Stolen Valor: The Military Perspective

Great job!  Love how you handeled the situation.

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

I recently moved to a new area with husband and was immediately introduced to a person' 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'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.

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

That's great , can you merge mine please

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 "oh you don't have to sir me I'm just a Sargent" 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 "the Vietnam Billy the Kid" 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'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

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?

I wonder how they started to indulge in stolen valor.