If you click on BFAC's "about" page, there is nothing on it. No mention of military service, units served with....nothing. Somewhat odd that someone who chooses to identify themselves with a military identifier wouldn't put anything at all about their service on their about page.
Although, in fairness, I haven't seen BFAC actually claim to be a black female army captain at all. After all, it is just a screen name. For example, it may surpise some to learn that I am not actually the chin of the incomparable Bruce Campbell.
I know many fellow vets, and I don't know any who would choose to identify themselves simply by rote recitation of race, gender, branch, and rank. More ofter you get some slang, or MOS identifier, etc.. It's almost like someone just invented that combination so as to check off every possible box to gain credibility so their opinions could not be attacked.
Just throwing that out for consideration.
You know...some 16 years ago when I joined FR, I got into a bit of a flame tiff with another poster and went after their screen name. I learned that screen names and people are not the same thing...we pick screen names for lots of obscure reasons. Unfortunately my screen name is my actual name...I was born a poor big kahuna into a family of 17 big kahunas. We used to have to wake up at 3:17 in the morning and sweep the lake before school where we walked uphill in the blinding snow...but we were thankful.
As for screen names, I sometimes post on threads related to science and medicine because it interests me, but some people mistakenly think I am an MD as in Medical Doctor because of my screen name (and I’ve never claimed to be an “MD”) but rather the MD stands in my screen name stands for Maryland as in I’m originally from Maryland but now living in Pennsylvania. I also don’t have anything on my Home Page but only because I’ve not gotten around to it and just don’t think it’s that important.
But I had some conversation with her on this thread on which I and others (some of them current of former military members) had to explain to her things about good military order and discipline and why Lance Cpl. Monifa Sterling’s Court Martial had little or nothing to do with her religious beliefs but rather for her repeated failures to follow orders and IMO, it was pretty obvious that she (BFAC) knew nothing about military order or about Court Martials. So who knows how or why she chose her screen name, except perhaps as you said, it was “to check off all the boxes”. Perhaps she can or may chose to explain or clarify?
Good point. S/he posts too much, throughout the day, to be active military.