I-Team: Semper Lie: Self-defense Business Owner Claimed Wild Military Deeds
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- Опубликовано: 9 фев 2025
- WOODSTOCK, Ga. - A Cobb County man who spent years pretending to be a Navy SEAL finally came face-to-face with the truth. And the FOX 5 I-Team.
Bob McDaniel runs a business teaching self-defense classes in metro Atlanta. However, his real skill appears to be thriller fiction writing, the kind that might put Jack Ryan to shame.
At various times, McDaniel claimed he flew Marine Corps combat missions in Vietnam, fought with and taught the Army's elite Delta Force and served for more than 20 years as a Navy SEAL, the unit considered the tip of the spear for any sensitive military mission.
But according to the military, none of that is true. And as you'll see, those lies are not harmless.
“It’s like I just met an admiral and like was super-pumped about it," remembered Reagan Hughes, a North Forsyth High School freshman who was introduced to McDaniel in a Woodstock restaurant last month during a celebration of the Navy's birthday. McDaniel was wearing the uniform of a Navy rear admiral, with a chest full of medals. Reagan said McDaniel offered to help him get into the Naval Academy.
McDaniel is 71. The military told us “there’s no record of him being in the Navy," just six years in the Marine Corps Reserve starting in 1967 and ending as an E-5 Sergeant Radio Telegraph Operator. According to what the military sent us, McDaniel spent no time in Vietnam.
But that’s not what people are told who pay for his self-defense classes.
Their company is called Security Against Forced Encounters, or SAFE. They charge up to $30 a head for self-defense classes held around metro Atlanta. After class, they sell mini-flashlights and bamboo weapons.
McDaniel may warn women how to avoid being attacked, but the real challenge here is keeping track of all of McDaniel's dramatic adventures.
“I’ve been to Syria with Delta (Force)," he told our undercover producer who attended one of his classes. "There for an operation. We had to extract two people and we had to go after two other targets. I’m still a SEAL. I’ve been through 20-odd years.”
The FOX 5 I-Team waited until November 10 -- the birthday of the Marine Corps -- to see whether McDaniel would show again at that same Woodstock restaurant, the Semper Fi Bar and Grill.
He did, this time wearing a Marine Corps t-shirt rather than a Navy admiral's uniform.
I walked up to get his thoughts on such an important day.
We tried to show him his real military record. Instead, McDaniel sounded full retreat and headed for his car.
Semper Fi Bar and Grille co-owner Ralph Roeger said over the years customers impressed with his stories had offered to pick up McDaniel’s check. He said last month was the first time McDaniel wore a uniform.
Arlene Johnson refused to look at McDaniel's military record when we tried to show her after he drove away. She walked out of the restaurant while talking to McDaniel on her cellphone.
A few days later, McDaniel returned a call from the FOX 5 I-Team and admitted his military claims were a lie.
Our investigation started with a tip from a Maryland man named Don Shipley. He’s a retired Navy SEAL who started a second career outing thousands of people who fake their military credentials. Coming up tomorrow night - Shipley said he finds more fakes in Georgia than any other state in the country.
And we’re there when Shipley introduced himself to Bob McDaniel.
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Any fakers worst day: seeing Don Shipley walking up with papers in his hands.
Awesome....
and the fact that Sr. Chief isn't exactly a small man himself so well.......
@@muriloninja Yeah Don also has a titanium leg below 1 knee and will still kick that phonies ass Get these fakers Don Thank God for men like Senior Chief Don Shipley.
Uncle Quack Oh crap where did I park!!
True
He joined the Marine Reserves to get out of going to 'Nam. A lot of men did, but to claim he went...is dishonor to all those that came back with so many scars......He's disgusting.
Your damn right about that.
They came back haunted with physical and emotional scars while a lot of Americans hated them for their service at the time. To be a valor thief of Vietnam soldiers honor is a double slap in the face to those that served and had to hide it after. The soldiers didn't start the war or decide how it was handled, they just had to fight it the best they could. Many of whom were drafted because they were minorities, poor and uneducated. Then you also had the Forrest Gumps of "McNamara's morons" aka Project 100,000.
*DISGUSTANG*
+cffdrnkr
Serving in the Marine Reserves did not get people out of serving in Vietnam.
@@bighands69 Maybe not.. But I know a retired Master Gunnery Sergeant that was in from 1966 to the 1990s all in the Marine Reserves and he only left St Joseph MO for training.
Credit to Don Shipley for exposing this guy. His credentials for teaching and earning money and his girl friend, just flew out the window.
CHAOSNCHECK T feel sorry for the missus..but how could you be that gullible.
GET 'EM, DON SHIPLEY!!!
Just a glimpse of that werewolf face has to be enough to make a fake SEAL's hemorrhoids throb .They all know who he is, and they know they're about to have years or decades of lies shoved right back up their ass.
Bravo Zulu to Senior Chief Don Shipley and the Fox News crew for outing this POS fraud . Can somebody file a class action lawsuit against him and his fake security company ? When fraudsters like him get pulled into court and financially wrecked maybe others like him will think long and hard about doing the same . Poseuring fake honor in a bar for free drinks and attention is one thing , but bilking people out of their money is a step too far .
Why wasn't he charged? He gained personal benefits as a result of his stolen valor. That is the criteria for the crime.
Hopefully he will be once enough evidence is procured & brought to light.
Impersonating a Officer of any Military Branch is a Felony.-US Navy Veteran..(NOT a Navy Seal,lol)
The stolen valor law concerning medals and uniforms was nulled years ago
@@RidinDirtyRollinBurnouts The original law was struck down but it was replaced with a revised law in 2013.
Robert Gates I didn't know that, that's good news!
Shout out to Bob for completing SEAL training in his 50s. Truly inspiring
A legend in his own mind. Should be put in prison.
shambolic that he could go on for so long and no one figured it out
rustybuttpate it’s a felony called stollen valor.
shot to th head- simples
@@gusflynn6815he’s just a pathological liar. Maybe he’s never heard that all liars will have their part in the lake of fire.
“Why you lying?”
Quote of the decade 😂😂
Dead giveaway is a SEAL talking about what he did.
This guy looks like a ham radio nerd. My local ham radio club has people like this guy.
Some do - Chris Kyle and a heap of others who whored themselves out with their books and inflated stories are just as dishonourable.
Apparently Jocko Willinck isn't all that popular as he makes himself out to be with his own community either.
47 I know a Tier one guy. Trust me they get mad about the books and movies.
Morgan Freeman team 6 is
Morgan Freeman trust me brother.
The Sea Cadet situation is the most aggravating for me. He looks like his trust for a person in uniform is damaged.
seanthomxx He should have never had that trust in the 1st place. People are people it does not matter what they wear.
Can’t be any worse than what those Republicans in the Senate did to that decorated Purple Heart war vet for dear leader trump
Learning experience
@@Erk0806
What the hell are you talking about.
Typical Trump supporter you got your head up your ass you rather live in La La Land
Shipley is doing our work for us. Thank you senior chief.
Sad thing he was actually in the Marines and didn’t learn anything about honor.
bingo!
SuperChief5 he was a reservist we don’t associate with them
@@kevynbarnhart9993
That nonsense.
bighand69 Running joke in the corps but aright
Kevyn Barnhart lol he just made us weekend warriors look even worse
“I’m thinking his girlfriend is sitting in there wondering where he is”
I’m thinking his girlfriend is sitting in there wondering - hmm look at all these real marines mmm :)
.... so I'm going to need to get back inside and buy a certain someone a few drinks. Semper Fi and Happy birthday. Now if you'll excuse me...
Don Shipley busted this clown last week, Good story.
Don Shipley exposing these fools!
“I was in Tripoli with Lt Stephen Decatur.
I trained Stephen Decatur, in fact.
I shook hands with President Jefferson at Monticello.”
This guy makes me madder than a mosquito in a mannequin factory.
He is a disgrace to US Armed Forces and to the USA as a whole.
LOL! Right on!
I did 4yrs in USMC.
He doesn’t make me mad.
He is a joke. A sad old man.
@@PInk77W1I bet he lied to his girlfriend about having anal warts and being a crossdresser
Navy SEAL, Delta Force operator and a Marine fighter jet pilot... wow, and so humble about it all too!
He claimed to have been a Marine, Navy SEAL, and Army SF guy all in the same interview? I'm a civilian and know that isn't possible.
I feel sorry for all of the people he's duped, especially impressionable young kids who looked up to him. I hope impersonating any officer is a crime, and that he gets what's coming to him.
The fact that he skirted 'Nam, and has the stones to pretend he's been in (basically) every war since then, is an absolute disgrace to the years he did serve as a Marine.
Bless Don Shipley.
Shipley was there.
Notice how no one fakes being a cook...
I say that all the time. Everyone is a friggin hero
Nothing against cooks mind you...
Absolutely not. All work and all service is honorable.
My wife did.
It's called "Mess Specialist"......."Cook" if you want to be an *sshole about it.
How disgusting can a person be to fake something like this. There's so many patriotic people who are so proud of our service people and to hear this is so disappointing.
Promising to help a cadet to get in the Naval Academy when you know you can't is cruel.
Yeah he's a bad dude
My Dad was a WWII vet and always said the more they talk about their service the less they did.
He said, *"I'm still a SEAL. I've been for 20 some odd years"* and he is 71. That's F'IN IMPRESSIVE. Going through SEAL training at 50 years old?! That's got to be a record, right? ugh...
Exactly.
Well done, Randy. A great story and wonderful piece of investigative journalism.
Salute to Navy Seal Senior Chief Don Shipley, A true American Hero! 🇺🇸⚓️👍🏼
Amen to that! And let’s give a special mention to Mr Shipleys Maime. Man that thang is beautiful! Even Elvis would admire it
Yes way to go don Shipley nailed another Pony. You Stolen Valor thieves out there you're all going to get caught.
I was a 7 star general Navy Green Beret pilot in the American Revolutionary War. #NoLie
thank you for your internet service !
Derek Merrill damm good line!!
I had 8 stars when I herded elephants over the Alps.
Big deal. I am an 10 star ADMIRAL GENERAL. I personally single handed led the raid on Bin Laden. I had no gun, only a knife. I did it while blindfolded.
I'm an 11th Star Armchair Admiral and took down terrorist with a MG49 and a nuclear Beechcraft 555 with Chuck Norris.
There is a basic rule. If a guy tells you he was 'special forces', he probably wasn't.
If a guy tells you hes a "green beret" or a "commando" he may be lying, Stolen Valor. Real SOF guys military special ops do not use those terms. Neither do they say: A team. It's the ODA. Also, Delta was disbanded in 2005 by SecDef Rumsfeld. 📑. Its now JSOC or ACE. 1st Special Operations Command MARSOC or AFSOC.
The more stories they tell is an indication there's a deep level of BS.
@gtlip I did a canoe course, the instructors were Royal Marines, they were a 'different breed'! I don't think it would take long to work out that I was never a Marine!
I’m thinking his girlfriend is sitting in there wondering where he is! LoL
When Don Shipley comes knocking all the imposters go a running
" He should've quit while he was a (jar-) head." This pun dedicated to all services . Special thanks to Don Shipley.
Aaron Humphrey He was never a Marine -- that six month reserve program in the 60s was a scam so the sons of (usually) wealthy people could avoid serving in Viet Nam.
@@lightningdriver81 wow. Thanks. That just makes him look like a pathetic liar,from start to finish. And the fact he was profiting off of his lies proves Stolen Valor . Should he do any time/ pay a fine ? Scrub ever latrine in America from New York to San Francisco ? Thoughts?
“Well,I’m thinking his Girlfriend is sitting in there right now wondering where he is”Awesome🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I feel sorry for that 14-year old kid. He's on the right path, wants to succeed, serve his country and do good in the world. And then he gets deceived by this scumbag.
He was in Syria with Delta...Delta Airlines.
Actually it was Syracuse
Shipley is a stud, racking up phonies by the dozen💪🏻😂 love that guy!
I can vouch for McDaniel. We both served in the Imperial Navy flying Tie fighters and did a tour of duty onboard the Death Star. He saved my life at the Battle of Yavin and testified on behalf of Lord Vader’s defence at the Imperial Court of Inquiry. He would be severely wounded at the battle of Hoth thanks to the reckless behaviour of Admiral Ozzel. Spent six months in bacta and was promoted.
NO YOU DID NOT. I was stationed with him on Bespin and all we did for 7 years was clean shitters and straighten up the Admirals office. The only thing he piloted was a plunger.
Buds 131, get em!
Now it's former buds131 on RUclips
Didn't Don Shipley get the ball rolling on this? They should have credited him with this in their news piece.
Yes he did
j rvlvr They did, bro. Listen to the entire piece.
@5:10 they give credit to Don Shipley
ruclips.net/video/Atzow2jQPDg/видео.html
@@jamesbulldogmiller
Well good for them. I did miss that part.
these fakes are some sick and ballsy individuals.
Unfortunately, Stolen Valor is only illegal if done for monetary gain. Fortunately, it seems to be what this guy was doing. He needs to go to jail!
“Why you always lying”
I was a Marine from 1967 to 71 and just listening to that guy for 30 seconds you can tell that he is full of bull.
His records are closed because he was in the secret squirrel club.
Good one.
Dagnabbit, Will. First rule of Secret Squirrel Club, is you never talk about Secret Squirrel Club.
🐿️
So he became a SEAL at around 50 years old? Surely that's some kind of record in itself.
I was thinking the same thing, Bryan!
Did he ever go back to get his gf still waiting for him in the bar? I'll bet their "SAFE" business doenst do so well going forward.
Navy seal team members don't brag about their service.
Thank you Mr Shipley.
No, they just all publish books, have podcasts or open a self defense/training facilities.
If that guy just told the truth to begin with I'm sure his self defense class would have done just as well.
Thank You for the report. Keeping people honest.
Why do people do this? If you served respect to you for whatever you did. Why pile on the stories when it isn't necessary?
"His GF is sitting in there at the bar wondering where he is" LMAO
This impersonator must be delirious. Everything said about his ventures in military is hard to believe, but that is his sickness in his mind. Totally shameful act that degrades those who gave their lives in service to America.
An active Seal, teaching self defence at 71 yrs of age? Sure….I buy that. Lol. SCHMUCK
Sad thing about this is that there are thousands of guys like that running around the country now.
rampant more like
Vets don't like to share openly... well unless its funny AF. Much Love to the Shipley Family!!!
This guy has taken meme to a new level. _Literally_ claiming to be a Seal Delta Ranger Marine.
Apparently the only thing he wasn't was a space shuttle door gunner.
Rumor has it that his girlfriend is still sitting in there wondering where he is 👌🏼
LOL!!"Any time now!"
There's a lesson to learn here: When you're an admiral in Star Fleet and start messing with time travel, you're going to create some temporal paradoxes and alter reality.
😂. Well he certainly is a starfleet admiral then.
It is a felony now to stolen valor. He should be locked up for those crimes.
Damn that dude is a humongous liar.
I was sent on a secret mission while I was in the Navy. The Cheif sent me to wash metal trays after the SEALS and crew ate chow. Sweaty job. But I now own a dishwasher job. The only easy day was yesterday.
"I even mentored the UNSC Master Chief AKA Spartan-117. Yup, I was there when they fought off the Covenant forces at Reach."
Lol. you know you fkd up when you got Don Shipley standing in front of you asking you questions!
No one claims to be a mess hall specialist; that is the most important job in the armed services.
Thank You Senior Chief for exposing this Fool!!!!!
Thank God for Senior Chief Don Shipley, Diane Shipley, and their amazing family for helping to put these valor stealing clowns!
Okay lying about being a Navy SEAL is bad enough but then pretending you're Randy Travis is even worse.
The American OBSESSION with the military always amazes me, it is very strange.
There are phonies in probably every country that has a military. I've seen them in Canada and the UK.
The "GOOD OBSESSION" is it was the military, abet abit ragtag at the time, that provided "the boots on the ground" to help form our great country and has been there to keep it free. The "BAD OBSESSION" comes from those would profit from claiming service when they did not serve or those that embellish their service for the same reason.
Every country has military phonies
I would fake being a barber just to touch Don Shipley’s hair.
He really believes his lies.
As a former Marine, this dude is a disgrace to all of us that did serve. He did 6 yrs in the Marine Corps Reserve, which still made him part of our "brotherhood" but then disgraced himself and the Corps with the lies that he told. SMDH
Nobody ever claims to be a cook
Wanna see a REAL Nam vet ppl? Google my uncle, Charles A Bell from Philadelphia. Died in battle in '66
RIP SIR. You will never be forgotten.
@@jackieelliott2992 question, where do you live that y'all have "graffiti weekend"? I'm a 3D graffiti artist from Philadelphia , & I'd LOVE to go too that festival. 😊💯
Michael I live in ROSEBURG, OREGON. EVERY YEAR WE HAVE a GRAFFITI WEEKEND WITH DIFFERENT CAR CLUBS PARTICIPATING PLUS A CAR SHOW PLUS DRIVING THROUGH THE VA FOR THE VETERANS. THERE IS CRUISING IN AND AROUND ROSEBURG, MYRTLE CREEK, SUTHERLAND AND WINSTON.
@reality check you could Google his name. You'll see & read his story. I'm sorry that you're miserable. Is everything ok?
@@jackieelliott2992 nice💯
At least he didn't claim to be a door gunner on the space shuttle... My old job!
The "Semper Fi" restaurant in Woodstock, Ga has the best burgers in Atlanta!
This guy is in big trouble. The President has signed the stolen valor bill which makes it a crime to claim what this man claims.
laughable really, this guy isn't a fake ………he's a liar, a fantasist. These people will always be around as long as there's someone to listen to his richulous stories.
Micheal Peterson 🤣
I was a fake rear admiral and yhat Shipley came into my bar the Stumble Inn and embarrassed me , after the Seals reputation was smeared like shipleys limp body on the bar floor.
*Senior citizen teaching self defence haha! Like a real Admiral who would be collecting a fat juicy pension would be doing this in his 70's...too funny!*
Right, teaching self-defense and selling trinkets.
Thanks for exposing this fraud.
While serving in the Air Force as an Air Transportation Specialist with an Aerial
Port Squadron I interacted with several different members of the Special Operations Community,
And During the “hurry up and wait” times All we talked about was Sports, Food, and great places to go on Vacation. The REAL Special Forces Operators never talk about their jobs with strangers.
And always downplay their role in the military.
I'm a billionaire astronaut cowboy, top that, nerd!
I'm related to a guy who claims he was OSI, a Paratrooper, a bare knuckle boxer, served in Vietnam.... etc... funny thing is, I watched him serve as a recruiter, a military police officer, a career counselor and an aviation electrician. I knew him since he was 18.... he never did any of those things. As a Veteran myself it makes my skin crawl every time I have to listen to one of his stories.... IF you served just be proud that you served regardless of what you did. No shame in not being a 'superhero'.
I was a force reconnaissance Ranger from SEAL Team 8 who flew an F-15 during ww2
I saw F14's dogfight with the deadly Japanese SNJ in the movie Final Countdown. I didn't know they had F-15's back then too!
As a real vet, this just outrages me!
Saw the making of this on Don Shipley's website.
I wish more people would call these guys out with just simple questions.
I will never understand why they make such outrageous claims. Do they not know their Military Service can very easily be checked? This guy and another SEAL imposter, AJ Dickens should be roomies.
Why would any genuine person immediately begin to walk away after being asked " Why are you lying about your military career Bob?"...but to knowingly and willingly deceive a young guy if 14 who has already shown great commitment in the Naval Cadets and whose dream it is to become a Seal is utterly unforgivable!!
Don Shipley SEAL ret showed up ⚓.... 😁
So he made Seal at 51? Damn he’s tough.
Haha, seriously. I did that math as well. What a clown he is.
Good flim flam man for sure, should get prison.
Embarrassing. Man should be ashamed of himself.
FOOD FOR DON SHIPLEY
Don you rockhead. Keep up the good fight Don. Huge respect to you and your family.
It would be interesting to see if there was a spike of impersonators , dring Don Shipley absence from m You Tube.
That news reporter was hilarious!! 😂😂😂
When Don Shipley shows up it's a bad day for these guys
Thanks Don Shipley!
Why not call AND verify before allowing all of that