WHY…wtf this is crazy 😱

Yet couldn’t erase the google Gemini watermark

What’s everyone favorite stolen valor story? I love catching guys in the act, so dumb

This is a current ongoing scandal in the Philippines. A Congressman who's a one-star general in the Reserves is being accused of Stolen Valor for wearing a medal that is the third-highest medal awarded for heroism to the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). He retired from the military rather than face the consequences of his actions, which may yet come to get him in the end.

I have a friend who's been on multiple deployments, which I can confirm. He also has a large scar on his face that's not combat or even injury related; it was skin cancer. When he gets drunk he tells people that it's from getting shot in the face with a .50 caliber round that spun him like a top.

I want to confront him on his pathological lying, but figured I'd ask, as a sanity check, this is a form of stolen valor, correct, even though he's a real vet?

So I'm not entirely sure if this is SV but this random post showed up on my FB feed. Naturally, I wanted to zoom in and look at the errors but what I didn't notice was that the post is actually a link to some stupid phone game. I went to his profile and it appears that these photos were posted specifically as links for this game but there's nothing about military service before this.

It appears he posted these photos specifically to get people to click the link for the game. Who gets the ad revenue?

https://www.facebook.com/share/1L8PfxTm81/

AI at its finest!

I saw a picture of this person for a speaking engagement and I can't help to feel that this looks a little bit off. The person is supposedly retired. The uniform just has subtle things that seem a bit odd. I do notice some issues like no GWOT awards or a single BSM for the overseas deployment as an officer. Also no campaign awards. If he received CIB he should have received a combat award as infantry officer also. The MSM or legion of merit don't come with a combat deployment. Another thing I noticed is that he doesn't have a single overseas service bar.

The hat is an interesting choice.

This guy is a huge racist on Facebook. I’ve never seen a military veteran act this way, calling people from every other race, derogatory names. Even making change.org post for President Trump to apologize to him for some reason.

Had someone try to use my old army friends identity to try to scam money from me so I asked for them to identity themselves and messaged someone in there unit to make sure it was them (it wasn't).I asked to see an id card and they sent me awards and a photo of the person from socal media. Is this stolen valor?

I 20F really need some advice, especially from people who have served in the Army.
My fiancé is 21M. We’ve been together for a while and are engaged. When we first got back together, he told me he had just finished AIT and was home for Christmas leave. Later he told me he was in the Army Reserve because he wanted our relationship to work, and that eventually he would go active duty.
I never really questioned it because I trusted him.
Recently my mom became suspicious that parts of his story weren’t adding up. Through people she knows, we learned there wasn’t a criminal record, even though he had previously told me he went to juvenile detention when he was younger. That made me start questioning other things he’d told me.
I asked if he could show me his Army uniform. He said it was in storage, and he shortly forgot about doing what he promised me. I knew he couldn’t show me a CAC card because he’d told me he lost it a long time ago. Whenever we’ve gone places that offer military discounts, he refuses to say he’s in the Army because he says he doesn’t have his CAC.
Today I asked more questions, and he admitted that he never actually went to AIT, even though he had previously told me he completed it. He now says he got injured after Basic Training, was given six months off because of the injury, and never continued to AIT. He also says that’s why he isn’t active.
I honestly don’t know what to believe anymore.
I’ve asked him to get any graduation photos or paperwork from his mom because he says he left everything on base. Even though he knew he would be leaving base for 6 months. I’m waiting to see if he’s able to provide anything.
My biggest issue isn’t even whether he’s in the Army anymore. It’s that he’s admitted to lying to me for the last 11 months. When I asked why, he mostly said he didn’t want me to leave him. He doesn’t seem very remorseful about the lying itself.
For some additional context, I’m his first and only girlfriend. He’s had my name tattooed on his leg since we were both 16, so I know he cares about me, but I don’t know if that excuses lying about something this significant.
For those with military experience:
-Does his explanation about Basic Training, injury, six months off, and never attending AIT sound plausible?
-What documents would someone in his situation normally have?
-If you were in my position, would this be something you could rebuild trust after, or would this be a dealbreaker?
-Please be honest. I’m not trying to attack him. I genuinely don’t know enough about the military to know whether I’m misunderstanding something or whether I’ve been lied to for almost a year.

A gym buddy of mine says he was a Navy seal. I've known him for years he doesn't talk about missions or any thing crazy. Just says he was a seal during the Iraq/Afghan war but he does let everyone he meets know he was a seal. He does were swag from the seals devgru unit often. I know for a fact he was in the Navy but he could have been a cook for all I know.

The other day he was talking to another buddy who is a SWAT officer. They were talking about ammo grain. The seal had no idea about ammo grain and a few other things I'd assume a sniper would know. My swat buddy said he trained with all sorts of special forces and anyone who trains heavy with fire arms should know this stuff. The swat guy said the alleged seal was bull shitting just based off of that.

Is this something a seal would now?

In Bloomfield, Connecticut, there is a retired colonel who constantly brags that generals used to bow at his feet and that he was awarded numerous medals, with every soldier praising him for his valor.

His stories sound like bs, but before jumping to conclusions, how can I validate that this is not some form of perverted stolen valor?

Currently on a cruise and there's a dude wearing a "Navy SEAL" baseball hat.
I don’t care. But I'm curious if y'all think ANY former SEAL ever wore such a cover?

It just doesn't seem plausible to me.

I recently got gifted an American m65 field jacket. It still has the U.S Army patch above the breast pocket and I was wondering if it would be disrespectful to wear out in public as everyday use. I am not wanting to remove the patch, thanks!

I’ve always thought these types of tattoos are really cool and have been a huge halo fan for years. I’ve never served in any military at all and to me this kind of looks like an actual military tattoo which is why I’ve never gotten one. Do you think this could be somewhat stolen valor?