Stolen Valor Stories

One time I was with an army buddy at a cafe and he got his meal free because lol veteran's day and they gave me the same deal without checking ID presumably because I'm built and make him look like a bitch ass nigga. I said thanks and she said no thank you for your service. My mate nearly pissed himself laughing once we left.

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>>32306560
>wear great-grandpa's ww2 air force jacket because its comfy and i like wearing things that belonged to people before me
>remove pins but keep patches and take good care of it and being careful when not to wear it on bad weather days
>afriad of being called out on it one day

anyone else know this feel?

>>32306768
I think it would be shitty if you got called out for it. Just enjoy your jacket and tell them get off your dick.

>>32306768
Anyone who calls out anyone else for wearing WW2 stuff while obviously under the age of 80 is a faggot looking for a fight who would sooner fight you for anything else. Don't worry too much about it.

>>32306560
hopefully it will literally be open season on these leaches soon...

>>32306768
bury it. you did NOT earn the right to wear it.

>>32306785
>>32306888
Nobody has called me out on it but have told me it looks good on me and I explain it owning to him, I don't use it to get special privileges but I do like showing the world what people in my family has done, even had a nice conversation with a Vietnam vet before about WW2.

>>32307031
And then there this reasoning that makes me doubtful of wearing it most of the time because I understand this argument but at the same time theres a sentimental value to family belongings that we have that we don't mind passing along to each other.

>>32307031
Fuck you. It's his jacket, let him do what he wants with it.

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>>32306768
>be me in high school
>go to local milsurp store
>need a bag for the upcoming school year
>see they have pretty cool army ACU backpacks
>they're only like $20
>figure it'll be better than any cheap wal-mart shit I buy and it might actually last a few months without tearing itself apart
>plus it looks cool
>what can I say? COD 4 was all the rage
>buy it
>it lasts me the rest of high school
>fast forward to college
>walking through campus
>cute grill stops me
>she's a total stranger and strikes up a conversation completely out of the blue
>"Hey! Were you in the Army?"
>"Uhh... N-no."
>"Oh! LOL! Marines right? I know how you guys don't like to be called soldiers! Sorry!"
>"Haha... uhh... N-no. N-no I wasn't."
>"Oh. I thought you were 'cuz of the backpack."
>"Nope. Never served."
>"Oh. OK."
>walks away
>shrug it off and think nothing of it
>fast forward a few weeks
>leaving class
>guy hollers at me
>"Hey, bro! Do you have a minute."
>young hispanic dude with a clipboard
>he shakes my hand and introduces himself
>"I just wanted to say hi. I'm with veterans services."
>OH SHIT OH SHIT OH SHIT
>I'VE MADE A HUGE MISTAKE
>try my best not to spill all my spaghetti everywhere
>I can feel it oozing from the crevices of the backpack
>he's telling me about VA benefits and the services they offer and some other shit
>smile and nod
>I've reached the point of no return
>he asks if I'd like to schedule an appointment to discuss things
>clumsily come up with some excuse that I gotta go, maybe some other time
>go home
>toss backpack in closet and immediately go out to buy a regular one

>>32306768

>someone tried to call you out on it
>this was my grandpas
>he gave it to me as a gift
>make them feel like shit

If someone is dumb enough to mistake a WW2 bomber jacket for modern day millfag stuff they are retarded.

Also WW2 bomber jackets are comfy as fuck.

>>32307237
don't wear it, at least not as a daily thing, unless you don't mind knowing that one day it will inevitably be destroyed.

nobody looks at one piece and thinks stolen valor. nobody wears a single piece and makes a genuine effort to actually do it. they wear complete uniforms.

>>32307403
yeah i don't make it to be a daily thing for that reason

>>32306768
If someone calls you on it tell them just that... it was my grampas and if i wanna wear it i will, fuck off.

Post pic of jacket tho anon

>>32307496
Yeah, no shit. It's a family heirloom.

>>32307328
Shit, I've got an ABU pack that I use like that. Never once does anyone call me out, and I wear nothing but the ABU combat boots as well.

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>>32306560

>tfw I look so young that if I wear anything Army-related people give me weird looks

I was in afghanistan when I was still 18, and 5 years later I haven't aged a day

>>32307581
most people don't recognize ABU though. They probably think it's some sort of edgy airsoft pattern.
>ABU combat boot
Fucking gag me, they look atrocious with anything that isn't ABUs. I've worn mine with jeans a few times and it looks terrible.

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>>32307789
Not liking sage green leather and green soles.

>2007
>Be young Muhreen PFC or LCpl, don't remember
>stationed in Quantico
>96 weekend
>buddy invites me to go up to Ohio with him to visit his family and shit
>I accept because I have no friends that aren't deployed
>his house is boring as fuck, family super nice though
>go to Bowling Green (college town, lots of parties and clubs)
>there's a strip club there
>buddy is friends with the owner (owner is former Marine), so he serves us drinks even though we were only 19 at the time
>a guy is in there talking up the girls
>says he's an active duty Marine sniper
>he's got shaggy hair and a goatee of all things
>owner bitches at the girls because they're all flocked to one guy
>Girls say "He's a Marine, so hot!"
>guy looks all smug
>owner asks him how many Medal of Honors did Carlos Hathcock receive
>guy doesn't know who he is
>owner asks him tons of questions, just grills the dude
>guy's getting visibly embarrassed and uncomfortable but holds his ground
>guy doesn't know who Chesty is
>owner kicks him right the fuck out and bans him

Not exciting, but eh. Some girl in a cute baseball outfit tried to take me home, but my friend was a faggot and didn't wanna drive back up to pick me up in the morning.

Some mid-fifties looking guy came into my store (flower/farm produce shop,) last year, asking for a discount because he "served in dubya dubya two." I called him out on it and then he said he was in the Korean war. I called bullshit again and he was pissed but bought his stuff anyway. He didn't have a veteran plate on his car. I don't know if there is any stolen valor type law here in Canada, but either way, why do fuckers go around saying that kind of shit?

>Veterans day 2016
>See a guy in WW2 fatigues
>Proceed to walk up to thank him
>Turns out to be a 20-some year old
>Using my math skills I quickly determined he was much too young to have fought in WW2
>Politely informed him with a very loud tone so everyone could hear, that I was in the Army Reserve and I didn't appreciate him disrespecting the military
>"It's just for a commemorative tribute assembly at my school, chill out"
>"Yeah right"
>Take his fake M1 Garand and beat him with it
>Sleep well that night knowing I made my grandfather proud

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>>32307328
I've never understood why people do this. It's a fucking backpack, it's not like you're walking around in USMC blue dress.

>>32308910
Because an assault pack is recognizable, and most individuals that have that gear served. Which is how they know to recognize others with that gear faggot

>>32307237
>>32307031
Great-grandpa's dust, right?
If a dead man's things can be of comfort to those they fought to protect, then why not? You can't take it with you. Put a shrine up to the memory, be it a nameplate or a picture or a dusty old rock somewhere, but otherwise, let a dead man's things be of service one last time.

>>32307643
Lucky bastard. I EAS in 9 months and I look at least 26 on a good day.
Just turned 22

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>>32307643
>>32309052

>tfw 26 and people ask me if I'm 16-17 even when I grow out my beard to try and look older and despite the fact that my hair is starting to fucking gray

Every time I'm in a casino, or bar, or even fucking gamestop I get carded, sometimes multiple times.

>>32309197
>tfw 21 but have never been carded because no social life
>so i dont even know whether other people think im 21

>>32306768

That's not as bad as the new fucking jacket Aeropostle or one of those fucking dumb stores are selling. They're bomber jackets, with Senior Airman stripes minus the star. And they have Army on the side..

Like what the fuck?

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>be me
>a few days before Thanksgiving, this year
>do all of my shopping online because I hate being out doing it with the crowds.
>really good deal on an item I wanted for my brother at the mall
>the mall
>godfuckingdammit
>haven't been to the mall in 5-6 years (when I was like -- 19-20)
>oh well, it's for my little brother
>leave in the morning to avoid crowds
>nippy as fuck
>wear Austrian M65 jacket made in '95
>no markings or jack shit besides the Austrian Bundesheer/Österreich patch on shoulder
>honestly looks like a civilian company would make to look fashionable
>go into mall
>go to Sears
>buy shit
>leave
>walking out through the masses, maybe 150 feet from the door
>get a tap on my shoulder
>"HEY! NICE TO MEET YOU, CHIEF. MY NAME IS SGT *i forget*. What branch were you in? You have no markings."
>5'8 Mexican with a high & tight in a tight shirt, those Timberland boots or whatever they're called and reaking of cologne
>I'm 6'5, 220 and relatively fit
>"Huh? Oh, I didn't serve, thi-"
>"DUDE THEN WHY YOU WHERIN THE JACKET? EH?"
>he walks around to read patch
>"IS OHSTER RICK SOME SORT OF BRAND?"
>"Get the fuck off me, fuck off, you loser!"
>I'm carrying so I drop my shit so my hands are free to lift parka and grab gun
>"HOMIE, THATS NOT RIGHT THAT YOU WHERIN THAT JACKET"
>"IT IS A FUCKING AUSTRIAN SURPLUS JACKET YOU STUPID SPIC"
>"STUPID SPIC? STUPID SPIC THAT ALMOST DIED FOR YOUR ASS"
>lol, I know. Racist. But I was so fucking pissed
>security runs up
>"HEY HEY! KNOCK IT OFF!"
>fucking more manlets playing cop come and ask me my side of the story
>explain
>"Wait.....Uhhh....one moment right....Uhhh.....here."
>Fucking manlet going on and on about how I should be arrested for stolen valor, security and now a cop explaining to him that I'm not committing stolen valor or that my parka is even American
>"FUCK YOU, THEN ARREST ME FOR DEFENDING MY BROTHERS WHO DIED FOR THAT KIND OF JACKET"
>fucking kek
>yell over, "Don't forget pea coats either, you dense fuck!"

>>32306768
I have a desert storm milsurp coat that I wear everywhere and I get the feeling someone is gonna call me out.

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>>32309315

>get yelled at by security and cop to shut up
>don't want to get arrested or get in their way, comply
>nothing happens
>get talked to
>cop was in the Army
>checks my ID and whatever shit they run on their computer
>explains everyone's side and how I didn't necessarily do anything wrong besides calling the retard a spic
>asks if I want to press charges for him grabbing at me
>"No, I just want to go home."
>"Okay, have yourself a happy Thanksgiving, citizen."
>gofuckyourself
>"You too."
>go home
>agoraphobia intensifies

Fucking hate malls.

But I still wear my parka, fuck that idiot. I still get really pissed thinking about it.

>>32306768
I wear my Dutch DPM parka all the time. I was drinking with my boss once and he tried to call me out with the whole "you never served thing". I told him he never served in the Dutch military either and he shut the fuck up real quick.

>>32309315
Jesus, I've got the same jacket and I've been worried about having something similar happen. I just wanna be comfy dammit

>>32309353
You should, dude. The only thing you did "wrong" is call him a spic. Assuming this actually happened, he should've backed off after you clearly stated that you didn't serve.

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>>32309466

Don't worry about it man, I've had no other problems. My friend, Matt, just got back from the army. I asked him about it and he told me, "Dude, I know what M65's are but I never saw one while in or at any other branch's base."

You should be good. By that burrito nigger's logic, you shouldn't be allowed to wear pea coats unless you were Navy, jeans unless you were a miner, bomber jackets unless you were a bombardier, etc.

Fuck him

>>32309538

Yeah, I tried saying it twice and one of those times I was able to complete my sentence.


It was clear he was just trying to pick a fight. Fuck. The whole thing still makes me rage.

But I knew it wouldn't be worth it to do anything else about it. Eventually it will become just a funny story to share.

There's this one board I frequent filled with 12 year olds and fat neets, a lot of them claim to be military even though we all know it's not true.
I think it's called /k/

>>32307375
This.

Say your grandpa wore it while bombing nazi bitches, and your dad wore it while fucking bitches.

Then call them a bitch.

>>32309623
>things that didn't happen: the post

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>>32309623
kek

>>32309623

>article 15

You lost me.
I think the only truthful stories so far are the Austrian jacket guy, Muhreen strippers and backpack /k/ommando running away from the welfare queen enabler.

>>32309623

>jrotc

kek'd

bet you had a lot of friends in high school

>>32309651
So far everyone here is just saying there JROTC or wearing milsurp. To be honest I don't see it as much unless you go on the general actually for people signing up.

>>32307328

>>ACU-UCP

Well theres your problem.

>>32309699
Almost as many friends as tripfags on /k/ do

>>32307031
nah

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>be at mall
>Wearing my 10th Mtn t-shirt because laundry
>Dude walks up while im browsing /k/ as the wife is looking at shoes
>"Hey bud how yah doing where were you stationed?"
uh... Ft.Polk Louisiana bro, why?
>"YOU LYING PIECE OF SHIT 10TH MOUNTAIN IS IN NEW YORK!" He is apparently recording from his phone
>Pull out wallet
>show him the old trusty ID card
4th brigade is in Louisiana, you nasty girl piece of dog shit
>He looks taken back and lowers his phone
What, all put out you wont get atta boys for being a nosey little fuck? How about you get the hell away from me before i stick my boot so far up your asshole that it turns your teeth black from the polish
>Kinda looks down and meanders away
>go back to browsing /k/

Fucking national guard

So it seems to me that the only types of people who actually do this stolen valor stuff are homeless people, mentally ill people, and people who are trying to sell you some sort of meme martial arts class or combat training.

Only the lattermost one pisses me off.

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>>32309623
rotc ranks look nothing like officer ranks.

>>32309856

>Fucking national guard

Just the people too stupid to go coast guard.

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>>32306560
>See Homeless nigger
>See "Veteran" written on cardboard
>Stop
>Roll down window
>"Which unit were you in?" I inquire
>"Special Forces"
>Drive away.

>>32309999
quads don't lie, but niggers always do

>>32309999
Righteous quads, my friend.

>>32306768
Just don't lie when confronted about it.

>>32306560
>Got called out once for wearing my grandfathers Navy PE t-shirt.

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>got a shirt from Target that says NASA on it
>wear it to the gym or for groceries runs
>people have asked me if I work for NASA

>>32307845
I miss my black boots :(

>>32310106
Well, do you?

>>32307328
>nephew buys me a pair of Rocky C4Ts as gift
>wear them for nature trails, backpacking and casual innawoods shit
>rare occasions when at a gas station or grocery store people would ask me if I'm police/military since I'm semi-muscular with a 5 o'clock
>"Nope."

And everything returned to normal. Why is it so hard to answer when people ask?

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>>32309623
Don't think you can get away that easy, faggot.

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A marine that lives in my apartment complex gave me shit because I was wearing camo cargo pants while working on my car and im not in the armed forces. I mean come the fuck on what a douchebag.

>>32310025
underrated post

>Be a Muhreen veteran
>Never wear anything military related cause I don't like small talk.
>Still get asked if I was in the military/marines.
>I do look like a very generic veteran
>Fit, muscular, short hair, freedom beard, tattoos, boots, G-shock on backwards, carry gun, dress like an adult, walk with a sense of purpose, always early to everything, generally pissed off at everything, hate literally everyone my age that wasn't military.

>>32310293
I see so damn many road workers and such wearing MARPAT pants. They're just cheap work pants. Who cares. I do get nerfed when I see some douchbag wearing full MARPAT. I just can't understand who decides to go out into public dressed like a fucking tool.

>>32310106
>>32310173
Well?

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>>32306627
one time I was at the KFC drive-thru in my Dad's truck which has disabled vet plates, get to window and cashier tells me the car behind paid for my meal and thanks for cervix

honked and waved as I drove away with free chicken, would do again shamelessly

>>32310293
they make nice cargo shorts. Thats what i'm turning mine into when i get out

i'm gonna pretend i never served and make up bullshit stories that involve real people for entertainment

>>32310502
The fuck is with the backwards watch thing? I never understood that.

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>>32306560

>be Brit
>wear Brit surplus
>most people don't care
>occasionally people ask if I am was/in the military but don't go nuts when I say no

People here worship the armed forces but stolen valour isn't an issue for the man on the street as it is in the US. Why?

>>32310562
The reflection on the watch apparently gives away your position

>>32310562
its a gravy seal thing you wouldn't know

its for when your in the prone with your left hand forward you don't have to let go of the weapon to see what time it is

or thats what i remember some fuck head saying anyway. i'm just a pog so i only know the popeyes secret menu

>>32310518
Noice, I need to get my vet plates. I've gotten comments on my Afghan sticker on my truck put nothing free.
>>32310539
Do this and post results on MU

>>32310566
No
>>32310567
This. It's so you can read your watch without lowering your rifle. It's actually rather convenient.

>>32310564
quite possibly because were 2 completely separate country with different ideals and the like.

in Sri Lanka its against the law to wear military surplus. go take the aussies with you and give them a talking to about how britania rules the piss or whatever odd euphamism for the world you "blokes" use

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>>32310564
because pic related.

half the GWOT babies that got out started companies that circle jerk each other and inflated this generation of vets egos to the size of mars, so when someone encroaches on that territory they go ballistic.

not to mention the welfare queens that have nothing better to do

I bought milsurp boots on ebay because they're sturdy and comfy. Sometimes someone notices and I have to explain I never served. REEE I just want comfy sturdy boots.
Also my dad's old NVA (that's Nationale Volksarme, not North Vietnamese) jacket is warm and comfy so I wear it when it's cold out and looking good isn't a priority. Nobody assumes I served there (obviously, being only 25 years old) but they seem to like the idea of the son wearing his dad's old jacket. Just wish he left his name tags on.

>>32310562
Easier to look at your watch while prone. 90% of the people who do are just doing it because they saw who looks operator do it. Same as who pogs buy $300 g-shocks.

>>32310567
>>32310614
>>32310562
To add to this:
I wear my watch backwards because I ride bicycles or motorcycles a lot of the time which often means my hand is bent backwards a bit. With gauntlets and bike jacket, the watch sits pretty far towards the hand close to the wrist, and when my hand is bent backwards the watch presses against it and is uncomfortable. Facing down you don't have that problem.

>>32306768

I work in a gun store and often get asked if I'm a vet.

>fat as shit
>like fatter than possible if i had ever been in shape
>shaved head
>big bushy black beard
>usually wearing jeans or oversized black BDUs because so damn breathable and comfy
>generally friendly and chill, but get visibly upset at people for flagging and trigger discipline violations.

4 days a week I get, "Hey man, are you a vet, you know so much about guns and shit!"

I'm so damn fat I can't believe I get that question a lot. Is it just the attitude about safety? The guys that work with me that ARE vets don't get it as often save for the guy that has visible unit tats.

>>32310614
>90% of the people who do are just doing it because they saw who looks operator do it
True, but I do prefer it over the traditional way
>Same as who pogs buy $300 g-shocks.
I went through 4 or 5 cheap watches. Mom bought me $90 G-shock. I didn't wear it till I got out though cause I didn't want to look like a BPF. I dont care now though.

>>32310606
would probably ask you if you served just to find someone to talk to. Buddy says its kinda lonely for a few years when you get out.

>>32306560
get this, halloween night, kids going around in fatigues asking for handout saying "Im A Soldier". Course kids uniform is all wrong, looks like shit, no tags, nothin. And his friggen mother's in on the scam, so I kicked both their valor stealing asses right there

>>32310627
I don't have a issue with it. I just find it funny that's one of the first things people buy during/after recruits.

I'm an out of shape neckbeard and I had a guy go ballistic at me because I wear my grandpa's old navy coat when it's cold. Said he served in 'Nam.

I'm 6'3 and my grandpa was 6'5" and I live in fucking Vermont. Comfy coats are hard to come by and it didn't even have any markings on it.

>>32310644
i remember when it was all the rage to make up soccer mom stories on /k/ too

>>32310649
here's the (you) you ordered, sir

>>32310649
>she goes to prison forever
>I become range buddies with the officer

>>32310631
It is.
>>32310637
Very true.

>>32310680
wuts that next to the jump wings, left side, CAB?

This dude at an old job would tell you he was a marine a couple times a day. He wore the shirt, pants, boots. Smelled like literal dog shit, as in he smelled like a dog that was kept in a kennel all day jumped up on him and smeared dog shit on his pants leg.

Every conversation revolved around being a marine. No ID card, no plates on his shit box car, bought the shitty AFLAC insurance at work.

Eventually I checked out his social media and found an abandoned MySpace page from 08 with him in dress uniform and saying he was stationed in San Diego. I guessed he got cut or couldnt hack it.


Vets question him on his shit and what boat he was stationed on. He can't give a coherent answer beyond Pendleton and San Diego. They kind of give a pity smile and drop it. He makes guys rage at the gun counter with claims of his shooting prowess. Walks around ready to brag about being a LANCE CORPORAL. I never served but i know vaguely about that shit. Its just an E5 in any other branch, but i dont even buy that.

Eventually he kind of drops the act, because i never question his bullshit but also never act interested or impressed. He starts asking creepy questions about what he should do if maybe some girl were to accuse him of rape.

Then he disappears.

JB- you were the most annoying cunt i ever worked with, but you almost seemed human at the end. I hope you didnt do that. And please wash your clothes weekly instead of monthly.

I work security and get asked if I was in the military all the time. We don't wear any kind of "security" labeled gear or anything. Just a white dress shirt and black pants. I do have some Bates boots, but it's just what I like wearing.

It gets kind of annoying being asked this just because I sit up straight, don't show up looking like a homeless person, and happen to work security.

In my experience, about a quarter of my co-workers over the years in this job have been ex-military/police. The other 3/4ths are on the other side of the spectrum and wouldn't be allowed into the armed forces if they tried. Depends on what client you work for, but there are positions for qualified employees, and positions for people who barely qualify to be a human smoke detector.

>>32310694
lance is only e-3

he definitely sounds like a unsuitability/entry level discharge

>>32308987
They're super common now for tacticool people though. If it has a name bar on it, maybe assume service. If not, it's a 5.11 bag they bought at Big 5 on discount

been in the muhreens for almost 14 years. Constantly get asked if im an off duty cop when out in town

the tears i cry are acrid and filled with self hatred /k/... self hatred. i apparently don't know how to dress like a human.

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>>32310728
that feel bro, I've had to consciously start dressing with the times or like the locals, gray man and all.

>>32309541
M65 jackets stopped being standard issue military gear by the 90s.

They're retro military now, anyone who gets upset with you for wearing a M65 is literally retarded.

>>32309541
>"Dude, I know what M65's are but I never saw one while in or at any other branch's base."

your friend never found a saigon sams then

>>32310518
Capped

>Be me
>Uncle worked at military depot
>Always giving me free shirts
>West Point issued ARMY shirt soft as fuck
>Wear it to play tennis
>Asked bout it. Don't wear it for years
>Wear it to BDubs because laundry
>Girl waitress was vet
>Never wear it again

>Some random helicopter unit shirt
>Wear it to friends house
>Are you a paratrooper?
>Never wear it again

>Wear USMC shirt to gym
>Shitty one they give you if you just go to recruiting office to talk
>Asked where I served

>FINALLY LEARNED TO NEVER WEAR ANY OF THESE SHIRTS AGAIN

>I'm kind of athletic built with short hair and beard. Look close enough to part

>>32310721
You're probably right about the rank thing. I just know its not the same as corporal in other branches, its like a private in some other branch. A scrub.

I mentioned it to a older friend who had been an actual marine in Vietnam. We were hanging out at his house on veterans day or the marine birthday or some such event. His buddy and him got this predatory smile on their faces. They weren't even mad, just looked excited and wanted a name and description. The difference between a real veteran and a fake is pretty obvious. JB was a piece of shit. My older friend was one of the smartest and coolest guys i have known. He had some stories about how they lived after being discharged. I guess the 70s was a fun time for guys who actually gained some skills that could be useful in civilian life. This dude kept on working in Asia on radio and later some nuclear tech for the Japanese and Chinese. He was disgusted by their inability to deliver parts and equipment to the specified quality needed. Tripping acid in Joshua Tree and living out of a suitcase jet setting across the Pacific every few months. He was straight fearless and seemed determined to live life to the fullest

>>32309315
>>"IS OHSTER RICK SOME SORT OF BRAND?"

tip top kek

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>>32310621
>mfw i wear my crap seiko backwards because it's easier for me to look at the time without making it seems like I want to be somewhere else.

>>32310564
Because nobody gives a fuck if you're just walking around and wearing Soldier 95. It's when you start strapping medals to your tits that people rightly take offense. Does your average Clapistani really sperg out whenever a civilian wears camo patterns?

>>32307581
>ABU
>combat boots
Pick one.

>>32310680
Actors are exempt for obvious reasons.

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>be never served
>decide to visit high school buddy stationed at Miramar
>fly in to spend a few days
>lives off base, but tons of .mil around
>decide to go for a run
>didn't pack shorts
>here anon take these silkies, you'll love it
>uh that looks gay as shit, but whatever
>no shirt
>sunglasses
>go run
>holy shit this is the best thing ever
>freeeedooooooom
>all the .mil going to work start yelling moto shit at me
>SLAY THAT DRAGON
>EEUUURAH
>GET SOME
>all sarcastic but made me feel breddy gud

overall not bad. need to get me a pair.

>>32310896
silkies are best shorts

technically against the order in the muhreens to be worn as PT gear now days so you just looked like a salty/crusty DGAF old timer

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>>32310883
r u retarded

the perfect blend of vomit and baby diarrhea

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>>32310909
>mfw

seriously they're the best, and I didn't feel like creepy ultra runner guy

>>32310896
>>32310909
Silkies FTW
Nothing better than giving the CO a front row view of your nutsack. I guess that's why they're no longer allowed. I also miss the slutty wooks that wear them for attention.

>>32310227
You're doing God's work, son.

>>32306560
>Stolen Valor

I think this is more of an American phenomenon. I don't think it would happen here, and if it did I doubt our vets would throw as much of a hissy fit.

I have no idea what compels people to dress up for war in public, don't they realise that it makes them look like massive dipshits? I mean, even if you do serve, do you think other people go out among other people in their work uniforms?

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>>32310778

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>>32310754
They actually issued UCP M65s for a short while but they were ugly as shit with all the velcro on them.

>>32310932
thats actually specifically why they are banned. They are considered "unprofessional and faddish" now but unless you have a unit that primarily consists of california nu-males nobody will bat an eye or even look in your genital erection.

BAM! also silkies and an underarmour shirt under a wubbie is FUCKING HEAVEN!

you fuckers haven't lived until

>>32310982
heh thats cute. She's pretending she's in the military

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>>32310988
>hehehe

>>32310974
is the MCPON referred to as mick-pwn?

>>32310990
daww i'd force her to eat a whole bowl of eggs

>>32310994
Yeah. He may also be referred to as a betrayer to navy tradition by helping get rid of rates, either or.

>>32310967
Yes.

>>32307031
Hope you're trolling...

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>>32311001
>>32310990
>>32310988
>>32310982
this is the funniest shit to me, I especially love laughing at all the direct commissions, and when I was at Rucker the fatties at WOCS

>>32306560
>>32307031

PUT THE VALOR IN THE BAG

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>be me in high school
>wear a woodland bdu jacket almost every day
>soon friends start picking bunches up at goodwill
>roving posse of guys wearing camo jacket
>decide that we make a rank system and shit
>head down to local milsurp store and browse their patches
>because I started the signature look, I chose the one with the most chevrons and rockers
>at the time, had no idea I bought a master gunnery sergeant patch

>year passes and only confrontation I had was of some JROTC kid trying to tell me I was stealing the valor of a british bombardier or some shit
>downtown one night that there is a 'take back the night' transfemnigger rally
>sit on parking garage hurling meninist shit
>dude walks up and asks where I got the jacket
>guy was balding and looked like a chill father figure, but with tats and cool demeanor
>told him it was just something I found in milsurp
>"Huh, thats interesting. I was a Master Gunnery Sergeant".
>told me to have a good night and occasionally gave me a glare from a few benches down
>felt kinda bad

>>32311033
>>roving posse of guys wearing camo jacket
>>decide that we make a rank system and shit

I had high hopes for this story but they didn't pan out.

>>32310983
>thats actually specifically why they are banned
Oh, I'm aware.
>nobody will bat an eye or even look in your genital erection.
I'm stealing this.
>wubbie
I never knew anyone that called them this. But, yes. I slept with nothing Poncho Liners in the bricks for years.

>>32311056
Nothing but poncho liners.
I'm retarded

>>32311033
probably thought you got it from a family member or what not. Dunno about the army but the creamed corn is creepy small sometimes. I've started more conversations in the corps with "Hey you look familiar" than i have any other way.

on rare occasions when i'm home on leave i'll see a guy with a unit shirt who was deployed the same time i was but we never met forward

weirdest was when i ran into a guy i went to boot camp with in tokyo haneda airport after i missed my flight back to okinawa and decided to just get drunk. Randomly sitting in the same bar i decided to go to on the same day at about the same time with different flights (his was in a few hours). I was going home on leave and he was coming back from visiting family in the states now an english teach on the mainland. We hadnt seen each other in 10 years

>>32311059
PILES AND PILES OF FUCKING PONCHO LINERS!

>go to CIF
>demand 50 poncho liners
>sign whatever they fucking want
>laugh at all the fucking fools

>>32311066
>Spent most of deployment with this guy
>Last week of deployment, about to go home
>He's my team leader
>We went to the same high school. He graduated a year before me.
>Met up at a bar a few weeks ago
>>32311070
I've been considering buying some milsurp poncho liners. They come in just about every US camo there is. Might start a collection.
Also, the new ones have zippers and can be used as a sleeping bag liner or as a stand alone light sleeping bag.

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>>32311084
>mfw

somebody post the guy flying in the sandstorm with his

>>32311019
>pigletinmanclothes
kek

>>32310579
Yes. The one thing yah can spot for hundreds of meters is the sheen of a watches face.

>>32311084
i bought 3 and put them in my truck for comfy camping/drunk sleeping. The PX on lejeune was selling the new zipper ones last time i checked. they make spectacular fucking sleeping bags for mild climate areas.

also have a pair of the poncho liner style fluffy pants from a friend who got sent to korea for a short stint

>>32311096
I've never understood how you're supposed to line a poncho with it.

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>>32311096
>>32311105
like this

>>32311049
We were fucking retarded. Bifocal besties with a dream to cream. I felt like the camo gave me heightened powers only comparable to Autismo the great, but I think I only came off as edgy.

>>32311102
>Lejeune
Never going back to that shit hole again.
>>32311102
>poncho liner style fluffy pants
The happy suit?
It like a wearable sleeping bag.

>>32311105
its just an old name that stuck. The actual poncho liner was just like the poncho with a head hole that snapped into the poncho but there was no real reason to issue it.

the shit we get issued now is literally just a field blanket

>>32311117
Ok, that makes sense.
Ponchos ain't issued anymore anyways.

is this a poncho liner thread now?

>>32311125
/plg/
Post your poncho liners
New or milsurp
Share poncho liner stories
buy/sell/trade poncho liners
Please keep thread on topic

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do they make a liner in ocp yet?

>>32311157
Eww, gross, I hope not.
I want a Rhodie camo liner?

>be me
>be Britfag cop, ex-regs, tours of Iraq & Afghan, ribbons on my police body armour
>often jail people who claim to be ex-army
>"What's your number?"- any reg/ex reg knows immediately that this means your service number
>never answers me correctly, often gives me a mobile phone number, fucking idiots
>scream in their face not to lie about having served
>jail their asses for whatever I can come up with for being a cunt

>>32311110

Was this little group called the "Rebels".

I was in a group like that in 8th grade.

>>32311170

How do you treat actual vets?

>>32311184
He sucks their dick.

>>32311117
It's never had a hole as far as I know.

It's called a poncho liner because you use it to line your poncho to make a field-expedient sleeping bag. It isn't supposed to have a hole.

>>32307900

>Some girl in a cute baseball outfit tried to take me home, but my friend was a faggot and didn't wanna drive back up to pick me up in the morning.

Maybe it's just a desperate soldier thing, but if I got picked from my flock of dudes at the club, I didn't try to make plans with the driver who brought me there. I didn't even say goodbye to my friends. I just Batman'ed out of there with the girl and/or her group and improvised a way back home.

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>>32311299
so much this

when you're done, time to channel that inner spook and practice your e&e

>>32309315
oh lordy, i have the same jacket, probably bought from the say ebay store, but no patches on
Are latinos gonna beat my ass now

I just recently had one last month
>go to bar with a friend ahead of our group to celebrate his birthday
>bartender lady checks our ID's
>"I know a fake ID when I see one, you are too young to have VETERAN on your ID let alone drink"
>Politely ask to speak to the owner
>owner sends guy over who explains that it's her decision, he can't force her so if he loses a customer then that's on her
>perfect timing as rest of group comes walking in
>20+ people we work with with a good 8 of them vets including myself, all of us EMTs and Medics
>they ask what's going on
>"we're getting denied service because apparently I'm stolen valor according to her"
>supervisor is in the group yells out "WHAT THE FUCK!?"
>looks right over at owner
>apparently they know each other
>Owner tries to say something about how he'll serve us personally
>supervisor yells "No....NO...HELL NO. You don't just accuse one of my Medics of being stolen valor and then backpeddle because you hired a retard"
>bar is dead silent
>"we're going to (bar across town)"
>owner is trying to win him over saying he'll comp shots and shit
I know I look younger than I really am, but that's the first time I've ever been accused of stolen valor over it

>>32310193
Well aren't you too cool?

>>32311475
What's that from? Tactical cycling gives me a boner.

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>>32311544

You go from "to young to be military" to "stolen valor".

This is the most autistic story that never happened.

>>32311564
>to young to have VETERAN on ID
Can you not read?

>go shooting with friend at an outdoor range
>wore left over pair of work boots because they're actually quite comfy and my regular shoes won't do jack shit against the cold
>they're not in anyway military looking at all
>cheap black reebok EMS boots, even say REEBOK in big blacker than black letters on outer sides
>spend a few hours just shooting with friend
>kept getting mean looks from safety officer
>finish all my ammo, stick around for a little bit more, ask friend if he wants to get food
>he says no that he's going to go to the pistol range for a while longer
>pack up, say good bye etc., drive home and pick up food
>hour later get text from friend
>safety officer was drilling him about me
>asking if I was prior service or anything
>apparently he was really fixated on my choice of foot fashion
>he wouldn't stop asking where I got those boots
>apparently at one point claimed "I got a lot of friends who died wearing those boots"
>dude thought they were used SF boots or something
>just chuckled to myself
>I bought them at Wal Mart because I wanted to try a non-leather work boot and they were like 35$
And now I can never go back to that range again

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>>32311559
Black Hawk Down, he's a Delta guy doing recon on the Bazaar

>>32309315
>>32309353
you sound like a big autist, screeching spic at a mall on a Tuesday morning, instead of just leaving.

>>32307964
Thank you for your cervix

Seriously don't understand why people don't just pretend to be Ensigns or 2ndLts. I have literally no idea what I'm doing half the time. I just walk around looking clueless and 1/2 the time someone enlisted tells me what I need to know.

Case in point, 5min ago I was trying to get into the NEX but the sliding door wasn't opening for me. Because it didn't open for 15 more minutes. Kinda just stood there really confused as to why the door wasn't opening until a PFC told me to walk around and use the other door I didn't know existed

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>back in college ~2009
>attended a maritime academy because I fell for the oil field meme
>have to wear navy uniform despite not having to enlist afterwards, nor having any prior service
>one day they force us to wear navy officer dress whites we were issued because the schools having an important visitor
>live off campus so I stop to fill up my truck
>suddenly a semi retarded looking man comes up to me and asked why I'm in uniform off base
>tell him I'm not in the Navy and explain it's for my dumbass school, hence the big fucking name tag that says MARITIME ACADEMY
>starts making a scene about how I'm a stolen valor and yells at me until I fueling my tank

Honestly, some of these stolen valor "exposers" are just as autistic as those who do it

>>32310562
It's also common in some countries, either as a feminine or unisex norm. Whether it originated out of function, fashion or happenstance varies from place to place.

>>32311636


If leaving were that easy, don't you think I would have, you stupid fuck? Why would I turn my back on anyone who was being confrontational and grabbing at my jacket? So I can be one of those .webm's in the "WOULD CONCEAL CARRY SAVE YOU IN THIS SITUATION" thread where a retard turned his back on some colored folk, only to be sucker punched and unable to draw?

Jesus Christ. You're either a dumbfuck or you don't have your conceal. Or even worse, you're a Eurocuck.

>>32311184

We've got various procedures in place to direct them to support services if they've turned to crime or fallen on hard times. It's a standard Care in Custody question that gets asked now and a specialist team is engaged pretty much straight away to figure out what's gone wrong / get them in touch with support agencies.

>>32311475

Yep. Many a skank I've picked up from a night out with the guys and I just vanish with her.

Best one I had was a fatty. Woke up in the morning, tried to sneak out, she'd locked her front door. Couldn't find the keys. Had to open 1st floor balcony door and jump onto wet morning grass.

Wish I'd seen her face when she saw the footprints leading off away from her disgusting fat carcass.

>>32306768
>work at shipyard
>navy crew fundraiser in cafeteria
>merchandise with ship name/logo for sale
>cool, I worked on that boat
>buy souvenir t-shirt
>wear it occasionally
>navy town, no one cares
>visit lgs, browse used pistols
>new-ish clerk sees shirt
>"did you serve on that boat?"
>"no, I just worked on it. got it at a fundraiser"
>receive glare
>talk to older clerk to buy ammo
>leave

Apparently some ships supplement their entertainment budget by selling swag. Sometimes they have unofficial ship crests/nose art done by the crew that's more edgy than the Navy allows.

>>32309856
Don't worry, they patched us over to 36th ID so that won't happen.

I will never not be mad about this.

>>32306768
My great grandfather was in the 82nd. I wear one of his pins on my work hat. Sometimes people ask me about it but most don't question it.

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>>32307643
Not even after all the Ripits, Copenhagen, and weeks on MREs?

>>32306560
>at work yesterday
>wear a navy pin on my hat that a recruiter gave me awhile back
>old black guy walks up and asks me where the green beans are
>as I'm walking him over to them I notice he's wearing a navy hat
>ask him if he served
>he says yes, he was a radioman on a carrier during Korea
>he asks me where I served
>tell him I haven't, but I've been considering OCS after college
>he gets the biggest grin on his face
>he spends the next 20 minutes telling me comfy stories about his service
>eventually tells me his wife is waiting for him and he has to go
>as he's walking away I wish him a Merry Christmas
>he does the same
>walks away with a massive smile on his face
>manager chews my ass for wasting 20 minutes with a customer
>don't give a fuck

Not really stolen valor, but I do get mistaken for a veteran once in awhile. This guy seemed really happy to have gotten the chance to speak with me. It's usually a real pleasure to meet some of the older veterans.

>>32311622
Nah, you should go back in those exact same boots. Fuck that guy. If he wants to make a scene then call him out on it.

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>>32310106
i too, have that problem.

>>32312386
high test lifestyle keeps you young in the army

unless youre a 19D at fort hood then you might as well just cut your balls off

>Wear blue polo and khakis to church
>Stop at Best buy to get little brother a game for Christmas
>He's a total Pokefag
>Soccermom approaches
>"Excuse me, I need help with a TV and I'm in a hurry"
>Uhh ma'am, I don't work here
>"THEN WHY ARE YOU WEARING THE UNIFORM?!?!"

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>>32312756
caught me off guard.

>>32306560
>be me
>europoor
>small army, no one is openly proud of our soldiers
>milsurp store is closing, they sell stuff dor cheap price
>decide to buy a few pants, jackets, etc.
>few months later
>as a fat loser i decide to walk 10 kilometers to other city as exercise
>shitty chinese camo pants, white T-shirt, different camo jacket and gurkha boots
>small child on the walks past me with his mom
>"mom, look! a soldier! cool!"
>walk to city
>i'm tired, pants start ripping apart becuase of friction
>walkinghurtslikepantsaresandpaper.jpeg
>at least 4 people who go past me say "soldier" or something, children are smiling
>it is the only city in the area with a military base
>get on bus
>get home
>feel guilty as fuck because i've stolen valor
>sit home for a month in underpants and white shirts

>>32312756
You didn't earn the right to wear that uniform, anon. Some of our brothers died on Black Friday wearing that uniform.

>>32312386

never got into ripits, never dipped, actually liked most MRE's

fite me

>>32309315
i wear an american m65 all the time, but i have long hair and a full beard so i just look like a bum or greasy hippy so no one bothers to fuck with me, except the occasional cop and as long as they don't act like dicks neither do i, never been called for stolen valor

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>Be Britbong student
>Used to use an old milsurp backpack - Berghaus Cyclops Centurion in Sea Cadets
>Couple of years pass, going on trip abroad
>Get to Gatwick airport
>Head towards checkin
>Some guy holding a clipboard comes up to me and tells me to go over to a certain area before I can check in
>confused.ok
>Get into taped off area
>Barriers have some numbers on a sheet like "12th"
>Realize my mistake, do a 360 and start moonwalking away
>A group of about 20 men, in civvies but carrying identical green duffle bags rounds the corner
>Some give me a head nod, I give them a head nod, keep walking
>Pass another group further on, more head nods
>Keep wondering what the fuck I just managed to avoid

>>32308987
It's because no one would pay money for acu pattern

>>32307643
I haven't shaved in a month.

I look like a 17 year old trying to grow a beard. It's not fucking fair, my hair is so thin and my moustache doesn't even connect and I can only grow the tiniest, thinnest soul patch you've ever seen.
Which is why I normally shave but I'm incapacitated due to a leg injury so I've just been at home forever.

>>32313022
>Never got into ripits
>Actually liking MREs
Fucking pog
I bet you jerked off in air conditioned bathrooms with actual plumbing instead of a smelly, graffitied, hot, plywood box with a jagged hole opening to an oil drum.

>>32311667
Do you need a quarters slip, sir?

>>32310564
> British army

No valor to steal , that's why.

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>>32310633
This is a terminal Lance cartoon, STOLEN HUMOR!

>be me
>buy military uniform surplus
>wear it out to trigger fags
>it works lmao
>tell them I was a Navy SEAL sniper and I can kill them from distances that battleships can't even shoot with 14 inch guns

>>32313190
you missed out on a shitty hollywood tier plot line about a civillian who couldnt pass the tests to join up but went anyway.

>>32313190
I've been meaning to pick up one of those for a hunting backpack! If you don't mind me asking, how good are the rooms in it for carrying fuckoff huge pieces of meat tucked into refuse bags?
Does it have one of those newfangled pockets you can tuck a gun into? How about two?

One time I was an idiot.
I gave a fuck about some idiot pretending to be a retard to get the special freebies that retard got without actually doing the retarded shit the retard did.

The idiot was still smarter than the retard ofc but pretending to be a retard still means you look like a retard in the public eye.

I.E Stolen Valor is a special needs class tier thing.

The kid who wants to be in the special needs class because they get extra teaching aids doesn't realise that they get them because they are retards. The same as stolen valor.

It's why it doesn't really exist outside of America because noone gives a shit about state hired goons.

>>32309315
>go to Sears
Suspension of disbelief, lost.

>>32313534
It's spacious enough, if you manage to get one with intact detachable side pockets. Not the best for overfilling but comfy enough.

The side pockets can be zipped together to create an uncomfortable little backup backpack too.

>>32309197
>>32307643
I never get carded at liquor stores but always get carded at bars. 21 and I look like an overgrown child.

My LGS has on multiple occasions asked for my ID before handing me a pistol just to look at even after I've bought multiple firearms there.

>>32311475
>Me and buddy Marines doing MRap course in 29 palms
>Weekend rolls around so we drive to Vegas
>Out drinking at Vegas strip club
>9.5 Stripper flirts with me some, then pays more attention to my buddy
>He ends up convincing her to take him to her place after her shift
>They go to leave but my buddy says, "hey you gotta get on of your friends to come along for my buddy"
>She looks at us and says "why? I'll take care of you both".
>Go back to her place and Devil's Threeway the shit out of her
>Next morning she makes us breakfast and they go fuck again
>She asks me if I want another go, I'm no longer drunk, I decline and wait outside

>>32312435
>>manager chews my ass for wasting 20 minutes with a customer

This is why I cant be bothered with retail jobs. If my section is squared away then I should be able to do whatever the fuck I want.

>>32313190
>inb4 you could have been deployed without serving
That would have been the weirdest shit

>>32313509
>I'm only pretending to be a retard.

>>32313190
>not just going along with it to see what would happen
You don't belong here.

>>32310227
Thanks for sharing. That's literally the gayest shit I've ever seen.

>>32313914
If my limited experience with military is anything to go by, there's gonna be at least two roll calls and at least two guys with those clicking counters counting how many people pass them, and once the lists and counters have been cross-checked and found A-OK, will they march on board one by one, with someone counting over them as they head out on the runway and someone else counting them as they board the plane before a final roll call.
Still, it did sometimes occur that someone got lost.

>>32307900
I was in the Army but I know who Chesty Puller is.

>>32313989
I sucked off a marine once and I know who chesty puller is

>>32307031
>bury it
More disrespectful than wearing, famalamadingdong

>>32313847

>I didn't sign up for this shit!
>no really I literally did not sign up for this
>I got up to go the bathroom and ended up here in afghanistan

>>32311157
Yeah. One of my soldiers Is a total gear fag and has one

>>32306560
is that Col. Leslie Dancer? aka private dancer

I met saigamarine who told a bullshit story about throwing somebody's SAW overboard while floating in the Indian Ocean.

And pretty much anything else that lying spic ever said. Too bad he didn't go to jail with the rest of those mn fuckheads

>>32312734
19D ft Riley

>k-k-kill.....me

>>32313532
Or that one Edgar Kennedy short.

>>32306768
I wear my grandfather's dog togas and bracelet from ww2. Haven't been called out on anything

>>32312756
That was my life when I was an Inventory Specialist.

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>>32311544
Wtf id says veteran on it, your va card? What state does this? Am I missing out???!!!

>>32314333
I think most States do it. Mine does it. They'll put veteran on your Drivers License and even give a veteran license plate with your branch. You gotta bring your Dd-214 and I always forget.

Oh well I don't really like showing my power level anyway.

>>32314252
>bracelet?

>>32310106
You better not be the same guy that wears the NASA shirt everyday at the LA Fitness gym near NAS JRB.

>>32309999
Checked friendo

>>32310774
If you're a never served but still like to wear a shirt like that, just tell them it was your brothers and you wear it for him

>>32313978
Just wait for a name to be called three times, then act groggy and say"here"

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I have a 1968 dated USN pea coat that was sold to me as unissued (no name, etc on it) and I wear it everywhere because it's my favourite winter coat, I honestly get that feeling someone is going to go like "DURR WER U IN DA NAVEY!!!!?!?!?!?!?" at any moment whenever i'm out and about.

>pic related, that's what mine looks like

>>32307031
>the valor, dahnald

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>>32314373
I've been meaning to get a plate, I didn't know about license. I'm in Wisconsin fwiw

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>>32313489

The most recent Halloween strip is hilarious!

>>32311545

Thanks. It's a rare trait here on /k/.

>>32314373
I looked it up, WI does do it. Thx

How the fuck is stolen valor even a real thing.

Really the military worship in this country needs to fucking end. It's extremely cringy. Just implement mandatory conscription with service like Switzerland or Finland. That way the worship of the military ends and people become much more safe and trained with guns.

>>32314721
Guy you replied too. I know because I'm also from Wisconsin. Remember your dd214.

>>32309999

check it

dindu nuffin

fake seal actually calls real seals cowards

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHXNWVI-SWY

>>32309623
>>32309973
JROTC ranks look nothing like any ranks in the military.

>>32314630
I don't mean to be mean, but do you not crossboard very much?
A few years ago, peacoats were all the rage on /fa/, and even for normies they're a pretty safe (Classic?) bet for autumn or early winter clothing.
Granted, the way it fits might betray its military origins to a trained fashionista's (read: Raging, unbound homosexual) eye, but to most people it's just a pretty normal coat these days. I'm pretty sure the Saints rock them in Boondock Saints, and that movie is getting to be pretty old now.
I could wear my Tiger of Sweden trench coat just fine through late summer and autumn without anyone asking me if I was stoked for Battlefield 1, shot up a school or gassed any Turkroaches recently.

tl;dr I wouldn't worry about it.

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>>32314726
>He thinks the military can afford to let everyone use guns.
>He thinks the military can afford to train its current members use guns.

Kek

>>32309856
10th Mtn is my favorite US Division. Thank you for your cervix comrade.

>>32314733
Kinda cringy. They call themselves the "Fake Seal Hunters".

It's one thing if you're going about your business then just casually tell someone they're full of shit because you run into them. To turn it into your full time hobby/YouTube channel is almost as bad. Live in the past much?

>>32306627
My dad was a lt col in the marines, so we get all those sweet family benefits. Got a free meal on a plane just for having a navy federal and USAA cards.

>>32314849
>stationed at the 2 worst duty stations
>"mountain" but not stationed in the actually mountainous duty station of ft carson
>favorite
I bet you like getting hit in the balls too

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>>32307643
>was in Afghanistan when 18
>10 years later looks like 40-years old
>fucking dushmans everywhere
>dont go outside without gun
>always have one grenade to explode yourself because if dushmans capture you will want faster go to hell
>all time drink vodka
>try to explain what you see
>nobody understand
>there only one choice

>>32314909
I mean in terms of history fucknuts.

>>32309197
>be me
>male pattern baldness
>mustache
>26 years old
>7am
>health food store
>buying hummus, celery, healthy food etc.
>buying 2 12oz craft beers
>sir i cant sell you that without ID no no no not on my watch sir absolutely not

>>32307031
Bury it? The ground didnt earn it!

>>32314838
Yeah, no. Dipshit. We have enough money to fund that.

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>>32314398
>>32314252
>Dog toga

>>32309368

yeah but he isn't walking around in a camouflage parka like a mongoloid.

Just know that anyone who actually wears them for their job thinks you're a mongoloid.

Source: Active service in the Dutch military and currently judging you for being a mongoloid.

>>32310055
>Yeah, I was a real Tuskegee Airman!

Oh Christ, I wish he would say that now.

You guys have no flipping clue how surreal all of this stolen valor shit looks to outsiders.
Where I come from, guys get conscripted so being/having been in the military does not make you special in any way.

>>32310562
Back before smartphones were the rage, I wore my wristwatch backwards at work (factory) so I wouldn't scratch the face.

Some people like it. I don't, but who cares?

>>32315353
>flipping

>be in store
>see old guy in old Norwegian field jacket
>don't call him out because it's obviously just an old guy in a comfy surplus jacket.
I showed him

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>>32315353
>Overwhelmingly American board
>Our culture is different than your foreign culture

And? It all got started by liberals who wanted to "protest the war, but support the troops".

>>32306560
People who do this shit have acute autism, I really dont give a shit. Its equally autistic to call em out.

>>32310227
In JROTC.

Our officer ranks look different for a reason, dots and diamonds so we are not confused by soldiers or can trick them. Also, officers wear the ROTC pins on their ASU so anyone who can read would see that.

Plus, town with a JROTC unit have usually had them for a while. People and vets around town know about that kids walking around in uniform are likely cadets

>>32314909

>Fort Carson
>Mountainous

Not in my experience.

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>>32306560
Lol, this shit's going to happen even if it's not military related.

>have outdoor research hat, Mountai Hardwear rain jacket, etc.
>get asked by kids on campus/in classes
>"lol anon do you even camp or anything?"

>tfw have done several segment hikes on AT and at planning in thruhiking before BCT/OCS after uni
>tfw work as Ranger all summer at Philmont
>tfw I have this shit because I use it and get it at super great prices because of pro deals

Fuck the obnoxious cunts, m8s.

>>32310626
I think you might be the butt of their jokes, anon.

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>go for a walk in the park
>dressed in police uniform I got from a uniform store
>it's practical and looks cool
>some fucking soccer mom spots me from across the field
>she awkwardly runs up to me
>she's visibly out of breathe and distraught
>Oh boy here we go.jpeg
>"Officer! Officer! Oh thank god! That man over there has a gun! He took my son and is holding him hostage! Please do something!"
>can't help but sigh and roll my eyes
>"Listen lady, just because I'm dressed this way does not make me a police officer."
>she's hysterical
>try to calm her down
>fucking soccer moms amirite
>she won't stop pestering me
>call cops on her
>police come and arrest her
>explain what happened to police officer
>officer and I share a knowing glance
>he shakes my hand
>me and officer become range buddies after that

>>32310227
Time spent in JROTC in High school: 4 years
Times I wore any or part of the uniform outside of the school: Zero

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>16
>Driving to Civil Air Patrol meeting (wearing pic related)
>Stop in wawa for coffee
>Old guy in a Vietnam vet hat has a confused/concerned face and asks why I'm wearing the uniform
>Explain CAP, he seems relived and wishes me luck

>18
In Police explorers wearing an almost police uniform
>Sometimes the dry cleaning place gives me a police/military discount
>Only ever notice after the fact, don't want to make a deal of it by going back in and explaining

>>32316215
I wore it walking home, or on the bus, or at community events. Not defending that shitbag though, just saying if you were heavily involved you'd wear it outside at least occasionally.

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>>32306560
>be me
>buy one of those UBACs from the /k/ommando store
>comfy as fuck
>slap a waifu patch on the right
>Rhodesian foreign legion on the left
>out with buds after fun range adventures
>guy asks if I'm a vet
>tell him I served in the Mene War
>dude looks visibly confused
>mutters something and walks away
>friends chuckle and go back to drinking
>tfw we all had served

>>32314652
WI will put "Veteran" on your license, if you want plates must have DD214 and It helps to have a copy of your orders if you want Iraq/Afghanistan Vet plates.

>>32310626
>like fatter than possible if i had ever been in shape

Doubt, Ive had friends and family that served got fat as shit after they got out.

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>>32311475
OH SHIT NIGGER

I got chased out of the ghetto at like 6am one time and had to evade across half a fucking city all over some mediocre poon one time.

>>32311687
>Texas Maritime

>>32311667
yeah, 2nd Lts are clueless as fuck, everywhere, apparently.

t. Portuguese Army

>>32311850
no need to insult my entire continent over one retard, lardass.

>>32312756
Unironically thought it was going to be some prime baneposting greentext.

>>32312903
I don't really think that's a case of "stolen" valor.

At the very least, you got to see some people being proud of their military for once.

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>>32313190
this is now a thing

>>32316029
>ltdecidestotakeoverthe'fun'run.jpg

>>32317134
>Starting to round up personnel for deployment
>See this one stupid fuck lazing around with students acting cool, trying to show off or something
>"Alright, fun time is over, head on over here"
>Guy is absolutely puzzled
>"You heard me, back to the pen! Can't have you getting lost in transit, can we?"
>Guy complies without a word
>Put him over with all his buddies
>They seem not to notice, just another transfer as they say
>Guy is a bit unsure, but still doesn't seem that wrong or out of place. He's got the right bag, definitely.
>Plane leaves, guy goes with
cont.

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>>32317134
>Get shuttled into area with other guys with my same bag
>They notice when I try to moonwalk off, yell about deserting or something
>Herd me onto a C-5 with other bongs to head off to Buttfuckistan
>Many hours of flying, befriend my new colleagues
>Everyone thinks I'm a new undocumented transfer, all the records are fucked up
>Try to explain I'm just a kid
>"AHAHA, YE FUCKIN CUNT, YER' QUITE FUNNY. WE'RE OFF TO BUMFUCKISTAN, NEW RECRUIT!"
>Others laugh along
>Begin to panic
>They think I'm kidding
>Arrive at base
>Registry accommodates me as a newbie
>Constantly tell them I'm just trying to go on a field trip
>"Well, we're all here on a field trip! Whether we sighned up or not! Now get back to your regiment. Since you don't have any equipment we'll be sending you to get a rifle and kit."

And that's when Anon realized being deployed might not be that bad after all.

>>32317644
kek, i'll save that one too

>>32306560
why are so many of them niggers?

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>>32318103
Fuck off /pol/, we don't want your scum here.

>>32313190
Why didn't you go along with it anon? Damn you.

>>32306560
>Be me
>18 yoa
>Lives where snow storms happen often in winter,
>Got a job shoveling people shit for cash,
>Bought shitload of winter US Army shit for warmth,
Goes out this year...
>Wearing US Army combat gloves, (90's flight glove kind,) because warmth,
>Wearing US Army Patrol cap with ear flaps cause warmth,
>Wearing cotton Ripstop Woodland BDU pants cause also very warm (Tucked into boots)
Black winter jacket as well.
>Wears Vietnam Era combat boots cause good for snow.
>Wearing SWD goggles, good for keeping snow out.
>Green G.I. scarf (For warmth)
>Only wear when shoveling neighborhood.
I don't think this is stolen valor, am I wrong?

>>32318202
>we
why do joos always speaking about "us" and "we" yet are never a part of the whole?

>>32315979
I meant the area around it. Colorado is more mountainous than NY

>>32318234
If you're in your 20's or younger anyone who calls you out at all is retarded. How can you steal valor in a uniform too young to have been issued.

>Marine Infantry vet
>My wife's Uncle also former Marine Infantry vet
>He gave her old BDU's with his Sgt. Chevrons still pinned
>Wife wears it during winter and likes the look, plus wears it because uncle and her husband were Marines
>Some old Army bastard at a bar gets uppity
>Asks her, "do you know what you're wearing, what that uniform means?"
>Hmm yes, my Uncle and husband were Marines
>I jump in and inform him it's (I think 2014 at time) we haven't been issued BDUs in over a decade
>My wife wasn't a 14 year old child soldier
>Back off and shut up because I don't want to have to kick an older vets ass

He drinks his beer and leaves. I normally wouldn't put a guy on the spot but he was fucking with my wife.

>>32318363
I've never been called out before, and I believe people actually think that I'm sort of a neighborhood watch guard or some shit.

Every time they see me they wave and talk to me, and ask me how things are going. Also because I stopped some faggot fuck head from stealing from an open mail truck that was parked outside my house.

>I just happen to be wearing the boots I mentioned earlier with black khakis tucked into them cause of yard work.
>Faggot comes to the truck and starts fucking around in the back,
>I run up and bag on the side with my entrenching tool that I was using to dig rows for plants.
>Dickhead runs back out and looks at me.
>Wearing black sunglasses and gloves I mentioned earlier.
>Fag runs off.
It was a good day that day...

>>32318103
KEEP /pol/ IN FUCKING /pol/

At uni right now, own a complete FSB/MVD outfit, wear it around sometimes for exercise. Also have a complete set of airshit guns in crates and such, completely sanctioned by the RA's

>All these cunts come over to my dorm to see my shit
>At first laugh and show because why not, it's nice to be known for something
>Usually somewhat unpopular guy, don't mind the extra attention
>Holidays that require dressing up, I oblige with uniform and helmet

Now the real fun begins

>Gear up with kneepads, body armor, boots and helmet one night to go for a run aound 2 AM, so as not to disturb anyone or cause an issue.
>Begin run as normal, go around campus (which is only about 2 miles) once, rest, do it again.
>Around the second time, the security guard sees me and freaks the fuck out
>Running with ZSH-1 on, can hear literally nothing
>Run off into the woods for the other half of the run
>Never even knew what was going on until this guy is running around the campus with a flashlight and yelling
>Walk inside and take everything off, chill out for a bit, go to sleep
>Hear about it the next day

Well, it's not stolen valor, but it was almost a not-so-fun situation to explain.

>>32314195
>ft Riley
I did summer camp there one year with my reserve unit. I thought I had seen some shitty .mil towns untill I saw Junction City

>>32310693
Overall the director of the uniform got mostly everything right. Not sure if that is also a CIB on top of the ribbon rack, that's a bit fudgy.

As for the badges below it's from left to right.CIB, Master parachutist, anf Air assault badge. Are you talkin bout the master parachutist?

>>32319293
CAB i mean

>>32310227
Fuckin' thank you sir.

>>32312226
>>32311622
I will never understand why faggots do this. Shit, I understand if you lie about something but who gives a flying FUCK about what you're wearing? Especially if you're telling the truth about not serving. Fucking autistic retards, seriously. Give all the other veterans a bad name

>>32306768
Spent ten years in. No one will care man. Especially if it's a flying jacket.

>>32310518

I've had similar happen, don't ever know how to respond..

>be me, bartender
>have lots of friends who served
>lots of vets come to bar I work
>all good dudes, not boasters, motto or asshats about their service
>form friendships with regular customers
>meet military dudes for beers and a burger one afternoon
>me, large dude, dad bod-ish, operator beard
>sitting between military pals drinking pints and eating glorious cheeseburgers
>military bros get buzzed, start tossing out jargon
>start talking about goofy shit when they served
>me quietly consuming burger and drinking beer listening/watching ESPN
>finish up, get tickets
>bartender comes over
>comps beers
>all of our beers
>thank you for your service
y-you're w-welcome

>>32316154
I'll take "Things that never happened" for 200

>>32316364
tyfys

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>>32309999

>>32314416
Carswell?

Some good stories here. Someone screencap them!

>>32306560
Non american here

Whats that red cord mean?

>>32320782
adding to this ive seen a blue cord too.

whats the difference between red and blue?

>>32307958
Imagine if he had claimed he served in Nam