Calif. church deacon confesses he's not a Navy SEAL
Source: KGO-TV
For more than 50 years, a church leader from Hayward has been keeping a secret from his own wife and children, his friends, and members of his congregation. After an ABC7 News I-Team investigation, he has been forced to make a public confession and step down from his church position.
... People who know 73-year-old Mike Fortner say that he'd tell anyone who would listen that he's a retired Navy SEAL. His wife of 41 years believed him. Their children grew up thinking their dad was a hero, and the congregation at First Southern Baptist Church in San Lorenzo heard the repeated stories from Deacon Fortner, who also played bass on Sundays.
... The I-Team obtained documents from the National Personnel Records Center that show that Fortner did serve almost 10 years in the Navy as a radarman during the 1960s, but he was not a SEAL. The I-Team reached out to Fortner and asked to interview him about that online video. He declined, so we knocked on his door.
... Fortner finally broke after we explained that the names of anyone who had attended basic underwater demolition SEAL or BUD/S training are public, and that he is not on the list.
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