There have been a lot of these stories lately. Stolen Valor Act definitely applies here.
Our new electrical specialist claimed to have once belonged to the 75th Ranger Division and that he was also the seventh highest decorated soldier still alive. He also claimed to have a Kentucky Master Electrician's license.
The first claim was easy to disprove, as there was never a Ranger division, and we do have a documented Ranger who works for us and two others who were attached to Ranger units on a temporary basis (one was a medic and the other a translator).
The second claim was even easier to disprove, as there were about one hundred thirty Medal of Honor recipients still alive at the time, and his claims of having four Distinguished Service Crosses just didn't ring true.
And finally, his claim to be a master electrician quickly came unraveled when he couldn't answer the simplest questions about electricity.
He quit about fifteen minutes before he was going to be called to the back and fired for lying on his application.
I own a company and periodically get potential employees claiming military service on their resumes (and I admittedly favor recruiting them).
No claims of medal-of-honor guys, but I’d sure like to be able to check if they got a proper discharge.
The DOD has never been particularly helpful in this regard, essentially demanding a release from the potential employee and a six-eight week waiting period.