Fake Ranger Called Out

The dudes doing the call out seem to forget there is a difference between the tab and the scroll. Plenty of dudes in the 101st with Ranger tabs. Prolly some EOD guys there as well. He obviously was a poser, but damn guys at least have your own shot straight before you call someone else out.
 
lindy said:
No cover and hands in pockets...where have I seen that before?:-"
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We can have you killed for saying that... and I have a resource who lives near a desert to aid in disposal. "But, he said he was going for akike, and he never came back...." :hmm: ... and, we get a tab to remind us that we're "Special".... bastige, SOT-A freak... :whatever:
 
TLDR20 said:
The dudes doing the call out seem to forget there is a difference between the tab and the scroll. Plenty of dudes in the 101st with Ranger tabs. Prolly some EOD guys there as well. He obviously was a poser, but damn guys at least have your own shot straight before you call someone else out.
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I have never served but I can understand their frustration, especially if that guy lost some comrades. However, you are right TLDR20. I pass by the main gate everyday and they have the EOD patch/symbol on the wall along with the other units out at Ft. Campbell (5th Special Forces Group, 101st Airborne Division, etc). I think he could have gone about in a calmer manner, but then again, I've never served so maybe I'm wrong.
 
jonron9937 said:
Why wasn't the fake arrested? Is there not any laws about impersonating a U.S soldier? Surely to God someone can't go to the surplus store and buy this stuff and wear it without legal consequences?
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Under the stolen valor act, It's only illegal if he profits from the impersonation. However some state laws make it illegal period.
 
While it was nice to see someone busted in public, the guys doing the busting went overboard, particularly with the language.
 
jonron9937 said:
What in the heck! He couldn't pass the ASVAB but he got in to college? I don't understand. And the recruiter gave him the info on how to obtain a uniform? Something is fishy there as well.
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Granted the ASVAB can be rough, but what I mean is that he should had to have to a general test like the ACT or SAT to get to college.
 
I think the Ranger Vets did a pretty good job of not killing him right there on the spot and should be commended. If I bumped into somebody sporting a 12ft Sling rope and in cammies I'd have all I could do not to murder them. I watched the Fake Ranger's apology and it seems the news coverage is showing a bit of Bias towards the idiot and college, and putting the Vet's in a negative light, I don't see how their reaction and calling him out warranted an arrest but maybe there was more to the situation that the video didn't show.
 
Sad to say, but usually calling out a poser is a zero sum game. I've done it and been ostracized despite having solid evidence of the posing. People believe what they want to believe and facts are often irrelevant.
 
Freefalling said:
Sad to say, but usually calling out a poser is a zero sum game. I've done it and been ostracized despite having solid evidence of the posing. People believe what they want to believe and facts are often irrelevant.
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Agreed. As much as it feels good on our part to face fuck some poser souls and drink their tears, most people just "feel bad" for the fuck stick and get mad at us. Then it only serves to stress us out and WE stroke out. Fuck em.

F.M.
 

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