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Vengarr posted:Except they made him a driver. Naturally he fell asleep at the wheel and drove into a ditch. Totaled the Jeep. This reminded me of my first duty station. Had a Senior Airman on the flight line, super douchey and didn't want to do the work. He went to the doc and he had some kind of narcolepsy type disorder. Personally I didn't believe it, but I wasn't his supervisor so I didn't know all the details. I'm not a doctor so it is what it is. Gets put on light duty, super easy stuff, but still he's a total skater. He claims he can't drive the van to work (we had a 45 min commute to/from the shop) because of his disorder. Ok fine, we don't want to die on the freeway anyway. Then he takes the van to go get food at lunchtime without telling anyone. He comes back to a world of poo poo with the flight chief and he doesn't get it. Hey, can't pick and choose which rules you can skate on. He whined so much after that it was ridiculous. Same guy, I tell him to take out the trash or something small like that. 10 min later I see someone else doing it. I ask him the deal and he said he delegated it...to another Senior Airman...because he outranked him by 2 months. Nah..doesn't work like that playa. The fact that the other SrA actually listened to him also boggled the mind. I was slightly impressed, but that wasn't the point.
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Friend of a friend claims to be ex-special forces Marines and every new story raises a new red flag, but I don't know dick about the military to call him on it. Examples include:
Is any of this plausible? Can special forces rope you back in for one last job just like the movies? Should I STFU? He's a cool guy but my spidey sense is going nuts
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Nov 15, 2019 19:05
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That dude is full of poo poo
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superdylan posted:Saying he can't talk about 99% of the stuff he has done in the military. This combined with PTSD seems fair and I don't want to push to ask about it People who do stuff they can't or don't want to talk about do things like not bring it up. Or talk about little incidental things like funny stories about idiots in garrison. Or lie.
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Nov 15, 2019 19:10
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I tell people I played volleyball for my active time, and humped a 60
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not caring here posted:That dude is full of poo poo
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superdylan posted:Friend of a friend claims to be ex-special forces Marines and every new story raises a new red flag, but I don't know dick about the military to call him on it. Examples include: Literally none of that is true and you’re friend is completely full of poo poo.
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superdylan posted:Friend of a friend claims to be ex-special forces Marines and every new story raises a new red flag, but I don't know dick about the military to call him on it. Examples include: he's either a felon or an alcoholic, or both. my dad used to claim the same poo poo when i was a kid- except in his story was it was the seals and they needed him for scuba training or some poo poo. when he disappeared, he was in rehab. my dumbass 6 or 7 year old self believed him, for a while at least.
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You know, the closest scenario I've heard to that load of baloney was from my voc rehab counselor guy. He had a dude come in, and turned out he used to be delta. He already had an advanced degree, wanted to do something that just required a few certifications that he wanted voc rehab to pay for, and they hooked him up. But apparently for the last few years of his time in, his day job was to teach at some military college. Then they'd call him up and off he'd go do whatever they do for a month or so, and then go back to his army day job at the college. Otherwise he'd work out, they'd have occasional bang bang training, but that was his gig. That's a second hand story though, but that's the closest scenario I've ever heard of to the whole "COLONEL TRUMAN PULLED ME BACK IN FOR ONE LAST MISSION 7" bullshit.
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Nov 15, 2019 20:17
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99% of your time in the military is jerking off so that doesn’t seem like polite conversation. Did he ever complain about MyPay?
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Red flags include but are not limited to: Calling it "special forces" instead of special operations, MARSOC, Raiders, SOF, JSOC, or any of the other names for it. SF is only the Army green berets The government not being able to confirm or deny his background is dumb as hell. IF IF IF he'd actually done anything deniable to that level there would be a cover story/identity in place beforehand Being recalled for anything other than getting punished for something, 9/11, or the 2006-ish surge.
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Nov 15, 2019 20:37
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10 years ago we tagging people for stop-loss. But that puts you on orders for regular active duty. And I never met anyone who went through that bullshit who didn't have a three hour rant about it.
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My wife's brother is an interesting dude and will tell anyone who asks that he: Did work in special forces for AFRICOM Was loaned out on assignment for INTERPOL Is a firearms and unarmed combat instructor for international police and military Also flies 787s for British Airways Gets called out on special missions every now and again by three letter agencies and has to leave for 2 weeks at a time Speaks 4 languages Has houses in a few different cities But the truth of it is: He hasn't had an actual job since he was a lifeguard at the city pool in high school Has been couchsurfing for the last 10 years (when he could) but otherwise was living in his car Has severe ADHD that I doubt he's receiving treatment or meds for Is doughy and out of shape Cannot fly a plane Speaks 1 language Can barely read Dude is not right. Someone who actually did all those things would probably tell people that they used to be in the Army as a computer toucher but now works for the department of agriculture as a computer toucher.
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Nov 15, 2019 20:59
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Eh, I have friends who have rotated in and out of Reserve/Active duty status, it's not unheard of. But the combination of red flags, yeeeeeah.
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Computer toucher is a good cover story for everything, because no one will ever question it or ask you anything at all. You don't have to be in the military to get some mileage out of that one.
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I posted in the last thread about how to get hard proof to bust one of those (claimed to be former force recon and would not shut up about it, said he got evicerated by an IED but didn’t have a scar, etc) and they told me to ask for his DD214, but in that case I was able to actually do that because it was for a job. Fun fact, took that guy to the hospital via ambulance a while after. He had torn his bicep while working as a bouncer beating seven shades of piss out of a guy for talking to a bar patron he liked (she was 20+years younger than him, too). He was, uh, pretty thoroughly under arrest at the time. It was great.
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Syrian Lannister posted:I tell people I played volleyball for my active time, and humped a 60 six tens or ten sixes? i'm impressed either way.
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GTA cheats in real life
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superdylan posted:Friend of a friend claims to be ex-special forces Marines and every new story raises a new red flag, but I don't know dick about the military to call him on it. Examples include: Marines who do these kinds jobs will absolutely not tell you that they "can't talk about it". They will have a cover unit, the unit's mission, and a POC at the very least. This guy is full of poo poo.
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Doc Hawkins posted:six tens or ten sixes? i'm impressed either way. Its classified
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Deathy McDeath posted:Marines who do these kinds jobs will absolutely not tell you that they "can't talk about it". They will have a cover unit, the unit's mission, and a POC at the very least. This guy is full of poo poo. They'll usually just avoid the subject altogether. Here's a comparison, because I knew a former Force Recon dude. The closest I ever came to finding out what they did over there was when he was ugly-crying from survivor's guilt as a mutual friend and I coaxed a loaded AR15 from his hands while his wife in the next room was screaming and begging him not to kill himself. Your friend of a friend should shut the gently caress up.
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Don Shipley (a guy who has a very enthusiastic hobby of taking 'fake SEALs' to task) has a great line about the "I can't talk about my time in the service/with the teams because it's classified": Ops are classified, service is not. Anyone who says their military record is classified is 100% full of poo poo, 100% of the time. I would bet *money* that this "friend of a friend" loves to hit people up for money using his ~cred~ as an ~honourable souldieur~ as proof that he's 'good for it.' BIG HEADLINE fucked around with this message at 22:59 on Nov 15, 2019 |
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Deathy McDeath posted:Marines who do these kinds jobs will absolutely not tell you that they "can't talk about it". They will have a cover unit, the unit's mission, and a POC at the very least. This guy is full of poo poo. Thank you for this and everyone else who replied, the sanity check is very much appreciated. I'm not going to confront anyone about it and stir things up mostly because I'm a total wuss, but he's got steady work and family life and if he's a felon that has built his life back up then I'm sure not going to bust him. Maybe if things go south I will do a FOIA just to get answers
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BIG HEADLINE posted:Don Shipley (a guy who has a very enthusiastic hobby of taking 'fake SEALs' to task) has a great line about the "I can't talk about my time in the service/with the teams because it's classified": Ops are classified, service is not. Anyone who says their military record is classified is 100% full of poo poo, 100% of the time. Yeah. I work for Veteran's Affairs and it still amazes me when people try to tell me "I was a SEAL man, now I have PTSD" when I literally have their entire personnel file in front of me showing that they never even made it to Coronado. BTW, the graduating lists from service schools, such as BUD/S are not classified and are considered public records.
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CainFortea posted:People who do stuff they can't or don't want to talk about do things like not bring it up. Or talk about little incidental things like funny stories about idiots in garrison. Or lie. Until Band of Brothers came out Bill Guarnere would tell people who asked about his leg that it was a boating accident.
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Suicide Watch posted:signed, a SOF marine ask me about mypay seriously don’t, I have no idea what that actually is
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If you're looking to stunt, just make sure you don't steal too much valor.
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BULLETKISS posted:This reminded me of my first duty station. Had a Senior Airman on the flight line, super douchey and didn't want to do the work. He went to the doc and he had some kind of narcolepsy type disorder. Personally I didn't believe it, but I wasn't his supervisor so I didn't know all the details. I'm not a doctor so it is what it is.
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From the r/relationships thread:Smirking_Serpent posted:I [F17] met an USAF guy [M19] last month and he's already talking about babies and marriage. I dunno if he's the idiot or if she's the idiot for seeing through it and still saying "but I really like him!"
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quote:From the r/relationships thread: So this is going to be a domestic violence story next right? Cuz that sounds like the prelude to my friend's abusive relationship with her ex
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Stravag posted:So this is going to be a domestic violence story next right? Cuz that sounds like the prelude to my friend's abusive relationship with her ex Looking at the comments on the original reddit post... probably.  she's already convinced she's in to deep to leave even while people tell her to GTFO.
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It figures. My major #1 top alert red flag went up with the "you'll be present eventually" bit
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Stravag posted:It figures. My major #1 top alert red flag went up with the "you'll be dummy
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It's me. Im the idiot that doesn't proofread swype hard enough
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I only know one guy who I've confirmed was likely in a Special unit, and he doesnt talk about his service at all, to the point that I know he has major bouts of depression and sudden bouts of crying. I saw someone ask him about his time in, and he just kinda went quiet and said he didnt want to talk about it.
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Am I pregananant?
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LingcodKilla posted:99% of your time in the military is jerking off so that doesn’t seem like polite conversation. I've touched all the walls of a shared shower. I've searched racks for watch reliefs under red lights in places I wouldn't go in the full light of day. I've found bottles in spaces man. Bottles in spaces.
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piL posted:I've touched all the walls of a shared shower. I've searched racks for watch reliefs under red lights in places I wouldn't go in the full light of day. I've found bottles in spaces man. Bottles in spaces. Have you ever slept in a jack shack? Do you desperately hope all these things would wash away, like tears in the rain?
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