Military Posers On Halloween

[PatHLC128]

Originally Posted by NraFan

Agreed. A lot of guys have camo pants or a jacket they wear around the house or whatever. You can wear parts of the uniform, especially the camo stuff. Its the guys wearing dress uniforms or full camo with name tapes and rank and unit insignia that is pushing it. Wearing full camo for games or hunting is fine, its the guys posing as military that are wrong. Ex military can wear what they want when they want.

x2...this seems to be what everyone is saying, lets leave it at that.

[09tacoLI]

Im a cop in nyc and see this fucking bullshit all year long. The worst time is fleet week in nyc, these MotherFuckers dress up then hit the bars and clubs drinking for free and hooking up with girls on the back of the Men and women that payed for there uniforms with there lives. I was in the USAF and my partners was USN between the 2 of us we can spot a fake and if there is any reason to lock these cocksuckers up we find it. Nothing in the world pisses me off more than this I think the act of misrepresenting your self as anyone in the military should be at the very least a Class A misdemenor.

[Untamed_SS]

Since I'm next to Shreveport, every once in a while I'll go out and see (yeah, you know.) wearing the dress looking button up shirts with all kinds of jacked up stuff everywhere. EGAs pointing the wrong direction (such a peev for me) and upside down rank that barely resembles a real rank.

Seeing this makes me so angry. Yeah, I know I'm "just a reservist" but damn, that shit just isn't right. Disrespect to the men and women that earned it. They are such assholes.

[mrp192]

So I was at a club Halloween and saw a guy in a flight suite and with stripes and a flight cap.. in the AF you dont have stripes on a flight suite.. if the guy did have weight on me and was taller i would have taken him out..

[YayAreaTaco0311]

Originally Posted by cakmakli

I'm curious about the NG SSG at the Club in Uniform. Was that supposed to be his costume or was he just out clubbing in uniform? Either way he's wrong and as an NCO should know better.

It could be both reasons but I didn't ask. I agree it's a bit weird to go clubbing in cammies but from what I understand, the Army allows it? But I can understand especially as an NCO, you gotta set the example for juniors. He acted very professional though.

I don't care about civilian wearing bits and pieces of military clothing. It's the ones that have the nametapes and rank that pisses me off the most.

Like that douchebag I was telling you guys about at the surplus store wearing Army ACU w/nametapes sticking his arm out the window in his car, leaving the store and the one at the club with SGTMAJ chevron on.

I like the goose & flight suit one, that's awesome lol.

[Longboard0302]

Couldn't agree more with your posts. Phonies are everywher...I was on the Harlem Local out of NYC a few years ago and a guy next to me at the door before our stop, had a hat on with all kinds of patriotic doodads including a USMC emblem. I asked him about his service and he gave some B.S. answer about serving in the 1st Marine Division at Khe Sanh (elements of the 3d and 5th Divisions served there, not the 1st), officers training at Parris Island (!), etc. Having served 28 years in the USMC, I told him he was full of shit...the guy was speechless and ran off the train as we came to our stop...the other commuters aroud us applauded!

Semper Fi, Col KK

[Longboard0302]

You got that right! BTW, the NYPD is the world's best police force...we New Yorkers love 'em.

Col KK, USMC, Bronxville, NY

[krimson]

I think its not bad to wear BDU's for hunting or paintballing, but when people wear the Dress Blues or any Dress uniform they are crossing the line. I lol'd with that poser in the dress blues with those pants that didn't even fit him

[warpwr]

Times have changed.
Back during the draft days, most of us couldn't wait to get out of our uniforms.

[cakmakli]

Originally Posted by Longboard0302

You got that right! BTW, the NYPD is the world's best police force...we New Yorkers love 'em.

Col KK, USMC, Bronxville, NY

Not trying to hijack the thread but I agree with that 100%. Every time I've been in NYC with friends the cops there were the greatest and couldn't do enough for us when they found out we were there on leave.

The city is great also. I remember going there not long after 911 and with a military ID you could ride the subway for free. The Yankees would also let you in the stadium for free with an ID.

[jeremiekc]

Originally Posted by YayAreaTaco0311

It could be both reasons but I didn't ask. I agree it's a bit weird to go clubbing in cammies but from what I understand, the Army allows it? But I can understand especially as an NCO, you gotta set the example for juniors. He acted very professional though.

I don't care about civilian wearing bits and pieces of military clothing. It's the ones that have the nametapes and rank that pisses me off the most.

Like that douchebag I was telling you guys about at the surplus store wearing Army ACU w/nametapes sticking his arm out the window in his car, leaving the store and the one at the club with SGTMAJ chevron on.

I like the goose & flight suit one, that's awesome lol.

Just to Quote the Reg, sorry it happens every now and then. The only time a Soldier, US Army, is allowed to drink in uniform is at a unit/service connected function, or at a facility on post that serves. We are not allowed to drink in uniform off of post.

There you go straight from the reg. If any non military person sees this occur I sure and the heck would say something to the person.

[cakmakli]

Yea we aren't supposed to drink in uniform but that's a big grey area for me. Quite a few times in airports and restaurants I've had people offer to buy me a beer and I sure as hell ain't going to be rude by saying no.

[PackerfanXD]

Originally Posted by neontrail

lighten up francis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrllCZw8jiM

x2. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

[paintdiddy]

Originally Posted by Afwrestler1986

I don't know man, we go out and see people, NOT KIDS, but adults like this. It is one of the most aggrevating feelings. I went through the steps to wear the uniform and it really makes me mad to see it misrepresented.

if they are pretending then you are allowed to kill them. them them i said its ok. i have much respect for military people.you have the right(earned) to want to smash their heads in

[YayAreaTaco0311]

Civilian charged with wearing Navy medals
November 11, 2009 12:39 p.m. EST
Steven Burton will make his initial court appearance in federal court at 9:30 a.m. Thursday.
Steven Burton will make his initial court appearance in federal court at 9:30 a.m. Thursday.
STORY HIGHLIGHTS

* Man faces charge for wearing Navy medals despite never serving in military
* Steven Burton, 39, of California, has agreed to surrender to authorities
* Authorities say Burton has been photographed wearing military uniforms
* FBI affidavit says Burton blogged during August 2009 about being a Marine



Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- A California man is facing a criminal charge for wearing numerous Navy medals despite the fact he never served in the military, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.

Steven Burton, 39, of Palm Springs, California, has agreed to surrender to authorities Thursday morning, Thom Mrozek, spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's Office, Central District of California, said in a statement. He will make his initial court appearance in federal court in Riverside, California, at 9:30 a.m.

Burton has never served with any branch of the U.S. military, authorities said, but was seen and photographed several times wearing military uniforms and various medals, including a Purple Heart and the Navy Cross, the highest medal awarded by the U.S. Navy.

Authorities began investigating Burton in June after a Navy commander contacted the FBI and said she had attended her high school reunion earlier in the year and saw Burton wearing a Marine Corps uniform displaying the rank of lieutenant colonel, along with the Navy Cross, the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star, according to an affidavit filed seeking a search warrant in the case. Suspicious, the woman approached Burton and asked to take a photograph with him.

After the reunion, the woman confirmed with the Navy that Burton had not been awarded the Navy Cross and was not a Marine or a member of any other branch of the armed services, the court documents said. She provided the photograph to the FBI.

The affidavit, from an FBI agent, said Internet research showed that Burton had blogged during August 2009 about being a Marine and receiving many commendations and awards. His postings also discussed engaging in combat and serving in Afghanistan and Iraq, particularly in Falluja, a city in Iraq's largely Sunni Arab Anbar province where Marines and militants battled for years, the documents say.

Burton posted a picture of himself online standing on a beach at Coronado Island, California, wearing a Marines dress uniform, the affidavit said. In the picture, he is wearing the rank of gunnery sergeant and is displaying medals including the Navy Cross, the Legion of Merit, the Navy and Marine Corps medal, the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart, among others.

Authorities found that Burton works for a bank. Palm Springs police contacted him at his home "under the guise of conducting an identity theft investigation in which Burton was a potential victim," the affidavit said.

Burton is charged with the unauthorized wearing of military medals. The misdemeanor offense carries a maximum penalty of a year in federal prison.

A search warrant was executed at Burton's home, said Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph Akrotirianakis, who did not divulge what was found there.

Akrotirianakis also would not say where authorities believe Burton obtained the medals.

However, an Internet search showed several medals -- or possibly replicas -- for sale online, despite a law banning their advertisement or sale. Even if a medal is a replica, wearing it still violates federal law, Akrotirianakis told CNN.

The Navy Cross is the nation's second-highest award given for valor, second only to the Medal of Honor, authorities said. It is generally awarded for "extreme gallantry and risk of life, beyond the call of duty, performed in combat with an enemy force," according to the prosecutors' statement. The Bronze Star is awarded for "heroic and meritorious achievement or service," while the Purple Heart is awarded "for being wounded or killed in action against an enemy of the United States."

http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/11/11/...medals.charge/