Professionalsoldiers.com investigation of : William G Hillar aka Bill Hillar.
Mon 10/19/2009 12:28 PM Professionalsoldiers.com receives an email from a retired Special Forces soldier at Special Forces Command asking if anyone knew who COL Bill Hillar was?
About 10/25/2009 Professionalsoldiers.com sends a FOIA request to the National Personnel Records Center( NPRC) requesting William G Hillar's military records.
11/17/2009 The request comes back from the National Personnel Records Center, they were unable to locate any record of William G Hillar.
The case goes cold for a few months as Professionalsoldiers.com is unable locate William G Hillar's date of birth or social security number for a comprehensive records search.
About 10/4/2010 Professionalsoldiers.com prepares to submit a FOIA to the United States Army Special Operations Command concerning William G Hillar.
10/4/2010 Professionalsoldiers.com submits a FOIA to the United States Army Special Operations Command concerning William G Hillar.
10/22/2010 Professionalsoldiers.com contacts P.O.W. Network - Chuck and Mary Schantag requesting assistance. Chuck and Mary Schantag respond and locate William G Hillar's military records at the NPRC. and send them to ProfessionalSoldiers.com
27 Oct 2010 Professionalsoldiers.com receives a FOIA from the United States Army Special Operations Command concerning William G Hillar. No record found concerning William G Hillar aka Bill Hillar.
28 Oct 2010 Professionalsoldiers.com exposes William G Hillar aka Bill Hillar as a complete fraud.
The documents being used by all the media were obtained by P.O.W. Network - Chuck and Mary Schantag and Professionalsoldiers.com.
Before 28 OCT 2010 no one called Special Forces COL William G Hillar aka Bill Hillar a fraud.
10/28/2010 Professionalsoldiers.com is contacted by an individual from the FBI National Academy Associates, Inc. The FBI involvement starts.
11/4/2010 4:21 PM a former female student from the Monterey Institute of International Studies sends email to Professionalsoldiers.com stating they took counterterrorist classes from Special Forces COL William G Hillar.
Mon 11/8/2010 Monterey Institute of International Studies student Brian Hubbs contacts Professionalsoldiers.com.
November 16, 2010 the first reporter contacts Professionalsoldiers.com requesting information concerning William G. Hillar.
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November 18, 2010 Larry Parsons [lparsons@montereyherald.com] contacts Professionalsoldiers.com requests information on William G Hillar, why Professionalsoldiers.com called Hillar a fraud. Larry Parsons then states "I am on a deadline this afternoon." Professionalsoldiers.com does not respond kindly to Larry Parsons and Mr. Parsons then writes his "own" version of the Bill Hillar story. Many small media outlets pick up on Larry Parsons version of the Bill Hillar story.
The rest is history.
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