So he's going to get in trouble because the Stars and Stripes reporter is an idiot?
/I wonder if he got any Cambodian breast milk?

While this guy is a jerk for lying, these kinds of people are out there.

I served with a guy in Iraq in 2009 who had also served in Vietnam. I saw the paperwork.

I was in the 24th Michigan at Gettyburg, so I'm really getting a kick out these replies.

MyNameIsMofuga: So he's going to get in trouble because the Stars and Stripes reporter is an idiot?
/I wonder if he got any Cambodian breast milk?

Even if the Stars and Stripes hadn't reported it, he could still get in trouble for saying that.

Sir... does this mean that Ann-Margret's not coming?

DjangoStonereaver: [www.grunt.com image 500x375]

Stands by his fellow coreman.

Holy balls !!!

Is there a medal he ISN'T wearing other than the MoH and the one Leia hangs on Luke's neck at the end of the first "Star Wars" ?




At least he's not wearing Levi's Dockers and a specialty pin from the wrong service

Hell, the people in my reserve unit still can't believe that I'm in the military.

Lady Beryl Ersatz-Wendigo: I was in the 24th Michigan at Gettyburg, so I'm really getting a kick out these replies.

Meh, Bunker Hill was worse.

Lady Beryl Ersatz-Wendigo: I was in the 24th Michigan at Gettyburg, so I'm really getting a kick out these replies.

British Thermal unit 2nd Punic war

In '04 during OIF II we had 4 combat Vietnam vets out of the 45 people in my unit. Yeah it was an "aged" reserve command unit and these guys were in their late 50's but still that is something people didn't even realize was possible.

I thought I'd better join before I got drafted.

Yeah, gee, it's not like there's any easy way to check these things in the information age... The military doesn't keep records or anything, and nobody in the world is capable of using basic math to figure out if your story is true or not. Dumbass.

It's like the woman at work who I just caught plagiarizing something yesterday. It's ridiculously farking easy to figure out if you plagiarized something off the web. Why the fark would you copy/paste something complete with formatting (and just change the pronouns to make it look like you wrote it) that someone else wrote when asked to submit something for our company website? That kind of laziness could get us in trouble and it takes all of 5 seconds to check if that's what you did or not, dingbat.

Just hope I don't end up being the one who gets in trouble over it though, since she's management and I'm not.

Vietnam war, isn't that one of those silly wars in which you yanks never won?

Mirrorz: I didn't fight and die in the Australian-American war just so you pansies can go on and on about it never happening. It was a brutal time. We were surrounded and out of ammo. I had to kill over 200 wallabies with my can opener. It was a blood bath...

that sounds like hell soldier.....


/why didnt you take one of their uzis?

Cheron: Lady Beryl Ersatz-Wendigo: I was in the 24th Michigan at Gettyburg, so I'm really getting a kick out these replies.

British Thermal unit 2nd Punic war

I'm tempted to say I fought in the 1st Punic War. But, I'll just end this by saying that I fought with the Elamites against those assholes from Sumer.

QuinnTheFetus: Vietnam war, isn't that one of those silly wars in which you yanks never won?

When we lose, we call it a Military Engagement.

Would disagree.

QuinnTheFetus: Vietnam war, isn't that one of those silly wars in which you yanks never won?

It was a tie! Hippies made us not win!!!

/common excuse

I am constantly amazed by the former GI's I know who "embellish" their time spent in the military. I served and I rarely speak of it. It makes no sense to me why anyone would lie about the when or where of their service. Sure, I tell what we call "war stories" to people however, they are all true. I don't see a need to make it into something it was not.

Managed to travel to 5 continents. I like it here better than anywhere.

//older
///lawn is off limits
//Fark this and any other clown who lies about their service!!

the_celt: I am constantly amazed by the former GI's I know who "embellish" their time spent in the military. I served and I rarely speak of it. It makes no sense to me why anyone would lie about the when or where of their service. Sure, I tell what we call "war stories" to people however, they are all true. I don't see a need to make it into something it was not.

Managed to travel to 5 continents. I like it here better than anywhere.

//older
///lawn is off limits
//Fark this and any other clown who lies about their service!!


To be fair, you appear to have actually done some interesting things in the military. There are people who join the military and haven't gone anywhere or done anything other than some support job, especially if you served before 9/11 and got stationed in the US.

I still wouldn't lie about it (and I don't lie about my service which consisted of fixing radios, although I was stationed in Germany), but I suppose it is easier for some people then admitting their time in service was a waste of time. Although everyone should at least be able to tell an interesting story from basic training if they served.

Apparently lots of ex Navy SEALS, Army Rangers, Delta Force members, Recon Marines and Blue Light operatives now drive tractor trailers. That's what they say on the CB radio, but when asked to elaborate, they don't like to talk about it.

Launch Code: Apparently lots of ex Navy SEALS, Army Rangers, Delta Force members, Recon Marines and Blue Light operatives now drive tractor trailers. That's what they say on the CB radio, but when asked to elaborate, they don't like to talk about it.

I once worked with a dude who said he was a Vietnam vet. Had the bumper stickers, hats, jackets. The full kit. Saw his birth date on a form once and it was 1964.

/stop with the child soldiers America

//claimed he went back to get POWs with a secret unit when I called him on it.
///he's not Chuck Norris

How about emotionally recounting the time your rich, white, racist father marched with MLK? (but obviously never did)

AlbinosRPeople2: Cheron: Lady Beryl Ersatz-Wendigo: I was in the 24th Michigan at Gettyburg, so I'm really getting a kick out these replies.

British Thermal unit 2nd Punic war

I'm tempted to say I fought in the 1st Punic War. But, I'll just end this by saying that I fought with the Elamites against those assholes from Sumer.

Whipper snapper. I killed my brother and got rewarded with a fancy mark for it.

Got the chance to talk to a marine who did a combat tour from '04 to '05. The stories he told were crazy, but mostly believable.

Perhaps one of the most enlightening things he said he learned from his time there is what he learned when they were doing a patrol with some Kurd soldiers.

One of the Kurdish guys looks over at him and says, "You guys need to leave."
My friend asks, "Why?"
The Kurd responds, dead pan, "So the Sunnis and the Shia can start killing each other."

Soon after we'd entered Iraq (for the second time), I was alone in a parking lot. A man walked up, pointed at my bumper where I have a sticker that says "WAR is NOT the ANSWER", and asked "Have you ever been in the military?" I have not and told him so.

Then I tried, as best I could, to explain why I opposed the wars. I really struggled to be thoughtful and honest. He responds with "Well, I'm a Vietnam Vet and you're wrong."

I could see that he either used an incredible moisturizer or he was too young to have served in Vietnam. I guessed he'd been born between 1965 and 1970. So, I said "Let me see your Drivers' License."
"What?'
"Your Drivers' License:give it to me."

He eventually admitted that he had never been in the military at all. I offered, considering his convictions, to drive him over to the local recruiters' office, but he declined.

I was pumping gas while in uniform a few months back.
Guy on a Harley walks over and asks for simple driving directions.
He says he was in Vietnam and his son is in Afghanistan He looked every bit the part of a Vietnam vet.
Like he has had the same long hair and beard since he got back.
As he says thanks for the directions and service he gives me a hug.
It was nice to be appreciated and I told him the same.


Next thing I did was to see if he had stolen my wallet.

URAPNIS: I was pumping gas while in uniform a few months back.
Guy on a Harley walks over and asks for simple driving directions.
He says he was in Vietnam and his son is in Afghanistan He looked every bit the part of a Vietnam vet.
Like he has had the same long hair and beard since he got back.
As he says thanks for the directions and service he gives me a hug.
It was nice to be appreciated and I told him the same.


Next thing I did was to see if he had stolen my wallet.

You made me say "a-w-w". Seriously, that sounds so sweet. And shame on you thinking he'd taken your wallet.

Magorn: Lunaville: Soon after we'd entered Iraq (for the second time), I was alone in a parking lot. A man walked up, pointed at my bumper where I have a sticker that says "WAR is NOT the ANSWER", and asked "Have you ever been in the military?" I have not and told him so.

Then I tried, as best I could, to explain why I opposed the wars. I really struggled to be thoughtful and honest. He responds with "Well, I'm a Vietnam Vet and you're wrong."

I could see that he either used an incredible moisturizer or he was too young to have served in Vietnam. I guessed he'd been born between 1965 and 1970. So, I said "Let me see your Drivers' License."
"What?'
"Your Drivers' License:give it to me."

He eventually admitted that he had never been in the military at all. I offered, considering his convictions, to drive him over to the local recruiters' office, but he declined.

One of the ways you could also tell he didn't serve in Vietnam is that, to a man, every veteran of that war I've ever met (and like I said earlier, I do business with a couple dozen) is EXTREMELY anti-war. One of my more indelible memories

October 15, 2001- Standing in the firelight from a life-szised Paper-maiche Bhuddist pagoda made from the front pages of newspapers from 9/12/01, a large grizzled biker raises his beer and with tears in his eyes says "Here's to all those that died that day...and to all the young men who will die BECAUSE of that day....godamnit, we really thought we might be the last"

Hmm, I have suspected the majority of Vietnam Vets to be anti-war, but I've never been in the military. From about 1985 to 1989, I hung around with some folks whose Dads' had been to Vietnam. It wasn't unheard of for one of them to loudly declare "We should have won!" I have always assumed they picked that idea up at home.

Lunaville: URAPNIS: I was pumping gas while in uniform a few months back.
Guy on a Harley walks over and asks for simple driving directions.
He says he was in Vietnam and his son is in Afghanistan He looked every bit the part of a Vietnam vet.
Like he has had the same long hair and beard since he got back.
As he says thanks for the directions and service he gives me a hug.
It was nice to be appreciated and I told him the same.


Next thing I did was to see if he had stolen my wallet.

You made me say "a-w-w". Seriously, that sounds so sweet. And shame on you thinking he'd taken your wallet.

Oh, I was just being snarky. I didn't really do that.

Sgt Otter:

Looks like some shiathead in an ill-fitting Marine uniform rocking a farked up ribbon rack and a Navy SEAL trident.

The pleated pants are the best part.




Captain Soulpatch here was apparently awarded the Victorian Cross at some point. Prolly during his stint with the SAS (topmost)

/Good show, chap

I've always been a little leery of veterans who brag excessively about their military record. Most who actually saw action or did anything noteworthy tend to be a little closed lip or at least hesitant to speak openly about it.

One Bad Apple: Sgt Otter:



Captain Soulpatch here was apparently awarded the Victorian Cross at some point. Prolly during his stint with the SAS (topmost)

/Good show, chap

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When I was in Iraq in '04, we had a Navy Chief who, it was rumored, had a Bronze Star from Vietnam. Apparently, he only went on active duty when it came time to go somewhere, so he was also in on Desert Storm.

And, frankly, I believe it. The dude looked to be about 75. I would have swallowed that he had landed on Iwo.