What would you do if you found out that a person was lying about his/her military service and/or medals and ribbons?

I have actually done this, I had an individual who was a past commander of our VFW post, I was talking to him one day, he is a year younger than me, mid 40s. He didn't know me from Adam, but the first thing he says is he's a SEAL, did all these top secret missions etc. I asked him his class number, as I went to BUDS 201, and he says he has to go. A while later I became the Quartermaster and those who sit in some way as a board member I require their DD214. He gave me his and on it said Navy SEAL, closed and top secret record, and it was in different type. I am a retired Command Master Chief and in looking at his 214 I could see he exited the military from an F14 squadron. So I call a friend in records, and under the POIA I get his real DD214. Now I could have brought it up at a meeting, and wanted to since good friends who actually were SEALs had died and it really pisses me off. I also learned that the only reason many liked him and voted him in was due to his awesome record and such. I decided to just sit him down and advised him first that we would no longer need his services on the board and since he was drinking heavily again I would not allow him to drink here (he has 8 DUIs and just got out of prison and I don't want him to kill himself or someone else, and our VFW would be found liable), and then I just left him an envelope with the real 214 inside, I said don't open it till later, but you're lucky I don't whip your ass for this, good men have died who earned that trident and the one person who should be the most proud of their service is the person that served. I haven't seen him around to much since and every time I'm there he turns around and leaves.

Oh, that is dangerous ground to walk on. If one has served honorably, and finds out that someone else is out there getting rewards for merely putting on a uniform and learning a couple of phrases, there will be some serious questioning of the liar in question. After that, it will be contentious.

SA Tony Minton I would try to correct it person to person and then report it to the authorities.