Dave Ainsley
Appearances
Deep Cover
Episode 2: The Poster Child
And then she warned... Whatever you do, don't talk to my dad about my service because it's a sore subject and I want to have the wedding nice and go well. I don't want any drama.
Deep Cover
Episode 2: The Poster Child
I contacted Sarah and I said, hey, what's going on? Like, I'm hearing this. And she says, yeah, some people are coming after me. And then she started crying and she's like, whatever you do, don't believe them. They're trying to mar or, you know, disparage me or do whatever. Yeah. I'm like, well, OK, is there anything you need? Like, can we help out? She says, no, just don't worry about it.
Deep Cover
Episode 2: The Poster Child
hmm, I don't know what's going on, so I'm going to get this proof. And then, so I call up the person, a records keeper, and I say, hey, I need a copy of her DD form 214. He said, ooh, she just left my house two hours ago. She came here to the house to come get it. What's your reaction when he says that to you? That's when I start thinking, something's not right here. Definitely not right.
Deep Cover
Episode 2: The Poster Child
So people may forget my name, but they'll, oh, hey, do you know Dave? Dave? Oh, the guy with the handlebar mustache. Oh, yeah, I know him.
Deep Cover
Episode 2: The Poster Child
I was like, I'm going to try this facial hair thing. So I had everything from mutton chops to a goatee to, well, let's try a handlebar mustache.
Deep Cover
Episode 2: The Poster Child
She explained to me that, um... She just got out of the Marine Corps and she needed help with some car payments because she was waiting for VA disability to kick in.
Deep Cover
Episode 2: The Poster Child
So we've all been there before. The VA is a great organization, but not always perfect. We wanted to help her.
Deep Cover
Episode 2: The Poster Child
And here was Dave trying to do exactly that. So I said, hey, we're getting ready for the Veterans Day parade. Meet us over there.
Deep Cover
Episode 2: The Poster Child
I said, I need to verify that you're a veteran. So she showed me what every service member gets when they leave the service, a DD Form 214.
Deep Cover
Episode 2: The Poster Child
I looked at it. I said, yep, okay, you're a veteran. Thank you very much. And I was actually excited to have her because here is a younger veteran, and she seemed very genuine. And she's like, okay, I'm going to, you know, be a part of this organization. I'm going to be a part of this now.
Deep Cover
Episode 2: The Poster Child
It was a voice vote. Like, hey, here's this veteran. Here's her proof. She wants to become a member of our post. She needs help. Here's her story. Can we give her the 800 whatever dollars it was that she needed? All in favor say aye. Aye. Ayes have it. Okay. Hey, we're in the parade. You want to march with us? Sure.
Deep Cover
Episode 2: The Poster Child
I was excited to have a female veteran be part of our organization because that helps open us, our organization, up to another demographic.
Deep Cover
Episode 2: The Poster Child
She was the poster child because she was pretty, blonde... She was openly a lesbian. And again, that is an aspect of people who have served that doesn't get represented well. You know what I mean? So she was the poster child, for lack of a better term.
Deep Cover
Episode 2: The Poster Child
I liked her story, that she was a survivor and that she served as a beacon of hope for other veterans who could have been in that same place.
Deep Cover
Episode 2: The Poster Child
She could talk to these other veterans, and the other veterans were like, oh, okay, yeah, I'm going to put aside all these other aspects that I may not agree with about her sexual preference, but I'm going to recognize that she served.
Deep Cover
Episode 2: The Poster Child
I think she asked me to organize the bachelorette party, to be honest with you. Sometimes I can be a little gregarious. It goes with the handlebar. Yeah, it goes with the handlebar mustache. So what we did was we first met at a German-American club up in Pawtucket, had a couple beers there.
Deep Cover
Episode 2: The Poster Child
And then we went down to Providence. We got a hotel suite. We did some shots. And then we all put tutus on. So just be clear, you had a tutu on? Yes, I did.
Deep Cover
Episode 2: The Poster Child
So outside of the hotel, we all posed like army men, you know, like one person's on their knees and one person's like pointing and everything else. So we all pose like army green men. Then we went to a Howl at the Moon type bar where the dueling pianos and we were all singing songs. And then we all went to a gay bar.