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June 3rd, 2007, 12:38 PM
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#1 | | Designated Marksman
Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Illinois
Posts: 579
| Phony Green Beret Verification
How would I check to see if a person was actually a Green Beret with service in Vietnam ? Is there a website or organization where I can check this out ? His story sounds a little too good to be true and I would like to check it out before asking to see his DD-214.
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June 3rd, 2007, 05:47 PM
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#2 | | Lifer
Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: NorCal
Posts: 2,128
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This might sound a little cynical, but I have found that those that talk about it the most are the least likely to have actually done it.
It's sad, but barroom credentials are about equal to internet credentials.
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June 3rd, 2007, 06:00 PM
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#3 | | Snappin In
Join Date: May 2007 Location: Arizona
Posts: 25
| Phony's
I would like to add a few choice words to describe phony's but can't of course! Check out: http://authentiseal.cyberseals.org/resources.htm
They have information on how to verify an individuals service.
Herk
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June 3rd, 2007, 06:15 PM
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#4 | | Newbie
Join Date: May 2007 Location: Republic of Texas
Posts: 8
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Here is another resource to assist: http://www.socnetcentral.com/
They don't suffer "posers" well.
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June 3rd, 2007, 11:35 PM
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#5 | | R T Alpha
Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Florida
Posts: 3,751
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Most posers have diarrhea of the mouth and do a fine job of giving their self away. I also have found that those who did & seen the most, talk about it the least also 2336USMC. 
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June 4th, 2007, 04:16 PM
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#6 | | Newbie
Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Oneida Tn
Posts: 5
|  I Heard Some Of The Best War Stories From A Cook. He Didn't Know He Was Telling Them To A 11b Rifleman Who Spent A Tour In The Jungles Of Vietnam. If He Talks About It Without An Enormous Amout Of Alcohol,don't Pay Him Much Mind. ASK HIM ABOUT HIS UNIT WHERE SERVED, IF VIETNAM,ASK ABOUT MPC,MILITARY PAYMENT CERTIFICATE.THAT WAS OUR MONEY OVER THERE, EVERY ONE THAT WAS IN COUNTRY KNOWS WHAT THAT IS.
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June 4th, 2007, 06:10 PM
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#7 | | Lifer
Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: AR,USA
Posts: 3,339
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I thought that the 201 file was what was used to record such things. DD214 records time in service, rank, awards and decorations, and also your enlistment code. I probably missed something, I have'nt looked at mine in a while.
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June 4th, 2007, 07:07 PM
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#8 | | Newbie
Join Date: May 2007 Location: Republic of Texas
Posts: 8
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The DD214 should show all military schools (successfully completed). It should show/confirm Airborne School and the Q-course. If they aren't there, neither was he.
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June 4th, 2007, 10:57 PM
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#9 | | Grunt
Join Date: May 2006 Location: In the land of OZ
Posts: 95
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Originally Posted by nick_charles  | I highly recommend this site. Be warned: read all stickies before posting anything. Those guys will look the questionable person up and tell you, most likely in a PM, if the guy is real. If the guy is a fake, then they will put him out in the open and pretty much make the guys life a living hell. Depends on what mood they are in. I'm just kidding. They are very professional, but I do recommend reading the stickies before posting anything.
flbache
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June 5th, 2007, 04:42 AM
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#10 | | Lifer
Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: AR,USA
Posts: 3,339
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I knew the DD214 listed schools, because it lists under awards and decoration things like the stated Jump wings, Ranger tab for completion of Ranger School,marksmanship badges, EIB or CIB, and also ribbons for NCO development schools like PNOC, BNOC etc. It does not list units served in, or places deployed, or even TDY status ever completed.
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June 8th, 2007, 08:50 AM
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#11 | | R T Delta
Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: New Tripoli, Pa
Posts: 2,611
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I love to talk to the wannbees. Years ago I used to get angry and ignore them, but I have changed my outlook. It is more fun to mentally poke holes in their conversation.
My favorite was a guy who claimed to have served with the 82d in Vietnam. I mentioned that the 3d brigade was the only infantry unit there and asked him which unit he was in.
He replied "82d Airborne"
I asked again, no, which unit within the 82d?
He said "Oh, 3d company, 4th platoon"
I chuckled and knew he was a BS artist.
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June 8th, 2007, 09:07 AM
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#12 | | Lifer
Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Back in the U.S.A.
Posts: 2,057
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I was a door gunner on the space shuttle.........very hush hush.... ....we were an elite group, you only got it if you had Airborne Scuba Sniper training first........
Sounds like a few BS artists I've ran into over the years. Ask him what color the boathouse at Hereford is.
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June 8th, 2007, 04:09 PM
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#13 | | Fire Team Leader
Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: South Jordan Utah
Posts: 185
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With all the Masses of Green Berets, Rangers, and SEALS around...I guess I was really in a very tiny, Very Elite unit.
I was a Field Medic for 4/7 Cavalry. Then I was a Flight Medic with a Dustoff unit for 5 years before going to Physican Assistant (PA) School. . Total of 10 years Active and Guard service.
I am very Proud of my service, and don't need to be a SF type...I am just glad to have survived my time with the Medical Corps!
Hans
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June 8th, 2007, 04:15 PM
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#14 | | Lifer
Join Date: Nov 1978 Location: Kihei, Hawaii
Posts: 6,347
|  Hey hey diddly bop bop....
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He said "Oh, 3d company, 4th platoon"
| Ha ha ha ha !!!!
Boot camp flunky at best!!! 
Betcha he was a wash!! 
9th
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June 8th, 2007, 08:36 PM
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#15 | | Snappin In
Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: tx
Posts: 39
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A boathouse at Hereford??? An wrong answer to that would be a giveaway for sure....
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