SFC Kyle Trout

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When I encountered this guy sporting his Tab, I initiated some of the standard vetting that we all do when meeting another potential SF soldier.

His story immediately clued me into his BS. I was amazed that he had not done some better research prior to playing dress up.

He told me how he had been a chaplian's assistant and had to attend SFQC because his chaplian was going to an SF Group and the Q course. Along with the SF Tab, he wore an 82nd ABN combat patch and jump wings with a mustard stain. His claim for those was that he had jumped into Panama with the 82nd and that they had bumped an infantryman off the bird so he, as a chaplain's assistant, could jump with the unit.

I did some checking with JFKSWC and he never attended training, of course. Trout did have orders awarding him the "S" identifier, which I found odd since I thought that went away when the 18 series came about. JFKSWC told me that SF support personnel can be awarded the "S" identifier if they are well liked or something like that.

I also checked with the 82nd Airborne Division museum. They had a good historical record of the participants in "Just Cause". Yup, you guessed it, he was nowhere in it.

I had filed a report with his chain of command, but don't know the outcome. All I know is that he is out of the National Guard now. I felt he was worthy of adding to your list of Ultramaroons.