{"id":56411,"date":"2014-11-13T10:00:18","date_gmt":"2014-11-13T15:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=56411"},"modified":"2014-11-13T09:55:10","modified_gmt":"2014-11-13T14:55:10","slug":"franck-gervais-stolen-valor-in-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=56411","title":{"rendered":"Franck Gervais; stolen valor in Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A couple of people sent us this article from the CBC News<\/a> 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;<\/p>\n

“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.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

[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.<\/p>\n

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

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.<\/p>\n

“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.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Well, at least veterans in Canada have the law to punish these guys. All we have is public shaming.<\/p>\n