Franck Gervais; stolen valor in Canada

A couple of people sent us this article from the CBC News in regards to Franck Gervais who was at the National War Memorial in Ottawa on Remembrance Day this week. The Department of National Defence says that he isn’t a member of the military;

“Falsely impersonating a Canadian Armed Forces member is an issue to be taken seriously and is covered under Section 419 of the Criminal Code of Canada,” a spokesperson for the Defence Department said in an emailed statement.

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[Jake Flanders of the Airborne Regiment Association of Canada] said a number of “red flags” jumped out at him, such as Gervais’s facial hair, the red sash he wore across his uniform and his maroon beret.

“The red flags are, first off, his facial hair. In the military, you’re not allowed to have a beard like that.”

Flanders said that for someone claiming to be a “sergeant,” Gervais wore his red sash the wrong way, while the maroon beret he wore is traditionally reserved for soldiers serving in parachute units.

“I can tell you that all sorts of people, ex-airborne people and military jumpers, were all over Facebook saying, ‘Does anybody know this guy?’ And there are just too many… symbols that he’s faking it.

Well, at least veterans in Canada have the law to punish these guys. All we have is public shaming.

Category: Phony soldiers