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

So what. There are men posing as women in the army and that seems to be just fine.

There are many unit's in the 101st ABN Division that makes up the 101st. As others had stated, he is blowing smoke up your butt.

You said he has a BS in nursing. Is that Bachelor of Science, or the other BS?

I was a Health Care Recruiter. It is totally possible for a Medical professional to come in as anything from a 2LT to an Col. I brought a Doctor in as an LTC BUT he had prior service, had a doctorate in medicine and tons of experience. A nurse with a BS as an LTC, highly unlikely but possible as maybe a Nurse Practitioner with tons of experience. Tricky one here, all determined by education and experience. Without further information, I would say Red Flag.

I know of people that volunteered to serve with specialties, two started out as a SSG and one as a Major in medical field as a surgeon.

Ako is still being used? Holy shit!

I was teaching Officer Advanced classes and had a Major in my class who had been on active during WW2 (this was in the 80s), got his doctorate in psychology and 40 years later joined the USAR. Nice guy and didn’t have to be there, just wanted to learn more. Was scheduled to pick up LTC in 2 years

??? I doubt even a brain surgeon would be given the rank of LTC right off the street with no prior service. Due respect to you and your friend, what with as many poseurs as there are walking around these days, I'd have to see more than just a picture.

This just popped up on my feed. Do you have an update since it is now 3 years later? Of course this is fishy as the 101st is an active duty unit, so it is possible that he joined the reserves and then got called to active duty, particularly in a Med Services field, but he should appear somewhere in AKO or the Enterprise system. When I left active duty, AKO hadn't been implemented. When I joined the Reserves, years later, I had an active AKO ID and a CAC within a few days of getting the paperwork settled and getting enrolled in DEERS. Another question that comes to mind is what prior service did he have? I assume you would know of that. You don't just get commissioned as a LTC. A good friend of mine was in the Reserves, Medical Services Corps. He was a Captain at the time he received his BS in nursing. He tried to join the Nurses Corps and was told he would have to resign his current commission as a Captain and start again as a 2LT in the Nurses Corps...of course he didn't do this.

if it looks like a fish, smells like a fish...well you know...