NewGuy2005 51 #1 July 31, 2009 I know a guy that claims to have been a Navy Seal. Is there any registry or other way to verify if he's telling the truth? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #2 July 31, 2009 http://cyberseals.org/SEAL%20Imposters.html There ya go--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airborne_gary 0 #3 July 31, 2009 Looks like they don't do that kind of stuff anymore due to shortage of manpower. Facebook Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NiteQwill 0 #4 July 31, 2009 Quote I know a guy that claims to have been a Navy Seal. Is there any registry or other way to verify if he's telling the truth? Ask him for his DD214... if it says he completed BUDS, he's good..."Fail, fail again. Fail better." -Samuel Beckett Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rookie120 0 #5 July 31, 2009 Quote Is there any registry or other way to verify if he's telling the truth? Kick him in the balls! If he smiles at you then he's legit!If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #6 July 31, 2009 Quote I know a guy that claims to have been a Navy Seal. Is there any registry or other way to verify if he's telling the truth? Ask his class number and who his swim buddy is.Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rookie120 0 #7 July 31, 2009 Quote Ask his class number and who his swim buddy is. Kickin him in the balls would be more fun though.If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aresye 0 #8 July 31, 2009 Ask him his class #, who is OIC or LPO was, or who his swim buddy during Hell Week was.Skydiving: You either learn from other's mistakes, or they'll learn from yours. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GaryRay 0 #9 July 31, 2009 ask him if he reads these boards.JewBag. www.jewbag.wordpress.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy9o8 0 #10 July 31, 2009 Quote ask him if he reads these boards. LOL, my thoughts exactly. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TrophyHusband 0 #11 July 31, 2009 if you think he's full of shit, he probably is. "Your scrotum is quite nice" - Skymama www.kjandmegan.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy9o8 0 #12 July 31, 2009 OK which one of these is the fake Navy SEAL? SEAL #1 SEAL #2 SEAL #3 SEAL #4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
warpedskydiver 0 #13 July 31, 2009 QuoteQuote I know a guy that claims to have been a Navy Seal. Is there any registry or other way to verify if he's telling the truth? Ask him for his DD214... if it says he completed BUDS, he's good... Not every SEAL completed BUDS or had to, that is depending what he did before hand. If they did not complete BUDS and are a SEAL they would be no younger than 50yrs of age now. I will not go into that so people will not use that story. There is a way to affirm it if he is not on active duty, there are other ways as well, but that might entail some really bad repercussions if he is not. In the case I mentioned there are probably not more than a handful of those guys, some of us know one. He never says he is one, but that damn budweiser on hi class A's is hard to hide. The poor Bastard tries hard to never be in anything but work clothes. he has so many ribbons he looks like the the arts and crafts department was blown up and got all over him. Many of the guys in the teams know him by first name, he may have been their instructor or chief at one time or another. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kkeenan 13 #14 July 31, 2009 I always liked the story of one faker, with a Navy SEAL tatoo, who was visited by some authentic SEALs, none too happy with his charade. They brought a belt sander with them. _____________________________________ Dude, you are so awesome... Can I be on your ash jump ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybill 19 #15 July 31, 2009 Quote I know a guy that claims to have been a Navy Seal. Is there any registry or other way to verify if he's telling the truth? Hi Guy'05, Funny thing you should mention that!!! 'Some years ago we had a guy that hung out at Raeford, claimed he "was" a Lcdr in the SEALS di-da-etc-etc long story, short answer----"FAKE!!!" Got info on the guy, go to Chuck and Mary Shantags' web site The P.O.W. Network http//:www.pownetwork.org and cruise on thru. They have a whole section devoted to exposing imposters, Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, all of em' and any sub group, Seals, SF, POW's, U-Name-IT! It's bad enough when people just claim they're SF, Seals or what ever for a momentary barroombravado but when they start wearin' the uniform, (medals and all) hang pictures on their wall, make these claims to get jobs, AND USE THESE CLAIMS TO GET VETERANS BENIFITS!!!!!! the line is drawn in the sand!! Maybe your buddy is just a nickle/dime barrroom fake or maybe more?? Go check out P.O.W. Network and be blown away!! Our Raeford buddy is on their list, and, that list is "LONG" and it is "WIDE!!!!" Oh BTW!! If he says that your info is bogus because "They altered his identity because of all the 'covert' work he did and his present name is not his 'real' name" Guess What??? There's a few bridges for sale too!!!SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SARLDO 0 #16 July 31, 2009 FWIW, those I know don't advertise they are/were."Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest" ~Samuel Clemens MB#4300 Dudeist Skydiver #68 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
warpedskydiver 0 #17 July 31, 2009 Yep, "Just a Sailor"That is all you ever hear. When you are friends with them the subject never comes up, who likes to talk about work all the time anyways? The really interesting stuff is all the new technical achievements and how it makes things easier than it used to be. Look at the older guys, you should see them eating the Ibuprofen in the morning, there is a bowl full on the counter. Not that I don't know what that is like... The young ones don't make fun of the aches and pains the older guys have, they study it carefully so they know what is in store for them. They are some of the most fun guys I have ever hung out with, I get treated with respect even though I am just an old ARMY reject.But I get tired of them asking if they can have my dog if I die. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
warpedskydiver 0 #18 July 31, 2009 But the Brits are even worse, they go on a job and the guys are asking "If you don't come back can I have your wife?"Well, if she is pretty...Ask Vortex what it is like to have guys take the piss when you go somewhere. He was regular ARMY once. Before he became a egg beater driver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SARLDO 0 #19 July 31, 2009 Quote"If you don't come back can I have your wife?" lol... funny, i've heard that one. I did witness a kid showing up in a high risk school wearing a device he should not have been. He didn't make it through the first day."Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest" ~Samuel Clemens MB#4300 Dudeist Skydiver #68 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stewie 0 #20 August 2, 2009 Post here. http://www.socnet.com/forumdisplay.php?f=199"Fuck that. I'll take a good ass-pounding over a bj any day." -- pyrotech Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #21 August 2, 2009 Who cares? Life is too short to worry about other peoples lives and lies. Live your own the best that you can. (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aresye 0 #22 August 2, 2009 QuoteFWIW, those I know don't advertise they are/were. Well said, and very true. Even the smarter BUD/S guys won't say they're in BUD/S. They make up some other job, sometimes off the wall. One of my favorites: "I'm a rope handler for the Goodyear blimp."Skydiving: You either learn from other's mistakes, or they'll learn from yours. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Erroll 49 #23 August 2, 2009 Quote Quote "If you don't come back can I have your wife?" lol... funny, i've heard that one. Overheard many years ago on the way to the South West African (Namibian)/Angolan border: Cocky mob-clerk talking to 32Bn NCO:- "I'm in insurance. Can I cover your wife while you are away?" It was not pretty. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NewGuy2005 51 #24 August 2, 2009 QuoteWho cares? Life is too short to worry about other peoples lives and lies. Live your own the best that you can. Good point. I spent a lot of time around the guy this weekend and got to see a little more of what he's all about and it was all good. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Niki1 1 #25 August 2, 2009 QuoteQuoteWho cares? Life is too short to worry about other peoples lives and lies. Live your own the best that you can. But if you don't call Bullshit Bullshit, somo of your freinds will eventually think some of the smell is comming from you. Good point. I spent a lot of time around the guy this weekend and got to see a little more of what he's all about and it was all good. The guy who got me into skydiving was somthing like this. He was a Drill Sergent at Fort Jackson in '70 and went up to the Charlotte Skydivers on weekends. I went with him a few times and decided I wanted to do that. He trained me for the 1st jump and how to pack the cheapos I would use. I made 5 static lines on a Saturday packing for myself to include rigging the static lines with break cord. The nest morning I made my 1st freefall. No one else was around early on a Sunday so he flew the 182 and jumpmastered me. That's probably why the spot was off and I landed in the trees. Well, this guy was a pilot with severel hundred hours, he said he was a Master Parachute Rigger and even wrote the letters for one or two for people to take their rigging written test. He also claimedto be Special Forces and to have done a tour in RVN. I had notice that some of the things he claimed didn't seem to add up but I let it go due to the fact that he was a very personable guy and he had taught me to jump out of airplanes. Severel weeks later he went before a promotion board, He was a Sergent, E-5 going for Staff Sergent, E-6. Apparently, he was whereing s few decoration that he was not entitled to and he made Specialist 4, E4. The sad part is that I think he could have done everything he said he had done except he just didn't go through the schools. He was a great guy to hang out with and I would like to run into him again. But I'd take anything he said with more than a grain fo salt.Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossilbe before they were done. Louis D Brandeis Where are we going and why are we in this basket? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
