19th Group / CH-47CRASH IN 2011?

[CSB]

Casey L. Gray, a candidate for Congress from the California 28th District (vicinity Burbank, CA) has established a web page in which he claims service in the 19th SF Group. Specifically, he makes the following claims:

- To be a 11B Sergeant E5, with a Ranger Tab, Static Line Airborne (Ft. Benning) and Military Freefall (Ft. Bragg, NC) qualified during a prior Navy term of service in Navy special operations.

- To be a member of the 19th SF Group.

- To have attended SFAS and being "SELECTED" (his capital letters). [But apparently never attended the Q course].

- To have attended Foal Eagle 2011 (an annual field training exercise conducted in Korea) as a member of the 19th SF Group.

- Being in a CH-47 Chinook crash while on Foal Eagle (that year, it was from February 28 - March 31, 2011) and sustaining severe injuries.

- Being medically retired in 2014 after being determined to be 100% disabled.


Can any members of the 19th SF Group confirm/deny any of the above?

Especially, I have been unable to find any record of a CH-47 crash during Foal Eagle, or anywhere else in the world during 2011 for that matter.
(Other than the infamous Chinook shoot down in Afghanistan in August 2011 that killed many SEAL team members).

[MR2]

From LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/walkingtheearth

Congressional Candidate for the 28th district of CA
Casey Gray for Congress 2016
June 2015 – Present (8 months)

I am currently running for Congress in the 28th Congressional district of California for United States House of Representatives in 2016. CaseyGrayForCongress.com

Los Angeles Veterans Coordinator
GallantFew, Inc.
October 2013 – January 2015 (1 year 4 months)

Assisting Veterans with issues related to service to OUR great Country.

11B Infantryman
Texas Army National Guard
April 2010 – January 2015 (4 years 10 months)

Medically retired from the Texas Army National Guard after a CH-47 crash while deployed.

Global Response Staff
Central Intelligence Agency
2008 – 2015 (7 years)

GRS is part of a broader expansion of the CIA’s paramilitary capabilities over the past 10 years. GRS teams have become a critical component of conventional espionage, providing protection for case officers whose counterterrorism assignments carry a level of risk that rarely accompanied the cloak-and-dagger encounters.

SWCC / MFF / RANGER Qualified
US NAVY
June 1999 – July 2007 (8 years 2 months)Greater San Diego Area

Naval Special Warfare Combat Craft Crewman that served on a Military Free Fall Detachment known as MCADS (Maritime Craft Aerial Deployment System). US Army Ranger Qualified.

[MR2]

http://www.clgraycongress.com/

http://www.clgraycongress.com/military/

http://www.clgraycongress.com/ciagrs/

http://www.clgraycongress.com/veteran-advocate/

[CSB]

MR2:

Yes, that's the source of my questions. It's just so unusual that I can't find anything about a Chinook crash in Korea in 2011 on any "Chinook" web site; "military air mishaps" web site; or "Foal Eagle" websites.

I've written him directly, but so far no answer.

I have confirmed that he did graduate from Ranger School and has the Tab, earned while he was in the Navy in Special Operations SWCC.

[Joker]

He is not in AKO. (A lot of "retirees" are.)

[MR2]

Originally Posted by CSB

MR2:

Yes, that's the source of my questions. It's just so unusual that I can't find anything about a Chinook crash in Korea in 2011 on any "Chinook" web site; "military air mishaps" web site; or "Foal Eagle" websites.

I've written him directly, but so far no answer.

I have confirmed that he did graduate from Ranger School and has the Tab, earned while he was in the Navy in Special Operations SWCC.

Was posting source links for folks. A lot on that website smells fishy.

Interesting that SWCC sent people to Ranger. Is 19th in Texas now? Odd that anyone would pose a Chinook crash, but then how else to describe the 100% disability.

As an aside, I do believe that 100% of the Congress is 100% disabled in one form or another.

[cowboykpy]

Need to do some digging. This sounds familiar, I recall hearing this story, but I don't have first hand info. Will ask around and post what I find out.

[NC6J]

Originally Posted by MR2

Is 19th in Texas now?

C/1-19 SFG(A) and C/5-19 SFG(A) are co-located on Camp Bullis in Northwest San Antonio, TX.
C/5-19 has been a part of the Texas Army National Guard since September 12, 2007, while C/1-19 was added to the TXARNG in September of 2010.
http://www.professionalsoldiers.com/...31&postcount=1

Colorado and Utah were unable to keep those companies manned and had to give up the force structure.

Now companies from two different BNs share a space in TX.

Would have made more sense for 1st BN to give that company to 5th BN and take up A Co in CA in return, shortening the geographic distance to BN for both companies, but apparently that would have hurt peoples' feelings.