"Oh yeah I'm Special Forces"

[Jamez]

I remember in '04 me and some buddies we're at a hotel party in Austin, TX (we were stationed in Ft Hood) and we over heard this Jesus looking guy saying he was Marine recon....yea....sure.
So for laughs I walked up with the "Really?! ME TOO! where you stationed?"
Mind you I was an Army tanker at the time...but c'mon! I couldn't let this go.
So after a small "convincing session" he came clean and left.
Prick.

[nick]

You were an Army tanker? Really? Me too! Where were you stationed?

[mk19]

that ain't nothing.. my co-worker who is 69 years and he was in 3 different wars. Korean, Vietnam and Desert storm and he told me he was a MASTERCHIEF in the USMC.

I think he meant USNC or whatever the Halo thing is called.

along the lines of this, there is was a question in some gun mag, People of Low moral often claim that: A, were a Navy seal, B, Delta Force, something else( i can't remember) and the correct answer was .... a Green Beret serving with CIA in OEF/OIF.

[Vacaville]

Lots of people who bolo'd out or were medically discharged out there too. I know a guy who told me he was a Ranger. Ended up he'd bolo'd out in the first couple of weeks.

[Decoligny]

My two best stories:

1. My co-worker got a divorce from her ex-special forces in Vietman husband. Had all kind of uniforms and medals. None were his. It came up in the divorce that he was never even in the military. He lied for over 15 years.

2. I started working with little guy who was kind of quiet but I knew used to be in the military. He was currently in the guard. One day he was talking about doing HALO jumps, Marine Dive school, Ops with SEAL's and Green Berets, Hi-Speed this and that. When I asked what branch he was in he said Air Force I laughed....then found out he used to be a Combat Controller and it was all true. He has been my best friend for the last few years.

I guess you never know.

Those are the dangerous guys, the little quite guys who don't have to brag because they've BTDT.

I knew a guy at Loring AFB who I mistook for a boyscout the first time I met him. He was about 5' tall and about 90 lbs. He got a height and weight waiver to join up. He applied to be a cop in basic, and they about laughed at him. They told him if he could convince the Self-Defense Instructor that he wouldn't end up dead because of his size they would allow it. The Instructor told him he was going to put him into a sumbission hold and to try to keep him from doing so. The instructor came to a stop flat on his back about 6 feet from the guy. He hadn't told the instructor that he was a black belt in 3 martial arts and his state wrestling champ in his weight class. Toughest individual I have ever met.

[goathead]

Those are the dangerous guys, the little quite guys who don't have to brag because they've BTDT.

i also think that come with age i ve seen currant military member talk crap all the time, i mean i use to when i was was younger but as i got older i just want to do a good job, for my guys


edit :::::::not crap like im sf or ranger or anything like that ,,,,just war storys

[Decoligny]

You learn something new everyday on this site. While I've heard of the Airforce actually having ground combat troops (vs pilots and support staff), I have never heard of a "Combat Controller" until today. Thanks!
-g

The two toughest AFSCs in the Air Force are Combat Controller and ParaRescue. Air Force ParaRescue are the only members of the DoD specifically organized, trained and equipped to conduct personnel recovery operations in hostile or denied areas as a primary mission.

[BONECUTTER]

i also think that come with age i ve seen currant military member talk crap all the time, i mean i use to when i was was younger but as i got older i just want to do a good job, for my guys


edit :::::::not crap like im sf or ranger or anything like that ,,,,just war storys

I think it depends on branch and type (Ranger/SEAL/Green Beret)

You would never know if the guy shooting next to use was Delta CAG or Green Beret.....

but as James Yeager said once

You know how you have a SEAL in your class? He will tell you...over and over.

[goathead]

I think it depends on branch and type (Ranger/SEAL/Green Beret)

You would never know if the guy shooting next to use was Delta CAG or Green Beret.....

but as James Yeager said once
You know how you have a SEAL in your class? He will tell you...ove and over.

so its not just me about seals

[johnthomas]

that ain't nothing.. my co-worker who is 69 years and he was in 3 different wars. Korean, Vietnam and Desert storm and he told me he was a MASTERCHIEF in the USMC.

The Korean war started June 27, 1950 it was 3 years and 1 month long. He was 10 the USMC, good job. Ask to see his ID, it will tell you his rank at retirement.

[Decoligny]

The Korean war started June 27, 1950 it was 3 years and 1 month long. He was 10 the USMC, good job. Ask to see his ID, it will tell you his rank at retirement.

Well, technically the Korean War is still on-going. They only signed a cease-fire agreement, not an armistice.

I served in Korea from May 95 - May 96, so technically speaking I am a Korean War Veteran.

[goathead]

You were an Army tanker? Really? Me too! Where were you stationed?

who me????

[johnthomas]

Well, technically the Korean War is still on-going. They only signed a cease-fire agreement, not an armistice.

I served in Korea from May 95 - May 96, so technically speaking I am a Korean War Veteran.

Technically, war was never declared.

Truman quickly committed American forces to a combined United Nations military effort and named Gen. Douglas MacArthur Commander of the U.N. forces. Fifteen other nations also sent troops under the U.N. command. Truman did not seek a formal declaration of war from Congress; officially, America's presence in Korea amounted to no more than a "police action."

[ivanimal]

I worked with a guy named Mickey in the early 80's. He would tell us stories of being sent into the jungles of South America to train guerrillas. He had 11 confirmed kills and such. I talked to his sister at a Christmas party about it and she confirmed what we all already gathered. He had never been out of the US and had spent the whole time in the service as a mechanic. Eventually he quit because of the ridicule. I left him alone. I don't like talking to liars. It didn't stop me from telling my coworkers.

[nick]

who me????

Nah, I was joking, check the post before mine. I was 11b, so the idea of passing for a tanker appealed to me

Wait, did I say 11b? A typo, I meant 18b