i think the mutt deserves to have his picture posted... 
Posted on 02/09/2012 2:05:25 PM PST by smokingfrog
The director of counseling at a nonprofit for veterans in Houston confessed Wednesday to lying about his military record and falsely claiming a Silver Star and other medals.
Paul Schroeder, 40, portrayed himself as a decorated Special Forces sergeant first class who suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder after serving in combat in Iraq, Afghanistan, Africa and Central and South America.
In his job at the nonprofit PTSD Foundation of America, Schroeder mentored veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and led group therapy sessions at local churches and the Star of Hope Mission. He also lectured at least half a dozen times at the Houston Police Academy as part of a PTSD awareness program for officers and cadets.
"Veterans helping veterans is such a great tool because we have been there," he said in an interview with the Houston Chronicle last year. "We do understand. We can speak the same language, and if we've confronted those demons and come out the other side, it gives them hope that they can do the same. And that's really the key to defeating suicide and things of that nature is having hope that it will be better."
But the Army has no record of Schroeder ever serving in Special Operations, deploying to Iraq or Afghanistan or anywhere else, and no record of him receiving the Silver Star, Bronze Star, Purple Heart, Combat Infantryman's Badge or other decorations he claimed to have earned, said Mark Edwards, spokesman for U.S. Army Human Resources Command at Fort Knox, Ky.
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i think the mutt deserves to have his picture posted...
Is there a possible prison term associated with this kind of thing?
Federal misdemeanor. Could result in 6 to 12 month imprisonment if convicted.
Thank you for your valiant service Brig Watcher!
wait... there were prisoners??
heh
Over twenty-six years, I must have done at least a dozen different jobs, from leading and training troops to helping drive UAV’s.
My service awards can be best described as lackluster. Doesn’t mean I will ever be less proud of what I’ve done.
I’ve met so many phoneys it makes my head spin. Bob and Dave know what I did, the awards are on my DD214 and with that and a buck I can get a coffee at MacDonalds.
Well put. Same here.
JJ
John Kerry too!
I think that it was this guy’s liberal defenders, that it was his right to lie about his service under the guise of Freedom of Speech!”
BOL: “there was an upside”
The devil made you do it, right!
Bob, your post is another reminder that war for some of us is, well fill in your own description:_____________________
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