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.
'Since we're being sticklers, it's bad form to call medal recipients "winners."'
Amen. This is the same point that the Dims miss when they say that we folks with backbones crave war - nobody likes a war, wars suck. We, however, have the gonads and guts to answer the need! No one "wins" a Purple Heart, a MOH or any award.