Have you seen military posers in person?

I have little respect for Posers myself. However I have a slightly different perspective for personal reasons. I myself never saw combat. The worst conflict my unit ever experienced was bar fights with Turks in Darmstadt and Frankfurt. On the other hand I have an uncle. Troyce recently passed away. For years he told people he was more or less a medical orderly in Vietnam. Years later he told me different stories about combat. Despite talking to me he would tell the rest of the family his old medic stories. However, Troyce had very large burn scars that showed up any time he got hot or flushed. And once I saw a box with several medals in it including his purple hearts. In recent years he started dealing with paranoia and alcohol dementia. In fact he was never quite right after he got back from his tour. He chose to live homeless rather than accept help from the family or stay in apartments or housing arranged for him. His only attempt to get VA help was when he lost a lung from pneumonia and past damage from Malaria. But he WOULD cadge drinks and tell people about being "Captain Jack" with CIA connections and special forces stories from asia. Most people would have assumed he was a poser. I started doing some digging. Troyce Stacker was assigned to 1st Battalion 7th Cav and experienced Ia Drang and the fights around it. He served in that fighting group his entire tour and was one of the few that survived from the beginning deployment. His scars came from Napalm dropped on both friendly and enemy forces. He had other scars from blade and bullet. Perhaps the worst scars though were from surviving where so many of his fellows died. Was he a poser? He was never a Captain or any rank of Officer. He never served in the Special Forces or the CIA. But then again he never owned a restaurant in New York or a charter boat in Belize. I'm not sure he would have believed you if you told him any of that though. So, some posers, aren't. They're just confused and rearranged in their own heads. That's probably not as true with younger veterans. From what I could research, troops back in that time period were taught that it was unmanly to ask for help or admit mental problems. It led to a lot of "self medication". I kind of strayed from the thought though. Just this, Not all that POSE do it out of disrespect or greed.

No not yet

What a scum bag.

The moron in the picture is pathetic. I'll call out the first one I see

No

Roflmao

Yes, just after coming home from Nam

NO

No.

When I got out of the Navy in 1981, the military was very unpopular. No one like us, no one cared.
Now that the military is popular, the posers are coming out of the woodwork. It's very disconcerting seeing someone who impersonates a veteran. I'll assume that they are sick or so attention starved that this is what they revert to. Sad.