Posted on Mar 19, 2014
McClanahan sentenced to 34 months in prison for Stolen Valor. What do you think about U.S. Rep. John Salazar plans for HB-376?
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<p>U.S. Rep. John Salazar, D-Colo., was the driving force behind the Stolen Valor Act of 2005, the measure under which Richard McClanahan was prosecuted.</p><p>He hopes to go a step further with HB-3769, dubbed the Military Valor Role of Honor Act. The measure calls for the creation of a national database containing accurate information on senior military citations.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>
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Kudos to Mr. Salazar, should definitely be a national database where OFFICIAL records are available so those that have earned them can be researched if needed and those that have not and a perpetrating a fraud can be found out!
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I still do not get how I can wear whatever I want saying I earned these medal as freedom of speech but yet then again turn around and get jailed for doing similarly saying I am a police officer. Is that not similar? Is it not lying to others of who I truly am? Toss them all in jail....
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MAJ Bryan Zeski
The difference is that your Army medals give you no specific powers of authority over others - police officers do have a modicum of authority over civilians in that civilians are required by law to follow the directions of police officers in certain situations.
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Sounds like a reasonable idea. However, anywhere you create a repository for information in the cyber domain creates a necessity for strong INFOSEC measures. G-6/DOIMs will have fun with that.
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MSG Cameron Davis
Sir, I agree to a point. Maybe there should be a database and it should be governed and maintained by DoD but I am not so convinced on the public access. U.S. Rep. John Salazar hopes to make the access available for family and friends to check-up on what awards retired/ETSed soldiers do and do not have.
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Its aim would be to enable relatives and others to verify service records of former military personnel.
"People need to have this information available to them," said Eric Wortman, a spokesman for Salazar, a member of the Armed Services Committee. Roughly 30 representatives are co-sponsoring the measure, Wortman said.
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