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Ah, the “Almost Veteran.”Went to Olive Garden on Veterans Day a few years back for the free food and there was a guy there all decked out in ACU’s and sporting an EMT hat trying to get a free plate. When asked for his 214 he didn’t know what the paper was then told this elaborate story on how he had planned on going to boot camp but couldn’t
From books I’ve read, possibly. Maybe they wanted a certain award they couldnt get in their current position and maybe pulled some string to get a little trigger time. Maybe they pissed off someone important.Would a Vietnam War Army E-whatever with a non-combat desk job be required to periodically go into the bush on patrol? I'm fact checking someone.
I remember one general order: I walk my post from flank to flank and take no crap from any rank.HAHA...we had to learn them in Navy Bootcamp back in the 70's backwards and forwards but if you put a 45 to my head and told me I had to tell you just one of them, I'd tell you to pull the trigger and get it over with...I can't even remember part of one
Here is a more recent of Steve Burrell wearing a Vietnam campaign medal, a Purple Heart, and a bronze star on his sports coat. His name is not in the bronze star recipient database. Guy also threatens anyone who calls him out on the BS. View attachment 568607
He claims to be a black belt in aikido and basically just says he’s gonna beat your ass. Typical warrior stuff. His most recent crock of shit story was that he got jumped allegedly walking his dog through the neighborhood park at midnight and he beat all of them up. That was about a month agoThreatens them with what? Seriously. I know a few who would challenge him for that reason, alone.
So, you plan on “running into him” again?So the other day I was in the gun store when a guy came in to do a transfer on a Kimber 1911. He was wearing a Ferrari hat (warning sign? ), and he was pretty talkative. He started up a conversation about guns, and he said that his interest in guns started after he used guns in the service in Vietnam. That led to something like this:
Me (making conversation): "So what branch were you with?"
Him: "Army, I was in from 1963-65."
Me: "Oh, I heard that in the early years they had a lot of problems with the M-16's reliability."
Him: "Nope, I never heard anything like that. I wouldn't know, I carried a Thompson, I was actually doing work for the CIA."
He moved onto other subjects after that (like severely racist remarks about Obama ), but two things seemed odd to me. I've heard from more than a few vets about issues with the early M-16's, mostly gunpowder related IIRC, so it seemed odd that he'd never heard anything about it. Also the Thompson reference; one of my grandfathers used on in Korea, but I'd never heard of them being used in Vietnam.
This guy was a bit of a prick to begin with, but him throwing out the CIA comment seemed unusual to me, since the people I know who've been there done that don't advertise to strangers they just met.
I have many friends and family who're vets, but none from Vietnam, so I'm looking to find out some info to see if this guy is who he says he is.
Does anyone here know something on the subject that I could bring up to find out if he's FOS or not?
So, you plan on “running into him” again?
On that note, and speaking of the Rangers...Why why why why why!? Why do these retards always have to be special forces, paratroopers, CIA, Mi-17, whatever? Can't you just make up a boring job and call it done? No one would ever think twice about a radio repair guy, who can't fix your radio because he was only trained on one particular radio when he was in Whereveristan. It sounds believable, no one would ever call him out, and he'd get the same 10% discount and "thank you for your service" as a real vet - why add the stupid embellishments?
I pretty much disbelieve anyone I hear claiming to be anything over the rank of E4 who did anything more than waste time - especially if it's the first meeting.
Honest story:
I once worked with the Army Rangers, and can't tell you what we were doing because of classified info.
For a while I worked the Ops desk in the Air Force: I filed flight plans, noted takeoff and land times and received the call when the planes were 10 minutes out and if they had any problems, you know, the real exciting stuff. Our A-10s were working with the Rangers, and we went down to Ft Campbell (?) to fly overhead and do our thing while they did their thing on the ground, note the technical terms.
What we were doing was classified, and I didn't have a need to know despite me having a TS clearance from when I was in Intelligence. So I wasn't informed of what exactly our planes were doing while they were airborne.
I DID work with them - and I can't tell you what we were doing, because they never told me. LOL
Gonna drop you a PDF of the book i'm currently reading. Pretty interesting take especially given the current events unfolding. Really great read so far. Its called Behold, A Pale HorseWe had a real spook/assassin/secret squirrel guy at I had to wait for the book to find out about his interesting history.
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Does he have the boots to match, though?He claims to be a black belt in aikido and basically just says he’s gonna beat your ass. Typical warrior stuff. His most recent crock of shit story was that he got jumped allegedly walking his dog through the neighborhood park at midnight and he beat all of them up. That was about a month ago
Jesus Christ, how pathetic can you get.Ah, the “Almost Veteran.”
Halfway Heroes: 'Near Veterans' Seek Recognition For Almost Serving In Military
Read in the Pentagon and around the world. “They’ve made a lot of fun of me and I’ve enjoyed every bit of it.”—Defense Secretary Jim Mattiswww.duffelblog.com
And the name of him who sat on it was named deathGonna drop you a PDF of the book i'm currently reading. Pretty interesting take especially given the current events unfolding. Really great read so far. Its called Behold, A Pale Horse
Had a college classmate I knew for a fact went to work at CIA.I had a second cousin who worked for the government. He never really brought up work. It was only after he passed that we found out he worked for the CIA.
A - he switched agencies for a better jobHad a college classmate I knew for a fact went to work at CIA.
Ran into him at a Christmas party. He handed me his business card, and it said, “U.S. Department of Agriculture.”
What type of attention whore does that?Here is a more recent of Steve Burrell wearing a Vietnam campaign medal, a Purple Heart, and a bronze star on his sports coat. His name is not in the bronze star recipient database. Guy also threatens anyone who calls him out on the BS. View attachment 568607
And you know what? There is nothing to be ashamed of by being a mechanic. What is going on with these people that they need to lie so badly?Ah Yes! This all reminds me of the guy who owns a gun shop in West Swanzey he was telling all that would listen that he was a Marine Warrant Officer Pilot (there were three of them he wasn't one) come to find out that he was a Lance Corporal (E-3) basic auto mechanic.
I’m curious about the sauce.He got fired pretty quickly because he was also an idiot (he put cocktail sauce an bbq chicken).
Sorry he was supposed to cook bbq chicken, instead of putting Bbq sauce on he put cocktail sauce (shrimp cocktail) on it.I’m curious about the sauce.
Sorry he was supposed to cook bbq chicken, instead of putting Bbq sauce on he put cocktail sauce (shrimp cocktail) on it.
Since you're apparently the expert here on 'outing' phony Vets....You might want to chat about the "Bills Pizza incident" in the 90's after IPSIC practice.One of the biggest red flag is people who try very hard to steer the conversation to get you to ask something so they can reply "It's classified above top secret, I cannot discuss it with you". Frusrtate them by just saying "impressive" and leave it at that without any conversation extenders.
I never claimed any expertise on outing phony vets, and have no military background. I have seen people in other (non-military contexts) deliberately steer conversations just to be able to say "that is secret, I can't tell you" - like it somehow makes them important. My comment about biggest "red flag" was in reference to self-important blowhard bs artists, not fake vets specifically - but I see how it could have been taken that way.Since you're apparently the expert here on 'outing' phony Vets....You might want to chat about the "Bills Pizza incident" in the 90's after IPSIC practice.
When waiting for the pizza's some loudmouth in the gun crew (not you) started talking guns, then Vietnam, then "REAL Vietnam Vets, don't talk about it". A quiet older guy sitting with the crew got up and left....and offered a word of health advice directed to your word warrior pal.