Once I told him I was prior service he STFU about being a sniper. He has talked so much BS to me that if he told me it was raining I would walk outside and get wet before I believed him.
I used to do Bounty Hunting a few years back and one of the guys I worked with was a brother USAF Security Policeman, AD assigned to a local ANG Base. Nice guy but he always bragged about being a former Marine and was a Scout/Sniper in the Corps, even had a tattoo on one of his forearms.
I got out of the business and got a call from him one afternoon, seems he LIED about being a sniper and the AF got wind of it and was jamming his butt up over it. He wanted me to send a notarized letter to his CSF, Chief of Security Forces, stating how good of a dude he was, etc, etc. I told him no freaking way, brother Skycops do NOT lie to each other and he wanted me to help his butt out.
Found out a short time after that he got jammed up by the Feds, seems ICE was contracting out pick-ups of illegals to local bail bondsman. The fake sniper got jammed up with several others because they snatched up an illegal Mexican, took him to a hotel, and held him for ransom. Not sure how many years he got for that stunt, but showed what a real POS he was!!!