I called out a phony Ranger at work today.
I told my 3rd group buddies about this and they got a kick out of it. First off, I am a dirty fuckin squid. Yah I know, jokes, jokes, jokes. I have been to Iraq for three tours as a door gunner/crew chief with HCS-4 and HCS-5 flying in the HH60H working for an AF command and I have been in combat, shooting combat not a mouth breathing fobbit getting mortared once a week and calling it combat.
Well we had this clown who was telling people he was in Somolia and he was put in for the MOH but it was shot down for whatever reason. So I called my SF friend at Bragg to get details on who is who and how the Regiment is made up. So I went and talked to him for a few and we were talking about the AC-130 and he told me how they called in an airstrike with the 105. "It was awesome seeing that tracer come down" this peaked my attention for obvious reasons. So I asked him who he was with and he said the 75th. Then I asked him what bat he was with, "6" is what he said. No what bat were you with? "Chalk 6". No dude what battalion were you with? Oh the 101st. Then I asked him when he went through Ranger school. "March of 91". What was your class number? "03 94" Wouldn't that put you going through in 94. "I dont remember, it was 15 years ago". You dont forget that stuff, I said 9708 was my SAR Swimmer class number. "Well I forgot" Youre full of shit! And I walked out. He went to lunch and called saying he quit and that he didnt need to explain his military career to me. Yes. punk ass you do. I dont think he was ever in the military. Even as a squidiot, I know what a regiment and a battalion are.
See yah. Troy...out
