[XUSNORDIE]

Ran into a guy at a local HS Football game wearing a Desert Storm hat that claimed to be an Air Force Forward Observer....said he was based out of Saudi and dropped into the sandbox daily from an C130. Said he was responsible for getting SEALS into the fight, and rescuing them when it was "Black-out Bad" (???????)...the line was long at the concession stand and he was keeping me entertained and others in "awe".....I finally busted out in laughter when he described a "jump" where he said after he "jumped" he realized he did not properly pack his fins and mask and when he hit he had to find his way blind to the beach.....Holding temporary composure I asked him if HS-8 was able to drop a SAR to assist him......he said "nope....no time, had to get in fast a laser the target"......

As you can imagine.....I had a hard time holding it in. But when I asked him where he was being inserted that he needed fins as a AF Forward Observer he stated there were.....y'all get ready and put drinks down....he stated that "there were many lakes around palaces and he landed in one...but he was able to stand up and wade to the area he needed to be..."

It was so hard not to laugh, and I didn't want to embarrass the guy. But that was F-U-N-N-Y!!!! I told my wife "HS-8" was a helo squadron in CAG14 from CV64 that nothing to do with anything...he was just playing along with whatever I said....and stumbling.....the posers can be entertaining...I never did regain enough composure to ask what "Black-out Bad" meant......LOL

 

[rwilli]

1. To take charge of this post and all government property in view.

2. To walk my post in a military manner, keeping always on then alert and observing everything that takes place within sight or hearing.

3. To report all violations of orders I am instructed to enforce.

4. To repeat all calls from posts more distant from the guardhouse than my own.

5. To quit my post only when properly relieved.

6. To receive, obey, and pass on the sentry who relieves me, all orders from the commanding officer, officer of the day, and officers and noncommissioned officers of the guard only.

7. To talk to no one except in line of duty.

8. To give the alarm in case of fire or disorder.

9. To call the corporal of the guard in any case not covered by instructions.

10. To salute all officers and all colors and standards not cased.

11. To be especially watchful at night and, during the time for challenging, to challenge all persons on or near my post and to allow no one to pass without proper authority.

12. To report all submarines surfacing on the grinder.

13. To report all persons reporting submarines surfacing on the grinder.

That's all I remember

 

[redlegagent]

The Army version, short and sweet:

1. I will guard everything within the limits of my post and quit my post only when properly relieved.

2. I will obey my special orders and perform all of my duties in a military manner.

3. I will report violations of my special orders, emergencies, and anything not covered in my instructions to the commander of the relief.

I nearly shot a company commander who I didn't know was my company commander! I challenged and he ignored me and kept coming - this was at night and I was guarding the ammo dump for the Texas Army National Guard! I was new and met my First Sergeant but not the C.O. The sudden rise in the pitch of my voice halted him immediately. (I had just gotten off active duty which is very different). #1 was being violated as well - the advance to be recognized part. You have to know your chain of command.

lol! - after 30 years all I could remember was the 1st one. After reading them it jogged my memory. DISHOUT

 

[ericscher]

I don't think anyone would ever fake being an Air Force vet.

Well, maybe if he worked in the Stargate program...? GI1

 

[Pomeroy]

Marines will know what I'm talking about Pomeroy and obviously the newscaster was never stationed there. From the commanding general on down, there was no "r" in LeJeune. VFW Life, VVA Life, MCL Life, MODD

I have never known any of my friends, students, or relatives who are Marines to put an "R" in LeJeune. The locals often do, but no Marine I have ever met.

 

[GARRARD]

Something I've learned recently is that some posers did wear a uniform. Calling what they did "service" is a misnomer because they did the exact opposite of service. They just took and took, ruined unit cohesion, and distracted their leaders from spending precious time on soldiers that were more deserving of it. To me, they are worse than what we generally call a poser because they didn't just steal valor, they did real damage to the units they were in. But because they have a piece of paper, they get lumped in with the company of good people.

 

[Smoki]

I'm 65 and you expect me to remember general orders? Hell fire it aint gonna happen. And yes I did pull 4 in the Navy, AQB3 VA-42

 

[SGT John SWF]

I'm 65 and you expect me to remember general orders? Hell fire it aint gonna happen. And yes I did pull 4 in the Navy, AQB3 VA-42

I trust you! I can't remember what I had for Dinner last Friday!
I also can't remember ................?

 

[gdauth]

How much of a problem is posing? For the life of me I can't fathom why someone would do that. It seems that it would be easy to get tripped up.

 

[BlueOvalFan]

Something I've learned recently is that some posers did wear a uniform. Calling what they did "service" is a misnomer because they did the exact opposite of service. They just took and took, ruined unit cohesion, and distracted their leaders from spending precious time on soldiers that were more deserving of it. To me, they are worse than what we generally call a poser because they didn't just steal valor, they did real damage to the units they were in. But because they have a piece of paper, they get lumped in with the company of good people.

Truer word couldn't have been spoken. We're grappling with these very issues. Just one or two bad apples can seriously degrade the moral and cohesion of a unit.

 

[BackwoodsRaider]

Not gonna lie, still in, reserves, and i dont remember my general orders. they dont push that anymore. sexual harrasment, suicide prevention and other briefs. thats about all we get now adays. hell, i hardly ever do my job because im allways in some brief.

 

[Nordlander]

General Order #12 : Walk my post from flank to flank and take no s#!t from any rank

 

[rstickle]

I'm 65 and you expect me to remember general orders? Hell fire it aint gonna happen. And yes I did pull 4 in the Navy, AQB3 VA-42

Don't feel bad, I'm 68, did 21 in the Army and I can't remember them either!

 

[Nanook]

ROTC summer camp, Ft Lewis, WA. 1962 One of our guys was walking a post when someone approached. "Halt, who goes there ? The response is Captain Marvel. Guard says "Well this is Superman-now fly your ass over here and get recognized." Up walks an Army Captain with Marvel on his name tag. I still laugh about that one.
That summer, I made the 6th Army ROTC Rifle Team and we went to Perry with M1s

 

[SteveInOregon]

SIMPLE: Every panhandler bum who fakes Vet status at my shopping center I just ask

'What was Your MOS ? '

99% look at me like a dog who don't understand human language

 

[CAVman]

SIMPLE: Every panhandler bum who fakes Vet status at my shopping center I just ask

'What was Your MOS ? '

99% look at me like a dog who don't understand human language

That's One Good Question...

But there's a lot of posers out there that have read enough books, seen enough movies, played video games, etc....that they know to say:

11 B !

So...If that's all that is asked...it isn't enough.

Some of these posers are in fact fairly well versed in their assumed identity...they have rehearsed and practiced their deception. Possibly they have a relative who was a vet and they studied his demeanor and adopted his speech and stole his stories...

Maybe you're just running into...Amateurs!

I have, just in the last year...run into a poser who initially fooled the Vet Center Staff(also Veterans!)
It wasn't just one question he 'couldn't remember anymore and wanted to forget'...it was a whole series of questions we asked just trying to welcome a fellow VN Veteran and wanting him to tell us 'his story'!

GI2

CAVman in WYoming

 

[Spots]

SIMPLE: Every panhandler bum who fakes Vet status at my shopping center I just ask

'What was Your MOS ? '

99% look at me like a dog who don't understand human language

Down here they have figured out that MOS is a job, but they want to tell me the job title, or fall back to the good old "Infantry". Then they never know the actual MOS number, because I'll always ask them sometbing different by saying "Oh yeah, Infantry is 6122 right?" Which is an Avation mos. And they usually agree lol.

Tapatalk ate my spelling.

 

[Mindfield]

I was a marine recon scout sniper working for the airborne ranger and no Generals ever gave me orders just the captians

pffffttt poser... Everyone knows marine Scout Snipers are Delta and they only take orders from SECNAVSOCOMMKII. Army Sniper SEALs are all captains cause our ops are so black no can tell us what to do...Hey try my beef jerky! Ate it all the time as an Army Sniper SEAL, only 9.99 a bag

 

[Mindfield]

I have never understood it myself. Why claim something you aren't. Then again I was always raised on being truthful, standing on principles and being honorable. So it doesn't make sense to me. I never served in the .mil and couldn't fathom saying otherwise

 

[Spots]

pffffttt poser... Everyone knows marine Scout Snipers are Delta and they only take orders from SECNAVSOCOMMKII. Army Sniper SEALs are all captains cause our ops are so black no can tell us what to do...Hey try my beef jerky! Ate it all the time as an Army Sniper SEAL, only 9.99 a bag

You just described every gunshow I've been to in the last year. As I told one old guy who was the 50th Force recon vet I had met that day, I must have been the only Marine to ever serve in the airwing, cause everyone else was either Force Recon or Scout Sniper. Way to many Seals, Green Berets and freaking spaceship door gunners at the gun shows anymore.

Tapatalk ate my spelling.