[BattleFlag]

" How much do you want to be Majied was not a Navy SEAL in Vietnam?"

I think the smart money would be all over that bet.

But, I did some checking and it does appear that an Ahmad Majied of Albany, Georgia was in the Navy, achieving the rank of E-9, Master Chief Master at Arms (basically law enforcement). Since for whatever reason he's a democrat, I doubt that knowing the odds are better than even that the memos are bogus would have influenced his comments at all.

And really the fact that he appears to have been in the Navy does not really prove or disprove anything as my guess is most of, if not the majority of SEAL posers were actually in the Navy thereby having at least enough knowlege about the Navy and the military in general to be able to fool all but the most knowlegable people they run into.

[SkyPilot]

Thanks for the research. If he served, then he did. We at FR are after the truth--and we won't denigrate true vets. But none of the sources mentioned can be trusted because reporters today are out for quick blood--because Kerry is behind 9 points.

You know that--and I know it. They would rather publish a retraction on page 59 than miss an opportunity to get a slam on Bush in the www.yahoo.com hompage AP headlines.

You are correct about SOME former Navy impersonating SEALS. I saw a TV program that talked about it once--and you are right---the imposters needed to "talk the lingo" a bit in order to pass themselves off.

In most cases, the program said they were disguntled Navy enlisted who held various service jobs.

Here is the link to the SEAL Hall of Shame