Not Va Related But Still Disrespectful To Vets

[Veldrina]

This kind of thing really burns my britches, especially when the moron in question becomes a celebrity because of it. It really angers me when I hear of guys parading around as soldiers or veterans when they've never served, or didn't graduate boot camp (and I don;t mean those who couldn't through no fault of their own by way of injury/disease). There was that idiot Charlie Andrews on the national Geographic show "Knights of Mayhem" who purported to be a Navy Seal but never got out of boot camp, and was just a disgrace to Seals, knights, & the human race itself. Now there is Steve Jordan. He's a public figure (1st clue that he's prolly not even legit & just a troll, no actual profile, just a public figure page) on Facebook who pretends to be a Ranger, claims he has a Parachutist Badge, Purple Heart, etc. & helped rescue POWs from Vietnam....yet mysteriously won't give any dates, unit assignments or any other proof when asked.

This is a petition sire that was started by another vet under Stolen Valor to shut him down:

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/885/petition-to-arrest-and-prosecute-under-the-stolen-valor-act/

And pls feel free to drop by his Facebook Page under Steve Jordan. Maybe you guys will have better luck at finding out some history, as I;ve tried a few times & he just doesn't seem to have answers for me....

[nlualum82]

I work with one of these "SEALS" and wish it didn't burn my butt so bad! Everybody falls for this guy and his facade.

He long ago turned it on me, being buddies with supervisors who consider me the problem. I was notified that I would face dismissal for any conflict with him or words about him.

I refer to him on vet forums as "SEAL T-shirt guy". He must have at least a couple hundred bucks worth plus camo pants, jungle boots, etc.

The guy never served! Not a day! His father was career military and died long before he started this crap. I had many people argue that he was a SEAL. My other nickname for him is "mr. plausible deniability". Apparently all these people think he served through no fault whatsoever of his own. Never says anything straight out unless it is with only one witness, and answers questions with non-answers that can be twisted and denied.

If someone asked you "were you a SEAL?", imagine all the ways you could put them on the wrong track and later deny an affirmative answer.

"HOOYAH"

"What do you think?"

"well, I don't like to talk about it"

He likes to start sentences with things like "in the SEALs it's done like this...", and the favorite "well, when I was in Coronado..." (he apparently lived in the area as a teen).

I am a 100% disabled vet and served briefly in the 2/75th Ranger Bn.. I suppose if I had any stories to tell tney wouldn't be near as interesting as the ones wannabes spin.

[Computer Tech]

W e had a vice president where I retired from that used tell war stories about Vietnam to anybody that would listen, I suspected the stories were bull, I'm not saying that he couldn't have been in Vietnam, he was about the right age but his stories didn't sound true not to mention that must of the Vietnam vets that I know only talk abot 'Nam with other 'Nam vets. Besides he was such a jerk that I doubt that he would have made it trough his first patrol.

Rick