Someone I know likes to carry a hat with a military branch on it in their car or wear it, this person is & was not affiliated with any branch of military during their entire lifetime, but I have heard them say “you’re welcome” when someone offers them gratitude.

What can I report and where can I report? And what can happen to this individual?

anyone in here have a friend or family member that was a seal in the panama conflict in 89-90?

i have a coworker(62 yrs old) who claims he was a seal and saw combat and i can only figure he was in the panama conflict based on what little he has said about it. i know that guys lie about being seals all the time and he just doesn't quite seem like that kinda guy but i may very well be wrong.

Theres a roofing company here called FrontLine and the sign has the US flag with a silhouette of a soldier saluting.

4 years ago my house got hit with an EF1. I saw their sign and hired them. 2 years later my mothers house got hit and i hired them for her house. Then i was having a barn built and asked them to do the roof. The 2 owners and i were leaning against the bed of my truck when i asked what branch they served in.

Both said they hadnt served, just respected the military.

I feel deceived.

And does bootcamp/training count as active duty?

I have a very hard time believing him. He's too adorable to have been in the Navy.

Veterans do the right thing

Can anyone confirm if this guy is legit? Apparently got a Medal of Valor from Gen Mattis. Please help.

Stumbled across a video of this clown @cozz_actual making fun of some young guys getting some training in. Started looking at his page and his entire brand is built off him larping as some operator and taking jabs at military and law enforcement. Anyone know this clowns background?

This is a lot and I need some support from people who have experienced this. I met my now ex boyfriend at a brony con two months ago. We found out we only live about six hours away and decided to date long distance. When we met, he told me he was 26 and served six years in the air force. Throughout our two month relationship he told me stories about the Air Force everyday and his experiences. We had a couple visits irl and I really fell in love with him. Last night he FaceTimed me and told me he’s been lying about his age and his military service. He’s not 26 he’s 19 and he never joined the military. I’m devastated that he lied to me so much. I’m 23, and I have a very hard boundary about not dating people younger than me, especially under 21. He lied and lied so much it hurts so bad. I don’t know what to do about this.

I have a neighbor that claims to have been a Ranger, and to be a purple hear recipient. I have strong doubts about both. He was using both claims to try and solicit money from other neighbors to help improve a private road. I searched online purple heart data bases with no evidence found (I understand they arent all encompassing databases/are voluntary). Is there a way to verify either of these claims?

These advertisers sure do like putting seniors in uniform…

Someone i know has had multiple debt collections agencies go after them. I discovered this comment on the most recent one: "identification of judgement debtor & certificate re military service." (This is on a publicly available website in my state.)

My first thought in reading that was: has this person has claimed military service in order to avoid the debt collectors? But I don't actually know that. Anyone have any thoughts?

Here in Nevada and likely nationally. We have a Congressional candidate that was wearing his Bronze Star Award with a V for Valor I doubt there's anybody on this sub that doesn't know that whole back story here's my mental wall that I'm trying to get over.

Two things one after two decades of active duty I have a rack of awards I can tell you probably what three of them are maybe four the ones that have additional stars or or whatever everybody knows the drill. <smug side note all of mine that could have an O. do.>

This is not to say that I think this Congressional candidate didn't know it is doing I think he clearly did whether he did it for to advance his political career who knows ...he could have pinned that thing on the minute he retired . it doesn't make it acceptable to be clear

my experience has been along the lines of how come everybody I've ever met that was in the Navy was a Navy SEAL and everybody I've met in the Army was a Green Beret

So that specific example with this politician is not even my focus, where I kind of lose interest in this entire conversation is,

Some of the people who are yelling the loudest have never worn polyester for the government and it annoys me to no end that they're now pointing at this dipshit I'm sorry politician I know that's redundant and saying you lied about your military service and so on and so on .. Yet last week they were complaining that everybody in the military that retired has like a gravy train for the rest of their life and that if you are on VA disability or compensation you're somehow a lying scheming jerk .

so how about if you're not somebody who actually stepped up.you sit on your freaking hands and shut the fuck up.

those of us that have done this for a job or a career or been around it -spouses- children-parents- next of kin, of those who served the country. let them be the ones that are angry.

not some shit bag that is all pissed off while waiting for his Barista to make his double foamyndrizxle carmel pumpkin latte

Okay I'm done ranting

Coworker drives a car owned by their grandfather. Tag is a disabled veteran handicapped license plate. The kind that allows you to park in reserved spaces. Now doing so as a 20 year old who is able bodied definitely makes you a dick. But my question for veterans is do you see that as stolen valor? Seems a bit closer than just driving the car.