Posted on Jan 19, 2020
Given that under the first amendment anyone has the right to wear the military uniform, do you still confront people for stolen valor?
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I watched a young troop blast a homeless man, who wasn’t panhandling for the wear of a military uniform. We made threats of harm to this individual several times. Stolen valor is absolutely one of the lowest forms of scumbaggery on the human shit bag scale. Here is where the story turns. This homeless guy is in fact a vet. He was an MOS that no longer exists in the early 90s. Of course young studs iPhone can’t find the MOS, so instantly he goes to stolen valor. I get involved show my card and tell this young specialist that he is wrong on several levels. The first being the homeless guys MOS not being real. Second I reminded him of his oath to uphold and defend the Constitution and Bill of Rights ‘but the real bitch is for all his screaming and the ( I’ve lost brothers line) come to find out the specialist has never deployed to anywhere. What are your opinion on this?
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Who gives a damn if a homeless guy is wearing a uniform? I'd give him several of my old field jackets if he needed them. Was he trying to profit from wearing the uniform and I don't mean a free meal because he was hungry. As you said, he wasn't panhandling.
Matthew 25:40 - "And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me."
There is no valor or honor in harassing those less fortunate.
COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Stephen F. SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen SPC Woody Bullard CPL Dave Hoover CW5 Jack Cardwell Lt Col Charlie Brown Col Carl Whicker SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth SPC Margaret Higgins Maj Marty Hogan LTC Greg Henning Maj William W. 'Bill' Price SP5 Mark Kuzinski SGT John " Mac " McConnell LTC Wayne Brandon PO1 William "Chip" Nagel SPC Douglas Bolton PVT Mark Zehner
Matthew 25:40 - "And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me."
There is no valor or honor in harassing those less fortunate.
COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Stephen F. SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen SPC Woody Bullard CPL Dave Hoover CW5 Jack Cardwell Lt Col Charlie Brown Col Carl Whicker SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth SPC Margaret Higgins Maj Marty Hogan LTC Greg Henning Maj William W. 'Bill' Price SP5 Mark Kuzinski SGT John " Mac " McConnell LTC Wayne Brandon PO1 William "Chip" Nagel SPC Douglas Bolton PVT Mark Zehner
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SP5 Howard Moore - even though it is not classified as service connected, was it really a service connection that got classified incorrectly, it took me since 1989 to get a service connection but after years of trying and mountains of paperwork I finally got part of the service connection. If you have a service connection keep trying!
SSG Bob Teachout
SP5 Howard Moore - Fully agree Sp5! By holding a sign that says "Vet, needs help" Civilians may be thinking that the VA does not help. Far from the truth. And just to clarify, I do agree with Sgt Reynolds.
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SP5 Howard Moore
SPC Russ Burghorn - I was in armor can someone answer the phone lol I hear a high pitched whine all the time I thought my family they have to be looking at me to talk to me if the want me to "hear" what they are saying closed caption on my tv is a regular thing. I wore ear plugs religiously even under my CVC helmet or ear muffs tanks just make a ton of noise but then so did my other civilian occupations even with foam plug and ear muffs I still have Tinnitus.
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*checks valor*
Doesn’t seem as if any of mine has been stolen...
Doesn’t seem as if any of mine has been stolen...
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MSG Allan Davis from a man of your background that’s high praise indeed. Thank you, sincerely.
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I helped a lady and her three kids stranded on the road some years ago near Ft Leonard Wood. Her husband was in Afghanistan. Four months later he stopped by where I worked and dropped off a brand new issue field jacket. I got a liner on Amazon, and I wear it often in the woods. No patches. I've never thought twice about it.
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CPO Jeffrey Bohemier
I certainly wouldn’t consider wearing a field jacket as stolen valor. Stolen Valor goes beyond just wearing camouflage utilities. Its passing yourself off as having served in the military to obtain services or money from others that believe the lie you’re spreading about yourself. Walking around wearing camouflage pants and shirt in itself isn’t stolen valor. However, if you’re wearing that as part of your paid official duties while NOT in the military, you can easily be confused as though you are in the military. And that I have a problem with. If you’re retired and simply enjoy wearing your uniform, I say...GO FOR IT. YOU CERTAINLY EARNED THAT RIGHT. WEAR IT 24/7/365 IF YOU WANT. I wear my Uniform for Veterans Day. And I’ve thought about wearing it on Memorial Day as well, in respect and honor of our lost military heroes.
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MSG Richard C Finley
Steven my son's wore mine until they lost them all field jacket and 4 tanker jackets. wish i had the tanker jackets now. you just can't find the ones we got in Graf.
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MSG Richard C Finley
Jeffery your right as you can find field jackets every where ebay, amazon and surplus stores and all the uniforms. but it's when they wear class A's with all the medals in the world on them and claiming they were awarded all the medals. stolen valor they should all be tossed in jail for doing that regardless if they profited from it or not. i ran into a guy at the dialysis center where my wife was going. she told me about some guy there wear a Stetson with a Star on it. well as i waited for my wife one day that guy came out. so i got out of my truck and walked over to talk to him thinking he was prior service. well as i talked to him he told me he was wearing it to honor his father who had passed away. we after that the guy quit wearing it. and i was going to check the last name to see if his father was a one Star. but after he quit wearing it i didn't bother.
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