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The old guy could have answered the questions. Five minutes of jawing would have convinced anyone that he wasn’t a fake.
They really handled the situation wrongly in just about every possible way. Poor old fellow. God bless him for his military service and his ongoing work on behalf of his fellow vets.
That said, military regulations state that a veteran or even a fully retired military member may only wear their uniforms during certain prescribed situations and . . . it must be worn in exactly in accordance with regulation — just as if they were still serving themselves. Clean, pressed, perfectly aligned, every ribbon, badge and patch in its proper place. When the uniform isn’t worn correctly, it invites the skepticism of others, especially from currently serving members and also generates OTT responses from self-proclaimed vigilantes like these.
disgraceful on the part of those officers and the mayor...
Do we know the name of the ignorant, busybody “army soldier”?
If I were the old Marine’s family, I’d find that son of a bitch and throw him in a tank of fermenting chicken shit. Same goes for the cops and the mayor.
Fat affirmative action cop looking for any reason to take down a vet?
Typical doggy...
I wish the whole notion of ‘Stolen Valor’ would go away.
It’s a free country. If some schnook who didn’t even serve his country in uniform at McDonalds wants to dress up in a U.S. Military uniform with more decorations than Audie Murphy, he’s just wearing a costume. What, is someone afraid he might get laid or something? Free Veterans Day cake at Chilis? A 10% discount at the movie theatre? Come on. There isn’t one thing in the U.S. Constitution against dressing up in a uniform and pretending to be something you’re not. If you use it to try to get entry to a military base, that’s a different story, which is why base security doesn’t give a flip about what uniform you have on but your identity card.
What, there’s an exception we make when Tom Cruise dresses up like a Naval officer for a movie, but some twit named Marty can’t dress up in Marine Dress blues from a surplus store -— which is where many dress blues end up anyway.
I got rid of a lot of my old uniforms at a garage sale. Probably some punk rocker is wearing them now. I could care less.
I doubt those two will do so, which makes me wonder how competent and honorable they both were as Marines and how competent and honorable they are as cops.
ex-Army soldier is an expert on USMC uniforms? Like the half breed is an expert on Constitutional law.
BTW, big tip off that he is the real thing - Serial Number. A fake veteran would have used SSN as they do since ~1964. His is in the right range, as mine started with 1858; his 1854.
“Officers acted appropriately.”
I hope the Marine veteran sues. What the hell would an Army guy know about a Marine uniform?
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