When stolen valor shaming goes horribly wrong. Your Thoughts?

I wish we could reach out to him. I was trained by Vietnam vets. I have a lot of respect for them.

Completely disgraceful

This is exactly the crap that makes me keep my head down on Veterans Day, it ain't worth the crap when some stupid ass young service member decides he's got something to prove in front of all his buddies. As much as I admire and respect the Marine Corps all I can say to this is way to go stupid jar heads.

Shame on those a-holes.

A few weeks ago I saw a couple of soldiers walking around post with strange Gray and Orange patches and a burnt Orange beret. I've been in a hot minute and had Never seen this before. You know what I did? I saw one of them later that day and politely Asked him what it meant. Turns out it's a group that trains soldiers of our allies. It's that simple. I Asked. Politely. He was very nice; I was very polite. Everyone walked away happier and a little better informed. So if you see someone and you THINK they're stealing Valor, why not just politely ASK them, kindly, with an eye towards becoming better educated. People Love to talk about themselves and what they do. If they're a Pretender, you get the the information without Confrontation and can report them to the proper authorities. If they're legitimate, you haven't made an idiot of yourself or hurt anyone. Why is this so hard to comprehend?

This was more about their own amusement than actually taking offense to witnessing what they believed to be stolen valor. They're nothing but a bunch of bullies. I hope their chain of command was notified and took appropriate action.

I'm against people who commit "stolen valor" but some of this stuff just goes way too far. I'm sick of seeing videos of people who can't control their emotions and ultimately make the military look like a bunch of self entitled a-holes. We need to spend more time teaching tact across all services.

Who does this crap? Do we need to start carrying our DD214's to protect ourselves. I had someone attempt to call me out saying I wasn't a retiree. I showed my ID card to stop his crap, and even that didnt seem to be good enough. I can't help it that I don't look like shit after 27 years in the Army...

back in 85, I was in hospital scrubs, outside the gate at Ft. Meade, some superlifer started to jack me up. In the first place they were civilian scrubs, from a civilian hospital from a school I was going to on the GI Bill having been honorably discharged from Ft. Meade about 30 days prior. That idiot though I was from Kimborough Army Hospital.

This is what happens when vigilantes dispense "justice". Thus it has always been. Obviously, the offenders should be reported to their CO and punished accordingly. However, it does raise another, more interesting topic of discussion: What should one do when they suspect that someone is posing? It doesn't warrant a 911 call, but who do you call? (And your better not respond "Ghostbusters")