1SG Private RallyPoint Member 353499 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>With the recent amount of stolen valor it is hard to keep up with all the different threads being posted here on RallyPoint. From this point forward if you have a stolen valor question, comment, and or post, then add it here. The posts that currently exist will stay, as we don&#39;t want to lose the already existing discussion content. If you have started a stolen valor post prior to this and wish to have it merged to this one then feel free to let me know and I will merge that for you. The initial post will be gone but the discussion content will be merged to this posting. 2014-12-03T16:18:01-05:00 1SG Private RallyPoint Member 353499

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>With the recent amount of stolen valor it is hard to keep up with all the different threads being posted here on RallyPoint. From this point forward if you have a stolen valor question, comment, and or post, then add it here. The posts that currently exist will stay, as we don&#39;t want to lose the already existing discussion content. If you have started a stolen valor post prior to this and wish to have it merged to this one then feel free to let me know and I will merge that for you. The initial post will be gone but the discussion content will be merged to this posting.

2014-12-03T16:18:01-05:00 2014-12-03T16:18:01-05:00 CPT Mike M. 12007

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>&lt;p&gt;Great on you.&amp;nbsp; It can be hard enough to get people to make an on-the-spot correction to someone who&#39;s actually in, and on a military base.&amp;nbsp; Going out and confronting a phony in a civilian atmosphere to a manager is good stuff.&amp;nbsp; All of these guys need a lot more than embarassment at a restaurant if you ask me.&amp;nbsp; He got off lightly.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Stolen valor needs to cover servicemembers as well.&amp;nbsp; I don&#39;t know if it&#39;s true or not but I heard once that we all get pissed off when Hollywood jacks up a uniform in a movie but that they intentionally do it so that it&#39;s not copying an exact, in regulation military uniform.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;

2013-11-26T16:08:53-05:00 2013-11-26T16:08:53-05:00 PO3 Brenton Holbrook 12013

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Also, here are the current Laws on the books. Notice how nowhere in here does it say anything about punishment if they commit these offenses.&lt;h1 class=&quot;entry-title&quot;&gt;Laws&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;!-- .entry-header --&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;entry-content&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;§771. Unauthorized wearing prohibited&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Except as otherwise provided by law, no person except a member of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps, as the case may be, may wear—&lt;br&gt;(1) the uniform, or a distinctive part of the uniform, of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps; or&lt;br&gt; (2) a uniform any part of which is similar to a distinctive part of the uniform of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps.&lt;br&gt; (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 34.)&lt;br&gt; Historical and Revision Notes&lt;br&gt; Revised section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large)&lt;br&gt; 771 10:1393 (1st par., less provisos). June 3, 1916, ch. 134, §125 (1st par., less provisos), 39 Stat. 216.&lt;br&gt; The words “Except as otherwise provided by law” are inserted to give effect to exceptions in other revised sections of this title and to provisions of other laws giving such organizations as the Coast and Geodetic Survey and the Public Health Service permission to wear military uniforms under certain conditions.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;§771a. Disposition on discharge&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;(a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), when an enlisted member of an armed force is discharged, the exterior articles of uniform in his possession that were issued to him, other than those that he may wear from the place of discharge to his home under section 772(d) of this title, shall be retained for military use.&lt;br&gt; (b) When an enlisted member of an armed force is discharged for bad conduct, undesirability, unsuitability, inaptitude, or otherwise than honorably—&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;(1) the exterior articles of uniform in his possession shall be retained for military use;&lt;br&gt; (2) under such regulations as the Secretary concerned prescribes, a suit of civilian clothing and an overcoat when necessary, both to cost not more than $30, may be issued to him; and&lt;br&gt; (3) if he would be otherwise without funds to meet his immediate needs, he may be paid an amount, fixed by the Secretary concerned, of not more than $25.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;(c) When an enlisted member of the Army National Guard or the Air National Guard who has been called into Federal service is released from that service, the exterior articles of uniform in his possession shall be accounted for as property issued to the Army National Guard or the Air National Guard, as the case may be, of the State or territory, Puerto Rico, or the District of Columbia of whose Army National Guard or Air National Guard he is a member, as prescribed in section 708 of title 32.&lt;br&gt; (Added Pub. L. 90–235, §8(1)(A), Jan. 2, 1968, 81 Stat. 763; amended Pub. L. 100–456, div. A, title XII, §1234(a)(1), Sept. 29, 1988, 102 Stat. 2059.)&lt;br&gt; Amendments&lt;br&gt; 1988—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 100–456 struck out “the Canal Zone,” after “Puerto &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;§772. When wearing by persons not on active duty authorized&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;(a) A member of the Army National Guard or the Air National Guard may wear the uniform prescribed for the Army National Guard or the Air National Guard, as the case may be.&lt;br&gt; (b) A member of the Naval Militia may wear the uniform prescribed for the Naval Militia.&lt;br&gt; (c) A retired officer of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps may bear the title and wear the uniform of his retired grade.&lt;br&gt; (d) A person who is discharged honorably or under honorable conditions from the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps may wear his uniform while going from the place of discharge to his home, within three months after his discharge.&lt;br&gt; (e) A person not on active duty who served honorably in time of war in the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps may bear the title, and, when authorized by regulations prescribed by the President, wear the uniform, of the highest grade held by him during that war.&lt;br&gt; (f) While portraying a member of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps, an actor in a theatrical or motion-picture production may wear the uniform of that armed force if the portrayal does not tend to discredit that armed force.&lt;br&gt; (g) An officer or resident of a veterans’ home administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs may wear such uniform as the Secretary of the military department concerned may prescribe.&lt;br&gt; (h) While attending a course of military instruction conducted by the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps, a civilian may wear the uniform prescribed by that armed force if the wear of such uniform is specifically authorized under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the military department concerned.&lt;br&gt; (i) Under such regulations as the Secretary of the Air Force may prescribe, a citizen of a foreign country who graduates from an Air Force school may wear the appropriate aviation badges of the Air Force.&lt;br&gt; (j) A person in any of the following categories may wear the uniform prescribed for that category:&lt;br&gt; (1) Members of the Boy Scouts of America.&lt;br&gt; (2) Members of any other organization designated by the Secretary of a military department.&lt;br&gt; (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 35; Pub. L. 99–145, title XIII, §1301(a)(1), Nov. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 735; Pub. L. 101–189, div. A, title XVI, §1621(a)(1), Nov. 29, 1989, 103 Stat. 1602; Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title V, §551(b), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2525.)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

2013-11-26T16:14:30-05:00 2013-11-26T16:14:30-05:00 SSgt Private RallyPoint Member 12842

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Thanks for your diligence because that kind of thing angers me to no end.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; I had a guy do something like that a McDonalds and the manager told me that she would throw him out the next time he came in.

2013-11-27T23:00:46-05:00 2013-11-27T23:00:46-05:00 LTC Private RallyPoint Member 12849

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>This is exactly what should happen with pretenders.<br /><br />I will correct one thing, you can dress up like a pilot, cop, or tell people you are a lawyer and you will not face any punishment from the law unless you use the powers of a police officer or attempt to defraud people.<br /><br />I think public humiliation is the best punishment for these people.

2013-11-27T23:10:21-05:00 2013-11-27T23:10:21-05:00 SGT Ben Keen 12850

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>First off, great job on point out the guy like that!&amp;nbsp; I just hope he didn&#39;t leave and try it again.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Secondly, I believe that the Stole Act of Valor law states that if a person receives any sort of money or personal gain while impersonating a service member, he or she can be thrown in jail under fraud charges.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Personally, I feel the problem continues because of the ease that one can get their hands on a uniform and ribbons from countless stores or online.&amp;nbsp; These stores, while trying to provide a much needed service, do not vet these customers.&amp;nbsp; The man hours involved to vet every customer would probably put the businesses out of business so I can understand why they don&#39;t.&amp;nbsp; Either way, you set the example on a way that we are service members can help bring light to these idiots and hopefully get them to see what they are doing goes beyond freedom of speech.&lt;br&gt;

2013-11-27T23:13:33-05:00 2013-11-27T23:13:33-05:00 CMC Robert Young 12973

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Good on you!!

2013-11-28T09:35:35-05:00 2013-11-28T09:35:35-05:00 CPT Brian Willey 28801

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>&lt;p&gt;I would be very interested to see how often the Stolen Valor Act of 2013 is enforced.&amp;nbsp; Unless it is a well-documented case of the fraud producing a personal gain of some kind, I don&#39;t think a citizen arrest reaction would be most appropriate (however gratifying)&amp;nbsp;or result in legal action against the offender (maybe against us, though.)&amp;nbsp; It would be great to be somehow further empowered to take action when these folks are discovered.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;While I whole-heartedly agree with MAJ Miller&#39;s stance that public humiliation is the best medicine for these imposters, it would be great if they could be once humiliated,&amp;nbsp;but&amp;nbsp;twice jailed for a bit with a fine and a paper trail.&amp;nbsp; Fortunately, I have not crossed paths with this situation in person; though I have helped a few friends suspicious of a coworker or acquaintance. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;PO3 Holbrook, thanks for standing up and doing the right thing on behalf of all of us!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

2013-12-29T11:36:37-05:00 2013-12-29T11:36:37-05:00 SFC Robert Trodahl 78087

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Great job!&amp;nbsp; Love how you handeled the situation.

2014-03-18T08:14:06-04:00 2014-03-18T08:14:06-04:00 CW2 Joseph Evans 80249

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>All depends on the quality of his groupies... If all he is getting is free drinks at the VFW, what ever. If he&#39;s regaling the college kids with his war stories, part of me says let them learn their lesson about blowhards. If he&#39;s pulling a $1000 speaking fee for the local rotary or Elk&#39;s, there is going to be an issue.&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;As for the clown on the corner with the &quot;Homeless Vet&quot; sign, I really don&#39;t know. I know the SOB is pulling more panhandling than an honest post service vet is getting as a WalMart greeter, but I also know that he is one of those leeches that doesn&#39;t give a damn about the image he is disrespecting or the society he is a drain on, and calling them out is more likely to get you into trouble...&amp;nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="http://www.funker530.com/u-s-army-ranger-arrested-for-calling-out-stolen-valor-offender/&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Baseball">http://www.funker530.com/u-s-army-ranger-arrested-for-calling-out-stolen-valor-offender/&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Baseball</a> bat and a dark alley???? Show him what PTSD is really about? I&#39;m not saying, don&#39;t try to do the right thing, but there are times I wonder if today&#39;s culture is worth saving...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;pta-link-card&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;pta-link-card-picture&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;<a target="_blank" href="http://www.funker530.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Untitled-24.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div">http://www.funker530.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Untitled-24.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div</a> class=&quot;pta-link-card-content&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;pta-link-card-title&quot;&gt;&lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;<a target="_blank" href="http://www.funker530.com/u-s-army-ranger-arrested-for-calling-out-stolen-valor-offender/&quot;&gt;U.S">http://www.funker530.com/u-s-army-ranger-arrested-for-calling-out-stolen-valor-offender/&quot;&gt;U.S</a>. Army Ranger Arrested For Calling Out Stolen Valor Offender&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;pta-link-card-description&quot;&gt;Kristopher Vieira arrested by campus authorities for confronting the man in military clothing. He was reportedly charged with disturbing the peace and making threats against the man.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;clear:both&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;pta-box-hide&quot;&gt;&lt;i class=&quot;icon-remove&quot;&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

2014-03-20T16:26:34-04:00 2014-03-20T16:26:34-04:00 SSgt Private RallyPoint Member 80250

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>In a calm collected manner poke holes in all of his B.S. right in front of his cronies.

2014-03-20T16:29:18-04:00 2014-03-20T16:29:18-04:00 CPT Private RallyPoint Member 107331

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>&lt;p&gt;Potential punishment should be HUGE community service requirement... OR - if the personal criteria is met, they should be conscripted into service and all cadre are to be made aware of their offense... in order for the offenders to get the taste of WHAT it&amp;nbsp;MEANS to wear the uniform.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Or simply deport them into Afghanistan...&lt;/p&gt;

2014-04-21T11:04:14-04:00 2014-04-21T11:04:14-04:00 MSG Brad Sand 138774

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Good for you PO3. In recruiting, I would run across posers from time to time and they always made me smile. The only thing that surprised me about your incident was that he was not claiming to be a SeAL? It always amazed me how they would always be SOCOM soldiers?

2014-05-30T09:48:57-04:00 2014-05-30T09:48:57-04:00 MSgt Private RallyPoint Member 138786

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Nicely done Sir. I wonder if Golden Corral made the guy pay for his food as they were kicking him out?

2014-05-30T10:17:27-04:00 2014-05-30T10:17:27-04:00 SPC Ralph S Scott 139069

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>PO3,<br />You are right to do what you did. I&#39;m sorry I wasn&#39;t there to help.<br />I spent all my time in,1983-1989 4 active 2 inactive reserve, during peace time. I feel inadequate when folks thank me for my time. I explain to them that I am not deserving of any thanks but that I would pass it on to someone who was.<br />To hear about some glory seeking jerk ticks me off to no end.<br />Thank you for setting him straight. Thank you for your time.

2014-05-30T15:39:49-04:00 2014-05-30T15:39:49-04:00 MAJ Jim Woods 144905

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>In a calm but no-nonsense attitude, point out that I am and know the real deals and they ain&#39;t one. Sit next to them until it makes them uncomfortable and they leave. Of course it probably won&#39;t happen to me because my wife won&#39;t let me get around crowds much......without adult supervision.......LOL

2014-06-05T21:18:06-04:00 2014-06-05T21:18:06-04:00 MSG Floyd Williams 144931

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I wouldn&#39;t waste my time correcting the individual, because no matter where you go there will be yard birds impersonating Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, and Marines. Most people like that was rejected by the U.S. Armed Forces for whatever reason, and they just living in a fantasy world and most of them get stuck.

2014-06-05T21:43:56-04:00 2014-06-05T21:43:56-04:00 MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca 144949

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Anyone ever see the Robert DeNiro movie, &quot;Ronin&quot; - great watch if you haven&#39;t seen it. Sean Bean plays an SAS &quot;poser&quot; who when asked to describe an ambush by DeNiro has men on 2 sides of a road hitting each other with crossfire. DeNiro calls him on the carpet and eventually asks him, &quot;What color is the boathouse at Hereford?&quot; presumably a reference that an SAS member would know. When he can&#39;t answer, he exposes himself as a &quot;wanna be&quot; and gets kicked off the mission. Jean Reno later asks him, &quot;so what is the color of the boathouse at Hereford?&quot; to which DeNiro replies, &quot;F--k if I know&quot;<br /><br />and that&#39;s how you deal with a poser.

2014-06-05T22:02:04-04:00 2014-06-05T22:02:04-04:00 MAJ Jim Woods 145227

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Regarding the guy with a &quot;Homeless Vet&quot;, I have a Purple Heart license plate and it&#39;s amazing how many of them turn away and won&#39;t face my car. That spells volumes in my book.<br /><br />If they don&#39;t turn away, I invite them to come home with me and do a few chores. I will give them something to eat, a few dollars, and the phone number of the local VA Service Rep. Of course during the ride home I ask some probing questions that prove to me their legitimacy. If they fail the test, then I drop them off at the closest intersection with a warning that they take the &quot;Vet&quot; off their sign, tell them I am retired from Law Enforcement, and explain the vagrancy/panhandling law.<br /><br />Now you see why my wife won&#39;t let me out much....... LOL.

2014-06-06T09:46:53-04:00 2014-06-06T09:46:53-04:00 MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca 145344

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Great question but how do you know the person is a &quot;poser&quot; at first glance or contact other than some obviously dunderhead mistakes with ribbons &amp; insignia, claiming everything they did was classified or looking the wrong age for where they supposedly served? There&#39;s so much data out there that someone could easily build a descent false resume. I know some soldiers have that good &quot;Scooby Sense&quot; to sniff out a poser but not all of us.

2014-06-06T11:38:24-04:00 2014-06-06T11:38:24-04:00 SGT Ben Keen 145375

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Sadly, I&#39;ve come across a few people trying to pass themselves off as service members. It isn&#39;t hard to figure out it is all a lie. I think everyone here can agree, those of us that serve, we have our own walk, we carry ourselves a certain way and we have our own language. <br /><br />Normally what I do, is I ask some questions about their calms. Once I create enough holes things play out the way they are supposed to. Normally ends in them walking away looking over their shoulder and using some not so nice words to describe me.

2014-06-06T11:54:01-04:00 2014-06-06T11:54:01-04:00 Cpl Glynis Sakowicz 145416

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>You know, this is a sore point for so many of us, and the Women Marine groups are no different. <br /> I ran into one who states she wants to be called &#39;Top&#39; , says she spent 11 years on the drill field, three tours in the Sandbox, came home with all sorts of internal problems and posted a picture on Facebook with LOADS of ribbons, not in their right order, mind you, and she supposedly did all this in about 14 years. <br /> Now, the idea she was able to get to SSGT in two enlistments is do-able, though pretty dang hard in the Corps due to slots available and promotions in those fields... anyway, the thing is, she just &#39;smelled&#39; wrong, and every WM in the group noticed it, when she was unable to name any DI she served with, during those 11 years, and we asked her to prove her service, as we all had to do to join the group, and suddenly, she was gone.<br /> It just outrages me, that so many who refused or ignored the chance to serve their country, are jumping in, saying that they were higher NCO&#39;s, that they were Navy Seals, or Recon... never just a common truck driver or &#39;Remington Raider&quot; mind you... What is it about these jerks that they think we won&#39;t recognize a fake?<br /> Anyway, end result is that we turned her in for Stolen Valor, but odds are, she&#39;s using a fake name as well... but she goes by &quot;Julee Jones&quot; if you run into her, and she says she&#39;s a part of the Patriot Guard as well...

2014-06-06T12:31:33-04:00 2014-06-06T12:31:33-04:00 MSG Floyd Williams 145429

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>This is a good topic which brings awareness of people out there stealing valor they don&#39;t deserve. It just remind me when I was on Embassy Duty in Budapest, Hungary, there was a guy impersonating a three (3) star Air Force General. This joker was wearing a formal dress uniform with cowboy boots and a straw hat. This guy is an African-American, I seen him one day trying to get in our building, my full bird Colonel chase him away. It is obvious he is probably a nut case, he even got pass the guards in Tazsar Main Gate in Tazsar, Hungary and slip away you know that is embarrassing.

2014-06-06T12:54:41-04:00 2014-06-06T12:54:41-04:00 SPC Private RallyPoint Member 145463

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Saw a guy at a bar the other day telling war stories, pretending he had a &quot;Combat Administrator Badge&quot; and an &quot;Expert Field Unit Administrator&quot; badge. He was telling the others at the bar his war story &quot;there we were, out of donuts and coffee, PT forms were due to headquarters in two days, the forms were un-alphabetized, and the copy machine jammed&quot;. I approached him and told him &quot;You&#39;re a poser! Everyone knows that there&#39;s never a shortage of junk food, and green beans never closes! A real admin can alphabetize 200 forms in 10 minutes flat, and other units would let you use their copy machines!&quot; I then ripped the poorly sewn-on EFUA badge off his VFW hat.

2014-06-06T13:31:43-04:00 2014-06-06T13:31:43-04:00 LTC Paul Labrador 152313

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>WTF?<br /><br />He also needs to learn how to tie a tie....

2014-06-12T13:08:29-04:00 2014-06-12T13:08:29-04:00 CWO4 Private RallyPoint Member 152314

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2014-06-12T13:08:33-04:00 2014-06-12T13:08:33-04:00 SGM Matthew Quick 152328

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I really like the new silk tie...maybe the military should adopt this?

2014-06-12T13:19:03-04:00 2014-06-12T13:19:03-04:00 CPT Zachary Brooks 152336

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Shave, fix your tie, wear the beret properly, cut your hair, etc, etc.<br /><br />Do you even….fake to be Army bro?

2014-06-12T13:22:12-04:00 2014-06-12T13:22:12-04:00 SFC Michael Hasbun 152361

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Looks like the graduation ceremonies over at the QM AIT schools ;)

2014-06-12T13:39:00-04:00 2014-06-12T13:39:00-04:00 SFC Stephen Carden 152393

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>How come these D-bags are never wearing, like, a Marine uniform? Navy? Even Air Force? It's always an Army uniform. Are we the easiest to fake or something? Geez.

2014-06-12T14:02:07-04:00 2014-06-12T14:02:07-04:00 SSG Private RallyPoint Member 183318

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Some do it so they can look cool. There are awards that I have been cheated out of, but I wouldn't wear them because I do believe in protecting the integrity of the award

2014-07-21T20:19:55-04:00 2014-07-21T20:19:55-04:00 PFC Zanie Young 188037

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>If you don't have discharge papers (in the case of veterans) or the citation from your congressman or other designated officials (like officers), you shouldn't wear it. A real vet wouldn't wear that stuff. We may, however, buy ribbons and medals (if lost or (in my case, with my DD214, sealed of course) that we have earned. Most vets would wear apparel that proves their service, fewer still will wear qualification badges on hats (that they have earned, of course). I don't wear any of that stuff on the street, but I keep stuff like that in some place safe where no one can get to until I pass it down or I give instructions otherwise. I will not tolerate posers that claim to be vets and are not, but I have no problem talking with them and telling them what it is really like to be in the service.

2014-07-28T08:46:45-04:00 2014-07-28T08:46:45-04:00 PO3 David Henderson 198161

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I think jail is the way to go... like you said "If you impersonate an Airline Pilot, a Lawyer, a Doctor, or a Police Officer, you will get thrown in Jail if you get caught."<br /><br />in fact I think impersonating a member of the armed forces should carry a stronger sentence.

2014-08-09T01:40:52-04:00 2014-08-09T01:40:52-04:00 PO2 Christopher Knox 198254

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>i woulda simply told him "Look at you... you need to get your shit together".

2014-08-09T06:06:59-04:00 2014-08-09T06:06:59-04:00 PO3 Damien Cassidy 198682

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Hoo freaken Rah to the active duty guy. I see this a lot here in maine and never know how to handle it. It pisses me off. Iv got a few fallen comrades and to see people impersonating the military pisses me off.

2014-08-09T17:33:00-04:00 2014-08-09T17:33:00-04:00 SN Private RallyPoint Member 198948

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>It does anger me to know that if someone publicly lies about being a war hero or veteran, it falls under freedom of speech. But I think media coverage when could be punishment enough because it would bring to light their phony reputation and keep them from being able to exploit their lying methods.<br /><br />We already know the original Stolen Valor Act had to be repealed and rephrased so that it's only illegal if they do it to obtain some sort of tangible benefit. If they impersonate a military member for access to a gala or social event or gain an advantage with employers, then it should also be illegal, which I believe it is under the Act.<br /><br />It kind of reminds me of the case of Adam Wheeler, the student/con artist who cheated his way to get into Harvard by forging transcripts and fabricating letters of recommendation in addition to plagiarizing his essays. He only got caught when he used his cheating methods to shoot for Rhodes and Fulbright awards which are considered to be the most prestigious scholarships in the country. He was prosecuted but only because of the legal documents he had forged (letters of recommendation and transcripts). <br /><br />So if someone who merely claims to have served puts it on their resume, especially if it includes forging service records, they should definitely be prosecuted.

2014-08-09T21:04:31-04:00 2014-08-09T21:04:31-04:00 PO1 Private RallyPoint Member 199017

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>E5 in two years is possible. I was one at about two years. <br /><br />But thank you for watching out for that! Good looking out.

2014-08-09T22:00:20-04:00 2014-08-09T22:00:20-04:00 Sgt Private RallyPoint Member 199275

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Well, while it is not illegal to lie about it anymore, it is still illegal to wear the uniform by Federal law (10 USC, 771). If the uniform was warn in order to commit fraud, like get a free or discount meal, etc. the DA's office is more likely to persecute. Call the police, if you're lucky you'll get a police officer who is a veteran too, make things interesting.

2014-08-10T07:12:19-04:00 2014-08-10T07:12:19-04:00 PO2 Private RallyPoint Member 199379

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I made E5 under two years. It's possible...E4 out of A school top of your class then make the E5 test first time up. Difference is I have two ribbons not 4 rows! Pretty sure that's impossible lol.

2014-08-10T12:27:59-04:00 2014-08-10T12:27:59-04:00 PO2 Private RallyPoint Member 199502

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>It's good that you spotted the fake and but hi on blast. This also needs to be done with military guys that have claimed to have been to war. The only thing i can really say is as a sailor that made PO2 in 2 years I know it can be done, I even know a few that made it in 1 1/2 years so that isn't really a red flag.

2014-08-10T15:02:08-04:00 2014-08-10T15:02:08-04:00 PO3 James Toth 200256

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Good for you man. I hate that shit. These people are scum and have no honor and no pride. They are low lives I am very happy you did what you did. Good for you brother. I was Navy myself. I'm Bm3 Toth from the BHR . Been out for 5 years now and I miss the hell out of it.

2014-08-11T12:52:17-04:00 2014-08-11T12:52:17-04:00 PO2 Private RallyPoint Member 200310

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I have an LS2 on my ship who made it off of his first exam and has only been in for almost two years. Also, as a nuke, you can STAR re-enlist and get automatic E-5, I believe. Still, that doesn't explain this POS.

2014-08-11T13:52:46-04:00 2014-08-11T13:52:46-04:00 PO1 Matthew Wicke 200373

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I have no doubts about your story. I would have thrown the BS flag on his uniform with sewn on crow.<br /><br />On the point of making rank quickly, there are a few rates (MOS) in the Navy that make rank quickly. This is because of the extremely high turn-over rate. Making E-5 within two years and E-6 within 6 years has become more common than my comfort level allows.<br /><br />To share a story of stolen honor...on my first ship we had a sailor busted for being AWOL (not just UA), impersonating an officer, and impersonating a SEAL.

2014-08-11T14:53:27-04:00 2014-08-11T14:53:27-04:00 PO2 Private RallyPoint Member 200801

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Fair actions for the act committed. as far as the E-5 in 2 years though i made it in less than 2 lol.

2014-08-11T22:07:30-04:00 2014-08-11T22:07:30-04:00 PO2 Barry Hinsinger 200832

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I think it should be a punishable crime. Especially if they are using it to receive some sort of compensation or discount. In my opinion, that is fraud and should receive the same punishment you would get in other civilian situations. I you are caught impersonating a higher ranking serviceman while you are serving, the punishment is usually harsh.

2014-08-11T22:37:53-04:00 2014-08-11T22:37:53-04:00 SGT Suraj Dave 201519

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I once ran into a guy who was pretending to be in the Army at a bar in my home town. He was telling this girl stories about how he was in Afghanistan. I noticed he had a memorial band on... but it had weird things written on it, like his blood type... and he had dog tags on over his shirt (Classic sign). I asked him what his MOS was, he said "Infantry". After a couple well asked questions, I realized that this guy was just lying to talk to girls. <br /><br />I spat in the palm of my hand and slapped him in the face.

2014-08-12T14:28:44-04:00 2014-08-12T14:28:44-04:00 SN Garrett Bell 201641

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>While most people do not have a problem with impersonating a soldier, I want to point out it is against 18 U.S. Code 702-Uniform of armed forces and Public Health Service.<br /><br />"Whoever, in any place within the jurisdiction of the United States or in the Canal Zone, without authority, wears the uniform or a distinctive part thereof or anything similar to a distinctive part of the uniform of any of the armed forces of the United States, Public Health Service or any auxiliary of such, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, or both."<br /><br />So if you were curious if it is illegal, there you go. I hope this settles some arguments.

2014-08-12T15:51:17-04:00 2014-08-12T15:51:17-04:00 PO3 Private RallyPoint Member 201790

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>That&#39;s pretty bad that these people have to make up lies about there dull lives, but that&#39;s no excuse to dis honor the uniform men and women have died for the right to wear it I hate it when I see contractors wearing half of a navy NWU with the rest of there outfit and get it completely ruined in the process makes my blood boil

2014-08-12T17:55:00-04:00 2014-08-12T17:55:00-04:00 PO1 Albert Lazo 202142

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>At the very least, the Manager should have made him pay for the food or have the cops pick him up and arrest him for whatever charges there are for eating and not paying, should be consider like if a person uses a stolen credit card. In the big picture, there should be serious consequences placed on these impersonators....perhaps they should be forced to enlist since they want to pretend to be military personnel.

2014-08-12T23:48:32-04:00 2014-08-12T23:48:32-04:00 PO2 Tara Battle 202373

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I will have to say it's not right at all for someone to impersonate a military person. Last year on Veteran's Day my husband and I went out. I'm the veteran, while he never served. The waiter was about to give both of us our meal free, but spoke up and said no. We told him that I'm the veteran. You know...it's just not right. We would have felt like we were stealing if we didn't pay for my husband's food. My mom had an issue recently where a man in the military over in Iraq impersonated a special forces guy, and tried to swindle her out of $2500. What do we do in that instance?

2014-08-13T08:58:07-04:00 2014-08-13T08:58:07-04:00 PO1 Aaron Baltosser 202535

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I would like to see it charged as a Felony. When people claim things they have never earned it is not done for grins and giggles. They do it to get something, either money, recognition or benefits not earned. They need to be charged accordingly.

2014-08-13T12:03:50-04:00 2014-08-13T12:03:50-04:00 PO2 Private RallyPoint Member 202889

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>2 Silver stars on a nam and an ND with a star being in for 2 years. Forget the sleeves. E5 after 2 years is not un heard of. There is an EM2 on my ship right now who did it. E-4 (push button) out of A school and they are immediately granted advancement opportunity on the next cycle. He blew the test out of the water and put on PO2 just under the 2 year mark.

2014-08-13T17:07:29-04:00 2014-08-13T17:07:29-04:00 LCDR Jeremy Huff 203425

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Wow...just came onboard...if we spent the effort that I have just read on actually fulfilling our oath...pulling our heads out of our normalcy bias rears...and protecting and defending our Constitution for our children's future...I might get involved. Goodness we are lost at sea...does anyone not see what is going on in our country...we are Rome...the horde is in the gates...and we spend our time...worrying about gay wads trying to be cool.

2014-08-14T01:11:45-04:00 2014-08-14T01:11:45-04:00 PO2 Shea Ackerly 203692

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Yes! Throw his ass in Jail! To ware a uniform from our armed forces you must earn that right. Go through what it takes to earn the right to say you are a member of our fraternity our brotherhood.

2014-08-14T11:17:14-04:00 2014-08-14T11:17:14-04:00 PO3 Private RallyPoint Member 204129

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The only way I know of to get 2nd class in two years is to do what I am going to do in six month. Be a nuke and star reenlist at the two year point. Auto e-5.

2014-08-14T17:31:58-04:00 2014-08-14T17:31:58-04:00 PO1 Private RallyPoint Member 204636

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I love calling out all those imposters, there seems to be more and more walking around these days disgracing the well prepared uniform we all strive to wear everyday with pride because we know we are serving a purpose, and back home we have guys putting on a uniform that looks like a hot bag of garbage embarrassing us all just to get a discount on a meal or just to get that glorification knowing that people are looking at you and thinking you are a bad ass. I mean if they are dumb enough to steal Valor at least try and actually do research on uniform regs and duty stations / assignements lol just sayin. <br /><br />And as far as making E-5....I made E-5 in 1 year 11 months, so it is a fact. Then went on to pick up MA1 in 4 years. Now im sitting pretty at 6 years in the Navy, 24 years old and hopefully about to take Chiefs exam come January if all goes well in November haha.. Anything is possible folks!

2014-08-15T01:13:35-04:00 2014-08-15T01:13:35-04:00 SSgt Gregory Guina 227108

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Sure why not

2014-09-04T00:00:17-04:00 2014-09-04T00:00:17-04:00 CPT Jacob Swartout 227351

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>My observation of this picture:<br />1. Wears an ISAF patch however, has no combat patch shown (not everyone wears them though) <br />2. Collar is worn incorrectly<br />3. Wears PC indoors, badges not displayed properly either<br />4. Is not Special Forces because they know how to wear the uniform properly<br />5. Likely has not graduated from Airborne and Air Assault courses<br />6. Should not have a CIB (no combat patch) <br />7. Likely knows he is wrong and only wants attention<br />8. Either he is just jacked up today and forgot his combat patch, rules about wearing a PC indoors and wear of uniform (collar) or....<br />9. This guy is truly and most likely a bonafide stolen valor imposter<br />10. I would not be fooled by someone like this because I will start asking questions about their military career, assignments, etc. I caught a couple before and they ran off.

2014-09-04T08:18:53-04:00 2014-09-04T08:18:53-04:00 CPT Aaron Kletzing 227394

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Wow, look at that collar! Also, assuming this photo is taken in a garrison/non-training environment, I believe he should not be wearing the subdued version of the flag on his right shoulder -- I believe that should be the non-subdued version. At least that&#39;s how it was in the 25th ID when I was at Schofield. Perhaps that&#39;s a local policy...not sure (anyone have insights on that?).<br /><br />Also, hat tip to <a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="39627" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/39627-cpt-jacob-swartout">CPT Jacob Swartout</a> for the list he put together of this guy&#39;s deficiencies. I would guess that the individual in this photo has some serious issues he is dealing with.

2014-09-04T09:13:00-04:00 2014-09-04T09:13:00-04:00 SPC Private RallyPoint Member 227446

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Yes, there are dozens of problems with this.<br /><br />The thing that sticks out the most to me is the fact that he looks soft, scared and wants people to admire him. Every SFC who is in SF that I have seen/met are hardcore and you can see their training and discipline in their eyes, stature and demeanor. This guy is a complete fraud. <br /><br />So much wrong with this....

2014-09-04T09:53:03-04:00 2014-09-04T09:53:03-04:00 MSG Wade Huffman 227472

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Campbells on Rye! Yep, soup sandwich!

2014-09-04T10:12:54-04:00 2014-09-04T10:12:54-04:00 LTC Paul Labrador 227483

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Why, oh, why do I never get to see these dumbasses in person....? I would LOVE to expose them.....

2014-09-04T10:23:26-04:00 2014-09-04T10:23:26-04:00 Cpl Michael Strickler 227497

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>What made me chuckle is that I am pretty sure he is holding a ball cap for the Marines... He has mistaken his service organization completely... Either that or he is really in the Army, and like most, he just wants to be in a really fighting force...<br /><br />*shots fired* haha

2014-09-04T10:38:50-04:00 2014-09-04T10:38:50-04:00 PO1 Private RallyPoint Member 227649

<div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-8350"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fstolen-valor-the-military-perspective%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Stolen+Valor%3A+The+Military+Perspective&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fstolen-valor-the-military-perspective&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0AStolen Valor: The Military Perspective%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/stolen-valor-the-military-perspective" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="dd2972f7fe77bf29c7536da68392f354" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/008/350/for_gallery_v2/image.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/008/350/large_v3/image.jpg" alt="Image" /></a></div></div>Someone needs to show him this. See if he has any clue:

2014-09-04T12:55:04-04:00 2014-09-04T12:55:04-04:00 Col Private RallyPoint Member 227990

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>FUBAR SOUP SANDWICH!! I would love to meet someone like this in person and humiliate the snot out of them. I am assuming that he is at an on post establishment. If he is, I wonder who sponsored him on base?

2014-09-04T18:16:34-04:00 2014-09-04T18:16:34-04:00 SSG Robert Burns 228025

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Everyone is missing the biggest dead give away. There&#39;s not a single pen in his pen pockets. FAKE!!!!

2014-09-04T18:32:37-04:00 2014-09-04T18:32:37-04:00 1SG Private RallyPoint Member 228028

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Please, God in heaven, grant me fifteen minutes with this individual. I have longed for the good old days of NCO justice and this presents a perfect opportunity.<br /><br />My bet:<br />This guy was in the military, and washed out of Basic Training after one month or less.<br />I further hypothesize that he was signed up to be in an MOS as far away from 18X as you can imagine.<br />He got the gig in a convenience store due to his prior connection as an employee.<br />He is wondering if his Marine Corps Veteran hat and free Doritos will make up the cost of his badge and patch purchases.

2014-09-04T18:33:51-04:00 2014-09-04T18:33:51-04:00 SSG Private RallyPoint Member 228073

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Its all over the Stolen Valor website. It turns out he did serve, but briefly and I mean very briefly. The &quot;Wounded Veterans Working.Org&quot; charity he claims to be benefiting Veterans is legit according to the State of New York. William Westbay did step down from the charity as he claims he only meant to wear the uniform to &quot;honor someone&quot; he knew. Yeah right, and lets be a bigger douche canoe, by tattooing &quot;Ranger One&quot; on your neck. Yeah I&#39;ll be warning my NY friends not to donate to that charity. Maybe some of the locals in Lake Grove, NY may donate but thats on them. I just want to reach out and throat punch this guy something fierce....just saying

2014-09-04T18:49:26-04:00 2014-09-04T18:49:26-04:00 SGT Donald Croswhite 228748

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I don&#39;t always steal valor. But when I do, I wear an ACU ISAF patch and no combat patch.<br />And seriously, I have never worn my collar like that, never.

2014-09-05T08:59:40-04:00 2014-09-05T08:59:40-04:00 CMSgt Private RallyPoint Member 228945

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Oh yeah. He is so outed, they need a new word for &quot;outed&quot;. :)<br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://guardianofvalor.com/william-j-everything-backwards-westbay-rangersf-poser-running-charity/">http://guardianofvalor.com/william-j-everything-backwards-westbay-rangersf-poser-running-charity/</a> <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> <img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images/000/002/802/qrc/cropped-Guardian-of-Valor1-15.jpg?1443022569"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="http://guardianofvalor.com/">Guardian Of Valor</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">Outing those who Steal Valor from those that earned it.</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div>

2014-09-05T12:09:22-04:00 2014-09-05T12:09:22-04:00 SFC Private RallyPoint Member 229355

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>the most infuriating thing about these asshats (can we say "asshat" on rallypoint? HA, just did) is that unless they are attempting to actually receive benefits due a veteran/service member they are not committing a crime. <br /><br />However, whatever this moron says or does in his "poser suit" now reflects on the military he is not actually in. <br /><br />Why is impersonating a uniformed service member (outside of a lame Halloween costume) not punishable at all?

2014-09-05T17:28:05-04:00 2014-09-05T17:28:05-04:00 SFC Private RallyPoint Member 229542

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Haha I love these guys. You know, it really isn't that hard to figure out how the uniform is supposed to be worn. If they are gonna do it, they should at least be good fakes. I get more disappointed by the lack of effort and creativity than the act itself...We can't solve stupid people, even with violence, so I guess they are good for entertainment. The people who fall for this solicitation might be equally dumb, but it does suck that some oblivious and generous people are duped by the shit birds. It also kind of shocks me that with the number of veterans out there, especially in law enforcement, no one called this out in public. Whatever. Their facebook page is private or I would have had fun with that.

2014-09-05T20:34:33-04:00 2014-09-05T20:34:33-04:00 CW3 Private RallyPoint Member 229725

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>It's a new day in my neighborhood...

2014-09-05T22:51:31-04:00 2014-09-05T22:51:31-04:00 SFC Mark Merino 229779

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Imagine the fun you would have to thank him for his service and get everyone to cheer for him in the restaurant. Then, announce to everyone that he has to hurry up and get his meal to go because you are following orders to deliver all the SF guys to the airfield. Operation &quot;Secret Squirrel&quot; takes off in 15 minutes because Congress just approved the funding. &quot;Weapons check in 20 Soldier, you have to get in the car, NOW!!!!

2014-09-05T23:19:57-04:00 2014-09-05T23:19:57-04:00 CPT Private RallyPoint Member 229787

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>That is about as legit as an Wife of a wealthy Nigerian Lawyer giving you money to hold while she tries to flee from political prosecution.

2014-09-05T23:25:09-04:00 2014-09-05T23:25:09-04:00 SFC Private RallyPoint Member 229906

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>For the love of God... If you are going to fake the funk, at least roll the collar the correct way! Nobody wears it like that!

2014-09-06T01:03:44-04:00 2014-09-06T01:03:44-04:00 MAJ Jeff Coulter 229915

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I've never used or seen anyone else use the stupid Velcro collar closure on the ACU. If he is choosing to, he's fake.

2014-09-06T01:12:05-04:00 2014-09-06T01:12:05-04:00 MAJ Jeff Coulter 229923

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>US Code makes unauthorized wearing of a military uniform illegal. See 10 USC 771.

2014-09-06T01:19:27-04:00 2014-09-06T01:19:27-04:00 MAJ Private RallyPoint Member 229930

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I don&#39;t think that I cannot do something more drastic than just exposing them. I would be taking that ACU top home with me by any means necessary.

2014-09-06T01:28:17-04:00 2014-09-06T01:28:17-04:00 MAJ Private RallyPoint Member 229962

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Do posers have no access to google image? Good god, at least make it semi-realistic.

2014-09-06T03:21:16-04:00 2014-09-06T03:21:16-04:00 CPT Private RallyPoint Member 230049

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>My favorite thing happened last night: some dude hit on me with his fake, &quot;I served my country&quot; story. I made my eyes wide, leaned forward and begged for him to tell me the whole story. He drove a tank *into* Kuwait right at the start of the conflict. Wow, he did&#39;t look Iraqi...LOL! He finished his story (the ending involved bad-mouthing the VA) and I turned to my friend and said, &quot;this story is unbelievable; [3 second pause] meaning that there is very little here that even has the possibility of being remotely true.&quot; Sometimes there are advantages to being able to be a veteran in disguise.

2014-09-06T08:40:15-04:00 2014-09-06T08:40:15-04:00 SPC Phillip Ridings 230321

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>look at the right arm where is the patch??? where on gods green earth is his cover too?????

2014-09-06T13:14:22-04:00 2014-09-06T13:14:22-04:00 SPC Phillip Ridings 230351

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><a target="_blank" href="https://www.facebook.com/dpvport">https://www.facebook.com/dpvport</a> wow...this fool done lost his mind. here is his skype: william.westbay if yall want more info please let me know. he is a total disgrace to us who have served and those still serving. <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="https://www.facebook.com/dpvport">Facebook</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description"></p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div>

2014-09-06T13:31:22-04:00 2014-09-06T13:31:22-04:00 SSG James Kennedy 230378

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>No Combat unit patch on right shoulder, the air assault badge is on the wrong side its where the jump master badge should be. this tab that say TSAF could not tell you where that came from, my opinion is that he is a PX solider even if he is a real soldier at all.

2014-09-06T13:54:52-04:00 2014-09-06T13:54:52-04:00 SGT Bryan Cowles 230443

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The fool has his neck Velcroed like he is collar choking himself in gft.

2014-09-06T14:39:57-04:00 2014-09-06T14:39:57-04:00 CSM Private RallyPoint Member 230769

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Theres a reason we have uniform standards and why those standards are beat into our heads from the moment we join the Army. When you watch a movie with an american actor and they put on an Army Uniform, they (more than likely) get it wrong. We cringe and point out that ribbons are out of order or that a badge is crooked or on the wrong side. We&#39;ve all done it. ITs because those standards are ingrained in us. When we see something out of place we notice it. This pays off when we&#39;re deployed and the enemy puts on a US uniform and tries to cross the wire. They&#39;ll more than likely get it wrong. A US Soldier walks a certain way, talks a certain way (we have our own language) salutes a certain way and wears their uniform a certain way.

2014-09-06T18:50:19-04:00 2014-09-06T18:50:19-04:00 SGT Rudy Rowell 230771

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Soup sammich! CIB without a unit patch he saw that combat with? A platoon daddy really? No three day beard from his time in the field?

2014-09-06T18:53:51-04:00 2014-09-06T18:53:51-04:00 SSG Private RallyPoint Member 230792

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Lol... saw this last week on stolen valor. Douche comes to mind

2014-09-06T19:17:52-04:00 2014-09-06T19:17:52-04:00 CPT Private RallyPoint Member 230970

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2014-09-06T21:44:37-04:00 2014-09-06T21:44:37-04:00 MSgt Private RallyPoint Member 230978

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Unbelievable is all I can say.

2014-09-06T21:51:54-04:00 2014-09-06T21:51:54-04:00 SSG(P) Private RallyPoint Member 231091

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>After reading all about this guy, I forwarded the &quot;This Ain&#39;t Hell&quot; article to a buddy of mine who is a Suffolk County cop. He said he will look into it.

2014-09-06T23:07:55-04:00 2014-09-06T23:07:55-04:00 LTC Jason Mackay 231186

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2014-09-07T00:50:19-04:00 2014-09-07T00:50:19-04:00 LTC Private RallyPoint Member 231283

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>NOBODY puts the mandarin collar up! And oh yeah - CIB but no combat patch; subdued flag patch in garrison. And nobody's calling him out for having his PC on inside? Even my kids to that!!!<br /><br />As far as the ISAF patch - we may as well make that permanant to the uniform anyway!

2014-09-07T06:12:38-04:00 2014-09-07T06:12:38-04:00 MSG Private RallyPoint Member 231340

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>No Combat Patch but a CIB

2014-09-07T08:49:29-04:00 2014-09-07T08:49:29-04:00 SSG Private RallyPoint Member 231343

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>lmao... ok this guy went for the retard of the month award...

2014-09-07T08:54:11-04:00 2014-09-07T08:54:11-04:00 SSG Private RallyPoint Member 231344

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>DOOMAS

2014-09-07T08:54:57-04:00 2014-09-07T08:54:57-04:00 SFC Private RallyPoint Member 231349

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>First, where is his combat patch and with that said how did he get CIB? second he looks like a tool that would never jump out of a stationary HUMVEE lol

2014-09-07T09:03:18-04:00 2014-09-07T09:03:18-04:00 SPC Eric Ziems 231356

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>What isn't wrong with his uniform??! Unauthorized US flag on the right sleeve, his collar is velcroed which nobody does, he somehow has a CIB with no deployment patch. Last time I checked you can't get your combat infantry badge without being deployed and seeing combat lol

2014-09-07T09:07:46-04:00 2014-09-07T09:07:46-04:00 SFC Private RallyPoint Member 231436

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>you have got to be kidding. I would be the first to say something to him about how jacked up his collar is, his awards.schools are not in order, and SOF does not wear ISAF. oh yea not to mention no combat patch?????? wow. thats a badass

2014-09-07T10:29:43-04:00 2014-09-07T10:29:43-04:00 SSG Private RallyPoint Member 231515

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The rank on his pc is to high, his pc is not worn properly, he's wearing his pc inside a building, his unit patch and tabs are crooked, he's wearing an ISAF patch and not deployed, wrong flag for being in garrison, his caller is up with the Velcro done up, and his pin on badges are not set up properly. That's all I found.

2014-09-07T12:09:31-04:00 2014-09-07T12:09:31-04:00 SGT Private RallyPoint Member 231932

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>That's the same guy who has a business building homes for homeless female vets I think.

2014-09-07T19:24:56-04:00 2014-09-07T19:24:56-04:00 CPL Private RallyPoint Member 231982

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Hmm let's see he's a e-7 after one month of service? He has an ISAF patch on in acus, he has his high speed tabs in the wrong place, oh also his CIB without a deployment patch and the school badges are all in the wrong place, plus his collar is all fucked up and should not be up, but ahhh I don't see anything wrong with this. But that's none of my business lol

2014-09-07T20:15:07-04:00 2014-09-07T20:15:07-04:00 SGT Ed Aldredge 232440

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I've only run into a single wannabe in uniform. He was a local known turd that one of my officers arrested on traffic IN UNIFORM.<br /><br />Having just been released from my final activation, they notified me and made their suspicions known. I went in and listened to his line of bullshit, asked him who his 1SG was, and got the "we just got a new one" line. I asked him where his unit was, and to his horror he chose the same Company I'd just been released from. The 1SG was my Platoon Sgt in Iraq.<br /><br />The look on his face was priceless when I called him on my cell and the clown in ACUs could HEAR him on the other side of the glass.<br /><br />I told him that I couldn't arrest him for impersonating a soldier, but that if I caught him again in uniform impersonating that one or several violations of the very thick Penal and Vehicle Code would be used to put him right back where he was today. Never saw him again.

2014-09-08T07:47:06-04:00 2014-09-08T07:47:06-04:00 CW2 Private RallyPoint Member 232444

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>How do you get a CIB without a deployment patch? I would really like to hear him try to explain that one.

2014-09-08T07:50:14-04:00 2014-09-08T07:50:14-04:00 SFC Private RallyPoint Member 232560

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Hilarious! Is he really wearing a cloth subdued flag too?!? Ha! These fakers are almost always so easy to spot!

2014-09-08T10:17:35-04:00 2014-09-08T10:17:35-04:00 Cpl Matthew Wall 232719

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I don't know, I've seen some soldiers. He looks legit! Just kidding.

2014-09-08T12:49:29-04:00 2014-09-08T12:49:29-04:00 CPO Lauren Farrow 232744

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>What's up with the white ball cap? Since when do ACU blouses come with mandarin collars? Isn't that supposed to be a full color flag?

2014-09-08T13:06:23-04:00 2014-09-08T13:06:23-04:00 CW3 Private RallyPoint Member 232759

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>He has his U.S Flag on the wrong side / sleeve. Looking at where his patch is, he is showing that he is or has deployed without ever being attached to any unit, no unit patch (Ranger Joe).. He really looked all jacked up!!! Everything is wrong with his appearance.

2014-09-08T13:19:47-04:00 2014-09-08T13:19:47-04:00 PVT Wesley Gray 233125

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Maybe his collar will catch on. Pop Em up boys.

2014-09-08T17:59:30-04:00 2014-09-08T17:59:30-04:00 SGT Angela Plante 233182

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I looked his name up on AKO just to see... there is only a SPC by that last name, no others.

2014-09-08T18:43:50-04:00 2014-09-08T18:43:50-04:00 Capt Jeff S. 233242

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Maybe he did his collar that way because he thought it would better protect his neck against sword slashes... ; )

2014-09-08T19:13:27-04:00 2014-09-08T19:13:27-04:00 SFC Mark Merino 233697

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Posers are everywhere.....<br /><a target="_blank" href="http://youtu.be/ee36KAv4wbU">http://youtu.be/ee36KAv4wbU</a> <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-youtube"> <div class="pta-link-card-video"> <iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ee36KAv4wbU?version=3&amp;autohide=1&amp;wmode=transparent" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="http://youtu.be/ee36KAv4wbU">Best of Ned Gerblansky 3</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">Were you stationed at Dah&#39;Nang? All rights to this video belongs to Comedy Central.</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div>

2014-09-09T00:27:16-04:00 2014-09-09T00:27:16-04:00 Cpl Peter Martuneac 233852

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I hope I never run into a fake Marine. I have ambitions that a conviction of assault and battery would severely hinder.

2014-09-09T07:08:12-04:00 2014-09-09T07:08:12-04:00 SFC Wallace Lopez 234277

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The collar tells the story....

2014-09-09T14:11:49-04:00 2014-09-09T14:11:49-04:00 SFC Private RallyPoint Member 240555

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Let me shoot out to the admins on this page. I believe and would like to see a page or a section for stolen valor reporting

2014-09-14T10:58:54-04:00 2014-09-14T10:58:54-04:00 MSG Brad Sand 264460

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I have seen much worse...at least he kind of put it together right and he does have a good hair cut?

2014-10-04T10:42:12-04:00 2014-10-04T10:42:12-04:00 SGT Richard H. 264509

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Ohhh I can pick out a few things. I&#39;m not all that up to date on ASU standards, but wouldn&#39;t the Ranger Tab be on a pocket? He has a Ranger Scroll, and a Tan beret....but aren&#39;t there only like four CSMs in the entire Ranger organization? (3 Battalions and Regiment). Also, I could buy the 7 overseas bars, but 10 service stripes? I don&#39;t even think he&#39;s old enough. No Airborne wing or Infantry disc backings....and I can&#39;t really make out all the ribbons, but it does look like there are at least a few out of order.

2014-10-04T11:56:11-04:00 2014-10-04T11:56:11-04:00 SSG Maurice P. 264513

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>his dd-214 ought to verify whats on his chest and sleeves that document shall set him free<br />if you change it its a federal offense, fines and imprisonment...

2014-10-04T12:00:42-04:00 2014-10-04T12:00:42-04:00 Capt Richard I P. 264570

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Honestly? Given the number of medals, bangles, badges, stripes and ribbons the average soldier wears, for a non-soldier this one is tough to spot.

2014-10-04T13:16:03-04:00 2014-10-04T13:16:03-04:00 SFC Private RallyPoint Member 264601

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I am assuming he was not a member of Rally Point. We get verified here. But in many states we have the stolen valor act. Normally basically if know the walk or talk they are good. But have found those who blow air or bump up qaulificatons seem to be not on the game. Don&#39;t get me wrong nothing wrong for listing them here for experience seeking proffesionals. Me I don&#39;t care about them. I just want to be know that I served honorbale. I really like just being known as a vet and rarely discuss my assignments or qualifications to non veterans. They don&#39;t understand it all anyways. I don&#39;t wear a uniform anymore so have nothing to prove. Just like give advice off past experiences, when I can.

2014-10-04T13:48:44-04:00 2014-10-04T13:48:44-04:00 SPC David S. 264611

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Ranger shoulder tab and pocket scroll and infantry backings missing for a CSM. I don&#39;t think so.<br />I do think in most states the wearing of valor awards is punishable. If I saw him I would probably say &quot;nice costume jackass&quot;.

2014-10-04T13:56:06-04:00 2014-10-04T13:56:06-04:00 SFC Dr. Joseph Finck, BS, MA, DSS 264643

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>SSG James Palmer IV,<br /><br />To me, he looks a little young for 30 years of service. I haven&#39;t looked lately, but I didn&#39;t think we sewed tabs on ASUs, so he should have the metal Ranger Tab on his pocket flap. Since I am retired I wont be looking up, unless I have to wear my ASUs.<br /><br />Thank you,<br /><br />SFC Joseph M. Finck USA (Ret)

2014-10-04T14:27:08-04:00 2014-10-04T14:27:08-04:00 SSG Private RallyPoint Member 264652

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Maybe its just me- but I cant remember the last time I ever seen a CSM wear sun glasses on their head like that in uniform especially at the moment of any picture being taken.

2014-10-04T14:39:34-04:00 2014-10-04T14:39:34-04:00 Lt Col Private RallyPoint Member 264680

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Yeah, the sun glasses say it all. I have never met any SNCO that does anything less than go bat shit crazy when someone has their sun glasses on the of their head like that. Without even looking at the uniform the glasses are a dead give away LOL!

2014-10-04T15:13:38-04:00 2014-10-04T15:13:38-04:00 Lt Col Private RallyPoint Member 264794

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Reading this post reminded me of a toad that did go to prison for this kind BS. The guy's name is Michael Anderson, he owned a surplus store in Moriarty NM. I met him once at his shop when passing through just out of curiosity to see what kind of stuff he had. I remember looking at him being complete bullshit before he even got caught doing this. He was wearing a Marine Corps baseball cap with a Navy Seal Trident badge and wearing Captains bars on it. The thing that caught me off guard was that first Marine can't be seals. OK maybe he was prior Navy at first. <br /><br />Nope he claimed that he was part of a special elite Marine Sniper unit that was allowed to be a trained as seal under some BS presidential order that allowed marines to be frogman in Vietnam. He claimed there was a shortage of Navy personnel to become seals. The other alarm bell was that the Captains bars he was wearing were of the type that the Army and Air Force uses. The Navy/MC Capt/LT bars are flat and the crossbars are inline making a perfect square versus our railroad tracks. <br /><br />He tried to justify this by saying he that the bars were the ones he had while serving as a Captain in the Army guard after "Nam." Then he further claimed he actually was a Lt Col in the NM Guard but he has more pride in his previous Marine status hence wearing his O3 rank on the hat. I had enough of him and left. Well I was anout to make an official inquiry into this when a few weeks later tada!<br /><br />He got 18 years in prison while trying to get on Kirtland AFB to buy surplus items at DRMO in addition he was a felon with firearms like the guy in the above story.<br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://business.highbeam.com/2872/article-1G1-107010482/surplusstore-owner-enters-guilty-plea">http://business.highbeam.com/2872/article-1G1-107010482/surplusstore-owner-enters-guilty-plea</a><br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.tricare.mil/fraud/News/Document/News">http://www.tricare.mil/fraud/News/Document/News</a> [login to see] 5504.pdf <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> <img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images/000/003/596/qrc/main-tagline.png?1443024081"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="http://business.highbeam.com/2872/article-1G1-107010482/surplusstore-owner-enters-guilty-plea">Surplus-Store Owner Enters Guilty Plea.(Metro &amp;amp; New Mexico) | HighBeam Business: Arrive...</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">Surplus-Store Owner Enters Guilty Plea.(Metro &amp; New Mexico) - Find Albuquerque Journal (Albuquerque, NM) articles</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div>

2014-10-04T17:24:49-04:00 2014-10-04T17:24:49-04:00 CPT Aaron Kletzing 264889

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Just showed this to my friend and he said to send this guy on a one man liaison mission to chat with ISIS leaders in Iraq. Is that too harsh?

2014-10-04T19:49:00-04:00 2014-10-04T19:49:00-04:00 A1C Markus Frank 264898

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>You can fake the uniform... you can not fake the character

2014-10-04T19:58:07-04:00 2014-10-04T19:58:07-04:00 SSG Private RallyPoint Member 264899

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>And he did the unthinkable <a target="_blank" href="http://www.armytimes.com/article/20141004/NEWS/310040032/This-military-faker-tricked-town-Gold-Star-family?sf31978613=1">http://www.armytimes.com/article/20141004/NEWS/310040032/This-military-faker-tricked-town-Gold-Star-family?sf31978613=1</a>

2014-10-04T19:58:47-04:00 2014-10-04T19:58:47-04:00 A1C Markus Frank 264902

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Being 20 years out of service... I am not sure that I would still know all the (current) dress codes. But I bet that a faker would know them better than me.

2014-10-04T20:01:25-04:00 2014-10-04T20:01:25-04:00 COL Randall C. 265027

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>What really amazes me is that with all the calling out of these fake soldiers that they never bother to pick up a copy of the soldier&#39;s/officer&#39;s guide or even bother to visit one of the rack building sites.<br /><br />Of course, even then these idiots would still give themselves away with things that SSG James Palmer IV pointed out like the toothpick and sunglasses.

2014-10-04T22:04:18-04:00 2014-10-04T22:04:18-04:00 MSgt Private RallyPoint Member 265494

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>All I can say is you are some kind of ass to do that to a family. We really need to have better laws and punishment for these clowns.

2014-10-05T12:23:18-04:00 2014-10-05T12:23:18-04:00 LTC Hillary Luton 265504

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I can't even begin to be disgusted.

2014-10-05T12:32:10-04:00 2014-10-05T12:32:10-04:00 LTC Joseph R. Vigueras 265694

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>It seems to be the thing to do these days. I have a LinkedIn account and we had this poser claimed that he was SF, wanting to join the group. After attempting to vett him, we called him out and I confronted him. He disappeared, but not before making a personnel complaint with my civilian employer LAPD. The complaint was unfounded and pissed me off. But, I will do it again. I think we have an obligation to keep this posers out and make sure they do not steal the valor of those who cannot defend themselves. My opinion.

2014-10-05T15:57:12-04:00 2014-10-05T15:57:12-04:00 LTC Private RallyPoint Member 265738

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The entire Armed Forces including Active, Reserve &amp; National Guard make up less than 5% of our nation&#39;s population and this person disgraces himself, but more importantly the Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen &amp; Marines both past &amp; present.

2014-10-05T16:38:14-04:00 2014-10-05T16:38:14-04:00 SSG Keven Lahde 265788

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>SSG James Palmer IV SSG just another soup sandwich. I can&#39;t stand people like this who think they will get away with it. I feel as though they should get some jail time. That is just my opinion.

2014-10-05T17:19:27-04:00 2014-10-05T17:19:27-04:00 Cpl Glynis Sakowicz 265798

<div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-10407"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fstolen-valor-the-military-perspective%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Stolen+Valor%3A+The+Military+Perspective&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fstolen-valor-the-military-perspective&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0AStolen Valor: The Military Perspective%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/stolen-valor-the-military-perspective" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="0f677b30806a5597a5e492c9ba63aa0a" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/010/407/for_gallery_v2/5058cd67c7a5e.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/010/407/large_v3/5058cd67c7a5e.jpg" alt="5058cd67c7a5e" /></a></div></div>What first caught my eye were the long line of hash marks down the forearm... Now, I could be wrong, as things might have changed since I was in, but each of those hash marks were for an enlistment period, right? Then, &quot;Day-Yuum!&quot; He should be tottering around in a dang walker! As to the ribbons, they are so miss-mashed up I wouldn&#39;t know where to start, but what truly fired me up was the fact that like most of the yahoos, he probably didn&#39;t serve a day in his life, and he&#39;s taking from those who did. <br /> I mean, if you want to wear the uniform, see a recruiter, and don&#39;t strut around like an idiot wearing something you have no right to! Getting off my soapbox now, muttering to herself about idiots....

2014-10-05T17:30:45-04:00 2014-10-05T17:30:45-04:00 PFC Cedric Powell 265853

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I am just a private and I am not going to act like I know a damn thing about what is all wrong with this uniform outside of the sunglasses and toothpick, however, I find this a good time to be educated on what is completely wrong with this picture

2014-10-05T18:18:27-04:00 2014-10-05T18:18:27-04:00 PFC Zach Sonnier 265949

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Sunglasses on head for sure

2014-10-05T19:36:21-04:00 2014-10-05T19:36:21-04:00 SGT Richard Casini 265991

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Almost....

2014-10-05T19:57:01-04:00 2014-10-05T19:57:01-04:00 SP6 Luis Torres Robles 266069

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Do not think it s fafake having served next door to the 1 RANGER BN!

2014-10-05T20:49:08-04:00 2014-10-05T20:49:08-04:00 PO1 Private RallyPoint Member 266114

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>We should make a movie called &quot;Stolen Valor&quot; starring this and other scumbags, and using Michael Bay&#39;s pyrotechnic stunts to blow them all up. Who&#39;s with me?!

2014-10-05T21:32:20-04:00 2014-10-05T21:32:20-04:00 PFC Oscar A 266125

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>What isnt wrong with this picture! Needs to unfuck himself.

2014-10-05T21:40:28-04:00 2014-10-05T21:40:28-04:00 SFC Private RallyPoint Member 266134

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Well I will give him an A for effort. He did a pretty good job of guessing where to put things for someone that has no military experience. There are some guys in my unit who look worse than this before we correct them. lol I wonder what goes through these peoples heads that make them do this. I read the article about this guy and about the stories he was telling to the family of a fallen soldier and it is pathetic. I wish we could take these people and air drop them into Syria to let them show us their warfighting skills in action.

2014-10-05T21:48:23-04:00 2014-10-05T21:48:23-04:00 PV2 Private RallyPoint Member 266146

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Well sunglasses onto of his head like that did not look professional , and he gave himself so many ribbons to make himself look good .

2014-10-05T22:02:53-04:00 2014-10-05T22:02:53-04:00 SSG Mike Angelo 266168

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Hollywood...in the movies, military uniforms are off. If they are corrected our enemies may copy these actors. There usually is a military liaison assigned or attached to the film maker.

2014-10-05T22:25:51-04:00 2014-10-05T22:25:51-04:00 SPC Edward Krayenhagen 266306

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I personally don&#39;t feel that they should receive any jail time. I think that instead of punishing them, we should actually let them EARN the medals they feel they&#39;ve earned! Give them a ONE way ticket straight to the front lines

2014-10-06T07:06:45-04:00 2014-10-06T07:06:45-04:00 SSG John Erny 266510

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I second that SSG James Palmer IV, Jack ASS

2014-10-06T10:42:00-04:00 2014-10-06T10:42:00-04:00 SPC Kevin Kelly 266561

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Wow, these guys got some friggin balls man. I don&#39;t think i would be able to hold myself back from smacking the shit out of him.

2014-10-06T11:41:07-04:00 2014-10-06T11:41:07-04:00 SPC Bryan Potter 266562

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>so what exactly is being done with these people. is it more about just exposing them or is there any action actually taken. when i was separated i ran into a ton of fakes. i ask now because there is a guy here in my home town running around with pics he took of google. he has a delayed entry badge that he uses to tell people he is in the service. he wears uniforms that dont make any sence at all and he tells people he is a navy seal and an army diver. he also claims that he is special forces and that he only gets called to duty on the weekends or sometimes deploys for only three days. I cant stand the guy and i call him out every time i see him trying to pick up some girl or trying to get a military discount somewhere.

2014-10-06T11:43:38-04:00 2014-10-06T11:43:38-04:00 1LT Nick Kidwell 266564

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>As far as stolen valor goes, he&#39;s not quite as extreme as some and may have actually used 670-1 for some of his ensemble. The toothpick? No go. The sunglasses on his head? No Go. His fruit salad looks a little mixed, and I&#39;m wondering why a CSM has his marksmanship badge looking like an 80s earring. <br /><br />I also have trouble believing that a CSM would allow himself to be seen in public without a PT belt... ;)

2014-10-06T11:45:23-04:00 2014-10-06T11:45:23-04:00 SGT Monica Tattrie 266570

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I honestly dont understand how someone could fake being a soldier, what purpose does one have to do this I will never know. Where is the true pride for wearing the uniform? When I use to put on my Uniform everyday I had dignity, honor, pride and it had meaning. Why Fake the Funk, SMH

2014-10-06T11:48:36-04:00 2014-10-06T11:48:36-04:00 CSM Private RallyPoint Member 266581

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>As a CSM, this did get my blood pressure up a little. So many things wrong IAW AR 670-1. But the uniform part does not bother me as much as the interactions with the Gold Star family. It is obvious this guy has some serious mental issues. Probably did not get enough attention as a kid and has a need to compensate. The sunglasses on top of the head is classic. I just did a couple on the spot corrections with some Soldiers yesterday on that. The only good thing about this is the entertainment value. It always amazes me that these guys would go hang out around a VFW or American Legion post where they would get busted for sure.

2014-10-06T11:53:05-04:00 2014-10-06T11:53:05-04:00 SFC Private RallyPoint Member 266609

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>funny, no NCOPDR on a CSM! Not.

2014-10-06T12:11:13-04:00 2014-10-06T12:11:13-04:00 1SG Private RallyPoint Member 266636

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I think I have SEEN this guy before...<br />I didn&#39;t see until I read the Army Times that he was in Minnesota somewhat west of where I live.<br />Dang it. I never get to bust a guy faking in uniform in public. I always just end up with the knuckleheads that talk themselves up in the bar.

2014-10-06T12:25:35-04:00 2014-10-06T12:25:35-04:00 CW3 Private RallyPoint Member 266638

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>This jackass along with the rest of his ilk will continue to use the uniform to fulfill whatever wishful flight of fancy they have and/or perpetrate a scam. Until we (the United States) passes a legally enforceable code that attaches serious criminal and civil penalties to this type of behavior (wearing of a DoD uniform, awards, regalia, and/or accoutrements) without official orders for each and every thing on the uniform they will continue with their behavior. What I find most reprehensible about convict Rahm&#39;s behavior is the audacity to engage a Gold Star mother. I personally and professionally hope she sues the living daylights out of him in civil court for mental and emotional distress.<br /><br />On a lighter note, it&#39;s not like AR 670-1 is not available in a convenient, easily downloadable pdf. Further, both Apple and Android have multiple apps that allow you to properly build your rack. If you are going to be a jackass at least take the time to do it correctly.... Shhh say my peers, it will make them harder to spot LOL....

2014-10-06T12:26:30-04:00 2014-10-06T12:26:30-04:00 SGT Donald Croswhite 266688

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>His tie is garbage. His coat fits like crap. I don’t&#39; know if the picture is just fuzzy, but I don&#39;t see blue discs around his cross rifles. Plus if you’re so hard up for chest candy that you stack your expert badge, your sad. Go get that grenade award there SGM!<br /><br />P.S. Ranger with 30 years and only 3.5 years deployed...

2014-10-06T13:00:22-04:00 2014-10-06T13:00:22-04:00 PFC Private RallyPoint Member 266690

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>i'm only a PFC but I am absolutely positive the badges on his left breast pocket go in order of precedence and you can only have three no matter what it looks like he has four. Eye pro are out of regulations even he he was a real csm they adhear to the standards well mine do anyways but also that rack on his chest looks wayto small but may be possible any corrections on my thoughts?

2014-10-06T13:00:07-04:00 2014-10-06T13:00:07-04:00 SPC Joseph Johnson 266978

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Has a Ranger CSIB, but sewn on ranger skill tab on ASU's, looks like he doesn't own a ruler because his unit awards are jacked up, his tie is 10 up and 2 back (this is supposed to be a CSM?) and let me see, a CIB with 2 stars, so you were in combat action in three separate wars? Lastly, you remember the blue cord, but not the blue disc?

2014-10-06T15:39:28-04:00 2014-10-06T15:39:28-04:00 SPC Joshua Costa 267014

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>soooo hes missing his deployment badge waaaaay to many fucking stripes airbone? really? what else oh yea the sunglases the toothpick the cord and really 4 RACKS???

2014-10-06T16:14:24-04:00 2014-10-06T16:14:24-04:00 PFC Private RallyPoint Member 267168

<div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-10448"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fstolen-valor-the-military-perspective%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Stolen+Valor%3A+The+Military+Perspective&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fstolen-valor-the-military-perspective&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0AStolen Valor: The Military Perspective%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/stolen-valor-the-military-perspective" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="f4cc11982e582f2573639b5f6119794a" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/010/448/for_gallery_v2/sgm_davis.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/010/448/large_v3/sgm_davis.jpg" alt="Sgm davis" /></a></div></div>So jacked

2014-10-06T18:56:11-04:00 2014-10-06T18:56:11-04:00 MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca 267179

<div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-10449"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fstolen-valor-the-military-perspective%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Stolen+Valor%3A+The+Military+Perspective&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fstolen-valor-the-military-perspective&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0AStolen Valor: The Military Perspective%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/stolen-valor-the-military-perspective" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="8a195c819c0e9b55c3278f555d93f47d" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/010/449/for_gallery_v2/tumblr_meqm0i9LZi1qe8mqro1_500.png"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/010/449/large_v3/tumblr_meqm0i9LZi1qe8mqro1_500.png" alt="Tumblr meqm0i9lzi1qe8mqro1 500" /></a></div></div>Dumbass!

2014-10-06T19:05:27-04:00 2014-10-06T19:05:27-04:00 COL Mike Walton 267192

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Wow...my uniform's nice, but its NOTHING like the errors this guy has. Everyone else has already outlined the errors...I would asked him where's his ID card and go from there. A REAL CSM would gladly show you the front and back sides of his ID or CAC and we can go on from there. <br /><br />He's got some nerve, that's for sure, to show up at Vets events parading like this. I thought that I saw this guy last year at the Minnesota Veterans Event. <br /><br />Settummanque!

2014-10-06T19:18:12-04:00 2014-10-06T19:18:12-04:00 SPC Private RallyPoint Member 267241

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Stuff like this pisses me off. (Drop kick)

2014-10-06T20:03:22-04:00 2014-10-06T20:03:22-04:00 1SG Scott Rosenberger 267250

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>This guy is so obviously fake. Blue cord with no blue disks. Ribbons/medals out of order. Shades on top of his head, even is this is posing for a personal photo. Necktie looks like a$$. What do people actually get out of faking service, a few beers, breakfast at Denny's? You can't even get your 10% off at Lowes without an ID. I want to smack him in the face with a donkey dick.

2014-10-06T20:08:58-04:00 2014-10-06T20:08:58-04:00 SSG Private RallyPoint Member 267261

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>SSG Palmer, it’s not just the Stolen Valor part of this POG, Jackoff and other unmentionables its that he came into a Gold Star families life and stole their trust. Besides being a FELON and having other military uniforms in his possession doesn’t matter. As for the awards, the two page spread spelled it out that he’d have to seen action in Vietnam to get SOME of his awards! HUMM, if you are not pissed at this (like me and others for his actions) for whom he is trying to perceive, please look into Stolen Valor’s Face Book site.

2014-10-06T20:18:26-04:00 2014-10-06T20:18:26-04:00 SSG Sterling Trujillo 267331

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>This must be new US Army standards.....younger generation don't give a dame....neither do the older.......lol....glad I retired from the bullshit...:)

2014-10-06T21:22:41-04:00 2014-10-06T21:22:41-04:00 PFC Joe Coleman 267352

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I don't get the whole concept of faking service . why do they do it ? if you want to serve just do it.

2014-10-06T21:37:17-04:00 2014-10-06T21:37:17-04:00 SSG Aaron Buttenhoff 267419

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>This guy was busted where I live...it happened in MN

2014-10-06T22:35:08-04:00 2014-10-06T22:35:08-04:00 SSG Royce Barrett 267489

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>You know that there are a whole lot of "Fame Robbers" out there, and this nut job is at the top of the list. 10 service stripes, really dude. The stripes by themselves look older than this guy. As I always say send these losers to the brig and loose the key.

2014-10-06T23:50:23-04:00 2014-10-06T23:50:23-04:00 SFC Jason Bautista 267495

<div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-10454"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fstolen-valor-the-military-perspective%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Stolen+Valor%3A+The+Military+Perspective&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fstolen-valor-the-military-perspective&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0AStolen Valor: The Military Perspective%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/stolen-valor-the-military-perspective" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="2b9d46800b90b1ea40fbee9969d56b3f" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/010/454/for_gallery_v2/89E0CD26-8A5D-400F-8E49-E8C1352D3F28-1895-00000183DD4E7DEB_zpsee0dc389.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/010/454/large_v3/89E0CD26-8A5D-400F-8E49-E8C1352D3F28-1895-00000183DD4E7DEB_zpsee0dc389.jpg" alt="89e0cd26 8a5d 400f 8e49 e8c1352d3f28 1895 00000183dd4e7deb zpsee0dc389" /></a></div></div>WTF......

2014-10-07T00:00:38-04:00 2014-10-07T00:00:38-04:00 SGT Private RallyPoint Member 267507

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I will never understand why people try to be something they aren't. Makes me sick to my stomach!!!!!!

2014-10-07T00:18:10-04:00 2014-10-07T00:18:10-04:00 1SG Robert Bodeman 267567

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Please allow me to say this, I just recently RETIRED, 35 YEARS of SERVICE, 7 Combat Tours, I did my time in BOOTS, I walked my MILE in BOOTS, yes I have PTSD w/TBI, going through a series of surgery just to repair my body, VA HOSPITAL are AWESOME, they HELP<br />ME COPE being a civilian, <br />NOW this issue of A**holes stealing Military Uniforms really pisses me off, especially this guy in BLUES uniform, he is not old enough to be CSM, if he is then he would know NO SUNGLASSES, he must have done his homework on where and how to wear the ribbons, his svc strips puts him 30 yrs in, he does not look like he is over 30 yrs old, , I hope he goes to FEDERAL prison

2014-10-07T01:40:08-04:00 2014-10-07T01:40:08-04:00 SPC Cary Reichbach 267784

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I guess what bothers me the most is... It really wasn&#39;t THAT difficult to raise your right hand. If you really want to wear that uniform, earn it. Yes, we put up with a lot of bullshit, yes we put our lives on the line and relationships on hold. But the truth is, 99.9% of us are stronger now than when we nervously raise that right hand upon entrance. We were faced with challenges we didn&#39;t even know existed and if we survived, we could draw on that experience for the rest of our lives. So if these guys REALLY have the desire to join our little elite group, then just do it.

2014-10-07T09:45:59-04:00 2014-10-07T09:45:59-04:00 SPC Jason A Foss 267835

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>He looks a little young for 30 years of service

2014-10-07T10:30:36-04:00 2014-10-07T10:30:36-04:00 SPC Private RallyPoint Member 267905

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Should be arrested for impersonating a soldier. That should not be allowed at all

2014-10-07T11:52:07-04:00 2014-10-07T11:52:07-04:00 SGT Private RallyPoint Member 267928

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>He deserves a swift kick in the A$$.

2014-10-07T12:20:55-04:00 2014-10-07T12:20:55-04:00 SGT Private RallyPoint Member 267969

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I wish we could give these people a reality check.public watch. Everyone he is showing off to have a real vet from what ever unit he or she is displaying, front them and then strip them in front of everyone.<br />steal there emotional high.they have no valor or integrity.

2014-10-07T13:08:51-04:00 2014-10-07T13:08:51-04:00 SSgt Private RallyPoint Member 267977

<div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-10476"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fstolen-valor-the-military-perspective%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Stolen+Valor%3A+The+Military+Perspective&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fstolen-valor-the-military-perspective&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0AStolen Valor: The Military Perspective%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/stolen-valor-the-military-perspective" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="8c712b7c27090f12e4e5bc1c53019794" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/010/476/for_gallery_v2/qcmhj3.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/010/476/large_v3/qcmhj3.jpg" alt="Qcmhj3" /></a></div></div>I'll say this he's one of the better fakers that I have seen. SGM Davis approves this message.

2014-10-07T13:13:11-04:00 2014-10-07T13:13:11-04:00 SGT Private RallyPoint Member 268021

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>His "ASI" is ID10T...<br /><br />Put him under the jail.

2014-10-07T13:48:00-04:00 2014-10-07T13:48:00-04:00 SPC Private RallyPoint Member 268058

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>well for one, he has purple heart on the top of his badges, he has 30 years in supposedly because of the sleeve chevrons. he has 10 of them on one sleeve and 8 on the other, and the strips mean three year increments. I actually forgot what the official name for those are! he has no unit or combat unit on the shoulder sleeve just to point out a few of the errors. he has on a white shirt when it should be light green.

2014-10-07T14:14:43-04:00 2014-10-07T14:14:43-04:00 SFC Private RallyPoint Member 268128

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>How do people get away with this?

2014-10-07T14:52:34-04:00 2014-10-07T14:52:34-04:00 1SG Private RallyPoint Member 268450

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>ranger tab is not sewn on....

2014-10-07T18:55:19-04:00 2014-10-07T18:55:19-04:00 SPC Mark Hoffman 268465

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>30years of service with 3 and a half years deployed his ribbons are not in the correct order i got out wearing my class A greens so im not 100% sure how they r laid out but general military things are a given i.e the toothpick and sunglasses i think this guy needs a history lesson on old army and he needs a wall to wall counseling then some time at Ft. Leavenworth if he things he is military then treat him as such and send him to the slammer and let the guys in there decide his fate ARMY STRONG <br />former US Army SPC Hoffman

2014-10-07T19:11:25-04:00 2014-10-07T19:11:25-04:00 SGT Private RallyPoint Member 268521

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>We as a fighting force aren&#39;t here for glamour, we are here under the oath and values in which we took under contract. To try and manipulate the traditions of those that have fought and earned the awards they ware is disgraceful to every Soldier that witnesses this act of pathetic false heroism.

2014-10-07T20:14:22-04:00 2014-10-07T20:14:22-04:00 SSgt Private RallyPoint Member 268536

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I hate stupid people

2014-10-07T20:32:02-04:00 2014-10-07T20:32:02-04:00 CPL Melanie Krause 268552

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>He reminds me of an old Second Lt that we had, I told him that he was a friendly fire accident looking for a place to happen. He considered it a threat.

2014-10-07T20:43:00-04:00 2014-10-07T20:43:00-04:00 PO2 Darrin Schmidt 268638

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I think someone should ask to see his Sargent Major card.

2014-10-07T21:41:30-04:00 2014-10-07T21:41:30-04:00 SPC Daniel Edwards 268705

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Someone please correct me on this as I don't know for certain.<br /><br />Is that a Pathfinder under the medals? If it is, isn't it supposed to be above the CIB or at the least in that area?<br /><br />On the plus side: at least it is neater looking than that douche that went to the Marine's funeral

2014-10-07T22:23:24-04:00 2014-10-07T22:23:24-04:00 SSgt Christopher "TEX" F. 268828

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I think [most], not all, of these people don't [have] family or friends and this is their way of acting out, or getting attention. <br /><br />Judging by the videos of the people, I've seen, I don't think they [truly] understand the magnitude of their actions on those of us who have served, are serving and will serve honorably. They tarnish the image of those who have given, are giving and will give their lives and those of us that are truly disabled from our service to this country. <br /><br />They [honestly] believe what they are saying and doing is "normal". I believe some know it is wrong, but some think it is normal, just like playing dress up as a kid. Some of them may have been outcast as a child and they are trying to make up for it, as if to say "look who I am now!".<br /><br />The ones who were [in] the services, but inflated their status, may have wanted to attain a higher status, but were physically, or mentally incapable of doing so and were disqualified. So, this is a way of [reclaiming] that "lost" status that was never gained.<br /><br />This is not good how ever you look at it, because the citizens will not know who is legitimate and who is not and it will only hurt the military and veterans. The citizens will not quit caring, but may quit giving to those who really need it, because of the uncertainty.<br /><br />In any case, I think we can all agree....If someone is going to create, fake, imitate, or inflate their character....at [least] put some homework and research into it, make it look believable and do it right. Then again, maybe we can also agree that making a total mockery of themselves makes them a lot easier to spot....and makes for some [great] entertainment!<br /><br />Anyway. Putting my past psychology courses to use, this is my analysis of these people. What say you? Do you have an analysis? Any other ideas as to what makes these people tick?

2014-10-08T00:06:17-04:00 2014-10-08T00:06:17-04:00 CW3(P) Private RallyPoint Member 268837

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>This scum bag. It amazes me that these guys can get away with this kind of stuff. There needs to be a law to protect the real military members out there. I can't go around impersonating a law enforcement officer or other government official, such as an FBI or Secret Service agent; nor should anyone be allowed to do the same for all branches and status of the Armed Forces.

2014-10-08T00:19:39-04:00 2014-10-08T00:19:39-04:00 SGT Michael Lee 268966

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Biggest thing that jumps out is his ranger tab sewn on. You only do that in dress greens. Which should be obsolete by now.

2014-10-08T06:31:35-04:00 2014-10-08T06:31:35-04:00 SFC Private RallyPoint Member 269000

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Its like a Class A and a ASU made a baby and that baby was jacked up. I don't know about the toothpick and sun glasses on top of my head being indicative of a poser. I may have a few range and deployment photos that show me with the same toothpick and sunglasses arrangement.

2014-10-08T07:29:42-04:00 2014-10-08T07:29:42-04:00 SSG Private RallyPoint Member 269057

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Gotta say, the toothpick and sunglasses are not going to be enough to disqualify this guy as the real deal. Seriously, have you never seen a CSM just doing whatever the hell he wants to do? Ever see one actually sign back in from leave??? Sorry, can't spot what's wrong except I did think the Ranger tab was a pin-on on the wearer's left and not a sewn patch.

2014-10-08T08:59:09-04:00 2014-10-08T08:59:09-04:00 SGT Craig Northacker 269074

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Wind dummy comes to mind...

2014-10-08T09:20:58-04:00 2014-10-08T09:20:58-04:00 SGT Craig Northacker 269079

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Have RP do a coin challenge with him - than make him buy all of RP a round....he should understand that, being a CSM and all.

2014-10-08T09:23:05-04:00 2014-10-08T09:23:05-04:00 SGT Joe Kessel 269087

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>He has already been busted by local authorities and they are looking into federal charges against him. Here is a quote from the local newspaper and a link to the article it was taken from.<br /><br />"55-year-old Richard Arthur Rahn is behind bars in Kandiyohi County, charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm. Local authorities are forwarding their investigation to a federal prosecutor for possible action against Rahn for fraudulent use of a military uniform, insignia or medals."<br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.startribune.com/local/275689391.html">http://www.startribune.com/local/275689391.html</a>

2014-10-08T09:33:53-04:00 2014-10-08T09:33:53-04:00 SSG Laureano Pabon 269143

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>A: 3 1/2 years of combat<br />B: 30 years service<br />C: What&#39;s up with the tie?<br />D: I can&#39;t see the years of service in the GCM, and his ribbons seem to be out or order.<br /><br />I personally never seen anyone (Civilian) ever wear a military uniform for the sake of looking good or impress anyone for any reason.<br />But if I ever see that person posted in this thread, the list above would be what I would find to let me know something is wrong.<br />I don&#39;t wear uniforms because I already served and no longer active so a uniform for me is not required.<br />The only thing I carry with me in my possession is my VA card and state ID.<br />With the threats made by ISIS to target military members here in the USA I truly feel sorry for all these stolen valor personal who wear uniforms pretending to be what they are not in public view.

2014-10-08T10:24:09-04:00 2014-10-08T10:24:09-04:00 Lt Col Private RallyPoint Member 269179

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Did he just walk into AAFES and clear out the uniform rack section?

2014-10-08T11:08:44-04:00 2014-10-08T11:08:44-04:00 PFC Private RallyPoint Member 269223

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Blue rings around the cross rifles and us

2014-10-08T11:42:02-04:00 2014-10-08T11:42:02-04:00 SPC Private RallyPoint Member 269264

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>WOW... Get your glasses off of your head to start with guy.

2014-10-08T12:13:28-04:00 2014-10-08T12:13:28-04:00 PFC Steven Triana 269269

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>also that horrible excuse for a tan barret unshaved and unmolded

2014-10-08T12:16:05-04:00 2014-10-08T12:16:05-04:00 SGT James Extine 269351

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>well his service stripes are for 30 years and he only been to combat three and a half times I was in for 15 years and seen Iraq three times from 2004 to 2009 this guy sucks if you wonna be a poser make sure you go to someone that knows how to build a rack and set the uniform up right dumbass not to forget he does not even have a combat pin on his pocket with the ranger scroll and the lapel pin is for tomb of the unknown soldier guard you get from the president so he really tried to make his self shine and be the best of the best your a jackass trick or treat stupid

2014-10-08T13:09:09-04:00 2014-10-08T13:09:09-04:00 PFC Michael Willis 269418

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I am really starting to wonder how these Yahoo's are even able to obtain the uniform in the first place? Maybe DoD should look into who can actually sell it and who shouldn't

2014-10-08T13:46:33-04:00 2014-10-08T13:46:33-04:00 SGT(P) Private RallyPoint Member 269578

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Numerous issues with his uniform, but to the untrained eye he could unfortunately play it off better than most of the other One-Delta-Ten-Tangos that I've seen around the web-news stealing valor. I'm glad he was exposed for being a fraud.

2014-10-08T15:20:21-04:00 2014-10-08T15:20:21-04:00 SSG Dennis O'Connor 269592

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>My thoughts? You really don't want to know my thoughts but since you opened that door he's a sorry assed faking POS who needs to be taken out to the front yard of the Pentagon and beaten to within an inch of his life. Then put in prison for being a worthless excuse for a waste of oxygen. Just remember you asked my opinion

2014-10-08T15:27:43-04:00 2014-10-08T15:27:43-04:00 SPC Brian Murray 269691

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>so he had 7 x 6 months in combat zones and 30 years of service....i thought we wore all of our ribbons over the left side....

2014-10-08T16:16:48-04:00 2014-10-08T16:16:48-04:00 CSM Rene Rivera 269692

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I can't believe what I'm seeing. As a former CSM I took great pride in my uniform appearance and the appearance of other soldiers. This so called thief of valor is an obvious indicator of someone who never served the military or perhaps never got far enough to be in the glory of other soldiers who earned their uniform with honor and pride. I venture that if he comes across me at any facility in the near future in the Florida Region that his fate will not be a glorious one for him.

2014-10-08T16:17:01-04:00 2014-10-08T16:17:01-04:00 MAJ Private RallyPoint Member 269749

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Another new one:<br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="https://www.facebook.com/StolenValor/photos/a">https://www.facebook.com/StolenValor/photos/a</a> [login to see] 25591.43 [login to see] 27267099/ [login to see] 20147/?type=1

2014-10-08T17:05:48-04:00 2014-10-08T17:05:48-04:00 SFC Private RallyPoint Member 269884

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I think there are several things to note here:<br /><br />Firstly, and perhaps unfortunately, this is not illegal. 1A protects people's right to do so as long as they are not attempting to gain tangible benefits.<br /><br />Secondly, people seem to ask: why do people do this? We live in a militarized society. From video games (Call of Duty, especially), to the glorification we have for military conflict, people will impersonate.<br /><br />Ultimately, however the major issue here is how we as a society welcome and even encourage military appreciation/admiration. It is the anti-thesis to the concept of a "quiet professional."

2014-10-08T18:29:14-04:00 2014-10-08T18:29:14-04:00 SSG Michael Naukam 270025

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><a target="_blank" href="http://mrconservative.com/2014/10/50715-veterans-confront-civilian-thug-posing-in-military-uniform/">http://mrconservative.com/2014/10/50715-veterans-confront-civilian-thug-posing-in-military-uniform/</a> <br /><br />This faker is very obvious .<br />Cited for link above. This epic video shows two veterans of the marines confront a “fake Sergeant” posing in a military uniform.<br />At first, the marines are friendly to the man as they ask him questions about his service, but the tone of the conversation quickly changes when it becomes clear that the young man never served in the military.<br />Watch as the two veterans expose the young thug as the cowardly liar that he is! <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> <img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images/000/003/710/qrc/2014.10.07-mrconservative-5434623d5204f.jpg?1443024282"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="http://mrconservative.com/2014/10/50715-veterans-confront-civilian-thug-posing-in-military-uniform/">Veterans Confront Civilian Thug Posing In Military Uniform</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">Mr. Conservative is the top website for news, political cartoons, breaking news, republican election news, conservative facts and commentary on political elections.</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div>

2014-10-08T19:31:24-04:00 2014-10-08T19:31:24-04:00 SGT Robert Vollentine 270079

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Ok here are my feelings about this...Most of you seem to be mad because he hasn't earned the right to wear the uniform by actually serving and I certainly understand and on a small degree, I share those feelings. I saw the post saying this guy was arrested so this specific person doesn't support my point but I'm sure anyone with some intelligence can still make the connection. All of us have heard the saying that imitation is the highest form of flattery. This is how I look at most of the people that dress in military uniforms as long as they are not doing something outrageously ridiculous that would reflect poorly on the military branch he/she are posing as. It is not the uniform that makes us all Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines but it is the training, the hardships of multiple deployments, and most importantly the Brotherhood. Most of us would not have been willing to die for our best friends growing up but wouldn’t hesitate to put our lives in each other’s hands defending this great nation. You cannot replicate that kind of character, that kind of bond just by wearing the uniform. You only get that by living it. So if someone feels the need to boost their somewhat low self-esteem by posing as one of us, then let it be. As long as they do not reflect poorly on the service they are posing as. The entertainment business does this all the time and I never see these outbursts. How many times have you watched a military movie and noticed things done wrong and I’m not just referring to uniforms. All I’m saying is I’m proud to have served 13 years in the U.S. Army and it isn’t because of the uniform. It was because of the men and women that I served with each and every day. And now I will step down off my soapbox. Thanks for all that have served and currently serving. Stay safe and God Bless.

2014-10-08T19:57:53-04:00 2014-10-08T19:57:53-04:00 SPC Private RallyPoint Member 270104

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Doesnt Even Have The Blue Infantry Bands Around His Collar

2014-10-08T20:18:24-04:00 2014-10-08T20:18:24-04:00 SGT Private RallyPoint Member 270551

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Is this guy for real the uniform is to loose and brown beret, all the ribbons are not in right place? He does not look like a CSM. Most High ranking NCO's don't want to look ate up like this idiot.

2014-10-09T05:19:27-04:00 2014-10-09T05:19:27-04:00 SGT Private RallyPoint Member 271031

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Who did his ribbons? Lol

2014-10-09T13:30:30-04:00 2014-10-09T13:30:30-04:00 CPO Private RallyPoint Member 271226

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>He looks like a SUPER SOLIDER to me.

2014-10-09T15:24:44-04:00 2014-10-09T15:24:44-04:00 SSG Private RallyPoint Member 271289

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Where is the unit crest that goes on shoulder board. he is not wearing a bow tie or at a ball.

2014-10-09T16:45:10-04:00 2014-10-09T16:45:10-04:00 SPC Chelsea Fernandez 271457

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I hate when people want to imposter a soldier and their uniform be all jacked up. That's why I always carry my ID card so people think im legit

2014-10-09T19:09:23-04:00 2014-10-09T19:09:23-04:00 PO2 Michael Berry 271500

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I feel that impersonating an active duty or military veteran should be against the law and punishable by prison time at Ft. Leavenworth. I did not spend 10+ years of my life shedding my blood, endangering my life and way too many other things for sick people like this to be mistakenly honored for something they never did. And I am being calm about I would really like to do some really bad things to people who fake being in the military.

2014-10-09T19:54:53-04:00 2014-10-09T19:54:53-04:00 SSG Private RallyPoint Member 271804

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Look at the the clown is all I'm going to say

2014-10-10T02:25:01-04:00 2014-10-10T02:25:01-04:00 SSG Private RallyPoint Member 272031

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>There are multiple issues with this guy and i don't believe i can even start because most of you have hit all up atleast a few times

2014-10-10T10:18:50-04:00 2014-10-10T10:18:50-04:00 PO1 William "Chip" Nagel 272492

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Why do they have to Overkill so much. Kinda dead giveaway when you have more Gedunk then Carter has little blue pills.

2014-10-10T15:06:42-04:00 2014-10-10T15:06:42-04:00 SFC Jeffrey Prudent 272555

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Where is his Combat Unit affiliation?

2014-10-10T15:31:20-04:00 2014-10-10T15:31:20-04:00 Capt Keenan Lee 272689

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>If you're going to fake it do your homework because we are professionals that know our business. That includes wearing the uniform. I'm USAF so I'd have to say it's a heck of a lot easier to fake Air Force than Army. My son-in-law is US Marines and US Army and I admire his uniforms. All well-placed accouterments look sharp. Me? I usually wear my flight suit and zip up. The sunglasses are a definite no-no. I chastised an NCO once for mirrored glasses. Had to pull his ID since he gave me lip. Anyway, this guy being a fake, why chance it. Embarrassment and having the likelihood of getting your chops busted is not worth it. What a DA!

2014-10-10T16:48:29-04:00 2014-10-10T16:48:29-04:00 SFC Private RallyPoint Member 272741

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>We see it everywhere all the time. Depending on the degree they are subject to prosecution but exposing is about the best we can do

2014-10-10T17:23:35-04:00 2014-10-10T17:23:35-04:00 SSG Selwyn Bodley 272884

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I hate to see this!

2014-10-10T19:52:26-04:00 2014-10-10T19:52:26-04:00 CPL Jp Vadnais 272889

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Disgusting. You stupid civis ruined Halloween.

2014-10-10T19:56:37-04:00 2014-10-10T19:56:37-04:00 MSG Richard Suarez 272961

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Its a shame that this jokers, so call CSM gets away by wearing the uniform and discredits it. Maybe he should be put through the riggers of being a service member. I just retired two years ago and I can't shake the military out of me after 31 years with three combat tours and numerous deplyment. What this person committed should be against the law and should be charged for impersonating a Soldier. I bet if anyone impersonates a police officer, fire fighter or government official, the law will take action.

2014-10-10T21:05:28-04:00 2014-10-10T21:05:28-04:00 SSG Private RallyPoint Member 273109

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I see an unauthorized pin on his lapel. A CSM would not have a toothpick in his mouth or sunglasses on his forehead. The uniform doesnt look like it fits him. His awards actually look like they are in the correct location and order. His unit awards are a little bit crooked, but that could be just due to his uniform not fitting right. This guy seems like he is the right age to have that many years of service. I mean, I am just a SSG, but if it wasnt for that button on his lapel and the toothpick and sunglasses, I probably wouldnt be able to tell. This guy did his homework. I'm angered and impressed at the same time.

2014-10-10T23:19:52-04:00 2014-10-10T23:19:52-04:00 SSG Richard Simmons 273195

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Well it's been 14 yrs. But the order of his ribbons is not correct and no Infantry discs. Been a long time since I've seen a AR670-1 maybe these fakes should find one? 11B "Follow Me"

2014-10-11T01:08:44-04:00 2014-10-11T01:08:44-04:00 Sgt Packy Flickinger 273214

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Sorry Army friends, I'm not at all up on your uniform standards. I loved going back and looking at the pic after your responses. I only caught a few things. You guys didn't like the sunglasses?

2014-10-11T01:25:45-04:00 2014-10-11T01:25:45-04:00 CPT Private RallyPoint Member 273357

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>What a turd...

2014-10-11T04:40:26-04:00 2014-10-11T04:40:26-04:00 PO1 William "Chip" Nagel 274258

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>A new spin on Stolen Valor from our Mates across the Pond. <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> <img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images/000/003/788/qrc/_78152160_78152155.jpg?1443024436"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-29581498">Former army major Robert Armstrong stripped of Military Cross - BBC News</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">A former army major who received the Military Cross for bravery in Afghanistan is stripped of his medal after a five-year investigation.</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div>

2014-10-11T22:01:51-04:00 2014-10-11T22:01:51-04:00 SPC Private RallyPoint Member 276900

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>This douchewaffle needs to go suck start a 12 gauge.

2014-10-13T21:38:41-04:00 2014-10-13T21:38:41-04:00 SPC Private RallyPoint Member 278411

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>That single Windsor tie.

2014-10-14T23:50:44-04:00 2014-10-14T23:50:44-04:00 MSG Private RallyPoint Member 278517

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>ive had my fair share of inspections. ive seen a male wear female pants. ive seen jummp boots with a black beret. ive screwed up a few inspections myself. i dont know if this guy is fake or not. i dont harp over stuff like this. he isnt stealing my honor. i actually liek seeing these posts. i like the thought process they put into putting these uniforms together. and what is worse than them faking valor, sometimes their uniforms are more well put together than some people in the military. lol. so i say, toast this CSM. if i judged people by badges, well,,, he'd by my effn hero!!!

2014-10-15T05:14:11-04:00 2014-10-15T05:14:11-04:00 SPC Frank A. Baker Jr 278750

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Does This Wannabe even look like he&#39;s completed 30 years of service? And 7 tours of combat? I don&#39;t think so. One thing&#39;s for Sure this joker clearly didn&#39;t do his homework well enough, my old chain O&#39; Command would have had a Field day with this P.O.S.

2014-10-15T10:49:21-04:00 2014-10-15T10:49:21-04:00 PFC Cedric Powell 279464

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>And how long has SMA Chandler been SMA?

2014-10-15T18:24:49-04:00 2014-10-15T18:24:49-04:00 SGT Chris Odell 279508

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I don't get it? If you were to want to be a poser, everything you need to know is at your finger tips. I'm proud to have done a job that people admire and want to be. But people don't understand that it is disrespectful to our Brothers &amp; Sisters who have died for our country. I know I get more upset when I see real military who do not respect our dress, it makes us look bad.

2014-10-15T18:57:44-04:00 2014-10-15T18:57:44-04:00 SPC James Riley 279982

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>damn so he has been in the military for 51 years...lol

2014-10-16T03:42:53-04:00 2014-10-16T03:42:53-04:00 CWO2 Shelby DuBois 280309

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>He&#39;d make a great Christmas tree. I wonder if it plugs in or runs on batteries.

2014-10-16T11:23:38-04:00 2014-10-16T11:23:38-04:00 SGT Private RallyPoint Member 280550

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>he also is missing the light blue backing behind the infantry disk and US disk

2014-10-16T13:56:43-04:00 2014-10-16T13:56:43-04:00 2LT Private RallyPoint Member 280898

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>he might of almost gotten away with it if not for the ranger tab on the shoulder lol

2014-10-16T18:26:27-04:00 2014-10-16T18:26:27-04:00 PFC Private RallyPoint Member 282303

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>His unit pins arn't on his shoulders, he has a infantry cord but no infantry disc's, his name plate isnt centered and most importantly most infantry has a hell of alot more ribbons than that especially for someone who claims to have been in for atleast 30 yrs, what a joke, If your going to impersonate then take the time to get the uniform right and stop making us current and also veterans look less than what we are! hooah!

2014-10-17T18:02:04-04:00 2014-10-17T18:02:04-04:00 SPC Private RallyPoint Member 283633

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>well his ribbonsand medals are out of order and im sure he is not the sma

2014-10-18T23:18:02-04:00 2014-10-18T23:18:02-04:00 MSG Floyd Williams 296309

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>PO3 Holbrook.....thank you for having a sharp eye for inconsistency with wearing of the uniform, unfortunately this is a growing problem impersonating a service member or veteran. If I had the authority it would be a fine for anyone who isn't a service member, dependent, retiree, or veteran. Some people make a mockery of our U.S. Armed Forces, by misrepresent the uniform, by lying to reap the benefits we all rightly deserve who paid the price by serving. Thank you for serving and representing us well, but be careful approaching "boneheads" like that individual many out there brains isn't wrap too tight.

2014-10-27T13:43:56-04:00 2014-10-27T13:43:56-04:00 CPO Tim Dickey 297090

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I prefer to handle the issue delicately. The challenge with stolen valor today is that the person who impersonates one of us, might come back and try to hurt one of us to get even for being 'called out'. As MSgt Allan Folsom pointed out, it is better to approach people in private rather than call them out in public for stolen valor.

2014-10-27T21:35:55-04:00 2014-10-27T21:35:55-04:00 SSgt Private RallyPoint Member 299395

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Uncle Dad??????

2014-10-29T10:31:55-04:00 2014-10-29T10:31:55-04:00 SPC Don Boyd 302454

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>30 years of hash marks kinda tipped me off, Jump wings below ribbons, the list goes on, cant the fake dip sticks go online and find the proper way to outfit the uniform if they are going to try and pull a scam.

2014-10-30T23:27:39-04:00 2014-10-30T23:27:39-04:00 PFC Zanie Young 306728

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I never wore an ACU, but even I can see many things wrong with this uniform... I don't remember qualification badge on them (not pinned anyway), the collar is all wrong, no combat unit on the other sleeve to justify the CIB, wear a cover indoors, the uniform looks slept in, the flag in the wrong place (or is it put on wrong), and he don't even look old enough to be a SFC. I also remember you must have either velcro or pins, not both.

2014-11-02T11:23:24-05:00 2014-11-02T11:23:24-05:00 SSG Private RallyPoint Member 309196

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Is that a subdued flag?

2014-11-03T18:46:52-05:00 2014-11-03T18:46:52-05:00 CW2 Brian Wilson 313568

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>This guy is a dufus! Cannot picture him in the Regiment!

2014-11-06T10:27:36-05:00 2014-11-06T10:27:36-05:00 SGT James LeFebvre 314739

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Too much to list. These twits are all on Guardian of Valor's Hall of Shame

2014-11-06T22:18:25-05:00 2014-11-06T22:18:25-05:00 SSG(P) Private RallyPoint Member 314745

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>1) only tab authorized to be sewn on the ASU is the honor guard tab by members of 3rd IN RGT.<br /><br />2) Awards out of order<br />3) tooth pick &amp; sunglasses on head<br />4) lapel pin on lapel-unauthorized<br />5) no DUIs<br /><br />Complete mess.

2014-11-06T22:23:05-05:00 2014-11-06T22:23:05-05:00 PFC Zanie Young 314755

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Hmmm.... let's see... Sunglasses and toothpick, no blue disc, no unit patch, too many slashes and no overseas hashes, the beret is the wrong color, unit awards that don't need to be there, the fact that he is too young to be a CSM, wrong ribbon order, the qualification badge is off... AND what in the H, E, double hockey sticks is that pin that is shaped like a flag? Call the General! And why is he hiding the CIB with his lapel?

2014-11-06T22:34:28-05:00 2014-11-06T22:34:28-05:00 SSG Christopher Parrish 325296

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Other than the long list of items already noted, I spotted the beret pretty quickly. It doesn't look like its been properly fitted to me. It may just be the quality of the photo, but it looks too thick (unshaven) and the band has a pretty serious bend in it. I know creases happen when you fold it up, but that looks like he has sat on it.

2014-11-13T12:59:02-05:00 2014-11-13T12:59:02-05:00 SSG Christopher Parrish 325419

<div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-13369"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fstolen-valor-the-military-perspective%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Stolen+Valor%3A+The+Military+Perspective&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fstolen-valor-the-military-perspective&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0AStolen Valor: The Military Perspective%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/stolen-valor-the-military-perspective" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="2b29295634f196ccbe16de456e0d48da" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/013/369/for_gallery_v2/cpm.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/013/369/large_v3/cpm.jpg" alt="Cpm" /></a></div></div>Why not just bust him down in rank and recycle him?

2014-11-13T14:27:38-05:00 2014-11-13T14:27:38-05:00 MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca 352204

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I think there is a definite distinction between what your friends are doing and people out there making claims for personal gain or notoriety. Wearing real life patches is a touchy subject especially Ranger or SF tabs or skill badges but so long as its only on the paintball course and not out in public for a beer, if it were me I'd let it slide, but others may not be as forgiving, and I wouldn't blame them.

2014-12-02T20:35:46-05:00 2014-12-02T20:35:46-05:00 SFC Private RallyPoint Member 352591

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Despicable

2014-12-03T01:17:55-05:00 2014-12-03T01:17:55-05:00 SSgt Private RallyPoint Member 352681

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Reprehensible and sickening!!! Low self-esteem or just sociopaths with more time on their hands than they can handle...

2014-12-03T03:55:18-05:00 2014-12-03T03:55:18-05:00 MSG Private RallyPoint Member 352684

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>That is terrible, it seems that more and more of these are popping up.

2014-12-03T03:55:53-05:00 2014-12-03T03:55:53-05:00 SFC Private RallyPoint Member 352705

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I like the fact people are making the videos. It may discourage some future posers if they think their dishonorable act goes viral. I&#39;m sure the fake Ranger at the mall is catching a lot of crap.

2014-12-03T05:32:27-05:00 2014-12-03T05:32:27-05:00 MSG Wade Huffman 352737

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Stolen Valor is truly reprehensible. Anyone who has served in any type of hostile environment will be the first tell you there is absolutely nothing glamorous about it. I am glad that many are getting &#39;called out&#39;, but I am becoming somewhat weary of seeing it. I am also somewhat disheartened that for every one that is &#39;called out&#39; there are probably 100 others that are not. I guess the only hope in curbing the epidemic is to continue to call out the impostors despite my weariness of seeing it.

2014-12-03T07:21:21-05:00 2014-12-03T07:21:21-05:00 SSgt B Mac 352749

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I find it entertaining. Senior Chief Don Shipley has a lot of videos where he calls out fake SEALs. He does his research and records his phone conversations. He gives them a chance to drop the act and when they don&#39;t he goes public and shames them.<br /><br />I was Air Force Intel. Last year I was accused of stolen valor on another forum I used to enjoy posting on. I&#39;ve been in Afghanistan for the past 3 years as a contractor supporting Marine battalions and Army brigades. I mentioned Afghanistan, talk about it, answer questions. In private, another Veteran (Army Infantryman) called me out because an Air Force Intel weenie couldn&#39;t be experiencing the grunt life. According to him I must have pulled my info from somewhere other than personal experiences. A year living with Marines on deployment, I have an all new respect for the USMC. Best and worst year of my life. Wag bags, piss tubes and wild dogs, I&#39;ve never been so humbled in my life. Well, it took me months to pull myself out of depression to respond to the guy. I felt like I was on trial and explained every little thing he called me out on. If it was a civilian I would have told him to Frug-off. Someone I looked up to as a fellow Veteran calling me out was heart breaking.

2014-12-03T07:42:54-05:00 2014-12-03T07:42:54-05:00 LTC Private RallyPoint Member 352796

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>If someone were to call me on my service/accomplishments, I would defend them intially. However, at some point, I have better things to do than to justify my career/experiences to anyone. To put this into context, I dont have a CIB (much less 3 of them), no Medals of Honor, no tabs, nor any special badges. Just a regular old &quot;leg&quot; who has done his best (and occasionally screwed it up) and keeps muddling through.<br /><br />Hooah to all those who have earned the high speed badges and decorations. I tip my hat to you.

2014-12-03T08:36:44-05:00 2014-12-03T08:36:44-05:00 SrA Private RallyPoint Member 352808

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>For once I&#39;m pleased to see the result of social media taking over our lives. This would hopefully deter future &quot;SgtMajColPfc&#39;s&quot; from disrespecting our branches. I imagine how proud we service members are of our branches. It would take all the bearing we&#39;ve learned and more to not drop kick a phony. With the latest video it seems as if they&#39;re getting better with the quick responses. More exposure and heavier punishment and hopefully it&#39;ll beat this foolery to the point of extinction.

2014-12-03T08:48:31-05:00 2014-12-03T08:48:31-05:00 CPT Private RallyPoint Member 352821

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Good. These people need to be publicly shamed and humiliated.

2014-12-03T09:00:52-05:00 2014-12-03T09:00:52-05:00 LTC Private RallyPoint Member 352835

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>These people are taking advantage of the ignorance of the American people; most of whom have never served. They are nothing better than charlatans.

2014-12-03T09:15:23-05:00 2014-12-03T09:15:23-05:00 CW5 Private RallyPoint Member 353054

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I like the idea of jail time. Some form of real punishment is certainly in order.

2014-12-03T11:42:58-05:00 2014-12-03T11:42:58-05:00 CPT Private RallyPoint Member 353071

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I agree with the gentlemen above, Lieutenant Martin and Major Petrarca. There's a definitive difference in wearing something to...lets say augment your paintball/airsoft/milsim kit, and then there's abusing what you haven't earned. I have had the same experience with some of my friends and while it irks me, I know that they mean no harm and I watch them remove the patches when we leave the course. <br /><br />Is it a tad disrespectful? Yes. Is it Stolen Valor if they're just trying to get into the role? I would say no. As long as they toe the line and don't abuse it, like with what we saw the fake Ranger do over the holiday weekend, I don't see any permanent harm in it. That's just me though.

2014-12-03T12:07:46-05:00 2014-12-03T12:07:46-05:00 Sgt Jennifer Mohler 353097

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I think they are just acting like zealous fanboys. They don't understand that what they are doing is hurtful, they never will. They are showing respect the only way they know how. They know the patches are associated with something "cool", and they want a part of that, even if it is only play-pretend. It sounds like they are the kinds of kids that would correct someone if they assumed they were military. <br /><br />It sucks, I know. But they sound like they are just some kids wearing something "cool". I am sure as they outgrow their paintball days, they will also outgrow their small world views and come to understand what the patches mean. Maybe it will even become a door to further research for them. They will want to know more about the units and look it up.

2014-12-03T12:22:44-05:00 2014-12-03T12:22:44-05:00 1SG Steven Stankovich 353280

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>It takes all kinds to make the world go 'round...

2014-12-03T14:04:40-05:00 2014-12-03T14:04:40-05:00 CPT Aaron Kletzing 353292

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>This individual appears to have some real mental/psychological problems. But, after posting this shameful follow-up video, I think he is about to have some much bigger problems. People who commented in the YouTube comments section posted his real home address, etc.

2014-12-03T14:12:17-05:00 2014-12-03T14:12:17-05:00 PO2 Private RallyPoint Member 353293

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>If we kicked him off, the earth would spin just a little faster...

2014-12-03T14:12:39-05:00 2014-12-03T14:12:39-05:00 SSG Jason Cherry 353332

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>This video is from 2012. This dude is old news.<br /><br />I find it ironic that he thinks we are all screwed up in the head and we are all idiots/morons/psychopaths and in spite of that, he tries to impersonate us. <br /><br />By the looks of it, he is just a lonely man out looking for attention. Obviously he is not interested in getting his attention by putting in any kind of hard work, like exercising or having some sort of skills. He isn't even that great at putting on a uniform and knowing what little knowledge is required to pass off as a member of the military.<br /><br />If he was actually as smart as he probably feels, he would have impersonated a private...so no one knew he was jacked up. Then, as people feed him info, absorb it and impersonate his way up and develop a back story. At least that way he would seem more legit. I guess if you are going to try to dupe people though, you should shoot for the stars. You'll either spectacularly succeed or spectacularly fail.

2014-12-03T14:31:26-05:00 2014-12-03T14:31:26-05:00 COL Jean (John) F. B. 353354

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>This idiot is not worth someone getting in trouble over. He obviously has a screw loose.

2014-12-03T14:40:02-05:00 2014-12-03T14:40:02-05:00 SGM Erik Marquez 353394

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>in internet vernacular, he is a troll.<br /><br /> Thats it, he wants attention and cares not that it is positive or negative.. In his warped mind it&#39;s all the same. He seeks and is rewarded with attention for his antics. <br />If he received benefit from his stolen valor than charge and prosecute. If he did not, ignore as that is the worst you can do to him.. Ignore and make him insignificant

2014-12-03T15:02:19-05:00 2014-12-03T15:02:19-05:00 SFC Private RallyPoint Member 353509

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="60131" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/60131-91z-senior-maintenance-supervisor-e-co-3-10-av">1SG Private RallyPoint Member</a> , There have been numerous incidents posted online, YouTube, Facebook, etc... This is a good idea to just capture it all.<br /><br />What were your thoughts of the "Ranger" shopping on Black Friday?

2014-12-03T16:23:27-05:00 2014-12-03T16:23:27-05:00 SFC Mark Merino 353534

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Works for me. Thanks for setting this up brother. RallyPoint has more ways to sort threads coming very soon. No two people have the same concept of the perfect professional military site and being able to tailor it to individual wants and needs is a welcome change for many.

2014-12-03T16:43:11-05:00 2014-12-03T16:43:11-05:00 SGT Javier Silva 353542

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>You know, I have seen videos of guys like this over and over. None of them matter to because I don't mind. There's the old saying of "If I don't mind, you don't matter". This was by far the longest and worst three minutes of my life....ugh.<br /><br />Don't get me wrong, I care about Stolen Valor and the POSs that do so. I just think that giving this guy any real attention, is what he wants. I would find more hilarious is this: What about we send an e-mail to the Sheriff's Office and let them know what this guy thinks of them? Let them deal with him.

2014-12-03T16:46:50-05:00 2014-12-03T16:46:50-05:00 SPC Private RallyPoint Member 353692

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Take this guy out to the whoopin shed and give him the ass whipping of a lifetime. <br />These people who do this shit are doing it for attention and trying to benefit from it. <br />Not everyone can serve in the United States Military, but there are many other things that a person can do to serve their country. <br />Volunteer with the USO or any veteran related service organization, volunteer to help veterans and Wounded Warriors in the VA hospitals, help collect toys for toys for tots, help the Salvation Army collect donations, work in a soup kitchen, collect clothing and food donations for the homeless and the poor, volunteer at your local children's hospital, be a leader, be a role model for others, high school and college tutoring, etc etc etc. Just to name a few. You don't need to be a super hero to be respected in your community. You just need to reach out and help others. <br />Seeing these wacky jobs out there trying to impersonate us is getting pathetic. <br />I'm all for tightening up the rules for when military uniforms are retired from use that only those who have served in the Armed Forces (Active reserve, National Guard and Veterans) should be able to buy and wear military uniforms. That would cut down on a lot of this crap but I know that a lot of us all have old uniforms stashed away in our closets at home along with lots of extra gear from previous deployments. <br />Just wanted to see where the rest of you stood on this issue.

2014-12-03T18:15:52-05:00 2014-12-03T18:15:52-05:00 SSG(P) Private RallyPoint Member 353875

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I am all for consolidating duplicate posts. We don&#39;t always ask the question the same way...so good catch. Categorizing threads might be a great way to organize them...what a nightmare for all the admins.

2014-12-03T20:18:21-05:00 2014-12-03T20:18:21-05:00 SFC Private RallyPoint Member 354053

<div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-15350"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fstolen-valor-the-military-perspective%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Stolen+Valor%3A+The+Military+Perspective&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fstolen-valor-the-military-perspective&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0AStolen Valor: The Military Perspective%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/stolen-valor-the-military-perspective" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="a26ecb2c5d130e22859ff06ff43b2c63" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/015/350/for_gallery_v2/IMG_334468558430769.jpeg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/015/350/large_v3/IMG_334468558430769.jpeg" alt="Img 334468558430769" /></a></div></div>I&#39;m part of an 8th ID group on Facebook. A guy posted this picture of his uncle. He&#39;s retired CSM Jesse Ramil. Someone said they did know him at Fort Riley in the 70&#39;s when he was their CSM. His uniform looks a little suspicious. What say you, legit?

2014-12-03T22:17:59-05:00 2014-12-03T22:17:59-05:00 SSG Robert Burns 354063

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Merge me!

2014-12-03T22:33:02-05:00 2014-12-03T22:33:02-05:00 SFC Private RallyPoint Member 354099

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>My question is what should be done with the people who stole valor? Jail community service what? According to UCMJ we cannot impersonate a NCO or officer. Depending on how severe the crime is what we&#39;ll have to pay either reduced in grade reduction in pay or kicked out with a bad discharge.

2014-12-03T22:46:53-05:00 2014-12-03T22:46:53-05:00 1SG Michael Blount 354565

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Army SGT Ryan Berk calls out a fake &quot;veteran&quot; while shopping at a mall in Pennsylvania.<br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/youre-phoney-watch-moment-afghanistan-4746036">http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/youre-phoney-watch-moment-afghanistan-4746036</a><br /><br />SGT Berk - hat&#39;s off to you for stopping this crap in its tracks<br /><br />r,<br />1SG Blount <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> <img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images/000/005/752/qrc/TEASER-Awkward-confrontation-as-vetran-confronts-a-man-he-knows-is-falsely-wearing-the-battalion-uniform.jpg?1443028411"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/youre-phoney-watch-moment-afghanistan-4746036">&quot;You&#39;re a phoney&#39;: Watch the moment Afghanistan veteran accuses man of posing as a soldier</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">When an army veteran spotted a shopper apparently posing as a soldier, he confronted him and filmed the dressing down on his phone</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div>

2014-12-04T08:40:17-05:00 2014-12-04T08:40:17-05:00 SN Jennifer M. 354753

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I think it should be that same punishment as someone that impersonates a police officer or someone like that. Certainly jail time with hard labor.

2014-12-04T11:31:12-05:00 2014-12-04T11:31:12-05:00 SGM Private RallyPoint Member 355833

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I believe each such thief needs to be outfitted with full body armor, weapon, kit, and rank of whatever he was posing as, then dropped by parachute behind ISIL lines in Syria. If he gets back alive, we drop the charges. (I.e. you want to make the claim? Now you get to back it up.)

2014-12-04T23:16:11-05:00 2014-12-04T23:16:11-05:00 SFC Private RallyPoint Member 357037

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>First of all, THANK YOU SO MUCH for consolidating this down to 1 thread, <a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="60131" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/60131-91z-senior-maintenance-supervisor-e-co-3-10-av">1SG Private RallyPoint Member</a>.<br /><br />Second, <a target="_blank" href="http://social.newsinc.com/media/json/69017/28225810/singleVideoOG.html?type=VideoPlayer%2F16x9&amp;trackingGroup=69017&amp;videoId=28225810#.VIJBXuA-c8g.facebook">http://social.newsinc.com/media/json/69017/28225810/singleVideoOG.html?type=VideoPlayer%2F16x9&amp;trackingGroup=69017&amp;videoId=28225810#.VIJBXuA-c8g.facebook</a><br /><br />Third, you&#39;re all awesome! <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> <img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images/000/005/841/qrc/17609723.jpg?1443028549"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="http://social.newsinc.com/media/json/69017/28225810/singleVideoOG.html?type=VideoPlayer%2F16x9&amp;trackingGroup=69017&amp;videoId=28225810#">Valor Thief: “Catch me if you can</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">(Content Warning: Language) A man who uses the YouTube name johnnyb34434 has called out all active duty military and veterans to “catch me if you can.” He claims that he regularly steals valor and there is nothing anyone can do about it. He describes how he dresses up in uniform and has three day feasts for free at all the restaurants that offer meals on Veterans day and Memorial day weekends. Warning: this video will incite overwhelming...</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div>

2014-12-05T18:53:06-05:00 2014-12-05T18:53:06-05:00 SSG (ret) William Martin 358537

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Is he wearing a &quot;I Suck At Fighting&quot; brazard? Why don&#39;t poser just google &quot;how to wear a military uniform&quot; if they are going to pose.

2014-12-06T23:11:50-05:00 2014-12-06T23:11:50-05:00 PFC Aaron Knapp 361119

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Recently had someone complaing about a guy wearing desert uniform to a Halloween party. He admitted he wasn't in the service. What got him into hot water was he jokingly said "I could get away with anything". Everyone screamed stolen valor but he isn't trying to get money, wasn't wearing unauthorized medals, he just wore put rank lol. Many talk about people faking and claiming high rank and this guy did none of the above. I say not stolen valor...Opinions?

2014-12-08T16:56:28-05:00 2014-12-08T16:56:28-05:00 1SG Craig Moody 361314

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>1967 ... soldier arrives at unit from Viet Nam wearing 1st Cav combat patch, purple heart and silver wings of some sort. Said he was a door gunner for a while when first in Nam. A SP4 who had washed out of WO flight school at Ft Wolters spoke to him for a few moments then became irate, reached out, tore the wings from the guys uniform and loudly told him he would beat the sh*t out of him if he ever wore them again. Turns out they were pilot wings neither earned or authorized. The &quot;washout&quot; was a fine soldier who put his all into earning wings but had not succeeded. In a few weeks another soldier come to us from the same outfit in Viet Nam. We asked if the Purple Heart was for real. With a laugh he told us it was indeed real as the &quot;lard-ass was too slow to make it to the bunker during a rocket attack and now he has scars on his butt (literally) to prove it.&quot;

2014-12-08T20:06:23-05:00 2014-12-08T20:06:23-05:00 SSG (ret) William Martin 365753

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>You know, we should set the standard as leaders not be mean to these people who pose as veterans or service members. Just kidding!

2014-12-11T11:15:16-05:00 2014-12-11T11:15:16-05:00 SSG Private RallyPoint Member 365796

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Isn't it ironic that these individuals do not try and be normal service members like an E-5, or anything. Instead, they opt for a Sergeant Major with several Purple Hearts, or an Sergeant First Class with a Ranger tab.<br /><br />I guess they didn't read AR 670-1, or they've never heard the saying, 'Less is more'.

2014-12-11T11:45:05-05:00 2014-12-11T11:45:05-05:00 SSG(P) Private RallyPoint Member 367436

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I was recently on eBay searching for medal of honor video game merchandise and I found multiple medal of honor medals for sale, I reported them and they were removed please keep an eye open for these occurrences selling medal of honor&#39;s including replicas is illegal and punishable by federal law thank you

2014-12-12T13:03:57-05:00 2014-12-12T13:03:57-05:00 SSG Private RallyPoint Member 382361

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Also being posted to Facebook to get my civilian friends in the action.

2014-12-22T21:21:21-05:00 2014-12-22T21:21:21-05:00 SSgt Private RallyPoint Member 382373

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>No we cannot. The problem are those ass-clowns who get money for representing. It is a whole hell of a lot different than Ducky Dynasty Camos and people in special forces have to be particularly grieved. <br /><br />The second part is there was a time when very few would be caught wearing their uniforms off-base. The good will established over the years is a commodity and it won&#39;t always be that way.

2014-12-22T21:33:07-05:00 2014-12-22T21:33:07-05:00 SSgt Private RallyPoint Member 382393

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="194673" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/194673-15p-aviation-operations-specialist-a-co-4th-id-hhbn">SSG Private RallyPoint Member</a> I couldn't agree more. I don't have a problem with calling any case of phonies "stolen valor" even if they aren't breaking the law. I don't even have a problem with posting their photo online to poke a little fun at them. Some of the memes that get generated are hilarious. However, I'm bothered by how wound up soldiers get over this. I am confident in who I am as a soldier, and somebody who wasn't, but claims to be, for whatever reason he might have, simply doesn't threaten me.

2014-12-22T21:43:52-05:00 2014-12-22T21:43:52-05:00 SSG (ret) William Martin 382623

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>It is one thing to impersonate a service member and it is another to try to gain benefits whether its healthcare or getting a discount at a local buffet. The fraud part is what I don&#39;t like and if I find one, I will make him or her famous.

2014-12-23T00:25:53-05:00 2014-12-23T00:25:53-05:00 SPC(P) Micah Lavigne 382644

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>SGT, While, after reading your post and its valid points, I have to disrespectfully disagree.<br />While some people choose to impersonate as a Service-member to receive benefits, others choose to get attention, it is still impersonating a Government official. We, as service members of the Armed forces, have enough issues within our own ranks with undisciplined Soldiers being blasted on the 5 o&#39;clock news for Drunken misconduct, domestic violence and assault, or war crimes. I remember coming home on R&amp;R and my family took me to a restaurant where military members in uniform ate free. I wore my ACUs as a private and there stood a man in ACus with a beard wearing the rank of SSG talking with some people about the military some of which were not true in regards to Regulations and lifestyle. Being a lower enlisted and not truly knowing this I confronted him tactfully and asked him about it. Then I asked what the army regulation stated about beards. He told me he was an SF NCO and didnt need to abide by that part of the Regulation nor the Oath of enlistment (when I asked hem about his oath). Long story short it came down to a CAC card being presented to the hostess when coming for our tables to verify our service affiliation which I had he didn&#39;t. This kind of misrepresentation over a free meal discredits our service and it starts with a few &quot;harmless stories&quot; about military life.<br /><br />Besides Stolen Valor or not Impersonating a Government official is still a federal offense. SPC I may be, RCP may be in my future If I cannot make the cut off, but I will never disrespect the uniform I earned nor will let others slander it for some base desire of self worth at the expense of my fellow service members.<br /><br />You have some good points SGT, but let us not forget something that some cases of collateral damage started off as seemingly harmless

2014-12-23T00:54:01-05:00 2014-12-23T00:54:01-05:00 PFC Private RallyPoint Member 382847

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Can someone tell me how to look into someone I suspect is lying about their "service" this guy is claiming that he served with H Company 5th Marines, as a "Classified" recon Marine, from 1993-1998... I would like to confirm he was with said unit... If he never was part of that Unit, I would like to know so that I can have someone call him out on it.

2014-12-23T07:58:56-05:00 2014-12-23T07:58:56-05:00 SSgt Private RallyPoint Member 385681

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>You are not a friend but a nemesis with your words. You state exactly what others of your ilk want to hear. You come here to offend and by the way, your picture is disrespectful and that right there tells me about you and your agenda. I am still trying to figure out what you are saying here because I smell B.S. and it&#39;s not me.

2014-12-25T00:45:47-05:00 2014-12-25T00:45:47-05:00 SPC David S. 385752

<div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-17716"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fstolen-valor-the-military-perspective%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Stolen+Valor%3A+The+Military+Perspective&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fstolen-valor-the-military-perspective&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0AStolen Valor: The Military Perspective%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/stolen-valor-the-military-perspective" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="031f99663cb292bbce4aab344c67fea9" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/017/716/for_gallery_v2/1441270_10202215269800858_426008099_n.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/017/716/large_v3/1441270_10202215269800858_426008099_n.jpg" alt="1441270 10202215269800858 426008099 n" /></a></div></div>This is not about defending my honor, its about defending the honor of those who can&#39;t. Valor Law or not this can not be allowed. In the picture is a friend SFC Christopher L. Robinson coming home. As he was SF he was killed in the same uniform that many pretend to be a part of and to me this just doesn&#39;t seem fair to Chris, his wife, or his kids for his sacrifice. The uniform much like our flag is more than scraps of fashioned linen and it should be protected.

2014-12-25T02:18:55-05:00 2014-12-25T02:18:55-05:00 PV2 Mike Hughes 385758

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I agree that unless they are attempting or succeeding in comiting fraud to earn money they did not earn lt would give them attention they do not deserve. I mean people thought i was stealing valor but i got at basic i didnt claim anything that was not true.

2014-12-25T02:30:30-05:00 2014-12-25T02:30:30-05:00 SGT Private RallyPoint Member 385927

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>As unpopular as this opinion undoubtably is going to be here, I don&#39;t think stolen valor should be illegal. I despise stolen valor. I&#39;m liable to get arrested for assault and battery when I see it in person if my public shaming of these people heats up. I believe that anyone who steals valor by wearing an unearned uniform/valor award or claiming to have earned something they haven&#39;t should be exposed as the filth that they are in as public and humiliating fashion as humanly possible.<br /><br />All that said, to make it illegal would have too many unintended consequences. It would create a foothold to be used to further erode free speech protections granted by the First Amendment. As the Supreme Court ruled, any stolen valor act must survive &quot;strict scrutiny,&quot; the most rigorous First Amendment standard, because it imposes content-based restrictions on speech. That is incredibly dangerous legal territory that deservedly demands the greatest caution possible when setting legal precedent.<br /><br />To sum up, making it illegal is bad, but we should and in my opinion are obligated to publicly shame and make these frauds lives as painful as possible within the constraints of the law when their deception is discovered. This includes here on RP too. Don&#39;t start a witch hunt, but if over the course of natural events a fraud is discovered we should know what to do.

2014-12-25T10:22:18-05:00 2014-12-25T10:22:18-05:00 Cpl Private RallyPoint Member 385948

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Civilians who dishonor the fallen by &quot;posing&quot; did not earn the right to be called brother or sister. They are cowards who chose not to shed blood with the men and women who made the sacrifice. They need to be exposed with extreme prejudice.

2014-12-25T10:58:36-05:00 2014-12-25T10:58:36-05:00 CPT Jack Durish 385987

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>You can&#39;t legislate morality. Yes, the law may be employed to define criminal activity and proscribe appropriate punishments. In the case of stolen valor, it rises to the level of criminal when the perpetrator obtains something of value through the activity. It is a form of larceny by fraud.<br /><br />If the person only uses stolen valor to call attention to themselves, get a pat on the back, or otherwise inflate an otherwise poor ego, what harm is there in that? No, isn&#39;t criminal, but it steals a pat on the back that rightfully belongs to a real hero. Should the &quot;perpetrator&quot; be punished by the law? Of course not. However, a good punch in the nose isn&#39;t out of reasonable consideration...

2014-12-25T12:02:09-05:00 2014-12-25T12:02:09-05:00 SGT Frank Leonardo 386002

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The point is simple they are claiming something they didn&#39;t do and trying to bribe people which is also wrong and as far as I am concerned YEP they should be locked up or made a public disgrace

2014-12-25T12:11:04-05:00 2014-12-25T12:11:04-05:00 SSgt Private RallyPoint Member 386265

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="194673" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/194673-15p-aviation-operations-specialist-a-co-4th-id-hhbn">SSG Private RallyPoint Member</a> , sure didn&#39;t expect you to take this much flak for this!

2014-12-25T16:19:23-05:00 2014-12-25T16:19:23-05:00 SSG Private RallyPoint Member 388749

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Here&#39;s the latest one. Super funny yet ridiculously sad. I wish I was there to ask the guy some better questions though. BTW, look at his &quot;flag&quot;. It&#39;s the Civil War era Northern Virginia flag, incorrectly known as the Confederate flag. <br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/12/26/he-saw-a-man-in-uniform-at-an-airport-starbucks-and-realized-something-just-wasnt-matching-up/">http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/12/26/he-saw-a-man-in-uniform-at-an-airport-starbucks-and-realized-something-just-wasnt-matching-up/</a><br /><br /><br /><a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="79183" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/79183-92a-enlisted-automated-logistical-specialist-7th-trans-bde-3rd-esc">SSG Daniel Deiler</a>, MAJ Carl Ballinger, <a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="84498" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/84498-spc-charles-brown">SPC Charles Brown</a>, <a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" 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Baker</a>, <a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="347395" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/347395-351l-counterintelligence-technician">CW5 Private RallyPoint Member</a>, 1LT Scott Doyle, <a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="137231" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/137231-90a-multifunctional-logistician-321st-sust-bde-143rd-esc">MAJ Private RallyPoint Member</a>, <a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="208251" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/208251-ssg-selwyn-bodley">SSG Selwyn Bodley</a>, <a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="159780" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/159780-1lt-shawn-mccarthy">1LT Shawn McCarthy</a>, <a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="372541" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/372541-ssg-stephen-arnold">SSG Stephen Arnold</a>, <a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="302953" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/302953-sgt-steven-eugene-kuhn-mba">SGT Steven Eugene Kuhn MBA</a>, <a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="275753" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/275753-11b2p-infantryman-airborne">SGM Private RallyPoint Member</a> , TSgt Tifani McCauley, <a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="167607" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/167607-sgt-tony-saucier">SGT Tony Saucier</a> , <a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="184226" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/184226-15t-uh-60-helicopter-repairer">SSG Trevor S.</a>, <a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="140195" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/140195-spc-danny-eldridge">SPC Danny Eldridge</a>, <a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="137335" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/137335-spc-chris-lanaman">SPC Chris Lanaman</a>. <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> <img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images/000/006/809/qrc/stolen-valor-620x332.jpg?1443030004"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/12/26/he-saw-a-man-in-uniform-at-an-airport-starbucks-and-realized-something-just-wasnt-matching-up/">He Saw a Man in Uniform at an Airport Starbucks and Realized Something ‘Just Wasn’t Matching Up’</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">Former Army Spc. Christian Parmer was sitting in a California airport when he saw a man in uniform, but instead of camaraderie, he felt something else. &quot;He didn&#39;t look the part as a soldier,&quot; Parmer said on Fox News. Aside from wearing his hat indoors, which is against...</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div>

2014-12-27T14:17:00-05:00 2014-12-27T14:17:00-05:00 SSG Jeffrey Spencer 390748

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>@SFC Richard Gilley you may merge my discussion.

2014-12-29T02:35:21-05:00 2014-12-29T02:35:21-05:00 SSgt Gordon Olayvar 409060

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The truth! OORAH!...hit&#39;em where it hurts

2015-01-09T01:33:04-05:00 2015-01-09T01:33:04-05:00 SFC Mark Merino 409064

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>816th delta unit was where Captain Crunch served during the battle of breakfast cereals.

2015-01-09T01:41:18-05:00 2015-01-09T01:41:18-05:00 SFC Private RallyPoint Member 409066

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>This sounds like fun. I need to find one.

2015-01-09T01:42:34-05:00 2015-01-09T01:42:34-05:00 Capt Gregory Prickett 409076

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>When I first got in police work (back in the stone age), before they had the term &#39;Stolen Valor,&#39; I arrested a homeless guy who kept telling my partner and I how &#39;Agent Orange&#39; was his partner when he was in the jungle on a super top secret VC hit team.

2015-01-09T01:53:35-05:00 2015-01-09T01:53:35-05:00 CPT Private RallyPoint Member 409079

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I too experienced a similar situation while on leave in Houston. A panhandler who was no less than sixty, had an ACU top on with no name tapes and where the flag is supposed to be, he had 173rd Airborne&#39;s patch affixed horizontally. I rolled down my window and asked him when he served to which he replied &quot;Iraq&quot;. When I asked him what province, he said &quot;Kandahar...&quot; <br /><br />The light turned green quickly after that. Wish I would&#39;ve pulled over and drilled him some more.

2015-01-09T02:01:16-05:00 2015-01-09T02:01:16-05:00 1LT Private RallyPoint Member 409374

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="450466" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/450466-1341-engineer-equipment-mechanic">Cpl Private RallyPoint Member</a>. Yes . . . stolen valor should be a punishable offense . . . perhaps on par with major fraud and identity theft . . . but as much as we feel for long lost brothers and sisters . . . taking matters into our own hands may risk major legal penalties. Warmest Regards, Sandy

2015-01-09T11:10:47-05:00 2015-01-09T11:10:47-05:00 CSM Private RallyPoint Member 409378

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Prosecute. Make it permanent part of their record - along the same lines of a bad conduct discharge - to follow them the rest of their lives.

2015-01-09T11:15:32-05:00 2015-01-09T11:15:32-05:00 MSG Private RallyPoint Member 409379

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I typically default to personal freedom, and liberty for the individual, but... The issue of stolen valor goes beyond simply wearing a uniform that is not yours in an attempt to gain perks not intended for you. This becomes an issue of safety and symbol. There is a reason that one cannot impersonate a police officer; the police are traditionally a symbol of protection and safety (despite recent controversies). If someone seeks the assistance of a police officer, things could go very badly if that police officer is a sham. The same can be applied to military impersonation. We represent the best of our society, protectors, and a source of security. Those posing as SMs are putting that image in harms way, and that is a greater loss than any discount, or perk that may be swindled.

2015-01-09T11:16:12-05:00 2015-01-09T11:16:12-05:00 MSG Private RallyPoint Member 409386

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I can't put my finger as to why but for some reason it just bothers me to see people do it.

2015-01-09T11:21:57-05:00 2015-01-09T11:21:57-05:00 SGM Erik Marquez 409403

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Wear clothing all you want... they are just articles of clothing<br />Speak words all you want...it is your right (though your right does not absolve you of reactions to your words)<br /><br />But do either or otherwise claim to be a service member for profit, position, reward and I have an issue with it.

2015-01-09T11:31:14-05:00 2015-01-09T11:31:14-05:00 SGT Michael Glenn 409421

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The three choices were questionable, the 1st made it seem like court would be a waste of time and yet the one that would have the most impact.if he is dealt with in a court and the verdict made public ( which it would be) it would send a clear message to all that if they too choose to follow in this jack rabbits foot steps they to will be found guilty and receive not only a throat punch by the highest ranking individual of EVERY branch of service but have to COMPLETE Every branches basic and AIT. we are all adults here and can have our cake and eat it to...RIGHT?????

2015-01-09T11:38:44-05:00 2015-01-09T11:38:44-05:00 SPC Leisel Luman 409423

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>While recovering from the on the spot correction a "after action review" with the perpetrator might be helpful so that they understand that your act of kindness is not shared by all of your friends.

2015-01-09T11:38:49-05:00 2015-01-09T11:38:49-05:00 SSG Richard Reilly 409604

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.<br /><br />I.e., who cares?<br /><br />I was on Funeral detail out of Fort Jackson when I came across a “Soldier” wearing a horribly put together pair of ASU’s. I knew that he was either a screwed up Soldier or a fake. So I did what any NCO should’ve done, I told him out jacked up his uniform was and how he needed to fix it. I didn’t film him, or attempt to call out how pathetic he is and I didn’t question his general military knowledge either. Instead I let him wear the outfit he had on and proceeded to render the honors to his relative. Was he a Soldier (?)…probably not since his beard and sloppy appearance suggested he wasn’t. But who cares? What is he gaining from it, 10% off at Denny’s? Again who cares? If the establishment wants to give a discount to SM’s, then ask for an ID. If you don’t and you give it to someone else that is your fault. Is he degrading the Armed Forces, well maybe, but so do hundreds of SM’s that are actually in and can’t get uniforms right.<br /><br />It doesn’t take much for people to get offended these days. SM’s and Veterans should probably look at these imposters as what they are, someone who holds their position in such high regard that they fake their lives to imitate them.<br /><br />My service was mine. I hold that in high regards and know everything I did was for something. Someone faking service would never steal that from me. <br /><br />Finally, I look at it this way. If someone wants to claim to fast rope off a C130 flying low, while carrying a wounded Bradley fighting vehicle on their back. Let them. Because there are just as many people who did serve telling just as many tales of their heroics that might be slightly exaggerated. In the end it just makes the military look like even bigger ‘Bad @$$3$’ and it makes them look like a hero to whomever will listen.

2015-01-09T13:10:00-05:00 2015-01-09T13:10:00-05:00 PV2 Private RallyPoint Member 409746

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>For some reason my picture is by prosecute when I chose throat punch, but on the spot correction was my vote. I&#39;m all about the throat punch! lol

2015-01-09T14:34:36-05:00 2015-01-09T14:34:36-05:00 SPC Donald Moore 409868

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>There must be a punishment, but I don't think the civilian courts will ever take it seriously.

2015-01-09T15:30:07-05:00 2015-01-09T15:30:07-05:00 Sgt Packy Flickinger 410697

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="60131" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/60131-91z-senior-maintenance-supervisor-e-co-3-10-av">1SG Private RallyPoint Member</a> , curious, are you a moderator of RP?

2015-01-10T00:20:37-05:00 2015-01-10T00:20:37-05:00 SFC Private RallyPoint Member 418486

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I, myself, am proud of what I have done and expect no praise or special treatment. However, a lot of my battles who have been injured or killed in combat deserve praise. I can not allow someone who has never served to purposely deceive those around him in order to gain the praise and acceptance that he/she never earned. If I allowed it I would be doing a disservice to my friends and fellow Soldiers, and I can not do that.<br /><br />I agree that a lot of the videos seem to be motivated by tooting their own horn and that paints veterans in a negative light. We, as veterans, should not consider ourselves elitist and think that we are better than civilians because of choices that we and they made, but we should not let some try to claim what we have earned.<br /><br />So I say keep those videos coming, but tone them down a bit.

2015-01-15T04:51:16-05:00 2015-01-15T04:51:16-05:00 SGT Michael Glenn 420462

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Wait !!!!!!! I just got my popcorn out along with my Grape Knee high !!!! DONT STOP !!!!!!!

2015-01-16T11:43:01-05:00 2015-01-16T11:43:01-05:00 1SG Private RallyPoint Member 445070

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Blue on Blue:<br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.ijreview.com/2015/01/242083-one-facebook-photo-woman-iraq-led-hundreds-people-accusing-stolen-valor/?fb_action_ids=">http://www.ijreview.com/2015/01/242083-one-facebook-photo-woman-iraq-led-hundreds-people-accusing-stolen-valor/?fb_action_ids=</a> [login to see] 20537&amp;fb_action_types=og.shares <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> <img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images/000/008/239/qrc/10934073_490570107750352_8197204341717455487_n1.jpg?1443032416"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="http://www.ijreview.com/2015/01/242083-one-facebook-photo-woman-iraq-led-hundreds-people-accusing-stolen-valor/?fb_action_ids=1045964745420537&amp;fb_action_types=og.shares">A Female Captain is Humiliated for &#39;Stolen Valor.&#39; After Numerous Ugly Insults, the Truth Comes...</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">&quot;You see that?? It&#39;s a kitchen. Get the f*** back into it.&quot;</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div>

2015-01-30T16:17:41-05:00 2015-01-30T16:17:41-05:00 CPT Private RallyPoint Member 459578

<div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-21559"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fstolen-valor-the-military-perspective%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Stolen+Valor%3A+The+Military+Perspective&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fstolen-valor-the-military-perspective&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0AStolen Valor: The Military Perspective%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/stolen-valor-the-military-perspective" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="a94905fdf7ab579732778e2bdd6f50cd" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/021/559/for_gallery_v2/image.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/021/559/large_v3/image.jpg" alt="Image" /></a></div></div>Y'all remember this gem of recent fame...

2015-02-06T18:18:51-05:00 2015-02-06T18:18:51-05:00 COL Charles Williams 512767

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Check this out, and decide... <br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://us-infantry.com/the-original-poser-1sgp-steve-jordan/">http://us-infantry.com/the-original-poser-1sgp-steve-jordan/</a> <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> <img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images/000/009/986/qrc/557768_110293119133701_284666833_n1.jpg?1443035268"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="http://us-infantry.com/the-original-poser-1sgp-steve-jordan/">The Original Poser – 1SG(P) Steve Jordan</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">Around a year ago someone tipped us off to the now infamous 1SG(P) Steve Jordan. We worked with our friends in outing this obvious poser. For those not familiar with &quot;Top&quot; - you can come at him on his Facebook fanpage or at his FetLife account. It appears that Steve Jordan has been playing make…</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div>

2015-03-05T00:09:32-05:00 2015-03-05T00:09:32-05:00 MAJ Private RallyPoint Member 523682

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I truly respect your opinion and at one point may have shared it. I have a kind heart toward the weak who do not join but still claim the valor. I am a just man and though I forgive them, I break the illusion. I do what I say and others should do so. If I should catch a stolen valor, if he or she is cool I will forgive. However if which I have seen this already, a man or woman seeking to too take advantage of another I will expose them. I know some cases are sad individuals but I have met those who are truly bad individuals. People who exploit are not far from other types of exploiters. There are people who will kill another for sport. There are also those who exploit in the same way. When the story of the victim is sadder than the offender; than the offender is my target. There are sheep, there wolves, there are sheep dogs. Sheep may masquerade as a sheep dog but when the wolf masquerades as the sheep dog that is another story. I am the sheep dog and I swim among wolves any day.

2015-03-11T05:04:38-04:00 2015-03-11T05:04:38-04:00 SGT Private RallyPoint Member 525646

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Most of the time these fakes do receive monitary values, like discounts at stores, which is theft, and also making speeches for money. True, some are just good old liars trying to impress themselves or someone else. I don&#39;t see this problem going away. For the past twenty years I have joined several websites who post these phonie people. It&#39;s still going on and the websites posting faces and names are still out there but not as many. There is nothing really can be done about it. Their there and not going away.

2015-03-11T22:41:34-04:00 2015-03-11T22:41:34-04:00 CAPT Gary Foster 526775

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Apparently the generation of &quot;me, myself and I&quot; needs to feel like they have accomplished something by lying about it. Maybe it is due to the countless stories you hear daily about this government official or that public servant caught in lies or distortion of facts. The constant drum of this junk in the 24 hour news cycle perhaps entices people to try to get away with being recognized for things they didn&#39;t do or accomplish. Maybe it desensitizes everyone to just accept what is thrown at them as fact, without proper fact-checking. Look at Mrs. Clinton&#39;s claim about sniper fire years ago. That was a bold-faced lie and she was never held accountable. She got away with it. Look at the recent Ferguson, MO, case, where a kid robs a store and then dies struggling with a police officer. That story was stretched so far that people all over the nation continue to think the policeman involved is still guilty even though the facts have proven otherwise. As for stolen valor, it needs to be a crime punishable by UCMJ rules. If you want public admiration for war wounds you did not receive, then you suffer the consequences when you are caught. It makes you wonder what has happened to their conscience, and are they in the least bit bothered by living a lie.

2015-03-12T13:52:37-04:00 2015-03-12T13:52:37-04:00 PO3 Benjamen Owen 527729

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Fuck that guy. I want to punch him in the face.

2015-03-12T22:24:15-04:00 2015-03-12T22:24:15-04:00 SFC Private RallyPoint Member 528750

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Its poor taste. Its dishonest. If they wear the uniform and get a discount, no matter how small they have used it for monetary gain. That burger they got for free didn&#39;t get taxed the correct amount soooo.... <br /><br />I like how Guardian of Valor puts them on blast. It warms my heart know that people are being held accountable. If I said I was a doctor this and doctor that, put it on my resume and got a job - but wasn&#39;t a doctor; the world would flip. <br /><br />Part of me thinks Stolen Valor recipients could be fed to the lions... oh wait it is the 21st century. <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> <img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images/000/010/411/qrc/image1-e1439654905841-150x150.jpeg?1443035942"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="http://guardianofvalor.com/hall-of-shame/">Hall Of Shame</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description"> This is our Hall Of Shame, here we have a special place for those that would lie about Military service, or embellish their Military Record. Once an investigation is complete, and it is found that they embellished or fabricated military service, they are added here. We get around fifty new cases per week, only a small percentage of these cases ever make it here. If we can&#39;t prove beyond a reasonable doubt that a person embellished or...</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div>

2015-03-13T13:14:40-04:00 2015-03-13T13:14:40-04:00 SPC Ken Harper 529396

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>What? No Navy Dolphins too? Must've been out of those at the BX.

2015-03-13T19:25:53-04:00 2015-03-13T19:25:53-04:00 CPT Aaron Kletzing 531298

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Why on earth would you do this in front of a huge crowd?

2015-03-15T01:25:30-04:00 2015-03-15T01:25:30-04:00 PO2 Private RallyPoint Member 531498

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I saw this on shitmylpo said before he was busted. Serves him right!

2015-03-15T10:04:55-04:00 2015-03-15T10:04:55-04:00 LTC Private RallyPoint Member 531944

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Sorry to hear this young Sailor felt so inadequate. Hopefully, he can recover from this painful and public lesson and find the path to success and fulfilment.

2015-03-15T16:52:42-04:00 2015-03-15T16:52:42-04:00 SGT Private RallyPoint Member 532365

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I usually cant keep up with the medals I have earned with all the changes. I sure as hell wouldn&#39;t wear some I don&#39;t rate.

2015-03-15T21:52:43-04:00 2015-03-15T21:52:43-04:00 SFC Private RallyPoint Member 532915

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>&quot;Cottom was sentenced Wednesday to a reduction to the lowest rank, a seaman recruit; 45 days&#39; confinement; and half pay for two months&quot;<br /><br />I think he got off easy.

2015-03-16T09:27:04-04:00 2015-03-16T09:27:04-04:00 1SG Michael Blount 533084

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Oops - SOMEBODY made a mistake and now must pay. Good<br /><br />I need to ask, though - how dumb is it to wear an unearned Purple Heart? That stands out like a sore thumb. However, you can&#39;t fix stupid. <br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.military.com/daily-news/2015/03/12/sailor-found-guilty-of-wearing-unearned-medals.html?comp=">http://www.military.com/daily-news/2015/03/12/sailor-found-guilty-of-wearing-unearned-medals.html?comp=</a> [login to see] 630&amp;rank=1 <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> <img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images/000/010/501/qrc/matthew-cottom.jpg?1443036086"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="http://www.military.com/daily-news/2015/03/12/sailor-found-guilty-of-wearing-unearned-medals.html?comp=7000023435630&amp;rank=1">Sailor Found Guilty of Wearing Unearned Medals</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">Seaman Matthew Cottom pleaded guilty in a court-martial Wednesday to wearing unauthorized insignia and ribbons on his uniform on two occasions last year.</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div>

2015-03-16T10:57:56-04:00 2015-03-16T10:57:56-04:00 LT Private RallyPoint Member 534361

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Sick of seeing people do this. And if he felt that &quot;getting shot&quot; would mean he accomplished something, he must have been confused. That just means you were unfortunate.

2015-03-17T08:28:44-04:00 2015-03-17T08:28:44-04:00 CMSgt Private RallyPoint Member 534761

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>My retired Navy friend and I were just discussing this... There was certainly a time and place when one could and likely did get away with this... THIS is no longer those days. <br /><br />I am in no way justifying Stolen Valor in any way, but it is one thing to be sitting in Podunk bar regaling the ladies with, &quot;So there I was... in the thick...&quot;, but everything is so incredibly investigative and public now. <br /><br />Seaman Special Snowflake got off easy in my opinion.

2015-03-17T12:19:49-04:00 2015-03-17T12:19:49-04:00 SFC Guy Quinn 536484

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Kids like this see CSM and such doing the same thing and that's where they get their values.

2015-03-18T12:01:16-04:00 2015-03-18T12:01:16-04:00 PO1 Joseph Frazier 550752

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Other than Honorable? Should be DISHONORABLE considering he dishonored the uniform and those who actually earned those awards.

2015-03-25T12:57:09-04:00 2015-03-25T12:57:09-04:00 SGT Private RallyPoint Member 558540

<div class="images-v2-count-2"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-31331"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fstolen-valor-the-military-perspective%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Stolen+Valor%3A+The+Military+Perspective&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fstolen-valor-the-military-perspective&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0AStolen Valor: The Military Perspective%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/stolen-valor-the-military-perspective" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="4c5c18c470ee7827771b6f83e44e1b0c" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/031/331/for_gallery_v2/image.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/031/331/large_v3/image.jpg" alt="Image" /></a></div><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-2" id="image-31332"><a class="fancybox" rel="4c5c18c470ee7827771b6f83e44e1b0c" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/031/332/for_gallery_v2/image.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/031/332/thumb_v2/image.jpg" alt="Image" /></a></div></div>

2015-03-28T14:31:08-04:00 2015-03-28T14:31:08-04:00 CSM Michael J. Uhlig 558543

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>No Problem, continue exposing these fake for what they are. Non-hackers trying to experience the life of a hero when they are actually a coward.

2015-03-28T14:35:35-04:00 2015-03-28T14:35:35-04:00 SPC Jan Allbright, M.Sc., R.S. 558547

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I&#39;m ok with it.<br />If nothing else these floaters provide a nice comic relief.<br />I mean, really, ... sniper, sapper, ranger, seal, sf, master blaster, trash finder, trip CMB, 5xPH, SS and a BS .. all under the age of 25 ... seems legit to me!

2015-03-28T14:41:26-04:00 2015-03-28T14:41:26-04:00 SGT Private RallyPoint Member 558570

<div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-31336"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fstolen-valor-the-military-perspective%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Stolen+Valor%3A+The+Military+Perspective&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fstolen-valor-the-military-perspective&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0AStolen Valor: The Military Perspective%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/stolen-valor-the-military-perspective" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="7d0f931ec86a6efd58efdfe52f93ebb2" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/031/336/for_gallery_v2/image.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/031/336/large_v3/image.jpg" alt="Image" /></a></div></div>Lt. Col. Gerald H. Green III and his totally bogus uniform adventures<br /><br />Green_LTC<br />I’m sure you remember Lt. Col. Gerald H. Green III in the picture above who was busted by folks when he was assigned as the commander of the Warrior Training Center at Fort Benning. Originally, he was busted for his Ranger Tab and his Sapper Tab. Investigators looked more closely at his uniform, according to the Army Times;<br /><br />The investigation found Green hadn’t earned his Combat Action Badge or his Army Commendation Medal with valor device, wore air assault wings despite not graduating from air assault school, and “wrongfully certified his … personnel record that he had received the Expert Infantry Badge and a Presidential Unit Citation,” wrote the investigator, whose name was redacted.<br /><br />I’m wondering, at this point, if he’s authorized to wear the buttons on his uniform. According to the article, Green claims that there was “a discussion of being put in for” a Combat Action Badge, so he just decided to pin it on. He dropped out of Air Assault School twice so I guess he figured that’s just like graduating from the very physical course.<br /><br />The allegations against Green are being handled “through non-judicial and administrative action,” Fort Benning spokesman Gary Jones said in an email. “Charges under the UCMJ were not preferred against LTC Green. The Privacy Act precludes us from releasing the precise details of that action.”<br />[…]<br />Green remains on active duty at Benning, according to a spokesman with the National Guard Bureau. Details on his duty status were not immediately available, Jones said, and Green was away from the base the week of March 23.<br />Anyone else, who isn’t a field grade officer would be crying in their beer about being unemployed on Victory Drive right about now – but not this little cretin, who I’m told has flag officers protecting him. F*** this guy – that guy right there – f*** him!<br /><br />Category: Shitbags

2015-03-28T14:55:21-04:00 2015-03-28T14:55:21-04:00 SGT Private RallyPoint Member 558578

<div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-31351"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fstolen-valor-the-military-perspective%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Stolen+Valor%3A+The+Military+Perspective&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fstolen-valor-the-military-perspective&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0AStolen Valor: The Military Perspective%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/stolen-valor-the-military-perspective" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="fa56a68a26f4c0dc5ea86c7a0aea9e47" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/031/351/for_gallery_v2/image.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/031/351/large_v3/image.jpg" alt="Image" /></a></div></div>Jose Lantigua; phony Ranger, phony dead guy<br /><br />The Associated Press tells the story of this Jose Lantigua fellow who faked his own death to cheat insurance companies out of eight million bucks, and, oh, guess what? He pretended to be a Ranger before he faked his death;<br />Lantigua, who had emigrated to the U.S. as a youth, purchased Circle K Furniture in 2008 after claiming to have served more than 20 years as a senior officer and in Airborne Ranger special operations in the U.S. Army, where he claimed to have earned the Silver Star, the nation’s third-highest military honor for bravery. Records released by the Army contained no record of Lantigua seeing combat and no record of his serving in special forces or of his being awarded the Silver Star. He was enlisted for two years in the 1970s, then served in the Army Reserve from 1980-2002, records show.<br />He traveled to Venezuela and mysterious died there and then he was cremated and the dearly departed ashes were returned to the family and planted. But the insurance company suspected foul play and refused to pay the claims which all paid off for them Saturday when Lantigua and his wife were arrested in their North Carolina home where the brainiac was hiding out.<br />Lying about their military service is a gateway drug.<br /><br /><br />Category: Phony soldiers

2015-03-28T15:01:39-04:00 2015-03-28T15:01:39-04:00 MSG David Chappell 559068

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Pull them into the light and let everyone see them.

2015-03-28T22:12:39-04:00 2015-03-28T22:12:39-04:00 CW5 Private RallyPoint Member 559080

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="520566" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/520566-11b2p-infantryman-airborne">SGT Private RallyPoint Member</a>, there is an existing discussion thread which is supposed to be a catch-all for stolen valor posts. Here&#39;s the link:<br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/stolen-valor--5">https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/stolen-valor--5</a><br /><br />I think the new and improved Groups feature on RallyPoint may eliminate the need for this. <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> <img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images/000/011/142/qrc/fb_share_logo.png?1443037178"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/stolen-valor--5">Stolen Valor: The Military Perspective | RallyPoint</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">With the recent amount of stolen valor it is hard to keep up with all the different threads being posted here on RallyPoint. From this point forward if you have a stolen valor question, comment, and or post, then add it here. The posts that currently exist will stay, as we don&#39;t want to lose the already existing discussion content. If you have started a stolen valor post prior to this and wish to have it merged to this one then feel free to...</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div>

2015-03-28T22:22:51-04:00 2015-03-28T22:22:51-04:00 SP5 Michael Rathbun 560300

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The Spouse just pointed me to a documentary on an elaborate hoax on the 9/11 survivor community, asking my thoughts about the woman&#39;s motivation. The person involved was Alicia Esteve (&quot;Tania&quot;) Head. The video is on both YouTube and Netflix. The title is &quot;The Woman Who Wasn&#39;t There&quot;. <br /><br />It was impossible not to think about the stolen valour discussions on RP. Our group of fraudsters have it easy, I would say: you can buy finery at MedalsOfAmerica and eMarinePX a lot quicker than you can pick up what you need to be a plausible 9/11 survivor.

2015-03-29T18:10:58-04:00 2015-03-29T18:10:58-04:00 SSgt Private RallyPoint Member 562968

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>While it was extremely wrong for the homeless man to impersonate a veteran ( did he said he had junior rotc cadet stripes on?) i think he was more intimidated that the big dude was gonna rip him to shreds. He could have calmly explain that what the homeless guy was doing is illegal and he needed to take the uniform off in calm manner. Ive seen anything from 18 year olds trying to impersonate a major to a 300lbs dude with a ranger uniform on... Now them two deserve a beating. Just my 2 cents

2015-03-31T05:19:07-04:00 2015-03-31T05:19:07-04:00 SSG Private RallyPoint Member 563053

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Was he claiming to be a veteran asking for help? Or was he merely wearing the top and bottom because he was homeless and asking for money to buy a bite a to eat? Were they sterile or was he wearing name tapes and cool guy badges?<br /><br />ACU&#39;s are just clothes. They can be purchased at any army/navy surplus store. I don&#39;t understand how people get so bent out of shape about somebody wearing wore out ACU&#39;s. <br /><br />I didn&#39;t watch the video. It was a waste of my time.

2015-03-31T07:45:28-04:00 2015-03-31T07:45:28-04:00 CPT Private RallyPoint Member 563071

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I saw that recently. I thought it was awesome. He put that guy in his place as he should have.

2015-03-31T08:06:25-04:00 2015-03-31T08:06:25-04:00 SGT Private RallyPoint Member 563074

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I fail to see the stolen valor...... For all we know of, the uniform could&#39;ve been given as a donation..... This guy could&#39;ve handled the situation better...... He chased the guy...... While stolen valor disgusts me I do think see any evidence from the video that he was trying to be something he isn&#39;t

2015-03-31T08:10:14-04:00 2015-03-31T08:10:14-04:00 CW4 Larry Curtis 563537

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I had started a new discussion earlier and just got a message that because there are so many threads about Stolen Valor that mine would be merged with this one. Suits me just fine but I don&#39;t see my post anywhere so I will repost it as a new comment:<br /><br />This just popped up on my Facebook feed. A man wearing a utility uniform while begging for money. While I applaud the brass of the guy demanding he take off the uniform, there is one thing about this that is worrisome. He asks the man to show him his Veteran&#39;s ID Card. I was unaware that there was such a thing myself. I wouldn&#39;t be wearing the uniform myself, especially if I was in a position that I had to ask for handouts, but I also have a Retired ID Card...since not everyone who has served has retired, I&#39;m thinking that maybe that may have been a little too much to demand of the guy. I don&#39;t know anyone who goes around with their DD-214 in their pocket, either. I&#39;m thinking it could be that the man was simply intimidated by the guy who was about twice his size and didn&#39;t want to get beat to a pulp. I don&#39;t know...good call in any event. People who shame the uniform need to know they are doing something highly offensive to those of us who have actually been there, even if it means legitimate people get targeted from time-to-time. I think a genuine vet would have at least attempted to reason with the guy before he took off running, though. What do you think? <br /><br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=">http://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=</a> [login to see] 658166 <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="http://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10153174582658166">Facebook</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description"></p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div>

2015-03-31T12:51:28-04:00 2015-03-31T12:51:28-04:00 SGT Private RallyPoint Member 565255

<div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-32049"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fstolen-valor-the-military-perspective%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Stolen+Valor%3A+The+Military+Perspective&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fstolen-valor-the-military-perspective&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0AStolen Valor: The Military Perspective%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/stolen-valor-the-military-perspective" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="e64c4c058acbc33a1365672cdddc1d3e" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/032/049/for_gallery_v2/image.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/032/049/large_v3/image.jpg" alt="Image" /></a></div></div>Well, here&#39;s another goofball. This time he went too far.<br /><br />Peter Senese; phony Delta operator scamming families<br />According to the New York Post, this fellow, Peter Senese, pretended to be a Delta Force operator who could help them recover their kidnapped children, scamming at least one family out of tens of thousands of dollars;<br /><br />His first victim, identified only as “V-1” in court papers, turned to him after the parent’s child was abducted in New York in November 2013 and taken to India.<br /><br />He promised he could reunite “V-1” with the child in two weeks with the help of an “unidentified retired federal judge, unidentified teams of international lawyers” and several Delta Force members, the criminal complaint said.<br /><br />Over the course of nine months, “V-1” gave Senese more than $30,000 — as well as other monthly payments of between $3,000 and $5,000 — as he led the victim on a wild-goose chase by texting them fake updates on his supposed rescue efforts in India.<br /><br />“We are a go go go go go. They are to pick (Child-1) up in 11 hours. I am so extremely excited. I’m quarterbacking everything right now at my end. 17 hours into Dubai, 30 hours into New York,” Senese cruelly texted “V-1” on April 26, 2014.<br /><br />According to the article, he strung them along and drained their savings. Senese was arrested on Thursday and faces 20 years in jail. I hope it was worth it for him.<br /><br />Because stolen valor is just a symptom. Thanks to Sean for the link.

2015-04-01T11:29:38-04:00 2015-04-01T11:29:38-04:00 SGT Private RallyPoint Member 565284

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><a target="_blank" href="http://thisainthell.us/blog/?p=59015">http://thisainthell.us/blog/?p=59015</a><br /><br />Veteran confronts homeless poser<br />CavScoutCoastie sends us a link to the story of Garrett Goodwin, an Army veteran and activist who confronts a panhandler wearing an Army uniform in Tampa.<br />Then, said Goodwin, came the clincher.<br />He noticed the man had a Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps patch on his shoulder, something a high school student would wear.<br />That’s when he started to question his story, and on the video can be heard lighting into the man about the uniform and the patch.<br />The video shows Goodwin following the man, who appeared to comply with his demands by taking off the uniform top, which Goodwin demanded he throw in the garbage.<br />In my opinion, these hobos are the worst of pretenders. They give credence to the drug-addled, ne’er-do-well veteran stereotype, when that is hardly ever true. While I don’t encourage folks to confront these bums, it does make me feel good to see vets taking back our image from the Hollywood perceptions. <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> <img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images/000/011/321/qrc/Hobo-pretender.jpg?1443037418"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="http://thisainthell.us/blog/?p=59015">Veteran confronts homeless poser</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description"> CavScoutCoastie sends us a link to the story of Garrett Goodwin, an Army veteran and activist who confronts a panhandler wearing an Army uniform in Tampa.</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div>

2015-04-01T11:41:49-04:00 2015-04-01T11:41:49-04:00 SPC Jan Allbright, M.Sc., R.S. 565325

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Another from TAH<br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://thisainthell.us/blog/?p=59032">http://thisainthell.us/blog/?p=59032</a><br /> <br />His rack is a hoot and he has been upgraded from SEAL or WALRUS. <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> <img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images/000/011/324/qrc/Phillip-Ryman-500x301.png?1443037422"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="http://thisainthell.us/blog/?p=59032">Phillip Ryman/Phillip Price; phony SEAL, Beirut vet</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description"> Scotty sends us his work on this Phillip Ryman fellow (whose name was Phillip Price when he was in the Navy). He claims that he was a Navy SEAL and that he&#39;</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div>

2015-04-01T11:54:06-04:00 2015-04-01T11:54:06-04:00 1SG Private RallyPoint Member 565338

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>There is a continuopus topic thread for it already. <a target="_blank" href="https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/stolen-valor--5">https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/stolen-valor--5</a> <br /><br />I tried to merge your there but have not been able to as of yet. <a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="313343" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/313343-sfc-mark-merino">SFC Mark Merino</a> <a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="45358" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/45358-ssg-robert-burns">SSG Robert Burns</a> can one of you guys make that happen? <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> <img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images/000/011/327/qrc/fb_share_logo.png?1443037424"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/stolen-valor--5">Stolen Valor: The Military Perspective | RallyPoint</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">With the recent amount of stolen valor it is hard to keep up with all the different threads being posted here on RallyPoint. From this point forward if you have a stolen valor question, comment, and or post, then add it here. The posts that currently exist will stay, as we don&#39;t want to lose the already existing discussion content. If you have started a stolen valor post prior to this and wish to have it merged to this one then feel free to...</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div>

2015-04-01T11:57:46-04:00 2015-04-01T11:57:46-04:00 SGT Private RallyPoint Member 572200

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Velis, Stolen Valor bill gains national attention<br /> April 3, 2015 | <br /><br />WESTFIELD – In state Rep. John Velis’s first full-term at the post, he has drawn national attention with his proposed Stolen Valor bill, which would make misrepresentation of a serviceman or woman for financial gain a misdemeanor.<br /><br />Velis, a captain of the U.S. Army Reserves and having served in Afghanistan, said that misrepresenting someone who has served the United States is something that cannot be tolerated in any capacity.<br /><br />“There are just certain areas that are so sacred that you can’t allow people to distort them,” Velis said. “To try to misrepresent that you served in the armed services for financial gain is about as morally repugnant as you can get.”<br /><br />The bill, proposed earlier this year, goes a step further than a similar bill passed by the federal government. President Barack Obama signed the federal Stolen Valor Act into law in 2013. The act makes it a federal crime for people to wrongly identify themselves as the recipient “of any of several specified military decorations or honors with the intent to obtain money, property or other tangible benefit,” according to the White House’s announcement of the signing.<br /><br />Velis said that, though a strong start, this did not go far enough.<br /><br />“My bill fills this void … it does not matter that you did not say you won a medal. If you misrepresent a service member, that is enough,” Velis said.<br /><br />Velis appeared on the Fox News show “America’s News Headquarters” on March 28 to discuss his proposed bill and has seen support on both sides of the aisle in the Commonwealth.<br /><br />“There are 54 cosponsors, both Republicans and Democrats in the House and Senate. I would consider that overwhelming support because there are so many bills out there. To get 54 [cosponsors] speaks volumes,” he said.<br /><br />Velis said veterans from all over have been reaching out to thank him, giving examples of times that they encountered the kind of stolen valor that the bill addresses.<br /><br />The bill is still being discussed in the Judiciary Committee, and if it is sent from committee, Velis hopes the Stolen Valor bill sees a vote within months, Velis said.<br /><br />“It’s a slap in the face to service members and the family of service members … that’s why I felt there was a special need to fill that void in the federal law,” Velis said. “Massachusetts is without question, one of the most pro-veteran states in the nation, so who better than us to lead the pack on this?”<br /><br /> To read the full-text of the Stolen Valor bill, visit <a target="_blank" href="https://malegislature.gov/Bills/189/House/H1641">https://malegislature.gov/Bills/189/House/H1641</a>.

2015-04-04T22:33:24-04:00 2015-04-04T22:33:24-04:00 SFC Private RallyPoint Member 576336

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Simple question: How do you feel Surplus Stores are contributing to the amount of Stolen Valor out there?

2015-04-07T04:51:38-04:00 2015-04-07T04:51:38-04:00 Sgt David G Duchesneau 582203

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I thought that you may find the following article interesting? SF! Dave<br /><br /> A trio of Stolen Valor phonies<br />April 9th, 2015 <br /> <br />A trio of Stolen Valor phonies<br /><br />Back in November there was a sting operation run by the Texas Rangers (law enforcement, not the AL Baseball Team) that worked like a champ:<br /><br /> Police set up a sting operation Saturday to award a man they say was falsely claiming to be an active-duty Navy SEAL with a "firearm of appreciation" before arresting him on charges of impersonating a ranking officer.<br /><br /> Weatherford-Parker County special investigators worked with the Texas Rangers to arrest Carlos Felipe Luna-Gonzalez, 29, three days before Veterans Day.<br /><br /> Gonzalez has posted photos on social media wearing a Navy dress uniform while dining at a local coffee shop. The uniform had a Lieutenant Junior Grade Rank, displayed a Navy SEAL Trident, Jump Wings, and other various awards.<br /><br /> The 29-year-old had also told local law enforcement officials he was stationed at Naval Air Station Carswell as he awaited a medical discharge for injuries he claimed he suffered in Africa on a Navy SEAL operation.<br /><br />After they arrested Carlos, he predictably posted bail, and then promptly ran away to Puerto Rico. <br /><br />But Texas isn't happy with that, and they plan on getting him:<br /><br /> Sheriff Fowler asked Puerto Rico police for help. Monday night, he got word they had his man.<br /><br /> "They wanted to know if we would extradite. They wanted to know in 10 minutes. They got their answer in eight," Fowler grinned. "He couldn't even shine the SEALs' boots, as far as I'm concerned."<br /><br /> Fowler's service included duty aboard two aircraft carriers....<br /><br /> Sheriff Fowler said Gonzalez did serve a brief stint in the Navy, and received a general discharge.<br /><br /> The sheriff said he heard from a lot of vets who were especially angry about the SEAL trident and Purple Heart on the uniform.<br /><br /> The theft charge was only a misdemeanor. Jumping bond on the misdemeanor is a felony.<br /><br /> "I'm going to bring him back — one way or the other," Sheriff Fowler said. "He picked the wrong county, I'll tell you that."<br /><br />The video is pretty awesome:<br /><br />And another case made me even madder, because this guy is actually a Command Sergeant Major, currently serving in the US Army. These next two come from Jonn Lilyea:<br /><br /> <br />McNeill<br /><br />Another active duty member of the military, Command Sergeant Major Perry T. MacNeill of the Headquarters Battery, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Air Defense Artillery, has been sentenced for wearing unauthorized insignia, decoration, badge, ribbon, device or lapel button, in violation of Article 134, Uniform Code of Military Justice, and of one specification of making a false official statement, in violation of Article 107 of the code. The Senior NonCommissioned Officer was sentenced to receive a letter of reprimand, reduction to the E-7 pay grade (sergeant first class) and forfeitures of $500 per month for 10 months. From Guardian of Valor;<br /><br /> According to the charges he wore both the Ranger Tab and the Pathfinder Badge wrongfully and without authority on multiple occasions: on or between March 4, 2011, and Feb. 28, 2014. It also says he submitted an official record to the Centralized Selection List Board for the fiscal year Active Component and U.S. Army Reserve Active Guard Reserve Brigade/Battalion Command Sergeant Major and Key Billet Sergeant Major Board, a falsified enlisted record brief stating he had graduated from Ranger School in 1994.<br /><br />According to his bio, he had two Bronze Star Medals (for Merit), five Meritorious Service Medals, four ARCOMs and six Army Achievement Medals and a member of the Order of Saint Barbara, but I guess that wasn't good enough. The rest of your career will rightfully suck, SFC.<br /><br />And lastly there's this clown:<br /><br /><br />Hugh Clarence Johnson<br /><br />There's this fellow in Washington State, who goes by a number of names, but his real name is Hugh Clarence Johnson. Some of his "also known as" monikers are; Hubert Clarence Johnson aka Hugh Clearence Johnson aka Hugh Clarence Johnson aka Hugh Johnson aka Hugh Jonson aka Clarence H. Jonson aka C H Johnson aka Hugo C. Johnson. He was arrested a few months ago for practicing holistic medicine without a license, according to the Whidbey Island, Washington News-Times;<br /><br /> Former Navy physician C. Hugh Jonson was arrested Wednesday by Oak Harbor police. Another provider at the holistic medicine clinic, Arely Jimenez-Beckius, was also arrested for practicing medicine without a license Feb. 16. [...] Jonson also said he was a prisoner of war during Vietnam, a Green Beret, and had received both the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Silver Star.<br /><br />Well, he's been known in the stolen valor community for quite some time. The old POW Network had this to say about him;<br /><br /> Claims POW, Claims Army SF, Claims Navy Capt, Claims 2 DFC*, Claims MD, Claims psychologist, Claims law degree, Claims law enforcement officer Kimberling County NC. He also has claimed to have been in Baghdad during the first gulf war and through the auspices of the CIA was personally tracking the whereabouts of Saddam Hussein. He claimed to know exactly where he was at all times (with the exception of Saturdays and Sundays). He also claims that sometime in the 60's he was on a secret mission to extract a German scientist from China. He said this scientist had been kidnapped by the Chinese for his nuclear technology and his job was to get him out and whisk him to an undisclosed island somewhere in the Pacific, which he did without any problem.... of course.<br /><br />The Whidbey News-Timesdid their own research on him;<br /><br /> Under a slightly different spelling, Hugh Clarence Johnson was convicted of multiple felonies in 1995 in Sonoma County Superior Court, Calif. Those crimes were associated with practicing medicine without a license, according to court documents and news reports. Oak Harbor Police Detective Mike Bailey confirmed that the Hugh Clarence Johnson convicted in California is the same man who was arrested in Oak Harbor. Johnson was charged with 47 felonies in Sonoma County, “including fraud, forgery and possession firearms,” according to 1995 reports published in the Press Democrat of Santa Rosa, Calif.<br /><br />The News-Times also notes that there is a C. Hugh Johnsonwho is listed as a recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross for service in Vietnam in 1968, but it's not this guy;<br />Hugh Clarence Johnson FOIA Hugh Clarence Johnson Assignments Hugh Clarence Johnson Quals<br /><br />I'll bet that Good Conduct Medal was the focus of his entire career. He couldn't have earned the DFC because he wasn't even in the Navy at the time that the other Mr. Johnson earned the medal. He has a criminal record that goes back to 1975 - mostly for pretending to be something that he's not. Notice in the picture, that he decided he deserved the Navy Cross, too.

2015-04-09T15:36:18-04:00 2015-04-09T15:36:18-04:00 SSG (ret) William Martin 587121

<div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-33569"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fstolen-valor-the-military-perspective%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Stolen+Valor%3A+The+Military+Perspective&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fstolen-valor-the-military-perspective&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0AStolen Valor: The Military Perspective%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/stolen-valor-the-military-perspective" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="e8b27a283bef9a14d04424cce8364d84" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/033/569/for_gallery_v2/MEME_STOLEN_VALOR_JOB_IS_CLASSIFIED.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/033/569/large_v3/MEME_STOLEN_VALOR_JOB_IS_CLASSIFIED.jpg" alt="Meme stolen valor job is classified" /></a></div></div>

2015-04-12T12:43:21-04:00 2015-04-12T12:43:21-04:00 WO1 Private RallyPoint Member 596223

<div class="images-v2-count-2"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-34173"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fstolen-valor-the-military-perspective%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Stolen+Valor%3A+The+Military+Perspective&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fstolen-valor-the-military-perspective&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0AStolen Valor: The Military Perspective%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/stolen-valor-the-military-perspective" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="6ebbd469f64e72ff95779fcdbfa47e22" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/034/173/for_gallery_v2/maxresdefault.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/034/173/large_v3/maxresdefault.jpg" alt="Maxresdefault" /></a></div><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-2" id="image-34174"><a class="fancybox" rel="6ebbd469f64e72ff95779fcdbfa47e22" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/034/174/for_gallery_v2/Not-a-fucking-PNG-e1429120250342.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/034/174/thumb_v2/Not-a-fucking-PNG-e1429120250342.jpg" alt="Not a fucking png e1429120250342" /></a></div></div>Tosh.0 discusses Stolen Valor; what did you think?<br /><br />Stolen Valor actually liked the video, and the publicity it gave the cause, while others likebreitbart.com feel it mocked them.<br />What do you guys think?<br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.breitbart.com/video/2015/04/15/stolen-valor-indignation-mocked-in-comedy-central-tosh-0-segment/">http://www.breitbart.com/video/2015/04/15/stolen-valor-indignation-mocked-in-comedy-central-tosh-0-segment/</a><br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://tosh.cc.com/video-clips/5ns7rz/stolen-valor">http://tosh.cc.com/video-clips/5ns7rz/stolen-valor</a> <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> <img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images/000/012/148/qrc/Tosh415.jpg?1443038852"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="http://www.breitbart.com/video/2015/04/15/stolen-valor-indignation-mocked-in-comedy-central-tosh-0-segment/">Stolen Valor Indignation Mocked in Comedy Central &#39;Tosh.0&#39; Segment - Breitbart</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">Stolen Valor Indignation Mocked in Comedy Central &#39;Tosh.0&#39; Segment</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div>

2015-04-16T14:11:52-04:00 2015-04-16T14:11:52-04:00 CW5 Private RallyPoint Member 599449

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="575842" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/575842-ssg-p-timme-jones">SSG(P) Timme Jones</a>, there&#39;s a special thread for all stolen valor posts on RallyPoint, started by SFC (P) Richard Gilley. Here&#39;s the link: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/stolen-valor--5">https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/stolen-valor--5</a><br /><br />For the record, I will never understand senior personnel (NCOs or officers) who do things like this. Why? This CSM was at the top of his rank structure. Why would he wear unauthorized badges or patches or awards? I just don&#39;t get it. And I don&#39;t think there&#39;s a good explanation for this bizarre behavior. <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> <img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images/000/012/217/qrc/fb_share_logo.png?1443038968"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/stolen-valor--5">Stolen Valor: The Military Perspective | RallyPoint</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">With the recent amount of stolen valor it is hard to keep up with all the different threads being posted here on RallyPoint. From this point forward if you have a stolen valor question, comment, and or post, then add it here. The posts that currently exist will stay, as we don&#39;t want to lose the already existing discussion content. If you have started a stolen valor post prior to this and wish to have it merged to this one then feel free to...</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div>

2015-04-17T20:27:40-04:00 2015-04-17T20:27:40-04:00 LCDR Private RallyPoint Member 714888

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Not that you needed another but as a Genuine LCDR I had to post this.<br /><a target="_blank" href="http://abc7news.com/761240/">http://abc7news.com/761240/</a> <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> <img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images/000/015/105/qrc/761538_1280x720.jpg?1443043799"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="http://abc7news.com/761240/">I-Team: Phony lieutenant commander honored at USS Hornet Museum&#39;s &#39;Living Ships Day&#39;</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">A Santa Clara County man has been able to convince many people that he is the second most decorated soldier from World War II. The problem is, none of it is true.</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div>

2015-06-02T08:35:38-04:00 2015-06-02T08:35:38-04:00 SPC Jan Allbright, M.Sc., R.S. 718573

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>From AZ Central - 4:55 p.m. MST June 2, 2015<br /><br />Our View: Real veterans don't ride out their service on an inactive list.<br />jeff dial<br /><br />State Sen. Jeff Dial serves his legislative district well.<br /><br />He has shown courage on difficult issues, standing up to a governor of his own party on the budget. Reflecting his moderate district, he voted for Medicaid expansion and against anti-immigration bills, knowing they were sure to bring primary challenges from his right. He stood strong for what he believed.<br /><br />But it is a stretch to say he acquired these characteristics via military service, as he did in his campaign for the Senate last year. Dial may technically meet the definition of a veteran, but just barely.<br /><br />As The Arizona Republic's Rob O'Dell reported, Dial joined the U.S. Army Reserve in 1996 and was still a private first class when he was honorably discharged eight years later. Unable to meet weight requirements, he was transferred to the inactive list after four years for "unsatisfactory participation."<br /><br />In the public mind, a veteran is someone who served as part of a unit and, if it came, answered the call to be deployed overseas. He or she was someone ready to take up arms against the nation's enemies. That would be people like U.S. Reps. Ruben Gallego and Martha McSally, state Rep. Sonny Borrelli, who served 22 years as a Marine or Sen. David Bradley, an eight-year Navy veteran.<br /><br />Not someone who rode out his service on an inactive list.<br /><br />Yet Dial calls himself a "veteran of the U.S. Army Reserve" on his legislative bio. He is a member of the Legislature's veteran caucus, though Borrelli says he rarely shows. Perhaps he knows he doesn't belong with people who really served in the military.<br /><br />If he does, he needs to drop all the references to being a veteran. It is a stretch too far even for a politician.<br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/editorial/2015/06/02/dial-stretches-call-veteran/28381909/">http://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/editorial/2015/06/02/dial-stretches-call-veteran/28381909/</a>

2015-06-03T10:42:38-04:00 2015-06-03T10:42:38-04:00 SFC Jim Ruether 766959

<div class="images-v2-count-many"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-48506"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fstolen-valor-the-military-perspective%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Stolen+Valor%3A+The+Military+Perspective&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fstolen-valor-the-military-perspective&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0AStolen Valor: The Military Perspective%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/stolen-valor-the-military-perspective" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="2b91f75c57595f7fee957243ff8fad3a" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/048/506/for_gallery_v2/a5ad4362.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/048/506/large_v3/a5ad4362.jpg" alt="A5ad4362" /></a></div><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-2" id="image-48507"><a class="fancybox" rel="2b91f75c57595f7fee957243ff8fad3a" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/048/507/for_gallery_v2/a0315501.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/048/507/thumb_v2/a0315501.jpg" alt="A0315501" /></a></div><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-3" id="image-48508"><a class="fancybox" rel="2b91f75c57595f7fee957243ff8fad3a" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/048/508/for_gallery_v2/79d94b02.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/048/508/thumb_v2/79d94b02.jpg" alt="79d94b02" /></a></div><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-4" id="image-48509"><a class="fancybox" rel="2b91f75c57595f7fee957243ff8fad3a" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/048/509/for_gallery_v2/bccf885f.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/048/509/thumb_v2/bccf885f.jpg" alt="Bccf885f" /></a></div><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-5" id="image-48510"><a class="fancybox" rel="2b91f75c57595f7fee957243ff8fad3a" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/048/510/for_gallery_v2/a466bf21.jpg"></a></div><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-6" id="image-48511"><a class="fancybox" rel="2b91f75c57595f7fee957243ff8fad3a" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/048/511/for_gallery_v2/43a2266c.jpg"></a></div></div>WARNING!!!! This man is a CON ARTIST, SCAMMER and THIEF!! He conned a friend and STOLE LOTS OF MONEY FROM her!! She met him at the Copperhead Run Rally in Spavinaw, OK ...June 4th-7th. He tells everyone he is a 2 Star General named Jim Davis. He also tells people he is an Airborne Ranger, Green Beret and Special Forces. These are ALL LIES from what other vets have told her!! He tells people he is on General Dempsey's staff at the Pentagon and that he is active retired 34 years in the Army. He also claims he has a house in Key Largo, Florida, 5 motorcycles, a Ferrari; he's on a kidnap list, has 4 purple hearts, a silver star and passed up Brigadier General rank 3 times. He likes to brag about himself and everything is told with monitory value, like his $800,000 house, his $178,000 a year pension, his Bulova watch etc. He claims he has to take a lie detector test every year and he brags about the posh suites that he stays in that "we" as tax payers are paying for. When people come up to shake his hand and they say Thank You For Your Service, he says...Thank You For Paying My Salary. He is, in her opinion one of the worst kinds of criminals. Why? Because he acts like an Officer and a gentleman. He is a wolf in sheep’s clothing. He is courteous, polite and very charming. He has interesting stories and everyone wants to hear them. All of the military guys at this motorcycle rally would come up to meet him and shake his hand. The guys in the different clubs were impressed with his status and stature and seemed honored to be talking to a 2 star General in the Army. Everyone believed his stories and none of them questioned his integrity or the fact that he might not be who he says he is. All he drinks is diet coke but veterans would come up to him and buy him a beer just to talk to him. He is VERY GOOD at conning people and I can't believe I was SO STUPID! He knows how to work people. He says his sister mother and daughter all died of Cancer. He says the tattoo on his right arm was the dying wish of his 4 year old daughter. It says "Property of Beverly". ( I don't believe there ever was a daughter). He says he went to MIT and has an IQ of 188. He is very charming BUT that is the way he schemes and cons people. She has found out recently that a lot of people have been scammed. She's not alone. If it seems to good to be true...IT IS!! This guy is a PROFESSIONAL CON ARTIST. It may not be illegal to impersonate a person in the military but it is ILLEGAL to impersonate an General Officer who apparently has many awards for Valor for the purpose of stealing money. Today she will be contacting the local Police and the FBI and filing a report/complaint. . He NEEDS TO BE STOPPED!! Other things you might see. When his phone rings he always has it on vibrate but he wears ear buds when talking on the phone. If you're lucky he might even show you his phone when it's ringing, it says Gen. Dempsey calling. He also says he has worked at the Pentagon and he showed us his CIA "card" on his phone that has his name, picture and a bar code on it. PLEASE SHARE THIS POST with everybody you know, motorcyclists, military, clubs etc. I'm sure he is stealing from someone else as we speak. He goes by General Jim Davis. His dog tags say Jim C Davis. He has 2 stars on his Goldwing a special forces patch, airborne patch and green beret patch all on his bike. His license plate number is 4985LR Florida plates. She will be printing up flyers with his pictures and info on it and putting them everywhere. **He said he will be in Sturgis at the rally this summer. If anyone knows this man and can shed some light on exactly who he is and what his military background is please post the information here. Thank You.

2015-06-24T12:15:49-04:00 2015-06-24T12:15:49-04:00 LTC Bink Romanick 863090

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2015-08-03T15:26:11-04:00 2015-08-03T15:26:11-04:00 MAJ Ken Landgren 863159

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I wonder how they started to indulge in stolen valor.

2015-08-03T16:01:12-04:00 2015-08-03T16:01:12-04:00 LTC Bink Romanick 863269

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2015-08-03T17:14:00-04:00 2015-08-03T17:14:00-04:00 Lt Col James McMichael 1111785

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I still believe those who are caught in one of their "I really wish I was this guy" scams should get their wish. A judge should sentence them to a tour of basic military training. They would have to complete the entire course or face jail time. I would also let each DI know ahead of time who would be joining their class. That should make for an interesting dialogue? I would advocate literally every time they are caught in their masquerade, they serve another 90 days. What do you think?

2015-11-16T16:27:47-05:00 2015-11-16T16:27:47-05:00 PO2 Amanda Morgan 2498112

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>So the other day the hubs(Navy Vet turned reservist) and I(Navy Vet) were walking through Rural King and we let this gentlemen(motorcycle vests decked out in Vietnam patches) pass us as we were crossing the aisle... well my husband said after you sir(southern charmer he is) and the guy responded &quot;oh you don&#39;t have to sir me I&#39;m just a Sargent&quot; well we understood the joke and kinda laughed it off and my husband thanked him and I graciously nodded in agreement, but the guy preceded to ask us if we had ever heard of &quot;the Vietnam Billy the Kid&quot; we said no... he then preceded to tell us about how he single handily drove on secret missions and that Putins secret police(even though Putin didn&#39;t play apart in Vietnam and was only a small child during Vietnam) had been after him (At this point ive checked out of the conversation while my husband was desperately trying to make his way out of it~Im a bit of an asshole when it comes to situations like this

2017-04-16T16:01:23-04:00 2017-04-16T16:01:23-04:00 Sgt Rex Ray McKinley 2938975

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>That&#39;s great , can you merge mine please

2017-09-22T14:50:00-04:00 2017-09-22T14:50:00-04:00 PFC Private RallyPoint Member 3377654

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>are You allowed to look up if someone completed training you think is stolen valor if you have a secret clearance. I’m NG and my manager has a cac saying she’s in the military and one of the first girls to complete infantry school. Even tho her CAC expired seven years ago but apparently she’s still a first Sgt in the NG

2018-02-21T20:29:58-05:00 2018-02-21T20:29:58-05:00 SPC Diana Jones-Singleton 7778499

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I recently moved to a new area with husband and was immediately introduced to a person&#39; named Mr. Fix-it. My plates are Army Vet and this Mr.Fix-it began to tell me his military service story. This person was three weeks into basic when he was pulled out to become a sharpshooter in Afghanistan in the late 70&#39;s, end of service he got out after that. He gets work in the community by retelling this story. Have I missed something? I did boot in 81 and nobody was that kind of special! I never said a word about my service time to this person, just listened and walked.

2022-07-17T15:02:01-04:00 2022-07-17T15:02:01-04:00 2014-12-03T16:18:01-05:00