"Oh yeah I'm Special Forces"

[farmerjoe]

Years ago, I worked Shore Patrol at Long Beach. A few nights a month I'd draw the short straw and have to jail runs and round up the drunks and bring them back. Wish I had a dollar for every jackass who claimed to be someone and ended up in front of "the man" for talking smack and getting froggy trying to back it up. More than a few times we'd end up at LBNH's ER making sure some "snake eater" didn't have internal injuries.

[SuperSet]

The guys that do this just have a low self worth. They feel that the only way they are going to be liked is to be what is in their mind the type of person you would readily accept and admire without having to be themselves.

Brutha, I think you're on to something.
Or maybe the OP was just talking to another head case? I heard somewhere that 20% of adults suffer from some form of mental illness every year. That's 40 million folks!

[BONECUTTER]

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.

[Fjold]

All my best stories start out with "One time at band camp.............."

[Monte]

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2009/06/11/ac.vet.imposter.cnn

[Dirtbiker]

Yeah, I'm special forces... Agent Orange that was my name secret agent orange.

[psssniper]

Had a car salesman (yes) tell the wife and I all about his 14+ years in the SEALS while we test drove a car. I learned all kinds of cool stuff that I had never known. One example, the S&W 44 magnum that his SEAL buddies got him, is SO POWERFUL that he had to aim it at the bad guys knees. Why you ask? Well because the recoil was so insane that by the time the bullet came out of the barrel it was now aimed at the BG's chest

[gunbuff]

All my best stories start out with "One time at band camp.............."

LMFAO.....

[Philthy]

The guys that do this just have a low self worth. They feel that the only way they are going to be liked is to be what is in their mind the type of person you would readily accept and admire without having to be themselves.

I don't think it's about self worth with my friends, it's more about getting some. It's more of a joke - they don't claim to be SEALS or anything like that. If the girl buys that you're an astronaut or a Senator and is therefore willing to sleep with you - more power to you and shucks for her. I had another friend who tried the whole rude "hey, wanna go and *expletive*" thing - he got slapped 99 times, but it worked once so it was worth it to him.

[gunn]

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.

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

[BONECUTTER]

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

Yup....it's crazy stuff http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combat_Control_Team

The short story is they get attached to SOCOM teams and carry the same gear (plus 100 pounds of radio junk) and do all the bomb calling/fire support as well as help guide air traffic and land planes after places are secure...ish.

Air Force has two other high speed no BS units. PJ's (pararescue-think of a SEAL team full of medics who's sole job is rescue missions) and Combat Weatherman (google it) .

[11Z50]

There are many stories out there, some real, some not. My career was rather unorthodox, and I served with Special Forces, Marines, etc because nowadays "joint ops" is a way of doing business in our military. Not that it matters, but I have awards, certificates and orders in my file to prove it. In my travels, I have been in conversations with many young folks returning from or going to war. However, I usually just keep quiet, and let those young studs be young studs. Bravado is part of the culture, and unit pride is an important thing. I do thank them for their service.

I know I can tell within about 2 minutes if a guy (or gal) is straight-up, telling a few war stories, or is a true imposter. Imposters, those who steal valor of others, should be exposed and dealt with harshly.

[76231b]

dep ***

ask him battle driils and max ranges on weapons etc.


ps what a homo

[ch47gunner]

Out 'em.

If at all possible just out 'em. I have no sympathy for poseurs or wannabe's.
I did this to one of my "fellow" engineers at an electronics firm we both worked at. Claimed to be a Navy Seal, in RVN. He didn't stick around much longer.
With a few pertinent questions, it's usually pretty easy to tell if you're hearing bull-*hit. For me, Army service in RVN is pretty easy to figure out.
Unit
MOS
Place served
Time served
Weapons used

Bruce

[nick]

"What's the color of the boathouse at Hereford?"

White and brown:

http://www.wyevalleycanoes.co.uk/

It's a nice sleepy city, contrary to what an inflamed brain of a mall ninja might imagine

Here's another one, it's brown:

http://www.amusementparknostalgia.com/indbh.html

See, I was one of the best people in SAS. Pity my many wounds made me retire.