Stolen Valor Phony Navy SEAL of the Week. POW X 3, Records Sealed 100 years Phony SEAL.

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  • videos.extremesealexperience.... Retired Navy SEAL Don Shipley SLAPS a Phony SEAL claiming he was a POW Three Times, 3 Silver Stars, 4 Purple Hearts and all total BS. STOLEN VALOR FAKE.
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  • @juandavis2243
    @juandavis2243 Před 29 dny +813

    As a Retired Senior Chief, I don't understand why he would make up all that BS, his record was pretty impressive without fouling the waters with that BS! He should be proud of what he did in the Navy instead of making shit up. I have people ask me if I'm a SPEC Warrior due to my lifetime in the gym and I tell them straight up, I'm Knuckle Dragging Navy Senior Chief Aviation Machinist Mate, Jet Mech and I'm Proud of my service without FODDing up with some BS lies!! Keep doing what you're doing Don!!

    • @tonyny3266
      @tonyny3266 Před 29 dny +48

      Thank you for your service. God bless you

    • @buscem00
      @buscem00 Před 29 dny +38

      Thank you for your service. I was a FTG3 on a destroyer in the late seventies. Why can't people just say what they did and leave it at that?

    • @louskunt9798
      @louskunt9798 Před 29 dny +14

      My man!🫡

    • @stahlseuche
      @stahlseuche Před 29 dny +23

      Thank you for your service. No matter what your service entailed you should be proud of it.

    • @rojoloco3911
      @rojoloco3911 Před 29 dny +16

      Exactly what I was thinking.

  • @thebubonicj
    @thebubonicj Před 29 dny +487

    Wanna know how stressful this crap is for Don? People, Don Shipley is 28 years old.

  • @user-hw8pw4hg9k
    @user-hw8pw4hg9k Před 21 dnem +104

    In his 50 year career Chuck Norris has never portrayed a SEAL, even Chuck Norris is afraid of getting a phone call from Don Shipley.

  • @stevethepirate8907
    @stevethepirate8907 Před 11 dny +20

    NEVER fuck with a SEAL that's vending machine qualified!

  • @ericbenko5195
    @ericbenko5195 Před 29 dny +502

    "This is Don Shipley bro....and your day just got worse "

  • @TheBillmanl82
    @TheBillmanl82 Před 29 dny +350

    Mr and Mrs Shipley are national treasures.

    • @rdually
      @rdually Před 29 dny +8

      so true

    • @Captain_Willard
      @Captain_Willard Před 29 dny +13

      We all need a Diane in our lives

    • @tonythekillab8189
      @tonythekillab8189 Před 29 dny +7

      They're such a National Treasure, Nicholas Cage is gonna steal them

    • @kyleebrock
      @kyleebrock Před 29 dny

      Many patriotic vets are. Those nationalist clowns can go watch their Faux News all day for more alternative facts.

    • @clintperry799
      @clintperry799 Před 29 dny +6

      I truly appreciate them ! 🇺🇸👍

  • @joca6282
    @joca6282 Před 28 dny +132

    My father just turned 100 last Tuesday the 14th. He was a medic in WWII. He wasn't in the battlefields but was at the camps assisting the doctors and ran the medical supply unit. He was shipped to N. Africa in late 42 and in 1943 they shipped him to the Pacific conflict. His health is rapidly declining. Very proud of him for just being a medic. He was in the Army.

    • @Doinprettygood
      @Doinprettygood Před 28 dny +3

      Wow that’s amazing. How old are you if your dad is 100? I would love to meet a ww2 vet

    • @Thisismetman
      @Thisismetman Před 28 dny +1

      Did you ever get his history in the war?

    • @karenmegert5872
      @karenmegert5872 Před 28 dny +1

      Congrats to him for rocking 100!!! What a life! Wish him all the best from Canada!❤

    • @thadvuagniaux5812
      @thadvuagniaux5812 Před 28 dny +2

      Please tell him Thanks For His Service!

    • @trentbrownstone1481
      @trentbrownstone1481 Před 27 dny

      @@Thisismetmannot easy being 100

  • @joemoore5763
    @joemoore5763 Před 2 dny +4

    Thanks for outing this guy. I served from 1966 to 1967. As a draftee the army saw fit to put me in a battalion headquarters company. Spent my tour sitting at a desk. So I say whether your a cook, truck driver or what ever thank you for your service. We all did our country a service. I'm proud of mine.

  • @alexicage7033
    @alexicage7033 Před 29 dny +174

    this guy served from 53 to 74 why isnt that enough to be proud

    • @John-zg4ly
      @John-zg4ly Před 29 dny +6

      Glory Hog

    • @jsh6952
      @jsh6952 Před 29 dny +8

      Navy wasn't in Nam in 53. Only Army Green Beret Advisors were there starting in 1955 after the French pulled out of Indochina.

    • @heatherwanamaker7904
      @heatherwanamaker7904 Před 29 dny

      no kidding

    • @scottdavidson526
      @scottdavidson526 Před 29 dny +9

      His resume is quite impressive. He's a retired chief, and that's not good enough.

    • @michaelhafke4742
      @michaelhafke4742 Před 28 dny +5

      As always, much respect to you Mr Shipley for your military service as well as exposing fraudsters for their fake Seal Service in the US Navy.
      I've been watching you for several years now and really enjoy the content of your videos. Great job, God bless and stay healthy. 🙏
      SFC Michael Hafke (Retired) // US Army // Iraq War Veteran

  • @AdamSternberg
    @AdamSternberg Před 29 dny +197

    "I'm just lucky to be alive" says the guy who's most dangerous mission was making sure Dr Peppers dispensed properly.

    • @jasonwhitman94
      @jasonwhitman94 Před 29 dny

      Especially if he was ever stationed in Texas 10-2-4😂

    • @KCBeck
      @KCBeck Před 29 dny +20

      He does have a combat V in combat for Vietnam. He doesn’t need to make shit up.

    • @dmcclain12
      @dmcclain12 Před 29 dny

      Brutal 😂😂😂

    • @crono3339
      @crono3339 Před 29 dny +7

      Dr. Pepper machines are pretty dangerous though. We lost a lot of good men in the chow hall.

    • @KCBeck
      @KCBeck Před 29 dny

      @@crono3339 you should have seen “The rip it days” and “Taca boom boom” days!
      Cocaine in a can!

  • @sn4rl277
    @sn4rl277 Před 28 dny +40

    Everyone will talk trash about the guy that had to go to "Vending machine school" but no one is laughing when the coke machine on the ship is broken.

    • @alanluscombe8a553
      @alanluscombe8a553 Před 28 dny +3

      Very true but it’s hilarious cause he fucking lied. He had a cool and respectable career and he chose to get bagged on by lying

    • @kerryf864
      @kerryf864 Před 27 dny +1

      Boy ain’t that the truth lol

    • @chriscordray8572
      @chriscordray8572 Před 27 dny

      I repaired them before I went in the Navy they aren't that hard to repair..lol

    • @sn4rl277
      @sn4rl277 Před 27 dny

      @@chriscordray8572 That's why the training was one week I guess.

  • @Chrissweet1701
    @Chrissweet1701 Před 28 dny +18

    I went in 2002-2009. Was injured 2007, and discharged 2009. Hearing this stolen Valor on a man who had so many years to make his story, it makes me sick. We served and died and was hurt, and an elderly man who claims his valor is bs. I have to defend my own service as tacp because of stolen valor. I had to spend my last 2 years of service to walk again, but this old man that no one would ever question gets hit with gratitude and lime light. Mean while the rest of us have to defend ourselves. His silver star is tarnished.

    • @JBS2018
      @JBS2018 Před 14 dny

      I was wounded in 2010 and it makes me feel the same way.

  • @azguitar
    @azguitar Před 29 dny +155

    It's sad and pathetic that a decorated sailor would lie like that, just for attention.

    • @Telestations
      @Telestations Před 28 dny +2

      would U believe me if me stated me rescued over 70 Eagles past 16 years - posted videos ta prove it - or is it Stolen Eagle Rescue Valor - U Decide -

    • @jaymac7203
      @jaymac7203 Před 28 dny +3

      Inferiority complex.

    • @daveb2280
      @daveb2280 Před 28 dny +1

      @azguitar: Part delusional and part greed. He thought he found a way to hit a jackpot and have his book deal.

    • @US_ARMY_25_INF._DIV.
      @US_ARMY_25_INF._DIV. Před 28 dny +5

      It is a shame....he had a good career...Vietnam etc.....even served in the Army beforehand.......I would been proud to have had his career.....what a Putz.............

    • @arkangelnorthman
      @arkangelnorthman Před 28 dny +1

      chris kyle did!

  • @williamwright1277
    @williamwright1277 Před 29 dny +110

    Old man would rather lie on credit than tell the truth for free

    • @patrickrose1221
      @patrickrose1221 Před 29 dny +3

      "Wait a minute..... the signal seems to be going down" 😆😅👍

    • @robertscheinost179
      @robertscheinost179 Před 29 dny +2

      @@patrickrose1221 It happens all the time with these guys.

    • @Telestations
      @Telestations Před 28 dny

      would U believe me if me stated me rescued over 70 Eagles past 16 years - posted videos ta prove it - or is it Stolen Eagle Rescue Valor - U Decide -

    • @poppiechickens
      @poppiechickens Před 28 dny

      Free of charge, not for free there is no such thing.

  • @fooddude9921
    @fooddude9921 Před 23 dny +20

    40 years from now Don Shipley will get a call. "Hey Don, there's this guy here giving a speech at our school who says he was not only a Navy Seal medic and sniper, but graduated from Harvard Medical School, is a pilot and says he was also, get this now, an astronaut...yep, says he was a bona fide astronaut. What a crackpot, huh?" Don (with his hairline now down to his eyebrows) "Nah, he's legit. Tell Jonny I said hey."

    • @douglasducoteclown228
      @douglasducoteclown228 Před 10 dny +1

      Jonny is a very impressive individual.

    • @picassoboy52
      @picassoboy52 Před 2 dny

      a lot of writing for something wasnt at all clever dude

    • @fooddude9921
      @fooddude9921 Před 2 dny

      @@picassoboy52 Judging by your grammar and syntax errors it's no wonder you see it that way.

  • @PHAZMID1
    @PHAZMID1 Před 28 dny +23

    “I’ll be go to hell” is my new mantra. Thanks, Shipley!

    • @paemtff9412
      @paemtff9412 Před 27 dny +2

      My grandfather was in the Navy in WW2 and used that statement quite often. Makes me question now.

  • @jamesdillon5862
    @jamesdillon5862 Před 29 dny +234

    I'm thoroughly convinced at this point that every time Don Shipley exposes a phony Navy SEAL he grows another hair follicle and that's why his hair is so thick.

    • @holdernewtshesrearin5471
      @holdernewtshesrearin5471 Před 29 dny +8

      That hairline doesnt recede. EVER!
      It's gone ROGUE!
      When Don is asleep its said that every so often you can hear a follicle shout "Let's take that brow ridge, gentlemen!"

    • @pamsimpson4147
      @pamsimpson4147 Před 29 dny +2

      Makes sense to me.

    • @George-hd7tl
      @George-hd7tl Před 29 dny +4

      i don’t trust anyone over 50 with a full head of hair

    • @dominysynclair
      @dominysynclair Před 29 dny +1

      Right. Dude's got the best hair in the business.

    • @holdernewtshesrearin5471
      @holdernewtshesrearin5471 Před 29 dny +1

      @@George-hd7tl - lol. Why is that?

  • @jeffreymcfadden9403
    @jeffreymcfadden9403 Před 29 dny +123

    "3 tours in a POW camp?"
    Some guys would equate this with 3 marriages.

  • @stevenlsobel
    @stevenlsobel Před 28 dny +10

    If you ever answer the phone and on the other end you hear "it's Don Shipley"...just say "Yes, I'm a freaking liar..." I retire from the Navy in 8 days. The last thing I would do is smear my good name, our Navy, or our Chief's mess by claiming to be a SEAL. Keep up the good work Brother!

  • @AKMN_762
    @AKMN_762 Před 23 dny +7

    "I'm a walking naval special warfare historian" is the quote of all time to shut down people like this.
    Great stuff Don. Thank you for your service, and that goes to any other member of their respective armed forces who happens to read.

  • @neilhannay7596
    @neilhannay7596 Před 29 dny +125

    Im a former barracuda and i can confirm i never bit any navy seals

    • @Telestations
      @Telestations Před 29 dny +6

      when you were a Baracuda you DID - as he stated ya ate a Seals arm off and they had to amputate it - Shame on U - U should pick on fish your own size -

    • @mroctober3657
      @mroctober3657 Před 27 dny +12

      He got a new arm from the Arm-y Surplus store.

    • @kelleenrossman7781
      @kelleenrossman7781 Před 26 dny +8

      Common sense says you should cut the fish off before you take all the time to cut the arm off.

    • @christianmattia7740
      @christianmattia7740 Před 26 dny +7

      What was your Barracuda class number

    • @derekdavis614
      @derekdavis614 Před 26 dny +3

      😂😂😂😂

  • @heatison11
    @heatison11 Před 29 dny +45

    Never be ashamed of your service, if you served honorably be proud

  • @jlovaglio
    @jlovaglio Před 28 dny +13

    He should be ashamed! As a retired BMC, he disgraces the saying "Once a Chief always a Chief"!

    • @leftyo9589
      @leftyo9589 Před 26 dny

      not all chiefs are the cream of the crop.

  • @hothlepoya1864
    @hothlepoya1864 Před 15 dny +2

    I met a dude on tiktok claimed he is a Seal. He said Seal Team 3. Everything about him screamed stolen valor. I'm an Army Vet with nothing crazy to claim . 13B FA.

  • @kinsley7777
    @kinsley7777 Před 29 dny +111

    just because he’s an old man
    doesn’t mean he’s a nice old man

    • @tylerbrown8386
      @tylerbrown8386 Před 28 dny +6

      Exactly! So many people are quick to believe this BS just because he's an old man

    • @kinsley7777
      @kinsley7777 Před 26 dny +1

      @@markb8330
      pretty much ~ pretty much

    • @esotericveritas
      @esotericveritas Před 8 dny

      A lot of them are - liars. War is not what you think. It's propaganda and illusion "warfare". The Ukraine saga? staged. nothing to see there. I know people who went there and it's set up like a giant movie set. It's all just controlled demolition and strategic relocation of populations. There are no real "battles" going on. Anyone who says otherwise is a liar.

  • @W8ASA
    @W8ASA Před 29 dny +92

    He really, truly believes what he's saying.

    • @jrod2635
      @jrod2635 Před 29 dny +12

      He has convinced himself to believe his own BS

    • @KingfishStevens-di9ji
      @KingfishStevens-di9ji Před 29 dny +11

      He's been running that sht for 50 years. He's addicted to the rush he gets seeing peoples' eyes light up. I was a teenager when Nam ended, my brother spent about 3 years over there from re-upping, lots of guys were coming back at that time, he couldn't believe how many guys were telling bullsht stories over here. Faking Valor is pretty common

    • @DonWillis607
      @DonWillis607 Před 29 dny +6

      "Remember....It's Not A Lie If You Believe It" ~ George Costanza (seinfeld)

    • @deplorableredneck4.02
      @deplorableredneck4.02 Před 29 dny +1

      I had an Uncle like that..come to find out he had a dishonorable discharge

    • @scottdavidson526
      @scottdavidson526 Před 29 dny

      ​@@KingfishStevens-di9jiYes, it is, unfortunately.

  • @bungle3912
    @bungle3912 Před 28 dny +31

    Don Shipley's the military equivalent of Chris Hansen. When you hear his name, you know you messed up.

    • @texandy89
      @texandy89 Před 28 dny +1

      At this moment he realized he fucked up

    • @tiamat_023
      @tiamat_023 Před 27 dny +1

      “It’s Don Shipley, bro” is the new “why don’t you have a seat over there.” 🤣

    • @healthy2202
      @healthy2202 Před 27 dny +2

      In a deep voice, "So What was your plan here tonight"

    • @tanker335
      @tanker335 Před 3 dny

      Chris Hansen is a check bouncing fraud. Don isn't. Try another analogy.

  • @billmiller3425
    @billmiller3425 Před 8 dny +1

    As a former Navy SEAL SR71, 72, whatever, pilot who flew 7 missions over Iraq and Fallujah I am disgusted by these fake aholes. My last mission was to fly that great American hero, Motor-One
    Over Fallujah. As we were at 120,000 feet over Australia at Mach 8.4, all of a sudden Motor-One bailed out. I later learned that due to the curvature of the earth, he missed his mark and hurt his back ending his historic time in the special forces. I wish these phonies would stop their BS.

  • @paulthompson1216
    @paulthompson1216 Před 29 dny +104

    Award with combat V for fixing a coke machine under fire. Outstanding.

    • @unclequack5445
      @unclequack5445 Před 29 dny +11

      "Vending Machine School" 1st ive heard of that one.

    • @tomr3422
      @tomr3422 Před 29 dny +6

      almost lost his arm in a coke machine, got stuck trying to free up a stuck soda, almost had to cut it off. In all seriousness If it was awarded, for boat service its not a joke

    • @Retired2013
      @Retired2013 Před 29 dny +3

      😂

    • @patrickrose1221
      @patrickrose1221 Před 29 dny +2

      " Wait a minute Paul, you weren't there! You don't understand dude, they were all over me"! 😆😅😂🤣👍

    • @jasonwhitman94
      @jasonwhitman94 Před 29 dny +5

      @@tomr3422 those barracuda in coke machines are savage

  • @CodyOnIce
    @CodyOnIce Před 29 dny +63

    So this guy can't remember his Buds class number but he remembers the hull number of every ship ??? GET HIM SENIOR !!!

    • @jakester455
      @jakester455 Před 28 dny +1

      Good point. Weirdly I actually met this dude about ten years ago in Cincinnati, I remember his face. He said he was considering investing in an art school downtown. There was a Budweiser on his luggage so I asked if he had been a SEAL, of course he said yes, but something about his patter didn't make sense. I knew enough to casually ask his BUDS class number and he said he couldn't remember. LOL Fraud.

    • @chrisfalcon9804
      @chrisfalcon9804 Před 28 dny

      lol

    • @robertknight5429
      @robertknight5429 Před 28 dny

      He's been to Laos, but he can't pronounce it!

    • @RoSeeUO
      @RoSeeUO Před 28 dny +1

      Who asked for your opinion Cody?

    • @CodyOnIce
      @CodyOnIce Před 28 dny

      @@RoSeeUO Let me help you out. On CZcams people leave their opinions in the comment section. Hopefully now you understand. Tomorrow let's work on shapes and colors

  • @olinewman
    @olinewman Před 28 dny +10

    15:58 "You weren't there when I was there..." "Dude, YOU weren't there when you were there.."

  • @andysmith5220
    @andysmith5220 Před 27 dny +2

    Thanks for being you. As a retired vet thanks

  • @john1653
    @john1653 Před 29 dny +82

    Retired Master Chief stewburner here...I know for a fact that if you were cook on a buoy tender, your ship was one foot inside the "combat zone" when you were awarded a Navy Achievement Medal...it came with a "Combat V." I got a NAM, with the V, and I was never in combat. My ship never spent one minute on a non-drill General Quarters. THE COMBAT V IS A GEDUNK AWARD FOR MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT GOT THEM! I got two NAMs and a NCM, both for units of Operation Market Time, both plowing donuts off the coast of the former South Vietnam. That V was gedunk! I know...I have three of them! Retired for service from June 1963 to March 1986, six different ships! I have a chest full of gedunk medals and ribbons, and I never stared down the barrel of a weapon of any kind! ...except as part of a drill of some kind.

    • @Maurice895
      @Maurice895 Před 29 dny +5

      I miss gedunk🍬🍫

    • @TheRetiredVeteran
      @TheRetiredVeteran Před 29 dny +4

      I am a "Gedunk Junkie" and I am a retired Chief Warrant Officer (Army).

    • @Maurice895
      @Maurice895 Před 29 dny +6

      @@TheRetiredVeteran Navy puke here, been out for almost 27 years. Only a Seaman Apprentice, dranked alot and chased women mostly when I was in.

    • @Telestations
      @Telestations Před 29 dny +9

      my records are sealed for 150 years - did serve on the SS Shiply from 1942 -1992 as a Master Sergeant General Seal Teamster - Buds class of 1912 - was a POW in 1914 during the secret South Sea wars - was a POW during the 1956 Asian Pacific wars - served under Naval Sargent General Thompson of the USARMY Naval Fleet - did it all Don - Special Airborne Ground Assault TeamMaster Shipmate General Commanding Officer of the Navals Bear Team Unit 24 - Bear Teams do it all - trained to operate all Jets or other aircraft including Ships or battleships or Destroyers' or Aircraft Carriers Alone without crew or utilised as one man assault teams - SAGAT (No Pain No Fame) is our Paratrooper's Snipers unit Slogan - Special Forces Bear Team was by Appointment only - one had to be the best of the best Army Seals or Naval Recon - if you were invited in they changed your name and changed your fingerprints with lazers - only the best of the best - they created what Seals are today - Don you of all persons should know all this except you don't cause it's topsecrit - you might find my DD9 or DD685 under the 51/50 Unit -

    • @Telestations
      @Telestations Před 28 dny +3

      would U believe me if me stated me rescued over 70 Eagles past 16 years - posted videos ta prove it - or is it Stolen Eagle Rescue Valor - U Decide -

  • @mr.constitution
    @mr.constitution Před 29 dny +103

    When his son was born, Don asked him, "What's your BUDS class training number??"

    • @Maurice895
      @Maurice895 Před 29 dny +3

      🤣

    • @jarretcrocker2491
      @jarretcrocker2491 Před 29 dny +5

      HAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!

    • @fjccommish
      @fjccommish Před 29 dny +13

      Goo Goo
      Don (Removes glasses): "Look, you! There was no BUDS class Goo Goo!"

    • @erikmiller6724
      @erikmiller6724 Před 29 dny +12

      Don’s son is a legend in the seals. Don Shipley Jr. interview with Shawn Ryan.

    • @99fxr68
      @99fxr68 Před 29 dny +5

      And later that son became a straight up DEVGRU warrior

  • @crazy4dariver
    @crazy4dariver Před 28 dny +6

    I went to have lunch with an old buddy at our local Elks. Some dude showed up, USAF Vet, "Base Commander" He was yet another CIA operator, retired in 1983 as Top Dog. Ah, no. Of every base he could have picked he called out the one I was stationed at for 5 years. 1001 Space Command Headquarters Colorado Springs, Peterson AFB.
    I did overstep because he constantly pushed my buttons. I took his "VET" hat and threw it in the shredder. He knew enough but was not what he claimed to be by any stretch of imagination.
    Buy me tequila shots then call me an ass..the party just started

  • @jerryramsay4858
    @jerryramsay4858 Před 20 dny +1

    That was an awesome conversation,Don your the best ,I'm going to bring this up with my veterans organization to make sure guys are who they say they are

  • @ppetr.8170
    @ppetr.8170 Před 29 dny +59

    When you hear "I'll be doggone" from Don as he politely listens to your line, run for the fucking door because the house is about to come down.

  • @lorinkramer5805
    @lorinkramer5805 Před 29 dny +66

    This guy was SO secret, his classification of, “Vending Machine Technician, First Class,” remains classified with the CIA, FBI and Captain Kirk on the USS Enterprise. Spock doesn’t even know!

    • @Faesharlyn
      @Faesharlyn Před 29 dny +5

      He could tell you but he'd have to put you on ice...

    • @crono3339
      @crono3339 Před 29 dny +9

      Spock doesn't know because he lost his ear to a barracuda while noodling in the Pacific.

    • @nymetsfan912
      @nymetsfan912 Před 29 dny +2

      @@crono3339LMFAO 😂😂😂

    • @alanluscombe8a553
      @alanluscombe8a553 Před 28 dny +4

      😂😂😂😂

    • @possum9704
      @possum9704 Před 28 dny +3

      Lmfao 😳 🤣 😳 🤣 😳 🤣

  • @mattomite9097
    @mattomite9097 Před 24 dny +2

    Thank you Mr and Mrs Shipley. You guys are national treasures and I will be thinking of both of you and many others this Memorial Day. God Bless and thank you for keeping people like me and our country safe.

  • @gus2600
    @gus2600 Před 28 dny +2

    I was in the USAF from 66 to 70 , and that was hard for me to endure . I want to thank you and Diana for the work that you do !

  • @Tim82ATW
    @Tim82ATW Před 29 dny +39

    Keep up the good work Don!! Retired Army Paratrooper (SFC E-7) with 15 years on jump status.

    • @Last_Chance.
      @Last_Chance. Před 29 dny +1

      Whoa sergeant

    • @ceebee8913
      @ceebee8913 Před 29 dny +1

      My cousins are all last name Stratton and that's like a family business to us!! My late cousin Edward Stratton was the first to go through Ft Bragg!! Thank you for your service!! 🙏🏾

    • @crono3339
      @crono3339 Před 29 dny +1

      I was mechanized riding around in a Bradley but I saw dudes jumping at Fort Benning and also during jrtc and man yall were some badasses.

  • @jamesroets800
    @jamesroets800 Před 29 dny +36

    He was already a Vietnam Vet - rose to the rank of E-7, retired from the Navy - got a combat V on his Navy achievement medal - why on earth would he need to embellish all this and put his career all in jeopardy like that? I don't understand.

    • @wayne9287
      @wayne9287 Před 27 dny +3

      I guess his dream was to be a navy seals and he failed twice. Couldn't take it.

    • @SuicideVan
      @SuicideVan Před 25 dny

      It's an indication of a Cluster-B personality disorder.
      Their ego is so fragile and self esteem so low real life will never be enough.
      Even Chris Kyle stole valor.

    • @Freecomments4u
      @Freecomments4u Před 24 dny +1

      everyone ive ever met that was in vietnam was "special warfare" blah blah, they all jump out of planes, EOD etc. Every last one of em. My dad was a painter, the only honest guy. lol

    • @hubes96
      @hubes96 Před 23 dny

      He is a lonely old man! He learned people will talk to him longer if he tells stories about being a navy seal and being pow and all that. Its disgusting and there is no excuse for it! I have to also believe there is a little mental illness that plays a part as well. I strongly believe that is the case with this old man. Loneliness and mental illness…

    • @alphawolfgang173
      @alphawolfgang173 Před 2 dny

      idk how long hes been claiming such things, maybe hes just old and goofy in the head?

  • @gotvipers1
    @gotvipers1 Před 28 dny +2

    Thanks Don all the hard work you put in ..

  • @user-mt6eg6or8v
    @user-mt6eg6or8v Před 6 dny +1

    Thank you Don for exposing these knuckle heads. Spent 4 years in the navy and 7 years in the marine corps. No one special. Just a jar head. All the best.

  • @Doug_M
    @Doug_M Před 29 dny +44

    What a disgrace. He took whatever good he accomplished and flushed it.

  • @elimcgee4752
    @elimcgee4752 Před 29 dny +61

    He has more stripes and ribbons than the Navy store has for sale

  • @cycleSCUBA
    @cycleSCUBA Před 25 dny +2

    Keep up the fantastic work, Don, and root out these horrors. Best wishes to all genuine SEALS out there and massive respect from a UK Forces Veteran. 🇺🇲🤝🇬🇧

  • @Benny_From_NY
    @Benny_From_NY Před 28 dny +4

    Thanks for your continued service don!

  • @robertparnell4619
    @robertparnell4619 Před 29 dny +35

    That little jail in the mail security office doesn’t constitute as a POW camp.

  • @martyfenton6184
    @martyfenton6184 Před 29 dny +44

    This guy deserves to be exposed to everyone he has ever fed this line Bravo Sierra to. If he profits from a bogus book he should be prosecuted. I am a retired Navy Chief - not a SEAL. This disgraces all Chiefs and SEALS. I am not ashamed of my part in supporting the entire Navy.

    • @smartbomb7202
      @smartbomb7202 Před 29 dny

      the ghost writing dolt chick can list it as fiction and make $ on that!

  • @faradaysage15
    @faradaysage15 Před 29 dny +4

    it's like a pirate pretending to be a ninja.

  • @wilfswanderings
    @wilfswanderings Před 28 dny +1

    Your patience is amazing!!!

  • @ericbenko5195
    @ericbenko5195 Před 29 dny +91

    Forget Troy Palomalu, head and shoulders needs Don Juan's locks.

    • @customcal1
      @customcal1 Před 29 dny +4

      That’s hilarious. Well sad.

    • @jimmer1047
      @jimmer1047 Před 29 dny

      Perfect! I ain't got hair one on my melon and Don has enough to make me a toupee after one trim! Lol

  • @theburdman1
    @theburdman1 Před 29 dny +35

    The 5 most feared words to hear: “Hey, this is Don Shipley.”

    • @trekster9269
      @trekster9269 Před 28 dny

      "who? get off my phone"

    • @StabbinJoeScarborough
      @StabbinJoeScarborough Před 28 dny

      Don has the best hair on the net ! He beat out both David Lee Roth and Nikki Sixx !

    • @Brutalford
      @Brutalford Před 27 dny +1

      Why fear it, if you are a liar!! I'd love to talk to him outside of a messy bs life

  • @centurione6489
    @centurione6489 Před 28 dny +5

    This guy is legit: he knows everything about barracudas.
    🤣

  • @jameshiggins5573
    @jameshiggins5573 Před 28 dny +1

    You are the best Don love how they get all flustered when you call them out sad for that gentleman

  • @perfectsense3240
    @perfectsense3240 Před 29 dny +58

    That barracuda story was some epic bullshit, buddy! Nice effort, Captain Quint!

    • @davidday8417
      @davidday8417 Před 29 dny +5

      I’m with you how any person would believe that story is beyond me !! Had to cut a guys arm off to keep him from drowning !! Sharks won’t bite you oh yeah how about that young female surfer who’s arm was bite off by a Tiger shark !! Plus so many others that have been killed by sharks !!

    • @michaelc3051
      @michaelc3051 Před 29 dny

      What, you’ve never shouted at a man-eating shark and scared it away? I could tell you some stories about that, but it’s all classified. My records are locked in the president’s desk for one hundred years, and I’m not even an American.

    • @drshoe8744
      @drshoe8744 Před 29 dny

      Barracuda are dangerous though, when I was in GITMO they told us to remove dog tags, rings, anything shiny before swimming because the cuda go for that kind of thing, but that guy is so full of crap.

    • @Mongooseonthaloose
      @Mongooseonthaloose Před 29 dny

      Hahahahaha! Barracuda in a hole that bit a man’s arm so bad they had to amputate… I’m a diver and spear fisher. I hunt barracuda and I’ll tell you this much, barracudas don’t live in “holes” in the ocean 😂 sharks operate on smell and by touch primarily… they see just fine underwater. His story is complete horseshit!

    • @shellytanner
      @shellytanner Před 28 dny +1

      Probably more likely to lose an arm noodling (sp?)

  • @tyronmegawatts6580
    @tyronmegawatts6580 Před 29 dny +42

    As a Former Navy Blue Whale 🐋 I am disgusted by these phonies.

    • @Phil_Melone
      @Phil_Melone Před 29 dny +4

      I'm a former silver whale 🐋🐳! And I agree!

    • @bennyd345
      @bennyd345 Před 29 dny +3

      Pfft, amateur, I'm a retired Salvation Army Walrus, goo goo, ga choob, Good Sir.

    • @Telestations
      @Telestations Před 28 dny +2

      would U believe me if me stated me rescued over 70 Eagles past 16 years - posted videos ta prove it - or is it Stolen Eagle Rescue Valor - U Decide -

    • @tyronmegawatts6580
      @tyronmegawatts6580 Před 28 dny +2

      Ran into a UDT hero at the barber shop Monday. Trident tattoo, he didn't have a training class number.

  • @paulmason3700
    @paulmason3700 Před 23 dny

    Thank you for what you do sir. I just watched the one about the EMC Chuck Rogers who said his records had been sealed for 100 years. Keep up your excellent work sir. I know this one had to be a tough one.

  • @joerozsa7669
    @joerozsa7669 Před 28 dny +8

    "He had a prostate put on and kept it 'til the day he retired." Learn something every day. I didn't know it was possible to have a prostate put on your arm.

    • @glenndower2513
      @glenndower2513 Před 24 dny

      This is the 3rd time I've listened to this BS machine, but the first time I heard him say "Put a prostate on his arm.." I had to listen again to be sure I heard him correctly.

    • @seanmcnally5560
      @seanmcnally5560 Před 2 dny

      Okay. I wasn't losing my hearing or mind when he said that.
      Oh, that reminds me. I think I'm due for my annual prosthetic check with my doctor.

  • @Maurice895
    @Maurice895 Před 29 dny +54

    Don scuttled this guy like he was the Oriskany.🤣🚢

    • @motorTranz
      @motorTranz Před 29 dny +1

      😂

    • @marth6271
      @marth6271 Před 29 dny

      I was ship’s company on the Mighty O (USS ZIPPO) and resent this pathetic man even mentionig her.

    • @Faesharlyn
      @Faesharlyn Před 29 dny

      He deserves a proper keelkauling

    • @Maurice895
      @Maurice895 Před 29 dny +1

      @@motorTranz 👍

  • @davidc5027
    @davidc5027 Před 29 dny +39

    I'm surprised that was a hill he wanted to die on. Anyone could tell he knew Don had him pinned down, and he stuck to the story. Unbelievable

  • @dohc22h
    @dohc22h Před 29 dny +1

    Thanks for sharing Don... Sucks you had to go through it all.

  • @markwinter9001
    @markwinter9001 Před 27 dny +4

    I bet that cuts deep when it’s one of your peers that lies like that

  • @yoman.whatisthis3698
    @yoman.whatisthis3698 Před 29 dny +91

    the only thing chuck norris fears is a call from Don Shipley.

    • @earlycuyler4019
      @earlycuyler4019 Před 28 dny +2

      Chuck may fear a call from Don but his beard does not…

    • @internet_internet
      @internet_internet Před 27 dny

      Nice.

    • @kaneda956
      @kaneda956 Před 27 dny +3

      I looked up your name on the seal database, and it doesn't show anywhere here that you were in Navy seal. You were a famous star that was the main character in many great action films, and made Millions as well as acquired millions of fans. There's even a joke collection made about you. But as far as being a Navy seal, you are not coming up on the database. Care to explain that ?

    • @robertmoore2049
      @robertmoore2049 Před 26 dny

      Or Jocko Willink!!

    • @PromasterHOF
      @PromasterHOF Před 25 dny +1

      I’m pretty sure Chuck Norris never claimed to be a navy Seal LOL LOL

  • @billydoyle6919
    @billydoyle6919 Před 29 dny +24

    That Barracuda story about amputating a guy's arm underwater is insane!
    I must have slept through that lesson at medic school.

    • @ananda_miaoyin
      @ananda_miaoyin Před 28 dny +2

      For real. It gave me flashbacks from when I got both of my arms hacked of because of barracudas...and I was in the Air Force!

    • @jamesjwalsh
      @jamesjwalsh Před 28 dny

      Great idea for a hollywood scriptwriter.

    • @Bothrops54
      @Bothrops54 Před 28 dny +2

      Sounds like the scene in the movie the deep....where the guy sticks his arm in the hole in the hull of the sunken ship and the Moray eel grabs ahold of his arm and wont let go.

  • @Jasonj___8
    @Jasonj___8 Před 28 dny +1

    Thank you Mr Shipley 👍🇬🇧

  • @Dracsmolar
    @Dracsmolar Před 26 dny +2

    Worked with a retired 20 year navy vet who was a mechanic the stories he had just from sailing around the world and seeing the sights he had seen were entertaining without him adding any BS.

  • @georgemartin1436
    @georgemartin1436 Před 29 dny +28

    The guy had a record to be proud of, but he had to pile on a ton of bullcookies and ruin it.

  • @Gucci_Membrane
    @Gucci_Membrane Před 29 dny +15

    I’m a 23 year old that works in the parts department of a car dealership and never have been in the military but I genuinely enjoy watching your videos and appreciate all the work you have done for the SEAL community by exposing these liars. Thank you Sir.

  • @laradioken
    @laradioken Před 28 dny +1

    I LOVE what you do. You are a great man for doing this.

  • @saltygenes
    @saltygenes Před 26 dny +1

    Don, through all these years watching you, you STILL CRACK ME UP! 😂😂😂😂 You're a walking legend brotha.

  • @therighttobeleftinthecentr9083

    My biggest issue with this channel is that Don doesn't enjoy this work! I hate seeing how hard it hits him, when I just drop in for some brilliant entertainment, then I waltz out again.
    Cheers for what you do, Don. I hope you can find pleasure in your sleuthing skills!

  • @vladimpaler9274
    @vladimpaler9274 Před 29 dny +165

    Don needs to be sponsored by Pantene 😂

    • @macscott956
      @macscott956 Před 29 dny +5

      And what does he wash that beautiful beard with? It’s so healthy without the greasy shimmer of oil.

    • @nightflight1454
      @nightflight1454 Před 29 dny +10

      He only uses shark water by old spice .The cheif doesn't touch girl shampoo

    • @jungleforeva
      @jungleforeva Před 29 dny +9

      I bet he’s a Pert, Irish Spring and Old Spice guy

    • @troyevitt2437
      @troyevitt2437 Před 29 dny +4

      Ever Seen SeAL Team 6 founder Richard "Demo Dick" Marcinko? He was one of the first SpecOp guys, along with his team, to be allowed, if not required, to grow long hair and a beard on active duty. Also, when 6 was formed, it was really only the 3rd Team, so they expanded like, 1,2,6,4,5,3. He had long braided hair the rest of his life
      Richard Marcinko November 21, 1940 - December 25, 2021)

    • @troyevitt2437
      @troyevitt2437 Před 29 dny

      @@jungleforeva The Skipper is tough as nails...he doesn't shower, he BATHES...in a tub fulla barracuda, !!!
      That loser's story about barracuda eating a SeAL's hand was pathetic. They don't attack in swarms and consume people or other animals in a few seconds.
      That's a myth like "Crocodiles cry when they eat" and "Ostriches think they're hiding with their heads down holes." Fake SeAL < Marine Biologists

  • @Intellectualwarrior11
    @Intellectualwarrior11 Před 28 dny

    Thanks for your service!

  • @zingwilder9989
    @zingwilder9989 Před 28 dny +3

    Well, he was a lonely old man that craved attention and he found it. However, he never realized how bad it would backfire.

  • @sowder
    @sowder Před 29 dny +32

    There are only two men in this entire world that I fear. Chuck Norris...and Don Shipley.

    • @atthebrink74
      @atthebrink74 Před 29 dny +4

      Don Shipley hides inside Chuck’s beard…
      Chuck hides in Don’s hair…

    • @Sir_Richard_Stewart
      @Sir_Richard_Stewart Před 29 dny +3

      And only one Man Don Fears 😉

    • @BeamieYT
      @BeamieYT Před 29 dny +6

      Chuck Norris only fears one thing...
      "Hey Bro, it's Don Shipley"... game over...

    • @hillbillyjimbo1732
      @hillbillyjimbo1732 Před 29 dny +4

      Both fear Diane!

    • @Telestations
      @Telestations Před 28 dny +2

      would U believe me if me stated me rescued over 70 Eagles past 16 years - posted videos ta prove it - or is it Stolen Eagle Rescue Valor - U Decide -

  • @ricofugitiva4286
    @ricofugitiva4286 Před 29 dny +47

    “ I can’t stand another minute of your bullshit !” Sounds like Diane talking to Don 😁

  • @Rottingboards
    @Rottingboards Před dnem

    Thanks Don! That would be a hard one. We veterans appreciate your dedication.

  • @lleroy3238
    @lleroy3238 Před 17 dny +1

    These are the best confrontations. Keep doing your thing Don. From a former Marine.

  • @billrook6165
    @billrook6165 Před 29 dny +74

    Another daily maggot mash by Don Shipley! GO Don GO.....

    • @jeffdavis-nc1sn
      @jeffdavis-nc1sn Před 29 dny

      I believe if Don had actually served in Vietnam like this guy did, he might have come to a different conclusion.

    • @paulkersey2179
      @paulkersey2179 Před 29 dny

      @@jeffdavis-nc1sn Huh?

    • @jeffdavis-nc1sn
      @jeffdavis-nc1sn Před 29 dny

      @@paulkersey2179 Anyone with experience can tell that this guy is indeed exaggerating a little bit (which isn't uncommo), but his story mostly checks out.

    • @t0ny1189
      @t0ny1189 Před 29 dny +1

      ​@@jeffdavis-nc1snYeah that barracuda story checks out...

    • @jeffdavis-nc1sn
      @jeffdavis-nc1sn Před 29 dny

      @@t0ny1189 he's embellishing the story a little bit, but it's possible that someone actually did get bit by a barracuda

  • @josephmarucci3528
    @josephmarucci3528 Před 29 dny +22

    Damn, his career sounded cool without having to lie and fancy it all up. Cheers Don

  • @charlesgoddard7026
    @charlesgoddard7026 Před 27 dny +1

    Don Shipley - my day just got better. Great to see his take downs. More strength to your elbow!

  • @chazhipple4520
    @chazhipple4520 Před 27 dny

    Mr. Shipley, thank you for your service and what you continue to do to maintain the integrity of the SEAL's. One of my biggest regrets in life is not entering the Navy as I was supposed to after high school. However, I couldn't ever imagine lying about such things in order to have some sort of reputation within the military community. This man had a very solid military career. It should have been enough for him. It's really a damn shame that he feels he needs to lie in order to feel more important than others who have served. Again, thank you for your service and continued efforts to oust these bogus people.

  • @larryspiller6633
    @larryspiller6633 Před 29 dny +23

    He has civies on for a picture on a military diving ID card? A card issued after his discharge date? Another one bites the dust.

    • @unclequack5445
      @unclequack5445 Před 29 dny +1

      I know right the card was issued a day after he retired Aha haa aha Aahaa haa......

  • @Lance-yl5sz
    @Lance-yl5sz Před 29 dny +15

    Amazing, he can recall all his alleged history, but not his BUDS class number.

  • @MrJansenenjansen
    @MrJansenenjansen Před 28 dny

    Thanks for sharing the crazy phone calls you get❤. Keep up the good work . Could you share more of your story's like waking up at the garbage field after...😊

  • @MichaelEhline
    @MichaelEhline Před 23 dny

    Thanks for taking my call. I will keep you posted Master Chief. Semper Fi!

  • @carlswedberg8126
    @carlswedberg8126 Před 29 dny +12

    I served in the Navy in Vietnam 70-71 for 7 months at Solid Anchor, I was never a Seal, but there were 2 platoons of Seals there, never knew about them before. Lived in the hootch next door to them and loved to hear stories of their ops. I was saddened when a Seal Lt on his second deployment was kia only a couple of weeks after his return in country. Keep up the good work, Don.

    • @Telestations
      @Telestations Před 28 dny

      would U believe me if me stated me rescued over 70 Eagles past 16 years - posted videos ta prove it - or is it Stolen Eagle Rescue Valor - U Decide -

  • @Estrimble1
    @Estrimble1 Před 29 dny +23

    What a waste of a pretty decent career it looks like. He buried all those achievements with B/S.

  • @lancewebb5990
    @lancewebb5990 Před 24 dny +3

    My sons mom was killed while serving in the U S Army gave up her life while serving are country. And all of us still miss her every day. To see these ppl like this man makes me sick.

  • @yogidemis8513
    @yogidemis8513 Před 16 dny +1

    Keep doing what you are doing Mr. Don Shipley, keep calling out these fools who steal Valor.

  • @janerkenbrack3373
    @janerkenbrack3373 Před 29 dny +45

    How can you have a whole career in the Navy and not have enough actual stories to pass around without making up BS?

    • @justinlast2lastharder749
      @justinlast2lastharder749 Před 29 dny +1

      Because most Navy Personnel are either Cooks, Janitors, or Mechanics. That's why so many of the Fakes turn out to have been Navy and why so many that embellish are former Navy. Along with the Air Force, it's the service path most likely to end up with a Mundane Blue Collar Job while serving...but at least Air Force has the benefit of not sharing bunks with other dudes and has a reputation for intelligence.
      It's the Nature of that Branch. Army and Marines you are a lot more likely to see combat or at least have what kids would see as a "Cool Job".

    • @haveaday1812
      @haveaday1812 Před 29 dny

      @@justinlast2lastharder749Even then the percentage of guys who actually see combat is about 5 % or all services.

    • @janerkenbrack3373
      @janerkenbrack3373 Před 29 dny

      @@justinlast2lastharder749 I guess I was in a different Navy than the one you describe.
      What you describe bears little resemblance to what I experienced.
      There's no rating for janitor for one thing. And the supply department is relatively small compared to engineering and operations.
      Perhaps you should have watched different movies to learn stuff.
      Yeah, ground troops do face combat more frequently than do sailors. This is a feature not a bug, along with three hots and a cot every day.
      Soldiers and Marines make up tales too. But most of the fakes never served at all.

    • @MichaelsGuns
      @MichaelsGuns Před 29 dny

      @@janerkenbrack3373 No rating for janitor? Its called BM. LOL.

    • @justinlast2lastharder749
      @justinlast2lastharder749 Před 29 dny

      ​@@janerkenbrack3373​​We are talking about people not having enough stories to tell to impress without making them up. Most Navy stories are entertaining/humorous stories rather than "Im a Badass"...unless it is a Seal. It's the nature of the Branch, there is very little beyond Pilot, Officer, and Seal that offers individual achievement making you the badass hero. Its a group effort to do things and most of the tasks are mundane tasks regardless. Meanwhile, to the Average Person, even a normal combat patrol with a minor skirmish sounds "cool" to normies...so Army and Marines are less likely to have to go to the length of embellishing "Special Forces" to tell tales that make them seem badass. "We were on patrol, I had my M4 Kitted out, we heard there was an enemy presence..." Is a compelling individual story even if it ends up "and we encountered nothing, but boy it was a tense atmosphere" type thing. Just think about Vietnam. Troops were in the Jungles fighting Charlie on some on some Full Metal Jacket shit...while Navy like this dude were on support boats and exaggerate that they were in "the Shit" too. Everyone has impersonators and embellishers from actual service members, they just do it in different ways. Army is most likely to lie about confirmed kills. Marines are most likely to say they didn't eat the red crayon again, they didn't pay for companionship, or how it totally wasn't him they saw walking into the adult theater last night...There's different things they lie about is what im saying...

  • @saladbreath607
    @saladbreath607 Před 29 dny +60

    His medals were actually coins from his vending machine days.

    • @Foldy435
      @Foldy435 Před 22 dny +1

      He used to sneak up on those vending machines with his finger gun and do a forward roll.

    • @paulvon2378
      @paulvon2378 Před 17 dny +1

      the man did serve in Vietnam.

  • @user-pk7qd1bd4o
    @user-pk7qd1bd4o Před 28 dny +2

    This guy is so delusional that he believes his own lies

  • @mpr8356
    @mpr8356 Před 27 dny +5

    Man, these imposters tell the most amazing stories 😂

  • @arkangelnorthman
    @arkangelnorthman Před 29 dny +100

    should be jail time for impersonating millitary...PHDs in BS!!!

    • @raycatlin3554
      @raycatlin3554 Před 29 dny +7

      watch again

    • @larrysnipes7113
      @larrysnipes7113 Před 29 dny +11

      the guy did plenty of actual stuff he could have bragged about, but he just had to be a SEAL.

    • @micclay
      @micclay Před 29 dny +1

      Have you thought of trying psilocybin mushrooms?

    • @crono3339
      @crono3339 Před 29 dny +3

      I love psilocybin mushrooms more than anything but what does that have to do with this video? Haha

    • @dave0051
      @dave0051 Před 29 dny

      Here is the thing, I am sure he has plenty of true old Navy stories but for whatever reason he didn't think they were good enough. I guess.​@@larrysnipes7113

  • @RealJeep
    @RealJeep Před 29 dny +14

    I graduated from HT A school in Philly in 1977. No embellishment, no V's, no silver stars but I had a good time on my ships.

  • @mattyp6908
    @mattyp6908 Před 29 dny

    Wait, did we just witness Don step up his editing and production on his already incredible videos?
    Love it. Keep it up chief.

  • @BeckiMuttley
    @BeckiMuttley Před 28 dny +3

    I would read a book about a chief petty officer who was a Navy diver and did boat service in the Vietnam war. This is just so much more of a shame than when the civilians lie about military service. With a civilian I can almost understand it because they are just essentially cattle with meaningless lives. For example, there was one man who served on a nuclear submarine who felt the need to embellish his career and say he was a SEAL as well. I just can’t understand that. I was a soldier and if ever I meet submariners who are willing to talk about their service (which is rare) I am fascinated by even the most mundane stories.