I'm so sick of these threads being tied up with people especially Marines asking about posers.If you served in the Marines you should be able to sniff out a poser right off the bat.Anybody who claims to be a Marine and their story sounds like a Rambo tale you know it's bullshit.Some tell tale signs for you guys who can't figure out things on your own.Does the bozo know the date of the USMC b-day,Does the bozo start off with I was in a secret platoon doing special missions,does the clown weigh about 250 outta shape and then tells you he just got out and was with Force Recon,and does the shithead even know what his mos was or where he was stationed.Enough said it's simple if it sounds like bullshit more than likely it is.

i dunno man, sometimes its hard to nail a poser. Especially the posers that don't "act like a poser". Fuck man, I don't even remember the USMC B-day.....although I know its in November sometime. I guess I'm a poser.

In any case, there are people out there who just plain get away with the sh*t. There are some whopper posers too. Like that guy a while back who posed as a Navy SEAL CMH winner. Took a couple of years for someone to finally nail him. And he was a High Profile dude.

I'm all in favor of sh*t that helps to out posers. Even if the countless threads take up valuable bandwith that could be put to better use as a porn video review thread or similar topic.

Posers? I met one the other day at my cousin's home. Said he was a Sergeant in Somalia and that he earned a Silver Star there for shooting down Two enemy AC there with a shoulder fired missile. Of course when I asked how old he was, he said Thirty years old.

Now I am not great mathematician, but that would make him 18 in 1996, and as I was not sure of when it was that the last American troops left Somalia, but you would af thought that someone would have reported enemy AC getting shot-down especially by one 18 year old Marine. And, of course, he had to keep his ID secret because Samoli Secret Agents are still looking for him.

At the time, I was fixing my cousin's computer for him, and as a test I told him that Iwas going to get info on the incident just to show my cousin Barry how the system works.

You never saw a guy make as many excuses on having to be somewhere else than you did he as he left the building, but before he left, he said, don't be too surprised if you can't find it, after all, it was a secret RECON mission, and he was not too sure that the news services picked it up. And, like a puff of smoke, he was gone out the door!

Of course, it was not found on the computer, and my cousin asked if it could have been a secret operation. I had a smile on my face when I told him, yeah Barry, its possible even if Somalia had a secret Air Force in 1996, and the Marines were willing to make an 18 Year old a Sergeant in RECON that was carrying a shoulder fired missile with an extra round in his pack. All things are possible, just not probable!

Strangely, the guy has not come back to my cousin's since that day!

Respectfully,
Joe Carey

My dad was in the Army during WW II, I had four uncles that were Marines from almost the start of WW II, all of them infantry, Dad included. Two of the uncles went onto serve in korea. In all the time I spent with them I cannot recall even one war story, even when prompted by others in the family. They just would not talk about it. Funny how you have some men who are like this and others that cannot shut up.

LOL good stuff there!

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My dad was in the Army during WW II, I had four uncles that were Marines from almost the start of WW II, all of them infantry, Dad included. Two of the uncles went onto serve in korea. In all the time I spent with them I cannot recall even one war story, even when prompted by others in the family. They just would not talk about it. Funny how you have some men who are like this and others that cannot shut up.

I guess for some of us, it is in the blood. My Dad joined the Marines in 1937, and he was discharched in October 1941. The war came, and he re-enlisted for the duration of the war. Hell, I was brought up on stories of combat and the Marines, and my dad was so well adjusted, and when his friends from the Marines came by to visit him, I learned a whole hell of a lot more stories.

You do know that some men piss standing up, and others piss sitting down don't you Animalmother. It is all in how they like to do it and are comfortable with it!

Most respectfully,
Joe Carey

I hope your not comfortable pissing while sitting down.

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Originally posted by AnimalMother291:
I hope your not comfortable pissing while sitting down.

I don't think that you understand Animal mother. It is just that not all men do the same things. You seemed to mention that it was not MARINE to talk of things that happened in war. I merely contend that is not so.

The facts are that those that keep things inside of them may well be bothered by them. Even when I was working at the VA while I was attending college, working for the Chief of Psychiatry, I made a mental note that most PTSD Cases would not speak of what happened to them, and the way they were brought back around was in the telling of what happed to them, to unload!

The telling of what happened during the war is very healthy in deed! i do it all the time, and if you wish to check me out, be my guest.

I can honestly say that I have had no PTSD Problems from the war, and I was shot once, and blown up once, not to mention the accumulated cuts and scratches of combat with the enemy. I have killed men with my hands, and I have killed men with my rifle; it made no difference to me, and I still sleep well at night!

There is no harm, nor any shame, in the talking of what one did in combat!

As far as pissing standing up, or stitting down, when you have a woody there is no way you can aim that dam_ed thing, and rather than standing and covering the area with piss, it is just as easy to sit and to avoid the cleaning of the area after you are done!

Most respectfully,
Joe Carey

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There was a time when I could easily sniff out a poser and in particular someone who claimed to be Marine Recon or Navy Seal. But I’ve been out nearly 20 years. All of the branches have undergone substantial organizational changes over the years with units being deactivated, reactivated, expanded, etc. and it’s a lot easier for someone to get over on me now. So it’s good to run it by current AD Marines to see if it checks out.

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Like that guy a while back who posed as a Navy SEAL CMH winner. Took a couple of years for someone to finally nail him. And he was a High Profile dude.

It’s good to see that not only are these frauds being exposed, in many cases they are now being prosecuted.

I play alot of poker online and one of my screenames at one site is Marine Corps related, so I attract alot of military conversation which is cool with me.

Onetime however, not to long ago, some a$$wipe started grilling me to see if I was really a Marine. His tell tale proof that I was a poser was that I could not remember my general orders, LOL

Even though I went Sea Duty, I dont think I ever recited the general orders again after Sea School, some 26 years ago. What a tool. The fact I couldnt remember them had him convinced I was never a Marine.

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Even though I went Sea Duty, I dont think I ever recited the general again after Sea School, some 26 years ago. What a tool.

I was listening to some talking head on the radio who is a former Marine and a caller claimed to be a former Marine. The talking head's poser test was what recruit battalion on Parris Island is closest to the rifle range. I guessed correctly but honestly didn't know for sure.

I don't really think it makes you more or less a Marine if you talk about your ****...some like to talk while other men don't, the men in my family don't.....just what was instilled in me growing up. Then again maybe thats why most of the men in the family are mean bastards.

LOL I'm glad you posted that Animal because pretty much everything you said is correct and my favorite part was you making the discovery about yourself and your family.

I was the same way for many years myself but today I dont hold crapp in no more and I am alot less awnry

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I don't really think it makes you more or less a Marine if you talk about your ****...some like to talk while other men don't, the men in my family don't.....just what was instilled in me growing up. Then again maybe thats why most of the men in the family are mean bastards.

Its the same thing in my family. My old man was a LRRP in 'Nam and he never really talks about sh*t that happened over there. I know that his old azz has been in some sh*t though. He opened up a little about stuff that happened over there after I was in the Marines(Deep recons in NV & Cambodia, tunnel rat sh*t, other crazy crap)....but never goes really indepth. Its just the way he is.

Apollo, all kidding aside, going in those tunnels was no picnic. They were built for people much smaller than the average American Marines and Soldiers. There were snakes in there, and there were rats in there, and if it came to a firefight, there was no way out except backwards on your hands and knees, and it did not take a great shot to shoot the hell out of you from in front of you. the only thing between you and the coming bullets was your soft cover or a head band. All you had was a borrowed 45 from the Corpsman and a flashlight to protect you. Add to that, the walls were very rarely shored up. For the most part they were earthen walls and overheads with the roots of plant life growing downward, and there was always the chance of cave ins. They were dark and they were long and they were narrow. If you want to talk about being alone, that was the depths of being all by yourself, and at the mercy of whomsoever was in there in front of you.

Just one time going into those dam_ed things was enough, and we did it all the time, but when the specialists came into being, they were welcomed to it with all our respect. Tell your Dad thank you from me!

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Originally posted by AnimalMother291:
I hope your not comfortable pissing while sitting down.

I piss sitting down in the middle of the night...

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I play alot of poker online and one of my screenames at one site is Marine Corps related, so I attract alot of military conversation which is cool with me.

Onetime however, not to long ago, some a$$wipe started grilling me to see if I was really a Marine. His tell tale proof that I was a poser was that I could not remember my general orders, LOL

Even though I went Sea Duty, I dont think I ever recited the general orders again after Sea School, some 26 years ago. What a tool. The fact I couldnt remember them had him convinced I was never a Marine.

Obviously, you had the guys money stacked up in front of you.

I like the other moderators have no place for Posers. Let us know and we will get rid of them real fast....

I can almost, almost understand some loser schmuck making up being a Marine.
They don't have anyhting, or haven't belonged to anything important and just don't have the real cajones to do it, but they can get a little pump from being treated like a Marine.
For a minute they feel special.
What confuses me sometimes more, is when Marines become posers.
When some little LCpl or something says he's recon or a sniper or something.
Now I don't know the intricate details of those jobs, but I have enough friends who have gone that route to know a few things and other things can be reasonably understood, to know enough when someone is blowing smoke up my south end while I'm facing north.
Yet I have run into Marines that try and pull it off even when they know you are a Marine.
That's some craziness right there.

If you think about it most of them people all their life have wanted nothing more than to belong and they have always lied and got caught etc.

If you dig deep about people like that it is usually a very sad story of upbringing etc or no family at all and when the internet came about and became popular think about it most of them do not think they will get called on it due to its not face to face.

Regardless yes us as service members or prior think its disgusting and repalls us but to them they are just trying to fit in somewhere still and thats all they wanted probably all their lives but there family never gave it to em.

These are the people that when they finally hit rock bottom that noone cares noone loves em etc they go shoot schools,restuaruants and the likes up.

Its very sad and if the day comes one person in their life makes an attempt to relate hey we just might make progress but in my mind there are to many people running around pointing fingers as if they are someone that has credentials or special enough to judge another.

I do not agree with it at all but it does make you take a step back and ask yourself why after reading all the different posts about it.

guess maybe we all need to put ourselves in their shoes and their child hood to maybe understand.

Dont take me as weak or supporting their cause but as someone that can actually look at the big picture.

And trust me I am not perfect by any means and have stepped on many toes thru my life more than you would ever imagine but thats because I was stuck in my own world that I thought I knew alot when actually I just needed to grow up and see it how it really is.

Life kicks us all around at different times and thats how some of us learn others never new the difference and yet others were taught wrong was right.

I am not sure what the right answer is about these people but I do believe them people need help also just like damnnn near every service guy I have ever met has at one time or another in their life.

Best thing that could happen in this world is others quit judging others and spouting off hot air and actually do something about it when they find these people instead of just run em off try actually talking to them when your on to them to see the reason or why heck you just may make a difference you never know.

I did not take anyones post into this speech but more or less looked at the topic as a whole and put down how I actually felt about it after actually looked at the big picture.