Laz posted an article earlier this week pointing out this guy is active in the NY Guard, not the NATIONAL Guard and is thus not a commissioned officer in the USA.
Didnt see if his article was verified.
Laz pulled his post as it was verified that there are TWO Robert Batemans, the NY Guard poseur, and one who is a real LTC in the US Army. I think this article may have made the same mistake, and that it is about the fake. That’s why I was asking Laz, he’s more up on the details.
Lieutenant Colonel Robert L. Bateman is an infantryman, historian and prolific writer. Bateman was a Military Fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and has taught Military History at the U.S. Military Academy. He is currently stationed in Washington, D.C. Bateman has authored two books: “Digital War, A View from the Front Lines” (Presidio: 1999) and “No Gun Ri, A Military History of the Korean War Incident” (Stackpole, 2002). He’s also contributed to or co-authored seven more. Bateman’s byline has appeared on more than 300 print and major national web site articles.
http://smallwarsjournal.com/author/robert-bateman