Can anyone explain if this guy I know is pretending to be a LTC?

I'm a retired LTC and only have an AB. My previous primary care was an LTC and was in the AF on active duty for something like five years. He was recently discharged.

CPT (Join to see), sounds like his BS extends a little further than nursing. I’ve never heard of a reserve component of the 101st, that’s all I need to know he doesn’t have a clue.

Hope this helps ma’am.

Ask to see his military ID card!

The 101st Airborne is not a reserve unit. I think he's full of it and just trying to impress you.

Thoroughly check his story out before casting judgement upon him...

Yes; yes it does; now go smack the crap out of him and demand to see his ID card. Or, take him to the nearest VA assisted living facility and leave him there for an hour or three. There's a Stolen Valor article out there where a civie owes the Gov'mt a couple of hundred K to repay GI bill and VA Med Services from using stolen personal info.

I ran into a Major that wasn't on AKO. He was in my last Reserve unit, but he was actually in the unit.

His story sounds baloney... The highest you can come into the Army is at Captain and that is only if you're a Doctor or JAG Officer I believe. 101st AB is not a Reserve unit; the only Combat Arms unit currently in the Reserves is the 100th IN BN in Hawaii & Samoa.... FYSA.

If it walks like a duck, quack likes a duck, yeah it's a damn duck!

You can commission at a higher rank based on years of experience in the medical field. I’ve only seen a physician come in as an O3.
But the unit he says he is in is not AD. So who knows.

If you were looking for a way to give him the benefit of the doubt, and maybe you shouldn't:

- The AMEDD has weird rules about direct commissioning.
- They used to call it PROFIS to stand for Professional Officer Filler System. No telling what it is called now. But, it was a software system that maintained a list of reservists from around the country that would go fill up tactical medical units before they deployed. My first experience was with a doctor that was supposed to come work at the battalion aid station for the 2/31st Inf Bn of the 7th ID, an active duty unit.
- Beyond the BS degree, he could have other certifications like Advanced Trauma Life Support or special skills like OR, ICU or ER. It is possible that it is the EXPERIENCE more than the degree level that got him rank.
- The age requirement for the AMEDD is set much higher than most of the Army.

AKOnir email will have his unit and rank.