According to Bergin he
was serving in the Australian Army when, with
help from “above” he was transferred to the US
Navy to fly Apache helicopters, where he
attained the rank of Colonel. As well as flying
helicopters, Bergin became an elite US Navy
SEAL. Read more here.
David Bergin, an Australian born citizen, who
resides in Darwin Northern Territory, Australia,
had the audacity to wear a United States, Navy
Trident Insignia, US Navy Cross and a number of
United States medals that indicated he had
served with the elite Sea, Air and Land (SEAL)
section of the USA Navy.
The occasion was a “March out Parade” at the
Australian Army Recruit Training Battalion at
Kapooka, near Wagga Wagga in New South Wales.
As seen in the above photo.
The above photo shows Bergin as a “Cool Dude”
complete with sunnies and medals. Obviously he
is “not too bright” because one does not steal
the honour of US Navy SEALS or falsely wear the
SEAL Trident, and US medals
without expecting a landslide of angst from
former and current serving SEALS and Veterans
everywhere.
Bergin must be seriously lacking in common
sense, if he thought he could get away with his
deception at a Military event attended by Senior
Defence Service Personnel, and ex Service Men
and Women.
You can read up on the general history of the US
Navy SEAL Teams here;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Navy_SEALs
David Bergin has been claiming to be a SEAL for
a number of years as well as making numerous
preposterous claims some of which we will list.
We have received a number of reports over a
period of time regarding BERGIN and are in
possession of Statutory Declarations. We now
have a photograph of BERGIN with his false
medals to seal the investigation and confirm
that he is NOT and never was with the US Navy
SEALS.
He has also claimed that he was awarded the US
Medal of Honour but lost it, the highest award
that can be presented to anyone serving in the
US military.
Thanks to one of our readers, we have made a
slight correction in the paragraph relating to
the Victoria Cross for Australia.
We have also received further information
regarding SEAL 7 which you can play at the
following link
http://www.angelfire.com/pro/sealteam7/
The Medal of Honour is presented to the awardee
only by the President of the United States at a
special ceremony which is well covered by the
media similar to the way the ceremony is carried
out here for recipients of the Australian Victoria
Cross.
Above the medals he is wearing the US Navy SEAL
Trident Insignia.
To earn this insignia a US Navy Sailor must
first successfully complete the Basic
Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S)
Training program and then complete a follow on
secondary training program sequence which is
compiled in the SEAL database.
Medals
The lone medal above the others is;
US Navy Cross,
the second highest military decoration for
Valour that may be awarded to a member of the US
Navy, Marine Corps or Coast Guard for
extraordinary heroism in combat. It is equal to
the Army “Distinguished Service Cross” and “Air
Force Cross”
Below that he is wearing seven medals the top
three being;
US Silver Star
(3rd highest military decoration)
US Bronze Star
(4th highest combat decoration and 9th
US Military award in order of precedence)
Purple Heart
(awarded to those killed or wounded in action,
the next highest being the Bronze Star)
The four medals below them are;
US Afghanistan Campaign Medal
Unknown
US Navy Expert Rifleman Medal
US Navy Expert Pistol Medal
As you can see David Bergin has made himself out
to be a real blood and guts hero stealing the
valour of real veterans, a number of which have
paid the ultimate sacrifice. You can’t get any
lower than that.
A check of databases in the US listing the
recipients of the highest decorations awarded
some of which include the citations reveal that
David Bergin was never awarded the Medal of
Honour, US Navy Cross, Silver Star nor does his
name come up on any other databases
His excuse for not wearing the Medal of Honour
is that he lost it and could not get a
replacement because all records of such
events were sealed in his record and personally
burnt by the US President to protect him.
The real reason he cannot purchase a Medal of
Honour is listed below as the medal cannot be
manufactured, sold, bartered or traded by law.
The Stolen
Valor Act of 2005, signed into
law
by
President
George W. Bush
on December 20, 2006,[1]
was a U.S. law that broadened the provisions of
previous
U.S. law
addressing the unauthorized wear, manufacture,
or sale of any
military decorations and medals.
He has obviously purchased medals belonging to
someone else over the internet the same as he
would have purchased the SEAL Trident Insignia.
Some of the other claims he has made.
He served in the Australian Regular Army and
wanted to become an Apache Helicopter pilot. He
was friends with someone high up who put in a
good word for him and got him transferred to the
US Navy and became a SEAL serving with SEAL Team
7 in Afghanistan.
Because of an intelligence blunder his SEAL Team
ambushed a vehicle filled with Australian
soldiers.
Claimed he was in possession of missile launch
codes in a room at the US Consulate in Sydney
and was capable of launching nuclear missiles.
As part of his military service, he was an
Apache pilot with the rank of Colonel.
Flew his helicopter to the White House and
landed it in front of the President.
Because of his knowledge within the US Military
he is followed by CIA (Central Intelligence
Agency) Agents.
He has flown Air Force One.
He also has a large tattoo of the US Navy SEAL
Trident which he proudly shows off to everyone.
They are just some of the claims Bergin has made
to people in Australia.
Bergin was never a US Navy Seal. We have
contacts around the world with people who have
served in many units who can easily confirm if a
person is what he says he is.
As our contact stated there is no record of a
David BERGIN completing the SEAL Training. He is
not now or ever was a Navy SEAL, Navy Underwater
Demolition Team (UDT) “Frogman”, a member of any
Naval Combat Demolition Unit (NCDU), or a member
of the Naval Amphibious Scouts and Raiders
(S&R).
He added, there are records of every man who
qualified for the title of “SEAL”; there have
been and will continue to be secret missions,
but there are NO secret SEALS.
Now David Bergin was contacted by phone by us to
answer some questions to confirm his status of
being an ex US Navy SEAL which are totally
UNCLASSIFIED and every real SEAL
will gladly provide to confirm his claim of
being a US Navy SEAL.
David BERGIN’s response was;
“He served with the US Navy SEAL’s but, he could
not have anything published nor could he talk
about it”.
This seemed to be a strange answer considering
he tells anyone who is willing to listen when he
brags about his exploits as a US Navy SEAL.
David Bergin also has a problem as to what
military service he served in considering he
flew Air Force One, was an Apache helicopter
pilot with the rank of Colonel, a rank which
does not exist in the US Navy as seen at the
website below.
http://www.militaryfactory.com/ranks/navy_ranks.asp
David Bergin, you are an outright liar of the
highest order, who has either seen too many
movies or live in a world of fantasy. By telling
those lies you have earned a place on our
website so that current and ex-service veterans
can look down on you like the scum that you are
for stealing
28th Mar 2013
Thanks to a reader of our website we
received the following email sent to us by
an eye witness both at the recruiting centre
and the march out parade advising us about
David BERGIN”s lies about his military
service and the medals he wore. We applaud
the person for sending us the email. Should
anyone come across BERGIN in their travels
and he continues to brag about his false
military history you can contact us on our
website
www.anmzi.net
and we will update his story. Nothing in the
email has been altered except the name of
the person has been removed.
On 26 January 2013 15:34, xxxxx xxxx <xxxxxx@hotmail.com>
wrote:
Hello
My name is xxxxx xxxx and my brother was a
member of the marching out parade from kapooka
in august 2011 in which David Bergins wife was
also a member. when searching through your site
on Australia day 2013 i immediantly recognized
the image of David bergin and the decorations he
wrongfully was wearing that day. This action
compelled me to write this email in the hope of
it being published on your website as to add an
eyewitness account to your profile. The recount
begins with the march out of 33rd Platoon Delta
Company 1RTB multiple witnesses including my
brother,father and myself. Engaged in
conversation with others who had recently
conversed with Mr Bergin and also upon
overhearing him conversing which he did claimed
to have:
1. Be an former active duty navy seal of seal
team 7 serving in Afghanistan and Iraq
2.a former apache helicopter gunship pilot whom
was a veteran of Afghanistan
3.and to have been awarded the navy cross
Upon closer analysis of his stories all members
present recognized the stories to be greatly
exaggerated and indeed falsified due to numerous
inconsistencies. Upon recognizing the
distinctive US navy cross i conducted my own
research in which i also found no evidence to
back his claims.
I greatly applaud your exposition of this
fraudster stealing the credit from true soldiers
such as my brother and the legitimate US navy
seals who have paid the ultimate sacrifice
Ps this is also not bergins first attempt to
deliberately mislead others about his former
military service three months earlier during a
enlistment ceremony at Defense force recruiting
at parramatta. Bergin did indeed claim to have
been an US SEAL and former apache pilot with
combat tours of Iraq and Afghanistan and to have
been personally decorated by the united states
president.
I ask you add my account to his profile but
however edit my name from publication
I again thank you
xxxxx xxxx
Sent from my iPhone
BERGIN David
