced on Brewer’s LinkedIn profile.

SOURCE: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-brewer

. . . . .

SWIRLING SUSPICIONS

The following assertions have been relayed to us via a 3rd party. Due to not having a clean chain of custody, we cannot verify where these came from or if David Brewer created them, so please treat their value accordingly.

Although the 3rd party submitted these photos with the premise that the displays, certificates, and DD-214 came from David Brewer – we can only safely say that if it wasn’t David Brewer, somebody went through an awful lot of trouble to create these items.

That said, the following photos were submitted to MilitaryPhony as proof of Brewer’s claims. Click to enlarge them for better detail.

Notice the two Purple Hearts on the desk, but only one citation. The other citation appears to be blank.

Notice the two Purple Hearts on the bookshelf. However, there is only one citation. Also, notice the rank of “SFC” (E-7) at the top of the wooden flag display case.

Here is an enlarged version of the Purple Heart citation. It says “FOR WOUNDS RECEIVED IN COMBAT ACTION AGAINST HOSTILE ENEMY FORCES ON 25 SEPTEMBER 2002 IN AFGHANISTAN.”

This is a glossy photograph of the Purple Heart citation along with a DD-214. Notice the spellings of “CAMPAIN,” “RIFEL,” “PISTAL,” GERNADE,” “AIRBORN,” and “ASSULT.”

. . . . .

The following assertions have been relayed to us via a 3rd party. We will attempt to substantiate these claims, so please treat its value accordingly.

• One claim was that there was an alteration of the official DD-214. The above photo was submitted as evidence of this. Military Phony redacted some information (black areas) but otherwise it was unaltered.
• Another claim is that Brewer is driving around with Purple Heart license plates. The below photo was submitted as evidence of a claim of Purple Heart, suggesting the vehicle belongs to David Brewer.
  
  

The license plates are registered to a ‘David Brewer’ with an address that coincides with the current address we have listed for him.

. . . . .

NEWSPAPER ARTICLES

After a hurricane hit the local area in 2017, they featured Brewer in a newspaper article for helping the injured.

SOURCE: https://www.naplesnews.com/picture-gallery/weather/hurricanes/2017/09/19/hurricane-irma-eight-days-after-copeland-fla-feels-forgotten/105796426/

Recently, Brewer was again featured in the news, but this time it was not so positive.

Naples man creates fake deeds on multiple properties under guise of phony non-profit

Naples man arrested for fraud & grand theft

Oddly enough, we were working on this case with help from the Guardians of the Green Beret when this most recent story broke in the press.

. . . . .

ACTIONS CONDUCTED BY MILITARY PHONIES

David Brewer’s military records were ordered through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. We filed with the U.S. Army and the National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) to account for all claims.

. . . . .

FOIA RESULTS

US ARMY HUMAN RESOURCES COMMAND (HRC)

Here is the entire FOIA result from the U.S. Army should you care to read more.

. . . . .

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE MANPOWER DATA CENTER (SCRA)

We searched the DoD Manpower Data Center database and found the following service listing for David William Brewer.

This database was also searched for any other active duty to the present day. It did not show any other service dates, but sometimes the database is unreliable for recall to active duty from reserve status. This appears to be consistent with all of Brewer’s FOIA responses, however.

. . . . .

DISCUSSION and SUMMARY

There is so much to unpack for this case. We are primarily going to focus on four areas:

1. 1. 1. Service Dates and Rank
      2. DD-214 and any signs of alteration
      3. CIB and claims of combat
      4. Purple Heart claim
      5. Purple Heart license plate

 

LENGTH OF SERVICE

There are discrepancies between Brewer’s claim of being in the Army in September 2002, the date on the Purple Heart certificate, and when it shows that he was discharged – February 2002 – on both the official DD-214 from the US Army and DoD Manpower database results.

What’s even more bizarre is the date on the DD-214 that we obtained from a 3rd party and may have been altered also shows a February 2002 discharge date.

DD-214

We’ve placed these two DD-214s side by side so it is easier to compare.

Hand-notes – You can tell by the handwritten annotations, it is the same document, or was at one time. Only blocks 11, 13 and 14 are changed.

Mispellings – CAMPAIN, RIFEL, PISTAL AIRBORN, and ASSULT. Could have been an admin clerk that was challenged with spelling, but seems unlikely.

Fonts – The title in Block 14 – i.e. 14. MILITARY EDUCATION (+ description) – is written in Courier font, but the same area in the DD-214 from the US Army is written in Ariel, Helvetica.

Foreign and Sea Service – These were consistent across both documents and were unchanged. However, in light of the claims, it seems like these would be candidates for change to be consistent with the claims. If he were in Afghanistan as claimed, these totals would not be zero.

It clearly looks like this DD-214 was altered.

RANK

Brewer was discharged from the Army as a SSG (E-6) vs. the SFC (E-7) claimed.

Recall the following display…

RANGER

The length of time for Ranger training was listed on the DD-214 obtained from a 3rd party as being only four (4) weeks. This is an incorrect length for Ranger training.

COMBAT

His records do not support the claims that Brewer served in combat. He would have had to serve in combat to be a recipient of the Purple Heart. This distinction is not in any of the FOIA results we obtained.

SUMMARY

If David William Brewer has used any of these claims to gain anything of value, he could violate the Stolen Valor Act. We suggest that the Florida Department of Motor Vehicles check the documentation that Brewer submitted for the Purple Heart plates.

. . . . .

PHOTOS

. . . . .

SOCIAL MEDIA

LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-brewer

https://www.realtor.com/realestateagents/5d0aa0254439860012df4dd3 (business)

https://vimeo.com/davidbrewer1

http://davidbrewernaplesflorida1.blogspot.com/ (blog)

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..