Stolen Valor?

[J.B.]

Is there anyway to verify if someone has served?

[muzzlebrake]

Ask them for their DD214

[JBT]

not sure on how to verify but can we get some of the juicy details to your story please

[MQ32Shooter]

All I got is Discharge papers. Is that a DD214? Was way back in about 1975, so I forgot.

[DRT]

In the 80s we got a DD214. Had to present it to employers.

Gary

[TxSon1836]

something happen that makes you think someone is stealing valor?

[breederbuck33]

Originally Posted by TxSon1836

something happen that makes you think someone is stealing valor?

Yes I want to hear the back story.

[Johnny44]

Originally Posted by J.B.

Is there anyway to verify if someone has served?

Hey man, just because some one served don’t mean they can’t steal valor.

I was waiting on a bone scan at the VA in San Antonio when some yahoo that was in for 36 months was telling me he was a SEAL, Recon Marine, Delta, and SF. I called him a liar and the fight ensued and ended very quickly. I told my ole lady on the phone what happened after the VA cops settled things and I said “I’m not saying I deserve better, but I earned better because I’m retired”. So now I go on base or to private Doctors off base.

If you are driven to question such, it probably ain’t someone you wanna be around anyway.

[az2tx]

Originally Posted by MQ32Shooter

All I got is Discharge papers. Is that a DD214? Was way back in about 1975, so I forgot.

mine was 77 haven't seen in years

[MQ32Shooter]

Originally Posted by az2tx

mine was 77 haven't seen in years

My wife found mine the other day cleaning out a file cabinet.

[My Father’s Son]

Ask to see their DD214. It’s basically a summary of their service. Ask them what their MOS and unit was also.

[Johnny44]

If he tells you strange stories about strange places and has an unusually high number of humanitarian medals and presidential unit citations then he is the “real deal”.

[Charles]

Ask detailed questions. If he answers, "that's classified" he's full of ****.

If he's claiming be to a Navy Seal sick Don Shipley on him. If you don't know Don Shipley here's a link to his youtube content https://www.youtube.com/results?sear...ry=don+shipley

[Chew]

There were less than 300 Navy Seals that served in Vietnam. I've met all 5000 of them.

[Radar]

Originally Posted by Chew

There were less than 300 Navy Seals that served in Vietnam. I've met all 5000 of them.

. True dat

[Kdurham]

Originally Posted by My Father’s Son

Ask to see their DD214. It’s basically a summary of their service. Ask them what their MOS and unit was also.

Anyone can find MOS and unit online. Can’t deny a DD214 as full proof.

[AntlerCollector]

If he can't produce his DD214, then look up Don Shipley on the www. He can help ya

[Johnny44]

Originally Posted by Chew

There were less than 300 Navy Seals that served in Vietnam. I've met all 5000 of them.

Too funny and sad

[Anvilheadtexas]

Originally Posted by AntlerCollector

If he can't produce his DD214, then look up Don Shipley on the www. He can help ya

I dig a good Don Shipley stolen valour call out on YouTube. Some of these clowns are quite humorous.

[Johnny44]

Originally Posted by Kdurham

Anyone can find MOS and unit online. Can’t deny a DD214 as full proof.

Yes you can, folk will make their own, certified copy stamp and all.

[Kdurham]

Originally Posted by Johnny44

Yes you can, folk will make their own.

Yeah good point. Didn’t Shipley bust someone with a fake one?




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[Johnny44]

I don’t know but some folk go to great lengths.

[Blank]

The DD-214 is proof positive that you served, and has all the basics of time, rank, rate, schools attended and type of discharge. It definitely does not have all the specifics of in-country experiences, and deployments. If you have yours, it is always a good idea to go down to your local county clerks office, and have it recorded. Cost is minimal and then it is always available if you need an official copy issued again. Another thing that is available now for Veterans benefits, and discounts on goods and services throughout the country is a Veterans ID card. It verifies actual service, discharge, and comes in hard plastic with your current picture on it.

[Black_foot_]

Every time I see stolen valor I immediately think of this copypasta.



What the **** did you just ******* say about me, you little ****? I'll have you know I graduated top of my class in the Navy Seals, and I've been involved in numerous secret raids on Al-Quaeda, and I have over 300 confirmed kills. I am trained in gorilla warfare and I'm the top sniper in the entire US armed forces. You are nothing to me but just another target. I will wipe you the **** out with precision the likes of which has never been seen before on this Earth, mark my ******* words. You think you can get away with saying that **** to me over the Internet? Think again, ******. As we speak I am contacting my secret network of spies across the USA and your IP is being traced right now so you better prepare for the storm, maggot. The storm that wipes out the pathetic little thing you call your life. You're ******* dead, kid. I can be anywhere, anytime, and I can kill you in over seven hundred ways, and that's just with my bare hands. Not only am I extensively trained in unarmed combat, but I have access to the entire arsenal of the United States Marine Corps and I will use it to its full extent to wipe your miserable *** off the face of the continent, you little ****. If only you could have known what unholy retribution your little "clever" comment was about to bring down upon you, maybe you would have held your ******* tongue. But you couldn't, you didn't, and now you're paying the price, you god**** idiot. I will **** fury all over you and you will drown in it. You're ******* dead, kiddo.

[RangerRick2012]

Did I miss the back story?

[whitecrow]

Originally Posted by Black_foot_

Every time I see stolen valor I immediately think of this copypasta.



....gorilla warfare.......

Stopped reading right there.......

[txbowkill]

Originally Posted by whitecrow

Stopped reading right there.......

What did the Gorillas do to you?

[Tx_Wader]

I thought you were supposed to file a copy of your DD214 at the county courthouse in the county where you live?

[White Falcon]

Easiest way is to ask them their service number. If they don't know it then my guess they DIDN'T serve.

[billythefish]

In my opinion bloaters are worse than guys who pretend to have served. A bloater is someone who did indeed serve in the military, yet knows just enough information to bull**** and lie about what tours they did, where they served, with what unit etc.

I've encountered quite a large amount of marines and army guys here who do that ****. Usually involves a female...always funny hearing them backtrack "oh well well I didn't actually go out on patrol in that location" lol

[Ætheling]

Originally Posted by White Falcon

Easiest way is to ask them their service number. If they don't know it then my guess they DIDN'T serve.

They havent issued those in almost 30 years. Its just been your Social Security number since then.

OP are you prior service?

[Bluesman]

Originally Posted by Chew

There were less than 300 Navy Seals that served in Vietnam. I've met all 5000 of them.

I'll account for one. I was helping him move some furniture in 1982. We pulled a couch away from a wall and I noticed a picture frame laying on the floor, it was a Seal Certificate of Training.
I asked him about it and he simply said, "I was wondering where that was."
He preferred not to discuss his service in Vietnam. "I save that for the VA Hospital." I respected that, and always will.

[sailor]

Originally Posted by White Falcon

Easiest way is to ask them their service number. If they don't know it then my guess they DIDN'T serve.

B176675-----
Please, don't send Mr.Shipley after me....
I hope, I didn't steal anybody's valor.....

[muzzlebrake]

There's 2 things I'll never forget. One is my Army Serial # and the other is my first piece of ???
Carry on!

[txwhitetail]

Seems like I meet more cooks that say they were seals than I do folks that didnt serve at all.

[billythefish]

Originally Posted by sailor

B176675-----
Please, don't send Mr.Shipley after me....
I hope, I didn't steal anybody's valor.....
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I never met anyone pretending to be a sailor so you should be fine

[Kdurham]

Originally Posted by billythefish

I never met anyone pretending to be a sailor so you should be fine

Jack tripper was a cook in the Navy.


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[sailor]

Originally Posted by White Falcon

Easiest way is to ask them their service number. If they don't know it then my guess they DIDN'T serve.

Originally Posted by billythefish

I never met anyone pretending to be a sailor so you should be fine

Says, the guy named "fish"...…...

[CWendling]

I did 2 floats, granted one was only for a month, on LST-1191, the Racine. Fun times on those flat bottomed suckers

[Charles]

Originally Posted by sailor

B176675-----
Please, don't send Mr.Shipley after me....
I hope, I didn't steal anybody's valor.....
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Thank you for your service!

You aren't by chance kin to Pocahontas are you?

[Kdurham]

Originally Posted by sailor

B176675-----

Please, don't send Mr.Shipley after me....

I hope, I didn't steal anybody's valor.....

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Were you on it during Beirut?


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[billythefish]

Originally Posted by sailor

Says, the guy named "fish"...…...

and so it begins lol.

[Hunteraudit]

Ask him his MSU number. If he gives you a number then you’ll know he likes to Make Stuff Up. If he says “what’s that?” then you can continue your investigation.

[TacticalCowboy]

Can someone fill me in on the reasons somebody would “steal valor”? Is it just for attention, or trying to get the 10% discount at the donut shop, or what?

I see this stuff all the time on the book of faces and such, but don’t understand the purpose.

[Hunteraudit]

Originally Posted by TacticalCowboy

Can someone fill me in on the reasons somebody would “steal valor”? Is it just for attention, or trying to get the 10% discount at the donut shop, or what?

I see this stuff all the time on the book of faces and such, but don’t understand the purpose.

Lack of a moral compass coupled with a selfish desire for notarity or financial gain.

[TacticalCowboy]

Originally Posted by Hunteraudit

Lack of a moral compass coupled with a selfish desire for notarity or financial gain.

Seems like a lot of effort for that discount at the donut shop haha

[Kdurham]

Originally Posted by TacticalCowboy

Seems like a lot of effort for that discount at the donut shop haha

Yeah 10% isn’t much. Now the 50% off at Popeyes makes sense. Lol


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[TacticalCowboy]

Originally Posted by Kdurham

Yeah 10% isn’t much. Now the 50% off at Popeyes makes sense. Lol


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In that case, I’m gonna go get me some BDU’s

[PlanoDano]

1. For those who believe no one claims to be a sailor. All Seals are sailors.

2. It has been more than 40 years since service numbers were used.

3. I respect those who served as cooks, it is an important , difficult and underrated job.

4. Not all branches use MOS

[bowhunter_2]

Originally Posted by Ætheling

They havent issued those in almost 30 years. Its just been your Social Security number since then.

OP are you prior service?

They definitely do still issue a service number.