Posted on Mar 23, 2015
Stolen Valor - Outrage Over Stolen Valor Prompts Bill in Massachusetts
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The bill introduced by Westfield state Rep. John Velis, a U.S. Army Reserves captain who served in Afghanistan, would make such misrepresentations punishable by up to a year in jail and/or a $1,000 fine.
"When you're doing it for financial gain, whether it's a veteran's discount at a store or a special rate on a loan, that should be a crime," Velis said.
The bill -- one of the strongest versions of the federal c in the nation -- is gaining the support of local veterans, who say it addresses a growing problem documented in YouTube videos of veterans outing wannabes seeking discounts and attention.
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http://www.military.com/daily-news/2015/03/23/outrage-over-stolen-valor-prompts-bill-in-massachusetts.html
"When you're doing it for financial gain, whether it's a veteran's discount at a store or a special rate on a loan, that should be a crime," Velis said.
The bill -- one of the strongest versions of the federal c in the nation -- is gaining the support of local veterans, who say it addresses a growing problem documented in YouTube videos of veterans outing wannabes seeking discounts and attention.
Read the entire article here:
http://www.military.com/daily-news/2015/03/23/outrage-over-stolen-valor-prompts-bill-in-massachusetts.html
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Damn. It' General Admiral Commandant President and Dictator for life. And if I'm reading the awards correctly, he may have been shot at scuba school? And his tie is crooked.
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I usually just laugh at turds who try stolen valor, but the guy in the picture in the USAF uniform needs punched in the face. What a jack wagon. We had one of our guys in BCT go home on leave and had SGM stripes sewn on his uniform, he wasn't even an E-2. He got caught and WHEW, he had the book thrown at him.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think service members get overtime. Take your monthly payments and average it by 4.3 weeks in a month and then divide it by 168 hours in a week. Now tell me if you are overpaid. Include the fact that the job you are doing can get you killed.
Heres a scenario for you. Let's say you are a squad leader or platoon sergeant in charge of a unit, and the commanding general is coming for an inspection Monday at 7 AM. All of your troops are out doing something else. Will you get out the floor scrubber and wax the barracks right before inspection? You know you will because you want a good grade on the barracks. It doesn't matter if its 3 AM. This scenario is part of my point.
I've had similar scenarios as an MHW for the Department of Mental Health. I've scrubbed floors at 3 AM on my unit when we know that the Joint Commission is coming soon. We have no housekeepers on 11 to 7 that work the units with scrubbers as the patients need to sleep. Any cleaning of smaller areas is done by hand. Only two housekeepers do the hallways with floor machines.
My lead MHW is like we have the cleanest unit, and it will stay that way. So if I have to do a housekeeper's job on short notice, it gets done.
Heres a scenario for you. Let's say you are a squad leader or platoon sergeant in charge of a unit, and the commanding general is coming for an inspection Monday at 7 AM. All of your troops are out doing something else. Will you get out the floor scrubber and wax the barracks right before inspection? You know you will because you want a good grade on the barracks. It doesn't matter if its 3 AM. This scenario is part of my point.
I've had similar scenarios as an MHW for the Department of Mental Health. I've scrubbed floors at 3 AM on my unit when we know that the Joint Commission is coming soon. We have no housekeepers on 11 to 7 that work the units with scrubbers as the patients need to sleep. Any cleaning of smaller areas is done by hand. Only two housekeepers do the hallways with floor machines.
My lead MHW is like we have the cleanest unit, and it will stay that way. So if I have to do a housekeeper's job on short notice, it gets done.
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He looks despondent or depressed and was perhaps a candidate for enlistment and was turned down. I believe in the good in everyone and this young man needs to be taken aside and told that what he is doing is wrong, plain and simple and that he needs to stop what he is doing. His portrayal of a Master Sergeant is wrong but would still be wrong if he was an airman. Is there anyway we can suggest a warning for their first offense before we lock them up or force them to pay a fine they or anyone else could ill afford?
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If I recall, he was in the Air Force, obviously never an NCO. I think he killed himself, he had something going on in that head. I tried to find him on one of the sites, but I think this was at least ten years ago and thousands more came after him on those sites.
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I remember reading the profile on him in one of the stolen valor websites. He wore this at his brothers basic training graduation and was arrested. He was stripped of the uniform, they confiscated it and he was supposedly escorted off base by the police and given and was banned from the installation.
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This retard was kicked out of the usaf, then showed up to a military graduation ceremony in this shit show. He was escorted off post. He since died. Bye Nick
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I don't think a year is enough. 10 years and/or $100,000. The picture did make me laugh though, obviously he is not big on doing research prior to starting a project.
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Find it ironic liberal Massachusetts does something that would be on a conservative agenda... must my two cents. Now will they enforce it? That is another story....
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