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

Cpt Sara S,
There appear to be a couple red flags, or red herring fishing tro say the least.. To the best of my knowledge, AMMED doesn't have positions he is describing. If he were in the USAR that he would be in a reserve unit and same to ARNG.. Those two generally speaking do not have enough medical resources to give them away. I have also never observed a nurse coming in as a LTC. I have observed many doctors igive Maj and LTC. being given Major and LTC due to their prior MD time.!. Now there is the AKO issue. If he he has retired he has to have an account. How else would he check his make admin changes to his record? He is full of it!!

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If he just joined he sure as hell isn't going to be LTC even with a college degree. My dad was offered MAJ to join the Army Reserve at 45 but he was prior service and hab his college degree.

I’m prior AD Navy, then had a long break in service. Now, I’m now a CA ARNG LTC(P), MC(FS), MEDCOM Cdr & State Surgeon. I agree with all prior entries... 2+2 does not equal 4 here. Besides, anyone from AMEDD Officer recruiting can tell you that I mind in via direct commission as an O5 takes special approval, and is not the norm. Despite having left the Navy as a fairly senior O4, I was still brought back in as a direct commission as an O4 into the Army, even with many years of constructive credit, for the reason outlined. I’ve had to make rank the old fashioned way... I earned it.

Ask him if he's got his ID-10-T

depends on the type of nurse he is, but i know that the army and military does make exception for certain medical degrees that are baddly needed.

course you can always ask for his military email address, or ask him ejat the new military ID look like.

They are all over. They are fairly easy to spot. I received a thing in my email from Together We Served ( Coast Guard ) and someone shared his Reflections. I started reading it and all was fine. The he started telling about his time in Vietnam and my blood started to boil. It was all BS. I read through it three times, then went to his profile and checked his ribbon rack. When I saw that, I pretty near exploded. Ribbons he should have had, he didn't have, but to top it off, he was should the Navy Surface Warfare Badge. Those things are a NAVY award and NOT awarded to Coasties. He had been there the same time I was and had worked the same area that I had worked ( we moved around ). He also got out the same time I did. He was showing the Overseas Deployment Ribbon, but NOT the Sea Service Ribbon. Neither existed at the time we got got out. I have them, but only because I requested a DD215 and they were awarded Retroactively ( BOTH of them ), plus some others and a correction to one. I messaged him and let him have it, then notified the Admin. He wasn't too happy and let me know about it. Got so POed I just flat told him he was a liar. Got an Email from a Retired Coastie Commander that was a Vietnam vet and had picked up on it as well and messaged him as well as Notified the Admin. The last I heard, the Admin had requested a copy of his DD214. Had two uncles that retired from the Army, and I have picked up on a few. If he has a BS in Nursing, that would put him in the Nurse Practioner category usually. If he had just Joined the Army Reserves, that wouls still require Basic Training and at that age, they wouldn't take him. Going from Active Duty to the Reserves is another thing.

Like week old catch on the dock in the sun!

Like week old catch on the dock in the sun!

Possibly, need more info. 101st is not a reserve unit but he could be working in support of.