Why do those who Steal Valor claim to be Special Forces so often?

This Guy is certafible bat-shit loony, Check out One of his IMBD pages where it has a message board. He wrote a post pretending to be his own groupie. But he used his own user name.

It is not hard to spot this, as most SF friends I have (I was just an 11b), but my first platoon sergeant was SF, and became a SGM, SF. Most don't tend to brag, they are that self assured. I ran into one in Thailand, great man...was an SF medic. He later became a PA, and we both ended up at Fort Ord, 14 years later. I went in to see "the doc" for what we called "Jungle Rot" (I was a battalion S-1). The doc looked at me and it was my friend from Thailand. You would never know this PA had such a background... He was self assured. Was damn good to sit and talk to him almost daily. I have a nephew, who is a Navy diver, with those gold jump wings. He has been attached to SEAL teams for over 10 years (SEAL delivery teams) who are carried in specially re-designed nuclear subs, that can launch their delivery vehicle. Now, he is not a SEAL, but has been through a lot of the same training (has. Enlisted helicopter pilot wings...and yes, the Navy did have this year's ago, in addition to many other specialties, like cross rated as a corpsman). He is a little guy, a Navy Chief, now teaches at the BUDs training school at Coronado. (His list of medals are quite impressive). Like I said he is a little guy, with a constant smile and is the first man to help you move or take you to the biggest dive in Honolulu, only because the food there is fantastic. To sum this up, they are on a nuc sub for up to months, waiting to be inserted somewhere. At about 5ft 7 or 8, he comes off the sub with about 17 or 18 inch arms and in the 1 to 2% body fat range... Work out and eat well is pretty much what they do on the big boat, in addition to constant scenario briefs. Like I said, he has a constant smile, would run out in traffic to get a dog or cat who could get hit. He was in a 7-11 a few years ago, getting a slurpee, when two (now called thugs), pants pulled down, wearing hoodies. The first one...well over 6 ft, intentionally bumped the Chief, and as the second thug was approaching (putting my nephew between them). Well, the little Chief had both of them on the floor and bleeding (missing teeth, broken noses and possibly other injuries), in what was only a couple of seconds. Still smiling, he got his slurpee, the store owner said no charge, and he walked out as if nothing had happened. Watch out for those who are self assured, don't wear every award made, and are truly very self assured. He has taken me to one of his bases (a base within a base) and I had the honor of meeting most from that team...where rank had very little meaning, as I saw an E-8 and the team CO both in an in-ground pool...a really big pool, quite well covered, practicing on one of their delivery vehicles...the Senior even threw me a line to help pull some life vests through the mini-sub, not knowing or caring I was no longer in the military. They had a wall with pictures of those Kia, it had some names that made big page news. My nephew has been to a lot of funerals, and to be shown this wall of honor was really a treat. Sorry for being long winded...tha is what being an S-1 and going to law school does to ya... And, no. I didn't take the bar, I told the dean I wasn't a big enough ass hole to be an attorney (nor did I flunk out), I was an 11b...

Because they have no idea how cool it is to be a turd chaser on an Aircraft Carrier. If they only knew, we would have more SV Hull Technicians and Electricians Mates.

Soooooooooooooooooooooo........he broke damn near half the bones in his spine.............yet still practices Martial Arts and Japanese Archery? Possible, however not too entirely likely at the "extent" of physical form he was prior to said (BS) injury. Why do I say this? Well....I refer to this link:

http://www.disabled-world.com/artman/publish/spine_picture.shtml

I think they likely start with small lies that seemed to be believed, and then those lies give way to bigger lies and when no one confronts them they are all of a sudden Special Operations Space Shuttle Door Gunners who dropped into Moscow and smoked a joint with Gorbachev.....

Even his movies and tv shows are uncredited. But hey not everyone can be a Armarine Sea Lion Team A qualified and achieve the rank of 3rd Captain First Class. His time on Tatooween mattered to the people of the people's republic of Falconia.

He has been voted off the Rally Point Island.

Easily recognizable for civilians. Know elite unit. More recognition and attention.

Because Special Forces are cool. And there's a segment of guys who spend time gaming or walking around fake worlds with a beefy avatar pretending they are badass, so it's an extension of that...and a lack of courage to admit who you really are. Nobody steals valor saying they're a tanker pilot, which makes me kinda sad.

BTW, CPT Pitre, good catch on this one!!