Eugene Pottinger ~ A Disappointment.....

January 25, 2013 ~ Well I guess I knew this would happen but I didn't want to believe it. I was told that Eugene (the homeless guy I helped get home last year) was back at the Midway exit. I jumped in my car and headed down to see for myself and sure enough there he was. He saw my car coming and by the look on his face he was prepared. I went down to the exit and turned around and as I got closer I really couldn't believe that he would actually come back to our exit. I rolled down my window and told him what a disappointment it was to see him back. I wasted my time and money on someone that wasn't worth it because he felt the need to lie to me. (something I don't take to kindly) I suggested to him that he find another exit to go to because he wouldn't get a thing from anyone here. He had used the wrong person and I would tell everyone I knew. He could sense in my voice that I wasn't playing around and I would run him out of my town! (I don't like to be hateful or mean but you may have got over on me once but I can assure you that you won't get over on me again) I promise you... I will do everything in my power to remove him from our exit and our town as he doesn't belong here. In my town you don't use people and you don't scam us... if you do we will bond together to make sure you aren't welcome.

I don't know his situation (he has apparently lied to me in telling me he was a Navy Seal as a true Navy Seal contacted me and said there is no record of him at all. See below information)  as I won't give him any more of my valuable time. I am not sorry that I did what I did last year to get him home as I did it from my heart with the greatest intentions however I am sorry that I wasted my money to help someone that could look me in the eyes and bold face lie to me. Shame on you Eugene (if that in fact is your true name) for what you have done but coming back to my town for another round... you have balls.


E-mail from a true Navy Seal.....

It's funny how people can be so easily duped, Michele. Not only did Eugene deceive you, but you managed to tarnish the "Hard Earned" reputations of all Navy SEALs by writing about this BUM...I hope you can see you way clear to deleting that blog...

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  Madam,
  I greatly appreciate your interest in upholding the honor of the US Navy SEAL Teams, and your search for the TRUTH. Before answering your questions I must make clear that I am a private individual, not affiliated with the US Dept. of Defense or any other government organization. My efforts to expose SEAL imposters are performed as a service to the public, and in honor of my fallen SEAL Teammates… men who truly earned the right to the title “US NAVY SEAL” but who are no longer able to stand forward in defense of their honor, their reputations, and their TEAMs.
  
  If the name you provided is spelled correctly, I do NOT find a listing in the SEAL Database (SEAL Teams and predecessor units from 1943 to the Present Day) for anyone named EUGENE POTTINGER. I have also examined possible alternate spellings, and names with similar pronunciations without finding any that appear to be applicable.
  
  Unless he has undertaken the unlikely action of a legal name change (an action for which there would be evidence in the form of court documentation) since his claimed participation in SEAL training, and based upon the information you have provided, I can state conclusively that EUGENE POTTINGER has NEVER COMPLETED SEAL training, and he is not now, nor was he ever a Navy SEAL, a Navy UDT “Frogman”, a member of any Naval Combat Demolition Unit (NCDU), or a member of the Naval Amphibious Scouts & Raiders (S&R).
  
  Many SEAL imposters when confronted with the information I have provided will resort to claiming that their records are sealed, burned or their SEAL Operations were Classified and that there are no official records of them.
  Before any classified operations may be undertaken as a SEAL Operator, a man must first successfully complete the Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) Training program and then the follow-on secondary training program. The names of all those who successfully graduate from that training program sequence are compiled in the SEAL database. Later participation in classified operations has "no impact" on whether or not a person is listed as a graduate of the training program.
  
  There are records of every man who has qualified for the title of “SEAL”; there have been and will continue to be secret missions, but there are NO secret SEALs.
  
  For additional US NAVY confirmation of my findings regarding Mr. EUGENE POTTINGER's lack of SEAL credentials you may contact the Public Affairs Office at the NAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE COMMAND in Coronado, California by telephoning (619) 537-1133. You may also contact the UDT-SEAL Association via email at info@udtseal.org, or by telephone at (757) 318-3764; while they are not formal/official representatives of the US Navy, they have been granted access to the SEAL Database in order to verify credentials of potential members. You may also consider contacting the Naval Special Warfare Archives by email at archives@frii.com; that organization is responsible for creating the original SEAL Database and their extensive collection of documentation exceeds even that held by the US Navy.
  
  Thank you again for your concern in this matter, and for your assistance in upholding the honor of the US Navy SEAL Teams. If I can be of any further assistance to you in this matter, please contact me at your convenience.
  
  Respectfully, Don Shipley BUD/S 131, SEAL Team ONE, SEAL Team TWO.
  Owner http://www.extremesealexperience.com/