Wow, I have read about a few different situations of people claiming to be prior or current service when they are not nor have been. Not too long ago on a local/state gun board someone linked a Georgia state gun board by a member that is retired EOD (?) Anyway the link was about a Georgia gun show where an seriously overweight guy was going around claiming to e a high speed operator. Anyway, the guy was called out by a member who is a member of the respective high speed outfit and basically dressed the impostor. You might be asking why this was even on an Oklahoma gun board, well besides the obvious the same game had impersonated a captain after the Webber Falls Bridge accident several years ago. Basically the impostor sowed up to a sight of where a barge had hit I-40 and destroyed a bridge, several people drowned including an Army officer, had some credentials and claimed a laptop with sensitive info. This kind of person makes me sick to no end.

IIRC, there are groups that will seek impostors out for stolen valor.