Stolen Valor
Stolen Valor
Posted on Nov 18, 2019
Do you think a former enlisted person who claims to have been an officer is a case of Stolen Valor, or is it something else?
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SPC Ron Salsbury
As my old Drill Sergeant used to say, "I work for a living..: I take pride in being an Enlisted man, especially serving in the E-4 mafia, we got things done Officers couldn't!!
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"I have an entry under 'Father's Name' on my Birth Certificate - there's no WAY I could be an Officer!"
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LTC Eugene Chu
Officers are usually respected higher in civilian sector for executive / white-collar recruiting purposes.
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It is something else. Maybe mental illness. Maybe just douche baggery. I've known a few veterans that told the same lies so many times they started to believe them.
An enlisted guy claiming to have been an officer certainly does not qualify as Stolen Valor. The other way around might be.
An enlisted guy claiming to have been an officer certainly does not qualify as Stolen Valor. The other way around might be.
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Sometimes prior enlisted officers inflate their former enlisted careers. I remember a Colonel who liked to brag about having been First Sergeant in Vietnam, to imply he held the grade of E8. Come to find out, he was a Sergeant (E5) prior to attending OCS. I suppose he might have briefly held the First Shirt position for a day or two, but but the only MSG he ever had was in his fast food.
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Are you asking if it's possible? absolutely yes. I know a couple of officers that got passed over that resigned and enlisted to finish out their twenty and at least one that just didn't like the lifestyle and went back to being enlisted. I know two that resigned their commission and took warrant positions, which certainly has it's advantages. If it's actually true in this case, no clue without seeing a DD214.
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