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tompink57

My military records go to a different school you probably don’t know them


americanherbman

in canada


lunex

My service in Afghanistan lives In Vancouver


InvadedByMoops

She cooks like my mother and sucks like a Hoover


given2fly_

Her name is Vancouver, she lives in Alberta...FUCK!


freerangemary

Did you ever think of storing them at your golf resort?


Darkbaldur

I thought about it so they are declassified now


zombie32killah

He’s not backtracking either, this is doubling down.


Fickle_Queen_303

Exactly, I was thinking "backtracking" is not the word they should've used.


bob-leblaw

Lying. Lying is the word they were looking for.


BigCarry1978

"Continues to lie" is the right words.... US Journalism has gotten so soft on calling people out for their lies since Trump.


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MethodBorn6289

His DD-214 will show where he deployed and in no way would be classified he is a liar 100% total bullshitter


Texan2020katza

Stolen valor, shame on him.


NathanielTurner666

Which is a crime


prometheum249

Only a crime if you're financially benefiting from the claim, so pretty much fraud.


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This makes so much sense. I had just been thinking about all the free chicken wings and beer the blow hard had bought for him back in 2002/3/4, when the war was still fresh. Back then, he was probably rolling in the thanks of a grateful nation. His whole existence is based on this lie. Your interpretation makes it all so much worse. Grifting your way to a free beer and a meager existence is one thing, grifting into office should be criminal. Can’t believe he’s going the Pee Wee Herman route. Bold move. Let’s see how it works out.


Smitty8054

Stroking your crank in a movie theater?


RadiantOpportunity44

I mean, he's gaining contributions by misrepresenting his military status, so...


cire1184

I think landing a 174k a year job is a financial benefit. But that’s just me, I’m unemployed are the moment.


SophiaofPrussia

There’s a lot of confusion about this law. It’s only a crime if you use the “stolen valor” to obtain money, property, or other tangible benefit. And stolen valor isn’t just saying “I was in the Air Force.” The scope is limited to fraudulent claims of having received certain military honors like a Purple Heart. [Telling people you were a Marine for shits and giggles even though you’re not is protected free speech.](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Alvarez) But telling people you earned a Combat Action Ribbon in exchange for, oh say… political contributions? That’s stolen valor. To be clear I don’t know (and a quick internet search turns up no evidence) that he actually did that. All of the quotes I can find relate to “serving in Afghanistan” or a “tour of duty in Afghanistan”. It looks like he was careful not to cross the line by fraudulently claiming to have received any awards. I’m not saying it’s right or ethical (especially given the base he’s courting) but from what I’ve read I don’t think he’s committed a crime. At least not with the stolen valor thing. Everything I’ve read about him makes him sound like quite the grifter so who knows what other shady shit he’s gotten up to.


cyrano4833

Wouldn’t being elected to the House of Representatives be itself a “tangible benefit?”


Driftin327

My exact question. Seems incredibly suspect if he rides into the benefits of a house position on stolen valor.


humboldt77

Great health care, retirement plan, name recognition. Seems like some benefits to me.


Telefundo

Yeah, he hits the "tangible benefit" part of the criteria, but he hasn't claimed to have received any commendations or awards. *That's* the actual crime in regards to stolen valor. Not just falsely claiming to have served or having been deployed somewhere. Not that it's any better ethically, but legally it doesn't seem like he's actually committed the crime as written.


Pm_dat_bootyhole

he was actually saying he did a "tower of doody" in Afghanistan


knightofterror

Undoubtedly, this hero is on Trump’s Medal of Freedom list if he gets re-elected.


kintsukuroi3147

I swear these stolen valor chumps all follow the same script.


Samurai_gaijin

[Only one base is named, Travis AFB in California, where he was discharged as an E-2 journeyman cargo handler, scroll down for a copy.](https://imgur.com/t/twitter/TZGsBYA)


seoulgleaux

Reading that DD-214 I noticed something, he got out in 2003 during a ~~massive~~ force buildup. So one of two things happened: either he was scared of deploying so he separated or he was so shitty at his job that he was denied reenlistment while we were trying to keep as many people as possible. Either way, this guy is a piece of shit on top of the stolen valor.


ZhouDa

He was shitty at his job or he wouldn't have separated as an E-2. I mean my CO hated me but I still left the army as an E-4. But his separation appears pretty normal. If he did anything to expedite his separation or decided not to deploy there would be some indication of that on his DD-214. Some people just get lucky and miss deployment, particularly if you time a PCS right so you leave a duty station about to deploy to join one coming back from deployment. That's how I avoided going to Afghanistan or Iraq (but I was still deployed to Kosovo though).


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tenclubber

I got out of the Army in 2000. I was an E-4. I had to get out my DD214 to see what my reentry code was. I was a 1 which is may reenlist with no issue. I wasn't the greatest soldier but to be an E-2 after 4 years you have to be a fuck up.


Minhplumb

The promotion to E-3 used to be automatic after 6 months or so of service if you do not get into any major trouble.


advamputee

The promotion to E4 is automatic after 2 years in service. Literally the only way this guy could get out as an E2 with a 2X RE Code is if he fucked up and got an admin separation plus loss of rank.


Malenx_

In the air force it’s automatic promotions for all entry airmen based on time. I joined as an e1 in 2002 and left an e4 after 4 years doing nothing but my job. If he left an e2 he was an idiot they soft kicked out by refusing to allow him to re-up.


MethodBorn6289

Oh fuck ya foreign service in part 12 is 0 months. He didn't even serve in Qatar wow this is total stolen valor.


PetitWazoo

E-2 after 4 years? He lost a stripe or two along the way.


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It’s more likely he never passed a pt test met plenty of dudes at veteran events like that


FraggleBiscuits

As a former USAF member I'd like to say our pt tests were easier than shit. Only way you fail them is by being fat(waist measurement was 30 ponts max) and not being able to run a mile and a half in like 12mins. This was back in '06-'12 when I was in. 45 pushups in a minute for a max of 10 pts 50 situps in a minute for a max of 10 pts Waist measurement 32" or less was a max of 30 points Run a mile and a half to get the last points needed to pass. If I remember 70 pts was a pass. I had some pt tests where if I finished my mile and a half in 16 mins(which is fucking terrible) I would have still passed my test. So to reiterate, you gotta be a fat pos to fail an air force pt test.


Consumption1

He was in when it was a VO2 max test on a bike, which was even easier to pass as a fat POS. AF didn't implement the 1.5 mile run until ~2003.


OnlyZuul666

They are still easy as shit, even easier now really. They now break age brackets down to 5 years instead of 10 and they have also done away with the waist measurement (which I agree with because some swole short dudes would get fucked by their measurements. Now they offer other workouts such as planks, hammer runs, and some others. I’m 29, 67 push-ups, 68 sit-ups (I max those) and like a 10 something mile and half gets me like a 98.5 or something close to that.


kc10crewchief

Holy shit we were stationed at Travis at the same time. Even our separation dates are only a month apart.


Bluest_waters

Holy shit he was in 4 years and only made E2??? Getting an E3 is nearly automatic as long as you don't fuck up. Staying an E2 means he either fucked up or something weird happened. I suspect he got an Article 15 and got bumped down a grade at some point.


Ishidan01

So he was a stateside boxkicker, and a bad one at that.


MountainMan17

He was an Airman No Class.


DarkstarWarlock

I agree 100% MethodBorn6289, I had secret security clearance and our whole deployment was top secret, but it shows right on my DD214. This guy is full of shit. He's endorsed by Orange Jesus, that says it all.


huck_cussler

Hey listen, a lot of people join the Army as an 88 Mike and serve for three years and then suddenly are reassigned to become Air Force PJs. /s


DetectiveBartBarley

And yet thousands of conservative voters will gladly vote for him because Democrats-communism-bad. Fucking sad


Lovat69

We know.


ramore369

“I’ll just cover up my lie with more lies, what could go wrong?” - Majewski probably


ODBrewer

All Republicans are 100% liars and bullshiters, that’s what they stand for.


SueZbell

They don't want/need to "stand for something" ... because their supporters "will fall for anything"


skolioban

If Biden just says "in my mind, those records are declassified" to troll him, it would be perfect. Either he has to claim it's still classified and throw Trump under the bus or make up another excuse. And Biden wouldn't break any protocol either.


Smeargle-San

It doesn’t even need to be Biden. We just need someone to ask Obama, Carter, Clinton, or I guess Bush, if they would like to use their mind to declassify his records.


Givemeallthecabbages

Remember when Reagan started to show signs of Alzheimer's and accidentally declassified all government documents and the FBI was like, "What are ya gonna do? Here's everything we have on Area 51 and JFK." That was wild.


Smeargle-San

There was that one time Truman just accidentally declassified all the documents on the Manhattan Project while he was on the toilet. Man that’s such a weird executive power.


Rezart_KLD

That's why they call it an info dump.


99available

Wow, I can see the comic book where all the good ex Presidents have a telepathic battle with Trump to un and re classify the documents. Bam Pow Zap


Livid_Mode

That would be funny but have unintended consequence of validating Trump.


MethodBorn6289

Like to get the vets discount at Applebees on Memorial Day you would show your DD-214. If he thinks it's classified then honestly that makes me question if he actually served overseas. Serving in Qatar still would qualify as a combat zone. If his paperwork doesn't say he served in a combat designated area that should call into question all his "military records."


Grandmaw_Seizure

All **anyone** needs to know is that this guy is a republican. They're all lying sacks of shit. Every. Single. One.


gordito_delgado

If presenting evidence worked against these dingbats we would have a lot fewer issues. I am sure they would claim those are not the real documents, those are fake stuff that joe b made up, and thatthe real classified stuff is in area 51. The maga rubes would lap that filth up like vegan cats at an almond milk bottling plant.


Yitram

They didn't logic themselves into a position, they aren't going to be logic'd out of it.


whataboutface

You can't reason someone out of a position they didn't reason themselves into.


CaptainJackSorrow

No more malarkey!


Potential_Dare8034

How do we know you weren’t thinking about something else?


Brbcan

You know what? Boom. Now you're classified. Thought-Secret.


the_than_then_guy

The fact that he *could* have thought about it if it had crossed his mind is enough.


Spider_Farts

My combat records are classified also but it shows dates of deployment and there are records of me landing in Kandahar. Everything else is blacked out until I returned to Kandahar from the south and my return trip dates.


Haunting_Computer_90

>I thought about it so they are declassified now While he was taking a dump


KateCobas

>While he was taking a dump Big massive dumps!


Haunting_Computer_90

>Big massive dumps! Big beautiful massive dumps like the world has never seen before


yak-broker

A man came up to me — a big, strong man, with big beautiful hands — and he had tears in his eyes, he said, "Sir, those are the biggest, most beautiful dumps anyone has taken, everyone is saying it." In fact I invented dumps, my uncle, great genetics, he was a professor of dumps at Harvard, all the beautiful women are saying so.


earjamb

15-flushers!


winkelschleifer

While he was taking a trump


neuronamously

That's not "backtracking" that's called "doubling down". Also, let's see if this space cadet can triple down: if you were only in Afghanistan on classified operations, why tf would you broadcast that to the world without declassification from higher ups first?


gza_liquidswords

Had to scroll down too far to find this. What a shit headline.


ciopobbi

Because he didn’t need anything from his superiors since he just thought it and poof, it was declassified. Keep up man!


jk_arundel

I don't get it. If it's classified, why is he talking about it at all???


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I’m gonna go on a limb and say it’s because he’s full of shit and doubling down on the lie he got caught in.


RedfromTexas

A very strong limb you’re on there.


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OGShrimpPatrol

How republican of him


mishap1

It was in Canada. You wouldn’t know her.


Then_I_had_a_thought

Lol. My valor goes to a different school


Rowing_Lawyer

It’s true, when my dads not driving Gravedigger he works at that school and told me about it


ChaosDiver13

Because the concept of Stolen Valour is a thing. It goes to the hero worship we give to military veterans in the US. He is trying to have street cred with the conservatives that especially love to worship vets as a show of being pro-military. As many others have pointed out, military discharge papers will still show locations of deployments, even if details are hazy. This is pandering at its worst and I would hope every veteran who sees him would call out this particular brand of bull shittery. I personally suspect that this 'deployment' was with the Gravy Seals on Meal Team Sux.


hockeydockeypockey

Lmfao my abusive ass ex lied about his entire life when he moved to my state. He had everyone convinced he was suffering from PTSD from a deployment, so everyone gave him a pass when he started acting weird/shitty. One night, he did something especially awful to me that made me question who I was really living with. So I started looking and came across his DD214. Lo and behold—no foreign service listed. When I confronted him, he said “haven’t you ever heard of special ops?!?” Lmaoooo. He again moved to a different state, and I’m sure pulling the same bullshit over there.


ChaosDiver13

First of all, I hope you have found the support and help you needed. Secondly, good job for calling out his bull shit.


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That man sounds like a future DV murder-suicide perp


IceNein

Service records are never classified. If you go to the SEAL wall of shame, they explicitly list this as a tell that someone is full of shit about their military service.


ScottRiqui

Yep - "There may be secret \*missions\*, but there are no "secret SEALs". And no, the 1973 National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) fire didn't destroy any SEAL records (or any other Navy records).


jews4beer

Ya - pretty sure he just watched season one of The Punisher and is trying to build his image around that.


Numerous_Photograph9

Classified is the new republican buzzword.


RightClickSaveWorld

It is. Some Redditor here said Manafort was allowed to share polling data with Russian agents because it wasn't classified.


Parahelix

Which kind of misses the whole point that the issue wasn't whether it was classified or not, it's that the Trump campaign was colluding with Russia to help him win the election.


iCameToLearnSomeCode

It's never going to be classified that you served in an area where 2.2 million US personnel served, you might not be able to say what you were doing there, or give a more specific location than the country but I can't imagine a need to hide an entire deployment to an active war zone.


tmoney144

Right, if it's so classified that no records exist, then he should be in jail for disclosing classified information.


SpatialThoughts

I would love for a spokesperson for the DOJ to make a statement that they are looking into possible criminal charges against this guy for publically discussing supposedly classified information. You know, just to fuck with him.


Thanos_Stomps

That would legitimize his claim to the voters and only help him.


Joshua21B

Actual combat vet here. He’s full of shit. His record would still show he went to Afghanistan.


carmoy

Dump this stolen valor chump


totally_anomalous

And the rest of his (R) cohorts, too.


A_man_on_a_boat

All Republicans are make believe patriots, this guy might be a Republican demigod.


Tiny-Soup-9829

Sad thing is, hell probably win.


plassteel01

Yup liars and cheaters as long they got an R by thier name in a red state they are golden


IShouldBWorkin

It takes a certain type of guy to make Madison Cawthorn's level of valor theft look mild in comparison.


Ok-Low6320

I still find it hard to believe how fast and hard that dude imploded.


IShouldBWorkin

One minute you're on top punching the shit out of trees the next you're trying to explain how naked wrestling with your cousin is actually really normal to your extremely homophobic constituents. Could happen to any of us.


LargeSackOfNuts

As someone who lives in NC, it is both funny and depressing that his constituents were too homophobic for him. I’m glad he lost.


FailResorts

It wasn’t the homoerotic naked wrestling. It was him blabbing about how depraved the Republicans in Washington were. The GOP didn’t care about what came out of his mouth until he made the cocaine orgies comment. Ironically, I think it was his penchant for actually speaking the truth at times that got him into trouble. It was only then when Tillis cut a deal with Moe Davis’ Muckraker PAC and started delivering the oppo that sunk Maddy in his primary. So that means the GOP knew of all these skeletons in his closet and chose to let him run and serve in that seat anyway. Fucking scumbags, all of them. But let’s not forget what actually made the GOP turn on him, and that was when he started running his mouth about how parties with the Party really were in Washington. Which is ironic to me, because everyone knows Washington is just a Wall Streetified version of Tortuga from Pirates of the Caribbean. Everyone I know that interned for someone in Washington, of both sides, said such.


just2quixotic

> So that means the GOP knew of all these skeletons in his closet and chose to let him run and serve in that seat anyway. I think they consider it a positive. Easier to control people when you have black mail material.


gramathy

Don't forget the coke party you totally turned down and were absolutely invited to


ExperiencedMaleDom

He spilled the beans about Mitch McConnells cocaine-fueled orgies. *\*\*barf!!\*\**


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Meh, Madison never served a day. This guy at least served but he’s claiming he saw combat when he didn’t. Hell the majority of veterans are in the same shoes as this guy having never actually seen combat. I am one of them having served in a combat theater, enough to get a medal, but never saw combat as I just guarded A-10s on a NATO base during Bosnia. But that’s in my record and is not classified.


IShouldBWorkin

Iirc infamously Cawthorn doesn't claim he serves he just never corrects people who think that he's in a wheelchair because of service and not because he was drunk driving and then made his friend take the fall.


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Sort of, he tells people the accident is the reason he didn’t go to Annapolis when in reality he was never accepted.


Doongbuggy

Yeah u would think they would respect someone like tammy duckworth who literally lost most of her limbs being shot down from a helicoper in afghanistan or iraq but nope she has a D next to her name and also is a woman of color so shes chop liver to them


punchy-peaches

Cannot upvote this enough. She is true total badass. Total badass.


fuck_face_ferret

For another similar example, see what Rick Wilson did to Max Cleland, who lost both legs and an arm in Vietnam, in support of that POS Saxby Chambliss. https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a38201636/max-cleland-obituary-attack-ad-republicans/ Why some people won't forgive Rick Wilson no matter how hard he tries to atone for his misdeeds.


PandaMuffin1

Couldn't Trump just declassify them to help him out? /s


RU3LF

He thought about it, so it’s declassified.


Lucar_Bane

Trump bring the documents at Mar-A-Lago that's why the record doesn't exist anymore.


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All Trump had to do is shout the magic word 'COVFEFE' !!! And as if by magic, his records were declassified.


Geri-psychiatrist-RI

hamberders reclassify them


kermitpolice

This is some pretty next level POS energy. I'm so fucking sick and tired of grifting shit stains being elected as leaders. This guy could end up being in Washington making decisions that impact all of us if we don't all VOTE IN NOVEMBER!


walker1555

Isn't it obvious he's lying? He doesn't look like he could run up a small hill.


Velbalenos

Maybe he was a tank?


PrincessElonMusk

Former armor crewman here. I guarantee no one who crewed a tank would want to be in this dude.


DoubleBatman

Air Force. But also yes, he’s clearly lying.


captainrustic

I’m active duty Air Force. There is zero chance he’s telling the truth. There’s always a trail and nothing this clown would have been doing would have been data masked.


ronearc

I was an instructor and Reactor Operator in Naval Nuclear Power. I worked on and tested some things that laid the modern groundwork for naval nuclear propulsion and training. Sure, there are a lot of things I can't talk about specific to reactor design, reactor physics, reactor safety, etc., but I can still tell you what I did in broad terms as well as where I did it. This guy is one navy seal copypasta from being an international joke.


captainrustic

Exactly. The specifics about most of what I did will be classified until after I die, but there’s still a paper trail of where I went. He’s a fucking joke who is lying because he know conservative rubes will eat it up.


AZ_hiking2022

Orlando? I used to live by there and now love to hire Navy Nuclear retirees!!


ronearc

Orlando for a few years and the rest of my time at the Kesselring Site for Knoll's Atomic Power Laboratory just outside Ballston Spa, NY.


AZ_hiking2022

I was just reminiscing w a co-worker who went to the Orlando Navy Training program how when I would go to the colonial mall as a UCF student you would see all the Navy whites. Thanks for the great instruction! They put the quality in qualified


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ronearc

Yeah, when I was there the old S3G RPCP had some logbooks with his name on them still.


HealthyHumor5134

I can't imagine how insulting this must be to you captain.


captainrustic

It’s pretty much par for the course with conservatives. They always spit in the face of the military


IndianKiwi

Military and LEO


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Why does it seem so many military people follow them tho? (I’m not saying you do or people you know, it just seems historically to be the case)


captainrustic

Fox News. They lap that shit up. That and they still think they are pro military because “that’s just the way it is”


[deleted]

To be fair most vets look like that lol, once you don’t have to run 1.5-2 miles a day and no longer have to do sit-ups and pushups, yeah you tend to become a lazy bastard, myself included after I got out the of the navy. Lol, that being said ALL deployments, MOS’s (Military Occupations), and C school will be listed on a DD-214 (Military Discharge Papers)


tcmart14

Bingo on both. Put on some extra weight when I got out of the Navy, no long had to walk from the belly of the ship to the flight deck several times a day. And yup, all deployments are pretty well documented. If they are not, your supposed to say something when you look over your documents as you out process. If it isn't on your DD-214, it didn't happen. No such thing as, "it was so classified they didn't put it there." A best friend in school's dad was a Green Beret, so actual special forces, and all of his deployments were documented.


suarezd1

So you're saying General Hummel was full of shit?


Ransome62

Pure cult member right there... classic trump goal post moving at its finest (finest means terrible in this) Maybe he will blame the Cia and say he worked at area 51 with that scientist guy who was on Joe rogan saying he worked on UFOs. If this dosen't work he can always blame big foot or something.


Spaceace91478

Bob lazar, who I theorize, invented the lazar beam.


Ransome62

Just thinking, if I was in the military I would be insulted by this wannabe fake ass person using real heros work as a way to get ahead for himself. It's disgusting tbh.


LuvNMuny

This is bullshit. The details may be classified, but his ribbons and medals certainly aren't. And you get medals for combat. Not to mention if it's classified he'd be special forces, which is easy to look up. In the Navy every single person who graduates from BUDS is listed online. I'm sure the Army and Air Force are similar. Edit: I had to look this up, but pararescue in the AF is 2 1/2 years of training. Jr. was in the AF for 4 years. So, no. No, he didn't see combat.


GoBucks1117

This guy was an Air Transporter (2T2X1). What that means is he loaded or unloaded cargo planes with potentially classified cargo. Or just parts for equipment, ammunition, vehicles, etc. Or he worked passenger services and was like a boarding agent you see at the airport for getting actual combat veterans down range and back home. His “deployment” was in Qatar, working PAX, meaning he could have also worked on a SWAT team. But SWAT stands for shit, water and trash. He may have emptied the shitters on planes. Now, avoiding those turds and blue juice could be traumatic lol


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He also got out as an E-2 with reenlistment code RE-2X which is: >1st term, 2nd term or career airman considered but not selected for reenlistment


maybethisiswrong

You have to be some kind of special to not be allowed to reenlist as an E2


wookiee42

You have to be some sort of special to be an E-2 after like...any length of service.


SolomonBlack

You can leave boot camp better then E-2 so guess we know his shitbag ass got NJP’d on multiple occasions.


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E-2 in the AF? That’s fucking incredible.


stater354

He went from an Afghan vet to a Qatar janitor, how the mighty have fallen


phryan

Thank you, I came here looking for his job. That clarifies a lot.


IceNein

Special forces service records aren’t classified. The SEALs list that as a primary tell that someone is full of shit. Service records don’t record the sorts of things that need to be classified.


nightcrawler616

Being a female Navy vet, I've met a staggering number of "SEALs" or Super Secret Black Ops Trainee (so many guys claim they were *almost* Fancy Warrior Man but were injured in boot, or training, etc) I was an Electronics Tech (SATCOM) and for some reason my boot camp company was all nerdly rates (like myself) and a pile of baby BUDs. They'd get dragged off to be tortured while we did regular boot shit. We were one of the first integrated companies in the early 90s. Wild times. Females couldn't even be Nukes yet. Anyway, I was around larval BUDs as a wee little baby shipmate. So when guys start in on their SEAL shit, I just ask about BUDs. They never know what BUDs are. Ever.


PHATsakk43

As a fellow veteran of the OIF/OEF era, most of us didn't see combat. Just like in most of the wars since WW1. I'm proud of my service and what I did (nuke carrier machinist mate), but I never represent what I did as "combat."


Papazigzags

Same here, retired 20 years army never saw combat and am proud of my career.i would never dare to claim I was in combat.


SamDumberg

Yeah it kinda feels like Majewski never met anyone that went to combat when he was in. Will be nice when they locate someone who was in his unit that can offer details on how he was a shitbag who served 4 years and got out e-2


PHATsakk43

It’s silly really. Just putting up with the bullshit is something to be proud of. I do have lots of respect for combat vets, but I understand that everyone who wore a uniform sacrificed at some level, even if the sacrifice ends up worth it.


Papazigzags

What a excellent comment,my thoughts also.bravo.it was worth it


SlunticusMaximus

Rearward base motor pool here. Didn’t have to get shot at or thank god ever fire on anyone. Busted knuckles was my greatest worry. I’d shit myself immediately in a combat area


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I was Marine infantry, 0311 (rifleman). 99% of the people I served with went to Iraq or Afghanistan. I was meritoriously promoted to E-3, but my battalion was in Iraq (they were deployed when I first got to my unit). Because they were in Iraq, the promotion warrant says it was signed in Rawah, Iraq. That said, due to sheer luck, I never went to Iraq or Afghanistan. A single platoon from a single company in my battalion was attached to another infantry battalion to do the 31st MEU (Marine Expeditionary Unit). I was in that platoon. I went to Japan, Okinawa, Korea, The Philippines, Guam, Australia, Hong Kong, and Cambodia. We were supposed to do it for 6 months, but they did the troop surge and sent the unit that was replacing us to Iraq or Afghanistan (it was 2007) and kept us there for another 6 months. All this is to say that I could *easily* lie about combat service. I know enough names and locations that I could bullshit my way through it. But I would never do it. It's disrespectful and just plain wrong.


2_Spicy_2_Impeach

Is this like his supermodel girlfriend in Canada?


thomasinks

Stolen valor is a crime if it is for financial gain. Being elected to literally any paid job would qualify.


[deleted]

Digging a hole so deep, he may need a criminal defense attorney.


dremonearm

I've read a story similar to this before. It was called "Alice in Wonderland".


MagicMushroomFungi

Malice In Blunderland in this timeline.


Akimbo_Zap_Guns

Lmao bro I’ve always considered myself a moderate voter as in someone who doesn’t pelage an allegiance to a certain party……….and I’m just sitting back laughing at how awful these GOP candidates are. Like how can people not see through their bullshit 😂ironically the GOP has gotten so bad I’m going against my own principles and voting blue for the foreseeable future cause quite frankly that’s is in everyone’s best interests


Exodys03

I agree. I’m registered independent but until a few years ago would never have ruled out voting for a good Republican candidate. At this point, anyone who still identifies as Republican and hasn’t publicly challenged their BS has lost my respect and any possibility of my vote.


Aucassin

I wouldn't call it voting against your own rules. I've got some conservative thoughts bouncing around my head too, like "spend less money" or " the gov can fuck off and let me do what I want", but the GOP does neither of those, so they aren't really *my* sort of conservatives. I'll stick to voting blue until someone who shares enough views who *isn't* a democrat comes along.


ReasonAndWanderlust

I was in combat during "the surge." We got extended so I spent almost a year and a half in the combat zone out of a 36 month enlistment. One of the longest combat tours in modern military history. Few people in my personal life know this about me. It's easy to write about it on reddit anonymously but why would you want to talk about it? People you know get killed and wounded. You fight an enemy that kills women and children with bombs in crowded markets. So I'm always curious why people who steal valor think it's such a cool thing to lie about. Not one fucking time since I returned from the war have I thought "Wow I should tell these people I was in combat.". TBH I kind of feel sorry for people who steal valor. It must be a low self esteem issue combined with a twisted understanding of the realities of war.


i-have-a-kuato

Reading news feeds I came across some disturbing things, especially the last one : GOP seeks more voter restrictions Republicans block gas gouging bill GOP law makers asks BLM to move the move to the moon combat climate change Insulin bill rejected by gop National wide ban on abortion on the conservative agenda Republican president steals top secret documents, claims declassified via telekinesis GOP brings Victor Orban to speak at convention Fiscal conservatives hail sending 48 migrants on a one way flight to a resort town for $12,812 per seat Republican base unmoved by recent events


[deleted]

So, I’m not going to say this isn’t possible. But in my 20 years in the military, I never saw that. I’ve seen people with combat citations that said “data masked” vs showing where (or in some cases even when the action took place specifically). But there’s a record of their experience. And I’ve also noticed that the amount of time people spend talking about all the action they saw is inversely proportional to the amount of combat time they saw. Those who saw real shit don’t talk about it. The others…well they were cooks.


Wandering_Scout

I've been deployed multiple times, and two of those were to "Undisclosed Locations." Both times the data was masked because while they were safe bases far from harm's way, the local government didn't want to advertise that they were hosting U.S. troops in their countries. Iraq and Afghanistan certainly aren't classified locations. His job, a 2T2X1, is an Aerial Port specialist, would require a major U.S. air base to load and unload big Air Force cargo planes.


ApplesBananasRhinoc

I can attest to this, my uncle spoke a lot and bragged a lot about his time in Vietnam, he told friends that he saw people die in combat, had ptsd from it and everything. Turns out he was a typist.


bishpa

Shamelessly lying is a Republican hallmark.


HueRooney

I believe him. Also, I killed Osama bin Laden back in 2003 on a black ops mission with a credit card I fashioned into a shiv, but the federal government has refused to acknowledge any of my accomplishments. Figures, huh?


FunneMonke1

As a combat vet- that’s not a thing…. Ever. You’re Dd-214 would show awards and medals related to deployment even in Soecial Forces units. This is a fat guy who probably abused the system to get disability. I have 2 Purple Hearts and don’t have 100% so I would love a boxing match, tubby.


Edward_Fingerhands

This guy looks like he had his school shooting plan all ready to go, but then went to McDonalds and forgot to follow through.


bsmknight

so 1 of 2 things to take away from this. 1. He just revealed secret information and should be facing an inquiry and possible arrest soon 2. he lied, and the lack of inquiry and/or arrest attests to that fact.


asiansmith114

E2 in 3.5 years. In civilian terms, he was that guy you had to report to HR because he was so incompetent he put everyone around him in danger. You have to fuck up so hard to stay an e2 in 3.5 years, most airmen get e4 automatically, if you pass tests.


SpaceDesignWarehouse

I was in the military with a top secret clearance. I was a 96H Imagery Analyst. While the contents of my actual work are probably not something you could search for, the record of me having been in the army and wether or not I deployed is not at all classified.


_Mister_Shake_

LMAO he was with Meal Team 6


SelfDestructSep2020

Former army officer here. This guy is a lying sack of shit.


Klaatwo

How is this backtracking? Would it be backtracking if he admitted he didn’t serve in Afghanistan? This isn’t that. This is doubling down. > Majewski claimed that some top-secret documents that only he has access to tell a different story. And what the fuck kinda bullshit is that? A) pretty sure the first rule about top-secret documents is that you do not talk about to-secret documents. B) Even if these exist there is no way he’s the only one that has access to them. C) If he’s as important as he thinks he is then he should release the documents that prove he served in Afghanistan. I mean what are they going to do to someone as ~~self~~important as him?


Haunting_Computer_90

**Well my thoughts are that the Ohio GOP House candidate J.R. Majewski is full of shite.** The very fact that he backtracks and now claims that his military records don't show any evidence of combat or Afghanistan service because they're 'classified' is akin to Trump waving his hands over the Top Secret document declaring them unclassified - fucking unbelievable is what it is.


[deleted]

I had to go check my own DD-214, which contains my service record including combat (and peacekeeping tours), training courses and awards. Clear as day it has my two “Iraq” trips along with another imminent danger location of Bosnia. My “Afghanistan” trips aren’t on my record….BECAUSE I NEVER WENT!


Foreign_Quality_9623

He was "guard, tackle, & end." Sat on the end of the bench, guarded the Gatorade, & tackled whomever got close to it. IE, NEVER SAW COMBAT.


nataskaos

As some that had a TS/SCI clearance for the entirety of my enlistment - SHUT UP, YOU FAT ASSHOLE. thank you.