In a previous post I made, I listed some possible scenarios for Air Force Amy, and her claims. One possibility was that she did serve, but not in the capacity that she claimed.
I based my previous series about her on a profile she created on "Together We Served," her website, and her claims on television. Once she started to get heat for her claims, she took her "Together We Served" profile down. Someone speaking for her claimed that someone else put that profile up for her.
That profile; however, had the same information that she had up on other websites. After someone representing her threatened those in charge of "This Aint Hell" with a lawsuit, she presented her real name and other information needed to get a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request.
This Aint Hell received a Freedom of Information Act request response, based on her real name and times of service.
Without giving her real name, here's a rundown of her actual service based on her official information.
Time served:
That's 8 years of total service.
She achieved the rank of E-4.
Here are the things that she did in the Air Force. Note, anti-terrorism, in this sense, doesn't mean taking the fight to the terrorists, it means something else, more on that later:
Her military education:
Her awards:
What this confirms:
What her records don't confirm...
Her records don't support her claims of "derring dos". Her records also don't support her claims of earning the Meritorious Service Medal and National Defense Service Medal.
Here are the job duties that she had:
Law enforcement specialist instructor:
Like police officers, she would've been responsible for the physical security of people and property on the base. While deployed in a combat theater, they'd also be involved with defending the perimeter around the base. In the latter case, they'd use ground combat tactics against the enemy trying to enter the air base.
Air Force Amy was in the Philippines, during peacetime. The rules for defending outside the base would be a little different. The host nation is responsible for defending the areas outside the perimeter of the base during peace time.
She would've been involved in teaching law enforcement administration and tactics... but not to the Tom Clancy novel adventure level that she portrayed on shows or on her websites. She would've taught more down to earth mundane law enforcement stuff.
As a military police airman, she would've had the opportunity to interact with combat arms and Special Forces service members, US and foreign. She also would've interacted with the investigative agencies from within the DOD, and the US government.
Again, these interactions would've been more mundane.
This very act is honorable and something she should take pride in. She had no need to embellish her experiences.
Air Base Ground Defense tech writer:
Self-explanatory.
Assistant Anti-Terrorism Coordinator:
This doesn't mean that she went out on seek-and-destroy missions against terrorists. She was base security. She wouldn't be involved with leaving the base and going after terrorist cells. This fell under the law enforcement jurisdiction of the foreign country, or of the locality adjacent to an Air Force Base in the US.
The anti-terrorism training that Air Force Amy would've provided would be very similar to information provided by online anti-terrorism training. You could find some of these through a Google search.
It also would've involved "what if" scenarios where you're dealing with a terrorist with hostages. Like other law enforcement training in the military, someone would've played the terrorist hostage taker's role, and others would've played the hostages. She would've been part of the team that put students through these scenarios.
As a member of the security force, part of her duties would've involved minimizing people's and property's vulnerabilities. One of these vulnerabilities is falling victim to terrorism while inside the Air Force Base. This duty would've included beefing up security around and inside the base.
This also includes teaching people to take different routes, to report suspicious activities, to be aware of people following them, or of people behaving strangely near the entry control point, etc.
Giving anti-terrorism lessons involved saying things like, "Don't wear clothing items that identify you as an American while traveling through international airports."
This was just basic police work.
Installation Entry Controller:
This is the service member pulling guard duty at the base' gate. They check your military CAC or ID card before you enter, issue you a pass to enter the base, issue base decals (for cars) to service members and their dependents authorized to enter the base, apprehend drunk drivers, etc.
Law Enforcement Specialist:
A police officer.
The response from the National Personnel Records Center shows that Air Force Amy didn't need to make things up.
Air Force Amy had every reason to take pride in what she actually did... instead of embellishing an otherwise honorable career with awards that she didn't earn... and stories of "derring dos" that she didn't accomplish.
Again, this record doesn't substantiate her claims of earning the Meritorious Service Medal, or the National Defense Medal. She claimed the former for being part of the security detail that accompanied Marcos out of the Philippines.
Now, the unit that she was assigned to, while in Clark Air Force Base, may have been responsible for providing the security detail. There's a good chance that this is the reason behind one of Air Force Amy's Air Force Outstanding Unit Award. This award is also given for a unit's meritorious service.
She may have been a part of that detail. If so, her record doesn't support the award of the Meritorious Service Medal for that service, or for any other service. She simply didn't get that award.
Her actual time of active duty service didn't fall under the qualifying period for the National Defense Service Medal.
Her record doesn't substantiate her ratified claims of being involved in a combat operation... which resulted in a photo of her siting in a jeep in jungle fatigues while wearing a cast. In fact, someone stood up for Air Force Amy, via his facebook account, on "This Aint Hell's" article about her.
He claimed that there is a picture of Air Force Amy after a training accident. This is the picture that "Howard" talked about in the Bunny Ranch forum post. If this is the case, then that wasn't a cast, but a splint. The "line of duty" would describe the training, not a combat injury.
It's deceptive the way it was worded on the forum post. Air Force Amy, being a veteran, should've clarified that, and qualified it as a training, not a combat, injury.
This training injury would substantiate her claim of being a disabled American Veteran. I'm giving her the benefit of the doubt... based on the later Freedom of Information Request response... and assuming that she filed a disability claim and got a disability rating.
There's no shame in that. She did what her country asked her to do, and got injured in the process. It wasn't a combat injury, but it's an injury she sustained while carrying out lawful orders. She didn't have to deceive, or leave information out, to facilitate someone thinking she got a combat injury.
Her record shows that she did a regular enlistment, and served as the military's counterpart to the police officer. It also shows that she's representing her service for something that it wasn't.
The fact that she served, and is still making these claims, makes this worse. She should know better. Her claiming awards, describing thriller "derring dos", and her "ratifying" someone's claims of her combat action, steals from those that have actually done the things that she implies she has done. It also steps on their backs as she leverages these claims to help her with her current profession.
I based my previous series about her on a profile she created on "Together We Served," her website, and her claims on television. Once she started to get heat for her claims, she took her "Together We Served" profile down. Someone speaking for her claimed that someone else put that profile up for her.
That profile; however, had the same information that she had up on other websites. After someone representing her threatened those in charge of "This Aint Hell" with a lawsuit, she presented her real name and other information needed to get a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request.
This Aint Hell received a Freedom of Information Act request response, based on her real name and times of service.
Without giving her real name, here's a rundown of her actual service based on her official information.
Time served:
- Delayed Entry Program (Reserves): February 1985 to May 1985.
- Active Duty: May 1985 to January 1990.
- Individual Ready Reserves: January 1990 to February 1993.
She achieved the rank of E-4.
Here are the things that she did in the Air Force. Note, anti-terrorism, in this sense, doesn't mean taking the fight to the terrorists, it means something else, more on that later:
- Law enforcement specialist instructor
- Clark Air Force Base, Philippines, May 1985 to January 1987.
- Air Base Ground Defense tech writer: January 1987 to June 1987.
- Assistant Anti-Terrorism Coordinator: June 1987 to September 1988.
- Installation Entry Controller: September 1988 to February 1989.
- Law Enforcement Specialist: February 1989 to October 1989.
Her military education:
- Non Commissioned Officer's Prep Course.
Her awards:
- Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters
- Air Force Good Conduct Medal
- Air Force Overseas Long Tour Ribbon
- Air Force Longevity Service Award Ribbon
- Air Force Small Arms Expert Marksmanship Ribbon
- Air Force Training Ribbon
What this confirms:
- That she served in the Air Force for 8 years, both active duty and reserves.
- That she was in the Philippines at the time Marcos left
- That she was an instructor
- That she extended to accept one of her assignments
- That she could've earned the John Levitow Award
- That she could've been part of the escort detail for Marcos.
- That her claims of earning the following awards were accurate: Air Force Good Conduct Medal, Air Force Longevity Award, Small Arms Expert Marksmanship Ribbon, and Air Force Training Ribbon.
- That she was stationed at two or three of the commands that she claimed on her profile, but not at the same time as she claimed.
- It also confirms that she did serve in assignments that the Freedom of Information Act Request said she served at.
What her records don't confirm...
Her records don't support her claims of "derring dos". Her records also don't support her claims of earning the Meritorious Service Medal and National Defense Service Medal.
Here are the job duties that she had:
Law enforcement specialist instructor:
Like police officers, she would've been responsible for the physical security of people and property on the base. While deployed in a combat theater, they'd also be involved with defending the perimeter around the base. In the latter case, they'd use ground combat tactics against the enemy trying to enter the air base.
Air Force Amy was in the Philippines, during peacetime. The rules for defending outside the base would be a little different. The host nation is responsible for defending the areas outside the perimeter of the base during peace time.
She would've been involved in teaching law enforcement administration and tactics... but not to the Tom Clancy novel adventure level that she portrayed on shows or on her websites. She would've taught more down to earth mundane law enforcement stuff.
As a military police airman, she would've had the opportunity to interact with combat arms and Special Forces service members, US and foreign. She also would've interacted with the investigative agencies from within the DOD, and the US government.
Again, these interactions would've been more mundane.
This very act is honorable and something she should take pride in. She had no need to embellish her experiences.
Air Base Ground Defense tech writer:
Self-explanatory.
Assistant Anti-Terrorism Coordinator:
This doesn't mean that she went out on seek-and-destroy missions against terrorists. She was base security. She wouldn't be involved with leaving the base and going after terrorist cells. This fell under the law enforcement jurisdiction of the foreign country, or of the locality adjacent to an Air Force Base in the US.
The anti-terrorism training that Air Force Amy would've provided would be very similar to information provided by online anti-terrorism training. You could find some of these through a Google search.
It also would've involved "what if" scenarios where you're dealing with a terrorist with hostages. Like other law enforcement training in the military, someone would've played the terrorist hostage taker's role, and others would've played the hostages. She would've been part of the team that put students through these scenarios.
As a member of the security force, part of her duties would've involved minimizing people's and property's vulnerabilities. One of these vulnerabilities is falling victim to terrorism while inside the Air Force Base. This duty would've included beefing up security around and inside the base.
This also includes teaching people to take different routes, to report suspicious activities, to be aware of people following them, or of people behaving strangely near the entry control point, etc.
Giving anti-terrorism lessons involved saying things like, "Don't wear clothing items that identify you as an American while traveling through international airports."
This was just basic police work.
Installation Entry Controller:
This is the service member pulling guard duty at the base' gate. They check your military CAC or ID card before you enter, issue you a pass to enter the base, issue base decals (for cars) to service members and their dependents authorized to enter the base, apprehend drunk drivers, etc.
Law Enforcement Specialist:
A police officer.
The response from the National Personnel Records Center shows that Air Force Amy didn't need to make things up.
Air Force Amy had every reason to take pride in what she actually did... instead of embellishing an otherwise honorable career with awards that she didn't earn... and stories of "derring dos" that she didn't accomplish.
Again, this record doesn't substantiate her claims of earning the Meritorious Service Medal, or the National Defense Medal. She claimed the former for being part of the security detail that accompanied Marcos out of the Philippines.
Now, the unit that she was assigned to, while in Clark Air Force Base, may have been responsible for providing the security detail. There's a good chance that this is the reason behind one of Air Force Amy's Air Force Outstanding Unit Award. This award is also given for a unit's meritorious service.
She may have been a part of that detail. If so, her record doesn't support the award of the Meritorious Service Medal for that service, or for any other service. She simply didn't get that award.
Her actual time of active duty service didn't fall under the qualifying period for the National Defense Service Medal.
Her record doesn't substantiate her ratified claims of being involved in a combat operation... which resulted in a photo of her siting in a jeep in jungle fatigues while wearing a cast. In fact, someone stood up for Air Force Amy, via his facebook account, on "This Aint Hell's" article about her.
He claimed that there is a picture of Air Force Amy after a training accident. This is the picture that "Howard" talked about in the Bunny Ranch forum post. If this is the case, then that wasn't a cast, but a splint. The "line of duty" would describe the training, not a combat injury.
It's deceptive the way it was worded on the forum post. Air Force Amy, being a veteran, should've clarified that, and qualified it as a training, not a combat, injury.
This training injury would substantiate her claim of being a disabled American Veteran. I'm giving her the benefit of the doubt... based on the later Freedom of Information Request response... and assuming that she filed a disability claim and got a disability rating.
There's no shame in that. She did what her country asked her to do, and got injured in the process. It wasn't a combat injury, but it's an injury she sustained while carrying out lawful orders. She didn't have to deceive, or leave information out, to facilitate someone thinking she got a combat injury.
Her record shows that she did a regular enlistment, and served as the military's counterpart to the police officer. It also shows that she's representing her service for something that it wasn't.
The fact that she served, and is still making these claims, makes this worse. She should know better. Her claiming awards, describing thriller "derring dos", and her "ratifying" someone's claims of her combat action, steals from those that have actually done the things that she implies she has done. It also steps on their backs as she leverages these claims to help her with her current profession.
