Ok.
I larfed.
/+1

Presidential material.

Leavenworth is lovely this time of year...

Looks like the NG is going to have to do what the Seals do.

If you want to impersonate someone with a uniform, impersonate a cop. They are corrupt, authoritarian poltroons, so that's no problem.

/insert marine core soldier joke here

I would never impersonate a National Guard soldier, cuz I was in the Marine Core.

Pocket Ninja: /insert marine core soldier joke here

Almost a simul-post.

My guess is they'll give him a year, then after he's been out for six months come back and tell him he's gotta do another year, and on and on and on...

/VE 'cause I can

ScubaDude1960: cuz I was in the Marine Core.

oh i love you for this. hahahahaha

Wife-like typing detected.

Or he'll be TOLD it's just a weekend a month...then he'll get deployed to another prison that's much worse for a lot longer than his sentence.

:golf clap:

Nicely done subby.

Send him to...Detroit!

Well played subby!

Nah.

Public execution. That should help prevent some scammers.

NO!!! NOT DETROIT!!!

KW

nicely played subby.

2wolves: Leavenworth is lovely this time of year...

Iraq is lovely this time of year: It's the dry season.

What happened to that pic of GWB?

ScubaDude1960
cuz I was in the Marine Core.

You were at the center of the ocean? How was that?

/obligatory

Where did that G Dub pic go?

Suicidal Writer: Looks like the NG is going to have to do what the Seals do.

I don't have a good reference on it, but the FBI at some point released a statistic that there were about 350 fake ex-SEAL's for every real ex-SEAL.

noiseboy: /obligatory

forgot this:

ftfa: buddy's uniform didn't meet specifications. The size 50 waist was a dead give-away.

Try this again:


It doesn't pay to impersonate National Guard members.

They should give him a choice: jail or the Army.

On second thought, no. We don't need losers like him in there.

Stop-Loss National Guards would like a word with Subby.

noiseboy: "Brandon Adams was arrested on Saturday after an Iowa National Guard soldier saw him dressed in a uniform that did not meet Army specifications. He was near First Avenue and 10th Street Southwest in Cedar Rapids."

Found him...

Is that blood on the wall?

FTA:"Brandon Adams, 21, of 925 10th Street #C, Marion, was arrested after an "observant" Iowa National Guard soldier saw him dressed in a uniform that did not meet Army specifications near First Avenue"


"Spc. Scott Wheat, right, rushes to assist Cedar Rapids Firefighter Brent Smith, left, and Sgt. Brandon Adams, second from right, as they carry Louie Moran of Cedar Rapids to safety on 1st Ave W. after being rescued from his home on June 12, 2008. (THE GAZETTE | JONATHAN D. WOODS)

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HMMMMMMMMMMMMM

wildcardjack: Suicidal Writer: Looks like the NG is going to have to do what the Seals do.

I don't have a good reference on it, but the FBI at some point released a statistic that there were about 350 fake ex-SEAL's for every real ex-SEAL.

I can easily believe that. Reading other sites comments about the army/navy/marines there's always a bunch of morons spouting off that they're ex-SEAL's and you shouldn't talk shiat to them. Really farking stupid.

/Ex-SEAL
//Just farking with you
///I wouldn't even want to impersonate one of those badass motherfarkers, in case a real one was sneaking around behind me.

Send him to Iraq.

Daddakamabb:
noiseboy: "Brandon Adams was arrested on Saturday after an Iowa National Guard soldier saw him dressed in a uniform that did not meet Army specifications. He was near First Avenue and 10th Street Southwest in Cedar Rapids."

Found him...

Is that blood on the wall?


My god, sir, good eyes.

scottydoesntknow: wildcardjack: Suicidal Writer: Looks like the NG is going to have to do what the Seals do.

I don't have a good reference on it, but the FBI at some point released a statistic that there were about 350 fake ex-SEAL's for every real ex-SEAL.

I can easily believe that. Reading other sites comments about the army/navy/marines there's always a bunch of morons spouting off that they're ex-SEAL's and you shouldn't talk shiat to them. Really farking stupid.

/Ex-SEAL
//Just farking with you
///I wouldn't even want to impersonate one of those badass motherfarkers, in case a real one was sneaking around behind me.

I met an ex-SEAL once... does that count ;)

Daddakamabb: noiseboy: "Brandon Adams was arrested on Saturday after an Iowa National Guard soldier saw him dressed in a uniform that did not meet Army specifications. He was near First Avenue and 10th Street Southwest in Cedar Rapids."

Found him...

Is that blood on the wall?



can you get the blood to run UP the walls?

I was being funny, but that picture I posted is him.
Here is his story about what happened.



"Posted By: Brandon Adams Post Date: 06/15/08 12:02:00 PM
Title: Wow

Hi this is Brandon Adams, and this seems to be the only way to clear my name. See if i was impersonating a soldier i would be in Fort Leavenworth as of now by US Marshalls. I did get taken into custody but problem is being the reason they just didn't know who i was. They CRPD Slammed my name as a hero. Then bring me down being the National Guard didn't find my papers. It's all over, i wish to reply as if everyone cannot slam my name. For example, if you look at the gazette paper from Friday. You see me on 3A saving a victim from the area. With a fire fighter Brent Smith. I wish people would understand the military messes up. I got my sorries out of it. Now i'd wish people wouldn't call me scum. I've served my country now for over 6 years. Iraqi operation freedom veteran and numerous operation. The national guard doesnt know Army Reservist actions or policies nor regulations apon our soldiers. This is all over me dropping a soldier that was sleeping on a ****** and i wasnt his acting NCO. Sorry mam's and sir's but in my book. I dont want civilians watching a person that's representing the US Army by sleeping next to a ****** at a checkpoint. Then that soldier came back and cried. So here iam a free man? any questions?"

I used to be in the army reserves and I think half of the guys that showed up for drill should have been arrested for "attempting to impersonate a soldier"

The bill on their lid (lid = civilian for hat) was folded in a an upside down V, their BDU's look like they were just fished out of the bottom of the dirty laundry bin, shirt buttoned halfway, hands in pockets, 2 day old beard, they constantly had a cig in the corner of their lips, even in formation...

I watched Rambo and thought those guardsmen looked pretty clean cut and put together compared to who I saw 1 weekend a month..

So I am wondering how do you spot "someone who is slightly out of uniform" when most of the people are. I am thinking instead of the U.S. Flag, he had a Hello Kitty emblem or something outrageous like that, otherwise it would be pretty darn hard to tell...

/and for the record, I was a college student, usually hungover at drill and I still managed to show up looking ok..

Daddakamabb: scottydoesntknow: wildcardjack: Suicidal Writer: Looks like the NG is going to have to do what the Seals do.

I don't have a good reference on it, but the FBI at some point released a statistic that there were about 350 fake ex-SEAL's for every real ex-SEAL.

I can easily believe that. Reading other sites comments about the army/navy/marines there's always a bunch of morons spouting off that they're ex-SEAL's and you shouldn't talk shiat to them. Really farking stupid.

/Ex-SEAL
//Just farking with you
///I wouldn't even want to impersonate one of those badass motherfarkers, in case a real one was sneaking around behind me.

I met an ex-SEAL once... does that count ;)

Haha sure. My godfather (70 years old now) was a SEAL before they were named that (BUDS program/underwater demolitions). He's the most badass mother farker I know and has the scars and stories to prove it.

LOGICAL_PSYCHO: FTA:"Brandon Adams, 21, of 925 10th Street #C, Marion, was arrested after an "observant" Iowa National Guard soldier saw him dressed in a uniform that did not meet Army specifications near First Avenue"


"Spc. Scott Wheat, right, rushes to assist Cedar Rapids Firefighter Brent Smith, left, and Sgt. Brandon Adams, second from right, as they carry Louie Moran of Cedar Rapids to safety on 1st Ave W. after being rescued from his home on June 12, 2008. (THE GAZETTE | JONATHAN D. WOODS)

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That looks suspiciously like MARPAT...

That's probably him, yeah.

From the message posted by LOGICAL_PSYCHO - I did get taken into custody but problem is being the reason they just didn't know who i was. They CRPD Slammed my name as a hero.

Why does that last bit send my B.S. detector clanging away? I mean, besides the questionable writing skills of this guy?

/Why is "slammed" capitalized?

Wow, what a horrible journalist. The writer never even mentions what the man did to impersonate "a National Guard member". Except that "an Iowa National Guard soldier saw him dressed in a uniform that did not meet Army specifications".

Is someone standing in a flood-zone wearing camouflage automatically arresting or do you need to do something else?

FTFA: "after an Iowa National Guard soldier saw him dressed in a uniform that did not meet Army specifications...


If a NG Soldier noticed he was out of uniform...what was he...naked???

look at those eyes. coked up or what.

I Like Weapons: LOGICAL_PSYCHO: FTA:"Brandon Adams, 21, of 925 10th Street #C, Marion, was arrested after an "observant" Iowa National Guard soldier saw him dressed in a uniform that did not meet Army specifications near First Avenue"


"Spc. Scott Wheat, right, rushes to assist Cedar Rapids Firefighter Brent Smith, left, and Sgt. Brandon Adams, second from right, as they carry Louie Moran of Cedar Rapids to safety on 1st Ave W. after being rescued from his home on June 12, 2008. (THE GAZETTE | JONATHAN D. WOODS)

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HMMMMMMMMMMMMM

That looks suspiciously like MARPAT...

That's probably him, yeah.

What the hell are you talking about? Have you not seen an Army uniform since, like, 2004? The guy in the picture is clearly wearing ACU's. If you mean that it looks like MARPAT in that it's digital, then yes, it looks like MARPAT. The only reason it looks darker than usual is the fact that it's wet.

Wanted for questioning.

sofa_King_2006: I used to be in the army reserves and I think half of the guys that showed up for drill should have been arrested for "attempting to impersonate a soldier"

The bill on their lid (lid = civilian for hat) was folded in a an upside down V, their BDU's look like they were just fished out of the bottom of the dirty laundry bin, shirt buttoned halfway, hands in pockets, 2 day old beard, they constantly had a cig in the corner of their lips, even in formation...

I watched Rambo and thought those guardsmen looked pretty clean cut and put together compared to who I saw 1 weekend a month..

So I am wondering how do you spot "someone who is slightly out of uniform" when most of the people are. I am thinking instead of the U.S. Flag, he had a Hello Kitty emblem or something outrageous like that, otherwise it would be pretty darn hard to tell...

/and for the record, I was a college student, usually hungover at drill and I still managed to show up looking ok..

Your telling me, I only got wise and stopped drinking the night before drill about a year in. It wasn't worth it throwing up during pt every friggen time.

/Next thing I know, off to the suck I go.
//me-"But I have finals, wtf?"
///USMC-fark your finals, get your ass to 29 palms.
////God I miss college.

Here's the story as it appears on the Cedar Rapids Gazette site. And some occasionally interesting comments, including many from Brandon. Seemingly he's a sergeant in the reserve who was not assigned to be downtown but jumped into his uniform to "help out".

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sarcastic664:

What the hell are you talking about? Have you not seen an Army uniform since, like, 2004? The guy in the picture is clearly wearing ACU's. If you mean that it looks like MARPAT in that it's digital, then yes, it looks like MARPAT. The only reason it looks darker than usual is the fact that it's wet.

Definitely a wet ACU. I can't see what else would be wrong about him in that picture. The vest blocks out every other patch that we could see. I can't recognized what is on his right arm.

I wish there was more to this story because it seems like there could a mix up with the Army.

It would be easy to buy a uniform for nefarious purposes by ordering from rangerjoes.com, or the like. I saw some loser slob in Costco wearing ACU pants and top with tennis shoes. Top was unziped with some black t-shirt. He was listening to an ipod, and was about 50lbs heavier than allowed, so I know it can be done.

Being a former National Guardsmen I'm wondering how that is actually a criminal charge. Guardsmen have no arrest authority so he can't be charged with impersonating a police official. Entering a flooded area can't be described as trespassing. Certainly wearing camouflage isn't a crime. Wearing military insignia on camouflage also isn't a crime, lest we start arresting vets.

So unless there is some specific law on the books regarding this the guy there isn't much that can be done.

/Don't know if that quoted post was him or not but we do have a Reserve MP detachment here in Davenport.
//Also don't know if he was activated for this since the Gov. doesn't have control over the reserves
///Local Guardsmen activated for a third time to Iraq a few weeks ago

Snowflake Tubbybottom: Being a former National Guardsmen I'm wondering how that is actually a criminal charge. Guardsmen have no arrest authority so he can't be charged with impersonating a police official. Entering a flooded area can't be described as trespassing. Certainly wearing camouflage isn't a crime. Wearing military insignia on camouflage also isn't a crime, lest we start arresting vets.

So unless there is some specific law on the books regarding this the guy there isn't much that can be done.

/Don't know if that quoted post was him or not but we do have a Reserve MP detachment here in Davenport.
//Also don't know if he was activated for this since the Gov. doesn't have control over the reserves
///Local Guardsmen activated for a third time to Iraq a few weeks ago

yes there is the stolen valor act. Also it couldve been a military arrest which would have been in order too for uniform infractions, plus he probably wasnt on orders. I don't think reservist do this type of thing, it usually left upto NG, they go on title 32. My hats off to him for helping out and squaring a soldier away, most likely he did it for free. However if he wanted to help he should have contacted his unit or a local national guard armory, they would've hooked him. I never had to worry about any of that, my unit would just call me up. I worked 2 tornados and worked katrina relief.

oh,ok I finally read the article the police arrested him, my guess is the NG probably found out he wasnt a soldier or there wouldnt be an arrest.
Found a "SPC" brandon adams 366th mp co, probably stillwater Oklahoma In AKO. what hell was he doing in Iowa, then again he couldve been a local and drilled in stillwater. The police probably did release him but I am sure the Army will have a word with him.