Walts, posers & wannabes (merged)

[Staff Weenie]

Oh dear God, the Walts are fighting back! Whatever shall we do???

Poor Tom, or Clint, or whomever this really is......

 

[Journeyman]

Oh dear God, the Walts are fighting back! Whatever shall we do???

We have one person saying he's "certain" and several calling BS (on several different sites, according to the links).  It seems pretty obvious that in a society increasingly catering to the lowest common denominator, we should stop demanding honesty and proof and apologize for our insensitivity.    :'(

 

[Jarnhamar]

What's sad is how on the CF Facebook page the number of idiots actually DEFENDING this clown for LYING about his service.....

Do you have a link to the CF facebook page?

 

[Jarnhamar]

Edit- too many fakes

 

[Strike]

What he is doing, Tom B, is making it considerably harder for soldiers and vets with PTSD, or possibly with PTSD to come forward with their ailment.  People will suffer in silence, or worse, because they don't want to be associated with this asshole.

Ahhh, different dog, different fight.  Tom's 'friend' is not the guy with the fake jump wings.

 

[Jarnhamar]

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Ahhh, different dog, different fight.  Tom's 'friend' is not the guy with the fake jump wings.
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Ah my mistake thanks for catching that. It's hard to keep up with the fakers.

 

[Kat Stevens]

Doctor of Metaphysics?  Like this guy?

 

[Spencer100]

Best fake Walt photoshop ever!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/12151962/Soldier-exposed-as-Walty-Mitty-liar-after-posting-terrible-photoshopped-image-with-fake-moustache-and-medal.html

Edit to fix URL

 

[Staff Weenie]

Jarnhamar - even with Lord (MCpl) Byron, he would have a hard time claiming OSI/PTSD for wearing of extra bling.  As I mentioned, he's been doing these things since the mid 1990's - well before he ever deployed.....

 

[Danjanou]

What's worse is that his "stories" have been captured for future generations to hear and even end up at a museum.

- See more at: http://www.newsoptimist.ca/news/local-news/veterans-voices-of-canada-in-town-for-more-stories-from-veterans-1.1559088#sthash.tD1LpQYe.dpuf

apparently self promoted as well and just what is a "Major Corporal"  :

 

[Nfld Sapper]

apparently self promoted as well and just what is a "Major Corporal"  :

Maybe it's related to the corporal captain  ;D

 

[Staff Weenie]

It's a step up from Master Private.....

That part didn't bother me - the press always gets our ranks wrong, and Lord B does have an accent that may have led to the reporter not hearing it properly.

 

[Fishbone Jones]

Jarnhamar - even with Lord (MCpl) Byron, he would have a hard time claiming OSI/PTSD for wearing of extra bling.  As I mentioned, he's been doing these things since the mid 1990's - well before he ever deployed.....

So, why was he never charged for it then?

 

[Staff Weenie]

That's a great question! And I don't have an answer, though one could guess that the 'work' involved served as a deterrence to doing it.

 

[Fishbone Jones]

That's a great question! And I don't have an answer, though one could guess that the 'work' involved served as a deterrence to doing it.

Obviously, that didn't work.

If he's gotten away with this while serving, that's a failure of the leadership.

 

[Kat Stevens]

Maybe it's related to the corporal captain  ;D

I'll have you know I retired a Brigadier Corporal.

 

[The Bread Guy]

apparently self promoted as well and just what is a "Major Corporal"  :

I worked for a MCPL Major, once - and that really was his name.

 

[George Wallace]

I worked for a MCPL Major, once - and that really was his name.

We had a QM Sgt by the name of Major.  Always hilarious on parade when the OC called out for the "Sergeant Major!" and two voices answered.

When my father was a Pay Clerk in the old RCAF, he was conducting Pay Parade and did not look up from the pay sheet when the next person came up for their pay:

Cpl Pay Clerk: "Name?"
airman in line: "Sergeant."
Cpl Pay Clerk looks up to see a Sergeant: "What is your name Sergeant?"
Sergeant: "Sergeant.    Sergeant Sergeant. "

 

[cupper]

And here I thought Catch-22 was a work of fiction.

 

[PMedMoe]

And here I thought Catch-22 was a work of fiction.

Well, I did work for a Lt Major who rebadged to Padre.  I'm guessing he eventually became Major Major...