“Stealing from our country’s veterans or claiming valor where there is none is an insult to the honorable service members who sacrifice for our safety.”
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“I just needed to feel important. I started feeling important and feeling good about myself and I didn’t know a way to get out,” Herbert told the outlet in 2022.The Upper Pioneer Valley Veterans’ Services started investigating a report of Herbert’s false claims in the fall of 2021, according to the outlet.
The service was first tipped off about Herbert’s fraudulent claims after the deputy director of the organization, Christopher Demars, attended an event where the alleged stolen valor veteran spoke of his time in Iraq to fellow veterans.Greenfieldma.gov Herbert claimed to have survived a deadly IED attack in Northern Iraq while conducting military operations with the British Royal Marines to defend fleeing Kurdish refugees following the end of the Persian Gulf War.“IEDs were not a thing until Afghanistan and Iraq,” Demars said.
Demars — a 27-year US Army Veteran who served in both Iraq and Afghanistan and was awarded two Purple Hearts and a Bronze Star with Valor — told Herbert of the time he regained consciousness by hearing a medical helicopter’s propellers coming for him after being injured.After being caught in the lie, Herbert had no choice but to man up to his actions.
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