Joey Wilson FOIA
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Phony bas-ard wouldn’t make a pimple on a good Marines butt!
I have been looking at all these posers at many different web site and it just blows me away at the number of fakers there are out there. The ones I really don’t understand are those that had a good to great military record, goot good promotions, had interesting MOS’s, never got into any military judicial or non-judicial trouble yet find it necessary to add on a whole bunch of needless bulls— to their public profile. Civilians don’t understand what 75% of it means, nor do they usually care. Fellow service folks and fellow vets understand what the phony vet is claiming and are more than will to bust the stolen honor freak. I have actually seen cases wherein the phony has experienced some gain over other vets bases of his bodacious claims of training, rank or valor award. I came home after three years in 1968-1971 as an E4 but with sergeant strips (i was promoted to provisional E5 and had I reenlisted the promotion would have become permanent.) I three ribbons that were really just automatic that everyone received. I think I did an outstanding job in the Army, I have letters in my 201 file from an LTC, a COL and a BG for various assignments in which I answered to these men either directly or indirectly. I am terribly proud of my service and what recognitions I earned. If given the chance to go back to 1968 and do it all over, I would but I would try harder. The only person that really cares about my military career is me. I was just one person in a military force of some million people. No need to embellish, the trust is always better than a fictional personal story. Having said that, my initial reaction when meeting a phony in person (or even online) is embarassment for that person. Everyone will get called on their claims at one time or another. There have been two separate occassions that I came face to face with guys that I just felt were liars but did not know how to… Read more »
CORRECTED I have been looking at all these posers at many different web sites and I am just blown away by the sheer numbers of fakers out there. The ones I really don’t understand are those that had a good to great military record, got good promotions, had interesting MOS’s, never got into any military judicial or non-judicial trouble yet find it necessary to add on a whole bunch of needless bulls— to their public profile. Civilians don’t understand what 75% of it means, nor do they usually care. Fellow service folks and fellow vets understand what the phony vet is claiming and are more than willing to bust the stolen honor freak. I have actually seen cases wherein the phony has experienced some gain over other vets based of his bodacious claims of training, rank, jump status, Ranger, Green Beret, SEAL, etc or valor award. I came home after three years in 1968-1971 as an E4 but with sergeant strips (I was promoted to provisional E5 bases on my work assignment and had I reenlisted the promotion would have become permanent.) I have three ribbons that were really just automatic that everyone received. I think I did an outstanding job in the Army, I have letters of commendation in my 201 file from an LTC, a COL and a BG for various assignments in which I answered to these men either directly or indirectly. I am terribly proud of my service and what recognitions I earned. If given the chance to go back to 1968 and do it all over, I would but I would try harder. The only person that really cares about my military career is me. I was just one person in a military force of some million people. No need to embellish, the truth is always better than a fictional personal story. Having said that, my initial reaction when meeting a phony in person (or even online) is embarassment for that person. Everyone will get called on their claims at one time or another. There have been two separate occassions that I came face to… Read more »