Michigan Dem Senate Nominee Gary Peters Exaggerated, Misrepresented Military Record

Breitbart Big Government ^ | 12 Oct 2014 | Matthew Boyle

[cripplecreek]

Rep. Gary Peters (D-MI) has exaggerated and misrepresented his military service record on the campaign trail for U.S. Senate in Michigan, military community leaders including one of his former commanding officers told Breitbart News for an exclusive investigative report.

Peters’ military service record jacket, obtained via the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) from the Department of the Navy and provided exclusively to Breitbart News, shows a man who had a broken service record that was substandard, one of his indirect commanding officers, retired Navy Commander Jim Semerad, said in an interview with Breitbart News.

“Gary was pretty much a warm body in virtually all of the units I saw him assigned to,” Semerad said when reached by phone early Thursday. “He was never selected for anything.”

[cripplecreek]

I was less than ideal military material when I was younger so I didn’t serve. Now that I’m older and wish I had I’m not going to lie about it.

[jstaff]

You, my friend, don’t seem to get it. Or maybe you do and you really are an undercover brother, working for the man, pretending to be something else. He’s a liar and a dumbass.

[nhwingut]

I think a lot of the stuff mentioned, if told in a vacuum, would come across as political posturing and minor to the average voter (ie says he’s a “expert marksman” when he’s only a “marksman.”) But collectively its pretty damning. The guy is a serial BSer who has a habit of inflating credentials. Need a better way to succinct it, though.

[rrrod]

Democrats should be disqualified from serving in the US military!

[elcid1970]

Thank you for your Vietnam service. I was there too.

I offer but two words for this thread: Stolen Valor.

[Mark17]

I offer but two words for this thread: Stolen Valor.

I never read the book, but maybe I should. Welcome home bro.