Va. Senate candidate misrepresents military record

Washington Post ^ | 9/15/15 | Jenna Portnoy

[markomalley]

A state Senate candidate from Virginia Beach said he misrepresented his military record, an error that could dim Democrats’ hopes of unseating an entrenched Republican incumbent and winning control of the chamber.

Campaign materials for Gary T. McCollum, a cable television executive challenging Sen. Frank W. Wagner (R-Virginia Beach), had said he was “currently a Major in the Army Reserve.”

But Army records show he was discharged 14 years ago, in September 2001, according to Ray Gall, a spokesman for the U.S. Army Human Resources Command in Fort Knox, Ky.

[onedoug]

Keep it in a safe place.

Thanks so much. I was always curious.

I surely do.

[TADSLOS]

Officers are issued DD 214s also upon release from active duty or retirement.

[Jack Deth]

Close. But no cigar!

Once you are released from Active Duty. You are put on “Inactive Reserve” and run the next to nothing risk of being called back in for five years.

Not 14!

[Jack Deth]

Enlisted, too.

[Amagi]

Hey, why not try, stolen valor worked for Richard Blumenthal, if not for three-scratches-and-I'm-out-of-here John Fraud Kerry, who threw fake "medals" over the White House fence.

[Gopher Broke]

VA GOP Statement on Gary McCollum No Longer Being Employed By Cox
— Despite #StolenValor and Cox situation, Dems still think McCollum is a ‘Top 3’ candidate and they continue to hide his State applications —

September 25, 2015 - Richmond, VA - Last night, Cox Communications released a statement to The Virginia Pilot announcing that Gary McCollum is no longer employed by Cox Communications. Below is RPV’s statement on the matter:

“I want to thank Cox Communications for making the right decision by severing ties with a man who has practiced stolen valor for the past fourteen years,” said RPV Chairman John Whitbeck. “Sadly, Governor McAuliffe and the Democrat Party are STILL standing behind Gary McCollum despite this reprehensible deception.”

“Governor McAuliffe has continued to refuse to release basic FOIA requests regarding Gary McCollum’s applications to serve on two state boards and will not comment on McCollum’s lies about his service. The Democrat Party of Virginia still refers to McCollum as “one of 3 top-tier candidates” on their website. This all begs the question, what does Gary McCollum have to do before the Democrats disown him?”

“I ask Governor McAuliffe to join everyone else in Virginia and denounce McCollum’s lies and obfuscations. Furthermore, I demand he release the FOIA requests he is required to do by law.”

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