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Slidell man sentenced for illegally wearing military uniform, medals
WWL-TV ^ | Tuesday, September 30, 2008 | Mike Sanders

Posted on 09/30/2008 12:33:48 PM PDT by rvoitier

A New Orleans federal judge has sentenced a Slidell man in connection with a case where the man illegally wore a Navy uniform, complete with medals, at a wedding, according to U. S. Attorney Jim Letten.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cultureofcorruption; doublestandard; fakemedals; mayornagin; neworleans; phonysoldiers; phonyvets; stolenvalor; veterans
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To: Chickensoup
"There are way too many laws out there."

I'll agree with that. But the laws I'd agree with you on are the ones like not driving barefoot.

If this isn't illegal it should be. There should be a legal penalty for this kind of fraud. And he should have his butt kicked on a regular basis to reinforce his lesson.

Dress up is something little girls do and this guy is probably about as formidable.

41 posted on 10/01/2008 9:31:58 AM PDT by AZ .44 MAG (Am I foolish to explain things? He had such trouble with my name.)
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To: Chickensoup
Oh for goodness sakes. The man wore a uniform and tricked it out with medals. What is the problem. Lots of people wear reenactor clothing with medals

Wearing the uniform and decorations for a re-enactor event, for a commemoration, or as an actor is a bit different than fraudulently wearing the uniform and decorations to claim unearned honors, unserved service time or to gain benefits normally due only to servicemen.

42 posted on 10/01/2008 9:32:47 AM PDT by AzSteven ("War is less costly than servitude, the choice is always between Verdun and Dachau." Jean Dutourd)
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To: Chickensoup

Let’s all go get some police uniforms!!


43 posted on 10/01/2008 3:02:47 PM PDT by freema (MarineNiece,Daughter,Wife,Friend,Sister,Friend,Aunt,Friend,Mother,Friend,Cousin, FRiend)
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To: freema
Against all laws and regulations, I sometimes wear an official Marine Corps boonie hat... the one Karl bought for me when I visited him in MOS school at Swamp Lagoon. But the Gold Star Lapel Pin I wear on it is legitimate. I gave one to my Mom, but told her she wasn't entitled to wear it according to regulations - only next-of-kin.


44 posted on 10/02/2008 3:01:41 PM PDT by USMCPOP (Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
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To: rvoitier

Sentence should have been to have him serve at his local VA hospital..........


45 posted on 10/02/2008 3:07:13 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (Polar bears who suffer depression and anxiety due to the global warming threat are bi-polar bears)
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To: USMCPOP

I think you’re ok with the hat : )

But I don’t want to hear that your Mom got thrown in the slammer ; )


46 posted on 10/03/2008 3:28:17 AM PDT by freema (MarineNiece,Daughter,Wife,Friend,Sister,Friend,Aunt,Friend,Mother,Friend,Cousin, FRiend)
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To: Joe 6-pack

Something wrong with this picture...

I don't know what the US Army beret color is (I thought it was now black) -- here in NZ, sand-color is reserved for the NZ SAS. But I'm looking at this dude's beret, and then I'm looking at my Guardian Angels red beret, which is an American pattern...

Does your US Army fold their berets over to the left, or to the right? My red beret folds over to the right, in what I believe is the correct American pattern: it is certainly correct by our Manual.

The dude in the picture has folded his over to the left, in French Foreign Legion-fashion (except their berets are bright green).

He'd also have to be the sloppiest Soldier I've ever seen -- and I've always been a civilian: his beret is crooked, his blouse is unpressed and his watch is on the wrong hand... in addition to the other matters that you raise in your post (badge, shirt, &tc)

I do hope you Yanks tried him as a Spy and subsequently hanged him: he sure looks like a terrorist to me!

47 posted on 10/06/2008 9:46:08 AM PDT by DieHard the Hunter (Is mise an ceann-cinnidh. Cha ghéill mi do dhuine. Fàg am bealach.)
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To: DieHard the Hunter

Did he do a Groucho Marx on his eyebrows?


48 posted on 10/06/2008 9:47:11 AM PDT by aruanan
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To: Joe 6-pack

Oh yeah, before I forget: thanks for your Service. People like you let people like the rest of us do what we do.


49 posted on 10/06/2008 9:48:18 AM PDT by DieHard the Hunter (Is mise an ceann-cinnidh. Cha ghéill mi do dhuine. Fàg am bealach.)
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To: aruanan; JoeSixPack

> Did he do a Groucho Marx on his eyebrows?

(big grin!) He’s got Obama’s sticky-outy ears, too...

HEY, WAITAMINIT! Now this all makes sense! This guy is the Human Mister Potato-Head!


50 posted on 10/06/2008 9:56:33 AM PDT by DieHard the Hunter (Is mise an ceann-cinnidh. Cha ghéill mi do dhuine. Fàg am bealach.)
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To: DieHard the Hunter
The first beret authorized for wear by the U.S. military was for Army Special Forces and was green (and still is.) during Viet Nam a lot of non-standard berets began to be worn by various units and, IIRC, in the 1970s it was regulated so that units of the 75th Ranger Regiment were awarded black berets, and members of airborne units were issued maroon berets.

These became the entrenched standards for several decades until the end of the cinton administration when the Chief of Staff of the Army and Secretary of the Army decided we could be more like europe if all our soldiers could wear berets (manufactured under contract in China, to be sure). They decided that all soldiers would be issued black berets, and this sent many in the Ranger community into (IMHO) a wholly justified rage. It was decided that the Rangers would get the sand/tan color beret.

You are correct, this retard is wearing his beret sloped to the wrong side. The flash (the yellow patch) should be worn over the left eye. Enlisted soldiers wear their regimental unit crest on the flash and officers wear their rank. This dud has neither.

51 posted on 10/06/2008 3:54:38 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: Joe 6-pack

> when the Chief of Staff of the Army and Secretary of the Army decided we could be more like europe if all our soldiers could wear berets (manufactured under contract in China, to be sure)...

Crikey! That explains it!

We used to get excellent red berets from a US manufacturer called “Bancroft”. We also used to get excellent red berets from a New Zealand manufacturer called “Hills”.

Between them, I understand that both companies supplied the vast majority of berets to the US Armed Forces.

Now, buggered if I can now find a source for either...!

Makes perfect sense: this business went to China. Is it possible that both these companies have, as a result, gone bung???


52 posted on 10/07/2008 12:04:03 AM PDT by DieHard the Hunter (Is mise an ceann-cinnidh. Cha ghéill mi do dhuine. Fàg am bealach.)
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