UFO Shane The IV

IS @mbattista25 LYING ABOUT HIS MILITARY SERVICE? DID HE DOCTOR HIS DD214 TO HIDE BEING KICKED OUT OF THE GREEN BERETS? Yesterday, @MinuteofZombie asked me whether I was aware of any credibility issues surrounding @mbattista25’s claimed military service. I told him I had previously heard an allegation from a user named DK Wolf in @UAPGERB’s Discord that Battista had altered his DD214. Specifically, DK Wolf accused Battista of modifying Block 11-the section of a DD214 that lists a veteran’s military occupational specialty and the amount of time served in that specialty. According to the screenshot DK Wolf provided me, Battista’s Block 11 lists: 18B3P - SF Weapons Sergeant - 4 YRS 9 MO Here’s what that means: 18B = Special Forces Weapons Sergeant 3 = Skill Level 3, generally associated with Staff Sergeant/E-6 P = Parachutist qualification So Battista’s DD214 indicates 4 years and 9 months in MOS 18B. DK Wolf’s allegation was that Battista had actually been kicked out of the Green Berets after graduating and altered Block 11 to conceal that fact. His reasoning was that Battista’s DD214 should not show nearly his entire enlistment as time served as an 18B because some of that time would have been spent attending the Special Forces Qualification Course and completing the training pipeline. DK Wolf thinks that MOS training does not show up as MOS TIS. Under that interpretation, Battista’s time as an 18B should have begun only after completing the pipeline, leaving roughly two years of actual 18B service. There’s a major problem with that argument: That is not how MOS time is reflected on a DD214. If Battista signed a five-year contract, approximately three months could have been spent in Basic Training. Add that to the 4 years and 9 months listed under 18B and you get almost exactly five years. My own DD214 provides a useful comparison. I served on a three-year contract as a 13B Field Artilleryman. My DD214 lists 2 years and 9 months in that MOS. Add roughly three months of Basic Training and you get my full three-year enlistment. Importantly, those 2 years and 9 months include the period when I was being trained as a 13B-not merely the time after I completed training and arrived at my unit. That directly undermines the logic behind the allegation against Battista. Based on the information I’ve seen, I’m comfortable saying the specific claim that Block 11 proves Mike Battista doctored his DD214 or was kicked out of Special Forces is not supported by the evidence. In fact, the Block 11 entry appears entirely consistent with someone who legitimately held the 18B MOS during that period of service and served honorably, fulfilling their enlistment contract. It is not reflective of someone who was kicked out or faced any disciplinary action. So on this particular allegation, I think Mike deserves to have the record made clear- he did not alter his DD214's block 11. Now, if you want to know what I think about the psionic superpowers… Well. That’s a completely different conversation. 🤪