http://www.statesman.com/news/local/a-m-official-out-after-false-claims-on-756724.html

"COLLEGE STATION — Texas A&M's No. 3 administrator presented himself as a warrior-scholar: a former Navy SEAL with a doctorate from Tufts University.

"But records obtained by The Bryan-College Station Eagle indicate that Alexander Kemos never was part of the elite fighting force, and Texas A&M officials confirmed Friday that he doesn't have a doctorate or even a master's degree, which was a posted requirement for the $300,000-a-year position as the top adviser to Texas A&M President R. Bowen Loftin.

"In his bio, his résumé and introductions at university events, Kemos has claimed he was a SEAL.

"No one with the last name Kemos has ever attended Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL training, said Cmdr. Greg Geisen , a public affairs officer with the Naval Special Warfare Command.

"If a person has not graduated from BUD/S, they are not and were never a SEAL," he wrote in an e-mail to the newspaper. "Any claims that their names are withheld because all their missions were 'Top Secret' or 'of course they won't confirm my service, it's classified' is all Hollywood pop-fiction.

"Kemos wrote that he was a SEAL Team 2 platoon leader and operations officer. He wrote that he was a graduate of Class 93. The entry was under the dates January 1982 to May 1987.

"Class 93, however, graduated in August 1977, said Tom Hawkins, founder of the Naval Special Warfare Foundation, who has access to a comprehensive SEAL database. He also said he could find no record of Kemos' service at any time.
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This liar should be sued for defrauding the university, and indicted for criminal fraud. I know there are criminal laws on the books that address charlatans who claim they won the Medal of Honor. If that won't work in this case, there are several federal and state laws that could be used to prosecute this Kemos character - criminal fraud, embezzlement, and mail fraud come to mind.

Maybe I'm too impressionable but I think the coolest, toughest men in the world are the US special operators, especially the Seals and Delta Force.  The Coast Guard has para-rescuers who jump into ship wrecks and raging seas to save lives. The Marines and USAF have their own special forces that are almost supermen.  I say almost because they are human and can be injured and killed.  Superman didn't have to have courage because he was bulletproof. 

Time Warner has been running Blackhawk Down and it still brings tears to my eyes when the Delta operators Gary Gordon and Randy Shugart volunteer to go into a howling mob armed with RPG's and AK-47's to rescue Michael Durant, the pilot. Durant survived and wrote a book about it, In the Company of Heroes.  He is of course a hero himself.

Getting back to the coward and fraud Alexander Kemos, I found the following blurb on Amazon about a book titled "Fake Warriors." I don't know if the book is any good but the editor's description says it all:

"Fake Warriors lays bare a national scandal: the shocking story of countless men of the Vietnam War era who falsify their military service. Their motives vary - from seeking unearned glory at the expense of authentic heroes, to more tangible benefits like defrauding the V.A. and stealing money from impressionable women. This book will enable every patriotic American who appreciates the contributions of those who serve their country honorably to identify and expose fake warriors in their midst - as well as to help bring about their long overdue punishment."