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

I'm not familiar with Army units but I thought that the 101st was active duty Army. Does it have a reserve contingent as well?

There are many exceptions given to those with degrees in the medical field, such as not having to attend leadership schools, etc., especially in the reserves or national guard. Now, I know the reserves have been extremely broken since at least the mid-90;s, as Colin Powell actually talked about eliminating the reserves and moving all of the resources and unit structures to the national guard, however, I have NEVER seen anybody brought in higher than a Captain. That includes Jag Officers and Medical Doctors. I know there was a time where they were bringing RN's in as Captains, but LTC's, NEVER. I believe they are not allowed to bring somebody in at a field grade regardless of their skills, unless he was an 0-4 or above with a naval service, or Air Force. If he's wearing the puking buzzard, 101st Airborne patch, then he is completely FoS, no reserve unit wears an AD patch, and I am 99% that there is no 101st Reserve Unit.

The only 101st I know of is an active duty unit and not reserves.

Not on AKO he is fake

I met Martha Raye in Vietnam. She wore the uniform of a LTC. I thought the rank was honorary, but I later learned that she actually was an LTC Army reservist, in the Nurse Corp.

I do not think the 101st is a reserve unit, so its very questionable

Well, Ma'am, he should have an (AKO?) account you could look up (MOL for me). Or (Taa Daa!) show him your Active/Reserve/Retired CAC/ID and say "Hey I'm curious, does your ID look like mine? I'd like to see if they're the same or what's different." If he doesn't have it on his person, or gives you a line about why he's not supposed to carry it because he's uber black ops, then yea, he's most likely full of shit. No, actually, in that case, he is full of shit.

it sounds like BS, however -I'm a retired Medical Service Corps Officer - I have seen a few MD's come in as O-5/O-5 select. These are MDs with significant professional experience, not nurses. I worked in Navy Medical Department Officer selection many years ago and I can see a nurse, probably with a Master's Degree, come in as an O-4, but I never saw a non-Doc (MD/DO/DDS) come in as an O-5.

We really shouldn’t have to tell you that he is lying. Even with a BS he cannot join the Army, Navy, Air Force Or Marines as an O-5 LTC.

Everything about it sounds very suspect. I feel sorry for these people who feel a need to pretend to be something they're not. Can't they live with themselves? At the root must be a lot of insecurity.