Reply #4: It's stupid enough to lie about Ranger school and SF, [View All]

[rakeeb]

it's a small community, and a name can get checked in seconds, even quicker if someone remebers him failing or quitting a school.
But to lie about a Silver Star when you're an officer who doesn't even have an MSM? Every officer going to Iraq or Afghanistan gets a Bronze Star these days, but when a Silver Star is awarded, it always had to do with a significant event that everyone would have heard about; when you read someone's Silver Star citation you usually say to yourself "I remember reading about that firefight, damn I'm glad it wasn't me."

Sad thing is, if he had just lied about a Bronze Star and nothing else, nobody would have even raised an eyebrow.