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 Stolen Valor ? Maybe
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07/14/18 01:26 PM
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Cast
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Maybe yall know about my new gig. Ive got a ninety day gig managing a big campus network.
Well my first full day was yesterday, first half meeting with the two man staff, their CFO and my boss who is now inserted as IT Manager. Second half was just me and the guys, a golf cart tour of the campus IT facilitates followed up by several hours in the main lab.
I came away knowing stuff I didnt expect.
The current guy has 10+ years on the job but has the skills of a trainee. To put it kindly, he is a BS artist.
Late in the day, I mentioned that I was a Navy man. Dude immediately told me he was a 20 year retired CPO with a fire control rating. He talked about serving on a Battleship! Hes much younger than me. My GENERAL QUARTERS alarm was banging away in my head but I let it pass.
Last night after a few beers and deepthink I did a little digging. Every link I can find that might point to him has a security block on it. He has no public internet profile.
My boss already knew this but didnt mention it until I bought it up. Were not even sure we know his real name.
This could get interesting fast.
Cast ![[Linked Image]](http://winsounds.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Longhorn-Logo.png) I have a short attention spa
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Re: Stolen Valor ? Maybe
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#12827964
07/14/18 01:28 PM
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John175☮
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“Do not pray for easier lives. Pray to be stronger men.” -JFK
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Re: Stolen Valor ? Maybe
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07/14/18 02:13 PM
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TR176
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Quit being a busybody it is not illegal to claim to be a veteran. Are you chief of secutiy? Do you have the power to fire a 10year employee based on your never fail meter?
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Re: Stolen Valor ? Maybe
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#12828030
07/14/18 02:19 PM
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Uncle Zeek
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"That's so cool - do you have any old photos of you during service in some of those places you served in? I like looking through old military pics"
I've yet to meet a veteran who doesn't have a few old photos of himself in uniform at various duty stations.
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Re: Stolen Valor ? Maybe
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#12828039
07/14/18 02:25 PM
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BCBassCat
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I would be careful when you try to show someone up that has been able to BS their way through their career, that can backfire really quick.
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Re: Stolen Valor ? Maybe
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#12828041
07/14/18 02:29 PM
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outfishdya
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If he can make his internet profile disappear, he can make you disappear.
Woke up this morning
Got yourself a gun....
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Re: Stolen Valor ? Maybe
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#12828042
07/14/18 02:29 PM
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PondFish
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Maybe he is in Witness Protection. Or maybe he is not so semi retired CIA, NSA, etc
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Re: Stolen Valor ? Maybe
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07/14/18 02:31 PM
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Moto-Moto
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I would just leave it alone, do my job, collect my money and roll out. Who cares.
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Re: Stolen Valor ? Maybe
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07/14/18 02:33 PM
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I dont really care about the stolen valor thing. Thats not why Im there. I cant fire him either and wouldnt want too.
How long has it been since we had a battleship in operation?
Cast I have a short attention spa
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Re: Stolen Valor ? Maybe
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#12828046
07/14/18 02:33 PM
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Jaredk
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Quit being a busybody it is not illegal to claim to be a veteran. Are you chief of secutiy? Do you have the power to fire a 10year employee based on your never fail meter? Well actually yes, yes it is. Obviously you never served. This epidemic actually means something to everybody who has ever put on a uniform. It is so bad now that the second I see anybody wearing their veteran, SEAL, ranger, etc) hat & bling I cant help but to think they are a poser
Last edited by E8C-ENG; 07/14/18 02:36 PM.
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Re: Stolen Valor ? Maybe
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#12828057
07/14/18 02:47 PM
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PondFish
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How long has it been since we had a battleship in operation?
USS Wisconsin, BB-64, was last decommissioned in September 1991. I think that was the last one.
But the guy may be using the term battleship in a slightly different way.
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Re: Stolen Valor ? Maybe
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#12828059
07/14/18 02:53 PM
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1ShotNoKills
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2010 we had one listed in reserves. 2014 we had 0 listed.
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Re: Stolen Valor ? Maybe
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07/14/18 02:55 PM
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1ShotNoKills
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To put it kindly, he is a BS artist.
Did his name used to be Coach White?
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Re: Stolen Valor ? Maybe
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#12828061
07/14/18 02:57 PM
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1ShotNoKills
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2010 we had one listed in reserves. 2014 we had 0 listed. These last two battleships were finally stricken from the U.S. Naval Vessel Register in 2006.[85][86][87] The Military Balance and Russian Foreign Military Review states the U.S. Navy listed one battleship in the reserve (Naval Inactive Fleet/Reserve 2nd Turn) in 2010.[88][89] The Military Balance states the U.S. Navy listed no battleships in the reserve in 2014.[90] The U.S. Marine Corps believes that the current naval surface fire support gun and missile programs will not be able to provide adequate fire support for an amphibious assault or onshore operations.[91][92]
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Re: Stolen Valor ? Maybe
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07/14/18 02:58 PM
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TR176
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Quit being a busybody it is not illegal to claim to be a veteran. Are you chief of secutiy? Do you have the power to fire a 10year employee based on your never fail meter? Well actually yes, yes it is. Obviously you never served. This epidemic actually means something to everybody who has ever put on a uniform. It is so bad now that the second I see anybody wearing their veteran, SEAL, ranger, etc) hat & bling I cant help but to think they are a poser Obvousily you never served. You have failed, go back to your stool at the NCO club, drink your cheap whiskey, and read they law and get back to me.
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