Wes Moore apologizes for ‘honest mistake’ in claiming a Bronze Star

The Hill ^ | 08/29/2025 | Cheyanne M. Daniels

[xp38]

honest mistake....yeah right

[Worldtraveler once upon a time]

(D) stands for dumb.

[cgbg]

What Americans understand about Democrats is that they lie...

A lot...

About everything.

They only “regret it” when they get caught.

[alternatives?]

I would like to see deposits made to Lt. Gen. Michael Fenzel’s bank accounts.

[broken_clock]

Though he has won…

Won? That always bugs me when that word is used. How about awarded.

[decal]

And “dastard.”

[Kahuna]

This article makes it sound like the National Defense Service Medal is on par with the medal of honor. Every serviceman or woman gets the service medal for being on active duty during the time window. In other words Moore had earned nothing close to a bronze star.

[Omnivore-Dan]

And they only regret getting caught.

[IYAS9YAS]

Though he has won multiple awards for his service, including the National Defense Service Medal,

Everyone who served during the time period encompassed by this medal got one. Whether they served in country or never left their comfy chair stateside. I give no credence to this medal. It's a damned participation trophy.

[SuperLuminal]

Scumbag!

[Jamestown1630]

If he had been recommended for the medal, would it be routine for something like that to be noted in his military record?

[Signalman]

That’s correct. To win the National Defense Service Medal, you have to have on a uniform, be breathing and have a pulse.

[llevrok]

Well at least he did not throw his fictitious medal over the White House fence.

[HereInTheHeartland]

I used to have an active private pilots license and flew a Cessna 172.
Can I say I’m a astronaut?

[TangoLimaSierra]

DaNang Dick is still the champ of stolen valor.

Second would be John Kerry Heinz for throwing someone else's medals over the fence at the Capitol.

Who'd I miss?

[FroggyTheGremlim]

Well I won a Nobel Prize for Physics and another one for Phrenology.

[Carry_Okie]

Now he’s made it a “dishonest mistake.”

[Kahuna]

A Cessna 172! By golly you earned the Air Force Silver Star with 5 oak leaf clusters. Well you would have earned this medal with another decade of service.

[cgbg]

Don’t forget Walz.