"Oh yeah I'm Special Forces"

[sierra11b]

Old neighbor was an 11S claiming to be Special Forces in Vietnam. Not realizing that the 18series MOS wasn't given till later (instead, it was the "S" ASI), I verified his service through a couple friends. I felt very stupid and apologized profusely. The man thanked me for verifying him and then showed me thousands of old pictures of him in country.

[Anchors]

Update

Already posted *delete*

[champion]

I work at a Conference Center and one day I notice one of our servers had really shiny shoes.

Me: Those are some shiny shoes. You military?
Him: I was.
Me: What branch?
Him: Air Force.
Me: What did you do?
Him: I was "Spec Ops." (Looking at him and how he carried himself my BS-O-Meter going off big time).
Me: Really? Why'd you get out.
Him: Oh...I blew out my knees.
Me: Oh. How'd you do that?
Him: During training...I was in Avionics before.
Me: Where'd you serve?
Him: I can't talk about it. I signed papers so...I really wish I could. Everything in me wishes I could tell you but I'm sworn to secrecy.
(About this time I wanted to punch him in his 19 year old lying douche-face).

I rememberd that another co-worker of mine who is an Army scout, formerly active, but now a reservist had mentioned that he had some buddies who were Green Berets. I asked him if he minded vetting this kid because I knew the kid was full of crap, spreading his story about my workplace, but I didn't know the questions to ask because I never served. My co-worker got the kid to admit that he never made it through indoc because he blew out his knees. The kid felt really stupid and apologized for lying. Incidentally he turned out to be a terrible employee and is no longer there.

[Notorious]

Incidentally he turned out to be a terrible employee and is no longer there.

Liars usually don't turn out to be very good employees.

[CRM2004]

Yeah I was with the Rangers. The program really got off once we expanded eastwards ya know? Man its tough out there, mutants, rad scorpions and those damn fiends. Being a Ranger for the NCR in the Mohave wasteland was the best times of my life.... wait what were we talking about again? :P

Ugh, you NCR bastards. If it wasn't for those godforsaken deathclaws, me and my Legion buddies would have shown you sissy Rangers what it means to be a real man. My sniper training would have prevailed over your entire team. 6+ mile headshots are a dime a dozen for me and my boys.

[winnre]

Incidentally he turned out to be a terrible employee and is no longer there.

CONTROL needed him back eh?

[champion]

Liars usually don't turn out to be very good employees.

Indeed.
I think what really bothers me about these guys is not just that they are stealing the honor for something that they didn't earn but that they think everyone is stupid enough to believe their lies. I could have called him getting fired from that very moment.

[Ursus Indomitus]

Schnuh!

thats cool tankers rule

Feh. Tell it to an A10 driver.

[Notorious]

Feh. Tell it to an A10 driver.

Well, if the tanker gets a 10 minute headstart, the A10 would need another hour to catch up!

[goathead]

Feh. Tell it to an A10 driver.

i will right before i punch him in the nose LOL
a10 guys are good people

[MotherGunner]

So this guy comes into the store today wanting to look at pistols. He is about to go take his HSC test to get it out of the way but he starts asking about the FN 9mm on my shelf. I show it to him and start explaining all the cool things that FNH brings to life but he stops me and says, "I know, I'm in the Army."
I respond, "Cool, whats your MOS?"
Him, "Eleven x-ray."
Me, "so you havent gone to basic yet?"
Him, "no Ive been in for years."
Me, "Hmmmm, Eleven x-"[he cuts me off]
him, "im in the infantry."
me, "well xray is undecided."
him, "no, its special forces."
me, "so they changed it from eighteen series in the past six months?" [that was the last time I knew anyone who was on their way to selections]
him, "yeah, they changed it. you can ask my friend, he is a recruiter."
Me smirking, "well if you have your military ID you dont have to take the test. that could save you twenty five bucks."
Him starting to strum his fingers nervously, starts to talk about his wife getting mad about him getting a pistol and then wonders out.


HOW THE HELL CAN PEOPLE LIE ABOUT THAT STUFF? I could never fathom in my mind to try to take credit for something I never did. I thought it was funny but didnt have the chance to ask him about benning

Anyone have any stories where you oust someone from the, "I'm SEAL, MARSOC, SF, Ranger, Recon, PJ, 007" lines?

Sounds like some dumbass kid who had only wandered into a recruiting office or got DQ'ed at MEPS.

I remember when I first got out and started working a retail management job. A heavy set and very rude man walked into my store and I guess he caught me talking about the Army but he hadn't made the connection that I was talking about myself with my new Sr. Manager. So he starts mouthing off about how he used to train overweight Marines on Ft. Benning and said that HE was an Army Ranger. I said, "Well I was stationed on Benning, 2nd PLT, C Co. 1-15 Infantry on Kelley Hill, where were you? Were you at BAT or RTB?" So he gets all tripped up and said, "I was by the School of the Americas" (which yes is on Benning but I found the answer very odd, I mean, why even mention Marines? so I kept digging) I said,"Oh? On main post? Were you at 1-29? Building 4? Black Hat? Where exactly?" (Nevermind that I had already mentioned BAT and he ignored that)

Then he comes back with, "Oh, I don't really talk about those days" I sort of coughed "Bull****!" and he gave me a nasty look and walked out. Never saw him again.

I wanted to chase him down and kick his ***, channeling all the anger I ever got from pulling pack, breaking track, and changing road wheels on those freaking Bradleys into his face!

[grammaton76]

Yeah I was with the Rangers. The program really got off once we expanded eastwards ya know? Man its tough out there, mutants, rad scorpions and those damn fiends. Being a Ranger for the NCR in the Mohave wasteland was the best times of my life.... wait what were we talking about again? :P

Ugh, you NCR bastards. If it wasn't for those godforsaken deathclaws, me and my Legion buddies would have shown you sissy Rangers what it means to be a real man. My sniper training would have prevailed over your entire team. 6+ mile headshots are a dime a dozen for me and my boys.

Forget getting worked up about rad scorpions. They were a minor annoyance towards the end; I just remember all those blasted robots that kept pouring out of that factory. Finster did what he could, once I got him put back together...

[swat]

I had a co worker who told me he was a Navy Seal and Ex Vietnam POW. I looked up his name and there is no record of any Vietnam POW with his name. I didn't bother to look into the SEAL stuff.

Afterward I felt kind of sorry for the guy as I tried to figure out how desperate he must be to try and impress his co workers with these tales.

[IrishPirate]

i was standing in line at a recycling place and the guy in front of me was getting kinda squirly. He kept shuffling around and mumbling to his girlfriend. Then all of a sudden he tapped the guy in front of him and said "hey man, you want to let everyone else go before us too?" (aparently the guy in front of him let someone else go before him right before i got there).
the guy responds with "hey man, i was holding the lady's spot in line while she went to her car, she was here before me, just trying to be polite."
The squirly guy responds by saying "So the f*** what man, I don't want to wait anymore, this is dumb, you should let me go ahead of you too".
Guy in front: "Why?"
Squirrel master: "Cuz I'm military and i just got back from a tour in Iraq"
Guy in front: "So what, I am too and I'm on leave from my second tour, don't bring that sh*t up here man, you make us all look bad"
Squirly: "um, what, uhhh..."
Guy in front: "Just shut up and wait your turn man, if you were really military you'd just shut up"
The squirly guy turns to me and says "can you believe this?"
I reply "I have a few friends in Iraq right now...."
He put his head down and walked to his car, leaving his girlfriend to move all the recycling they had brought, and to apologize to the other guy and tell him that the squirrel master wasn't in the military.


I rarely tell people that I'm a firefighter unless they ask what i do, and even then i try not to talk about it. I know people that will say things at bars like "hey can i get some beers for me and my friends, we're firefighters." Lots of my single guy friends use it as a pickup line too. The time it bothers me the most though is when some cadet starts trying to act tough and throws out the firefighter card. That's when i ask where he works and when he replys that he's in the ______ Fire Academy I flip out and go a little drill seargent on them.....They usually leave with their head down, and without the girl they were trying to impress...

[Anchors]

I don't get it. If they're that interested in it to research all about it, why don't they just join?