Stolen Valor Act
Stolen Valor in PA spurs legislative action
Regular readers here will remember how Nate Fornwalt cheated Matthew Ott out of $2000 that Matt had raised to help veterans. Fornwalt had woven a tale about his exploits in the Marines that tugged at Matt’s heart strings, but those tales were all false. When Fornwalt wouldn’t return the money to Matt, TAH raised another […]
Stolen Valor laws in the states
Chip sends us a link to Maine’s proposed Stolen Valor Act that will make false claims of any military service that results in monetary gain greater than $10 or a false claim of service in a war or wearing/claiming verbally an award or decoration that the wearer didn’t earn a “Class E crime”. A person […]
New Jersey stolen valor bill
New Jersey 101.5 reports that new legislation is being presented in the New Jersey legislature this year. I call it the “Ron Mailahn Attitude Adjustment Act” The legislation would make it a third-degree crime for anyone to knowingly misrepresent themselves as a member of the military — for the purpose of obtaining money, property or […]
Making the CAB retroactive to WWII
Military.com reports that legislation in Congress may make the award of Combat Action Badge retroactive to soldiers serving as long ago as the Second World War; The Combat Action Badge, authorized for soldiers in combat who are not eligible for the Combat Infantryman Badge or Combat Medical Badge, was established in 2005 to recognize that […]
Stolen Valor; WTF, over?
You probably remember valor thief Dennis Meyers who created a Silver Star citation, haffassedly, and convinced phony Vietnam veteran Tom Harkin to send a staffer to award it to him in a public ceremony. Here’s his poorly-crafted citation; Pretty damn sad isn’t it? Well, we just heard from our buddy, Doug Sterner that the reporter […]
PA lawmakers; background checks for military awards
The Allentown/Lehigh Valley Morning Call writes that Bucks County Lawmakers want to apply gun control laws to the purchase of military awards. Of course, there are already laws against being a phony soldier, but, as with gun control laws, prosecutors don’t want to do their jobs, so lawmakers want to write even more laws to […]
More Stolen Valor chicanery in Canada
Someone sent us a link to yet another article from our northern cousins about some Stolen Valor thieves they have busted recently; Police say a member of the military questioned Eric Janssens as he marched at a laying-of-the-wreaths ceremony in Orono on Nov. 9. The soldier became suspicious after Janssens’ answers about his service weren’t […]
Stolen Valor in WI
Someone in Wisconsin sent us a link to a news article about the work that the FBI is doing in that area in regards to Stolen Valor. The author of the story, John Maino, I’m told is a real troop supporter and it shows in this article; In an FBI evidence room of sorts in […]
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