Why does it matter what people say? It might make him fell better about himself. I read a thread on a different forum a few weeks ago that is frequented by many different types of shooters. This thread began with " I am a seal and I need..." Well this guy had some interesting responses from people wanting to know who his swim buddy in bud/s was, what class, asking to see various navy forms and so forth. They jumped all over him. I figured some 13 year old kid at home had crawled in a hole and died. Well a few hours later there are a few posts from people who are very in the know at this forum telling people to law off, the guy is for real and they know who he is. What the point? 99.9 % of them are not for real. Who really cares. Life is a little short I think.
I think it comes down to the guys who have volunteered to serve and the guys who have died serving really get pissed off when some little notshit nothing dances on their coat tails trying to be something they don't deserve being.
I'm one of those guys that takes exception to it. I have friends who have died protecting people that pretend to be hard like they were. It's a BIG DEAL to me.