Stolen Valor: The Military Perspective

Take this guy out to the whoopin shed and give him the ass whipping of a lifetime.
These people who do this shit are doing it for attention and trying to benefit from it.
Not everyone can serve in the United States Military, but there are many other things that a person can do to serve their country.
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.
Seeing these wacky jobs out there trying to impersonate us is getting pathetic.
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.
Just wanted to see where the rest of you stood on this issue.

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.

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.

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.

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.

That is terrible, it seems that more and more of these are popping up.

Why not just bust him down in rank and recycle him?

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.

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?

This guy is a dufus! Cannot picture him in the Regiment!

Is that a subdued flag?

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.