Can I ask you a seriously dumb question?? Is it possible that this officer and his 1LT DO exist but that they've used aliases for the very reasons you've stated - that a true SOCOM officer would not put his name, rank, etc, out there - and that this micht be the reason you can't locate them on AKO?? I'm not challenging you - just wondering out loud. I want to know the ending to this story, too.
I want to know the end of this too. Was skeptical in the beginning, even more so now. Wondering why we have not heard anything. In one day, we had a thread about CPT Mike being wounded, and on another thread (a couple of hours later, a Prayer thread), an email from LT Owen about CPT Mike being wounded. It is going on a week now, and have heard no more.
A very good and valid question. I contemplated it myself briefly.
Yes it is of course possible he is using fake names, but very, very unlikely. I expect him to use that as his excuse if he comes up again.
Why use a name anyway? And his screenname is a no-no, also. If he is really involved with Special Operations, he would seek to keep anonimity in every instance possible. He has allowed pictures of himself to be posted on this website from various political rallies in California. I have been a registered member since the 2000 election mess and was a lurker for a few months prior. I will never disclose my identity. I am a political citizen, but an apolitical officer.
1LTs are not in SOCOM except for a handful of guys in the Ranger Regiment. That was a big tip off. He might now claim he is with a Civil Affairs or Psychological Operations unit. OK, except he was pretty unambiguous about being Special Forces. The media uses those terms (Spec Ops and Spec Forces) interchangeably; no one in the Army does.
Professional soldiers, especially officers, do not attend political rallies. If they do, they do not actively participate like getting up on stage. It is not illegal as long as you are not in uniform, but it is just not done. We serve the Constitution. This type of activity taints us and makes easy fodder for those who claim the military is a bought and paid Republican constituency.
Again, I checked two different datbases and used broad search parameters. He is a fraud. The burden is on him.