Posted on 05/24/2006 12:55:11 PM PDT by Graybeard58
The moron tried to fake TWO!!@@
Anyone who's every been a wingman or pointman...can attest to the difficulty of service during a long protracted campaign in that AOR.
And you're "Old Man" is a sage.
I bet there is a damn good story in there somewhere.
There seemed to be a lot of that going on in the 1990's. My own personal experience had to do with a local paper obituary that stated the recently deceased was a career Navy man and Navy SEAL. They listed his awards, one of which was the Navy Cross. I e-mailed the curator of the Navy/Seal Museum in Fort Pierce, FL with the news, knowing, if they didn't already know, they would want to know they had just lost a Navy Cross recipient. There were very few of them in the Vietnam UDT/Navy SEAL units. A day later I get a phone call from the curator of the museum James Watson who informed me he knew all the Navy Cross people in the SEAL teams (from that era) and the guy in the obituary wasn't one of them, in fact hadn't served with the teams. Called the newspaper and spoke to the obituary writer, he was apologetic, told me he had been flummoxed by the family and wanted to know if perhaps he should contact them ... we decided to let it go and not embarrass the family.
Apparently this guy served in the same "sealed records" unit as Kerry.
Stolen Valor is a terrific book and should be read by anyone with an interest in the truth about Vietnam veterans and wannabes.
HAHAHAHAHAHA...good show.
U can pick up a lot of oversized SUUNTO's these days that will do the trick as far as the watch is concerned.
I was speaking metaphorically though, since there are lots of dog fights in bars...
It was Admiral Jeremy Boorda. Chief of Naval Operations. He was about to be `outed' for a single campaign star (or `V' device) on what must have been seven rows of ribbons, by David Hackworth. The day before Hackworth's scheduled TV appearance, Adm. Boorda committed suicide with a .357 magnum.
The paper in the jacket didn't call for the V, but a couple old Boorda lovers came out later saying that it was just a paperwork error. He was also being publicly flogged for the status of the Navy, the Tailhook witch hunt, and women's issues.
For some reason, I think wearing ribbons that have not been earned is a crime. It may be UCMJ though, and not applicable in civilian life.
I just don't know, nor is it a huge issue to me, although I understand why people get mad.
(My paltry few medals were, with much pomp and ceremony, long ago pinned to various beloved stuffed animals, when said stuffed animals were injured by hostile fire from the dog. Probably disrespectful, but they are/were my medals, and my daughters stopped crying.)
I've already admitted my ignorance of the military, does that make me a "winner"?
Honestly, I'm a 4F 62 year old that just doesn't get people faking something like this. It probably starts as a little white lie, trying to get laid. Then somebody introduces you as "Colonel" and you're stuck. Thirty years later you've built this elaborate facade and everybody knows you're an AH.
This is why I always tell the truth and never mention my secret landing on Mars.
Basically anything but "winner"
Earned
Awarded
Honored with
etc.
And if a Marine wants to give you "short gun" inspection, run like hell.
While no record existed of his enlisted record the citation was in a book of Navy Cross citations that the Bureau keeps. The Navy Cross was added to his jacket and BAM he made commander.
You may as well - I can confirm it. I was over on the west side behind some rocks and I saw you land.
Nope! Never!
'Course occasionally if a girl was particularly hot and stupid I might have worked "at an agency whose name I can not tell you".
Worked every time.
I loved that guy. He taught me to read when I was three and left me his library when he died.
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