Stolen Valor

One of my wife's relatives was going into the navy. Since other vets in our large extended family are all army he came over one night to see what I would tell him. First he asked me about being at sea. I told him depending on his rating he could spend quite a bit of time below the water level. He was trying for machinestmate. Told him to get his course books study what was in them and apply what he learned and ask questions, then when the written test and practical tests come up and answer his questions to the best of his ability. Learn up on fire drills as well. Far as I know he's still in the navy and probably be there. Frank
 
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Stolen Valor!
 
I don't know what this has to do with valor, but I somehow have a
good memory for trivia, so thought I would share this old song I think
I learned in the Air Force:

Into the air junior birdmen
into the air boy scouts too
into the air junior birdmen
and keep your nose up in the blue.

When they make those presentations
and hand out those wings of tin
you too can be a junior birdman
if you mail your boxtops in.
 
A guy was bragging about being in the Air Force in Korea in 1953.
I asked where he was stationed. He said Kimpo. I said Oh, K14?
He said what's that? I said that's what I thought. He looked bewildered
but I think he got it.
 
crazyphil said:
I don't know what this has to do with valor, but I somehow have a
good memory for trivia, so thought I would share this old song I think
I learned in the Air Force:

Into the air junior birdmen
into the air boy scouts too
into the air junior birdmen
and keep your nose up in the blue.

When they make those presentations
and hand out those wings of tin
you too can be a junior birdman
if you mail your boxtops in.
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Singin the above is an excellent way to start a brawl between the Army and Air-force.:D It actually happened with my dad's outfit and the Army--when he was in Korea. This was one of his few stories I can remember--cept for a week long carpgame he started in some latrine in Japan.
 
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crazyphil said:
A guy was bragging about being in the Air Force in Korea in 1953.
I asked where he was stationed. He said Kimpo. I said Oh, K14?
He said what's that? I said that's what I thought. He looked bewildered
but I think he got it.
Click to expand...

Poseurs are easy to bust-even if the buster--never served like ive (Law Enforcement ONLY) done before. Like with LEOs, you can tell by a certain kind of talk-whether a person served or not? I got complained to by one guy I "busted" who claimed to be with the Blue and White Devils-in iraq-and said he came home with ptsd. All bs on his part-he moaned that I would know that stuff because I collect militaria. True--I KNOW some stuff-but its 99% German.:rolleyes:
 
I usually hold my tongue, but can tell almost instantly when someone is full of ****. Had a driver tell me he was a Marine scout sniper and that he got med-sepp'd and got to keep his Barrett .50 haha.


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My thoughts exactly--how has he kept from having a real veteran stick his head though that glass door behind him? The boy must be a world-class sprinter.
 
A curious mix of Army and Air Force awards. And a CIB with TWO stars ?
 
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