The fakers need to pick up one of these shirts - jamesons-travels.myshopify.com/collections/apparel and watch th-cam.com/play/PLeU0ya-0QayS-brvicg-lsRXNxnJnAWYo.html to not make the same mistakes.
As a child my favorite store was the Army Navy Surplus store. I constantly ran through the woods with my brothers pretending to be fighting in a war, great memories.
I couldn't stop laughing when the video cuts to the kid having a Minecraft shirt on and the veteran going "WTF!?" That was like something out of a sitcom lol
I was in the Battle of Lunar Crater. Our rovers didn't get torn to shreds by Martian parasites just for these cowards to get a free meal in the uniform. Until you have been on another celestial body and seen your buddies being impregnated with S̵̡̢̢̧̢̨̧̧̧̡̛̛̛̬̭͓͉͙̪̞̫͓͚̤̜̪͕͙̜̩͓̩̠̫̠͍͕̼̖̭͖̩̦͕͓̰̙̩̟̞̫͉͉̟͍̝͉̭͙͎̖͖͓̩͔̰̗̜̲͕̠̙͇̗͇̦͓̯͕͕͖̬̄̔̾́̓̈́̈́́͑̇͗̀̔̌̄͐̌́́̿̈́͛̈́̅͗͛̐̀͑̎̊̎͗̉̇̀̔̈́́̎̔͆̏͂̊̉͑̏̌̾͑͌͂͘̚̕͘͜͜͜͠͝͝͝a̵̧̡̹̦̬̥̞̤̦̻̞̘̲͍̋̈̏͗̈́̐͐͌̒̌̊̄͒͆͊̌͐̆͊̎̈́̄͘̚͜͜͝͠ͅt̴̢̧̢̡̡̢̛̰̜̥̤͙̖͚̟̲̝͕͓̳͔̫̩̺̖̼̞̼̜̳̮̞̩̲̲̩̫͖̣̰̠͎̱͔͉̱̹͍͈͒͐͑̓̋̌̋̀̏̂͊͐́̍̈́́̄̾̎̒̇̍̒͋̐͐̎͌͊̈́̈̓͋̑̃̏̂͗̀̀̽̋̾̂̄̀̊̈́̎͂͗͐̈́͊̿͑̎̀̒̓͌͋̑̌̃̏͑͂̅͐̊͛͋̓̒̓͌̀͆͑͊̓̑͒̈̏̅̈̅̈́͆̏͊͂́̊̅̔̎̀̐̿̅̈́̈́̚͘̕̕̚̚̕͘͘͜͝͝͠͝͝͝͝ͅų̴̧̢̢̢̢̢̧̲͎̻̱͓̳̘̦̙̥̞̩̫̩̥̹̦̫̣̭̣̦̰̭͇̝̺͇͈̦̳͕̹͔̖͓͕̯̤͚͉̖̫̰̦̼͈͈̗̻̤̘̺̗͉̖͚̪̼́͋̾̓̆̈́̌̌͒̔́̅͜͠ͅͅͅͅͅͅr̸̡̧̢̢̛̛̛̛̲̻̜̹̥̤͖͖͖͚̲̜͖͓̭̺̘̝̬͓͕͎͎̯̫̼͔̭͕̫̲͙͕̲̟̞̫̣͖̜̖̩̣͙̲̠̤̳͍̣̱̣̰͕͗̐̈̊̆̐̑͛̄̂̈̉̓̉̽̾̄̇̓̂͑͐̉̋͆̊̈́̾͛̈́̋̅͆̒̅̀̔̍̔͒̂̅̈̈́͗͋̔͗̂̈́̀͑̋̊̇̕̚͜͜͝͝͝͝͝n̴̡̨̧̨̢̢̨̧̨̛̛̙͇̠͎͚̱̠̺͙͇̟̻̤̼̼̹̣̯̻͓̻̦̞̣̖̺̠͎͔̤̫̩͚̱̳̼͖̻̹̺͈̖͇̹̝̤͕̱͉̪̙͚͉̜̯͙̳̻͙͈͈̲̖̲̮͔̥͖̦͔͍̈́̅̈̀͑́̔́̔́͋̾͑́̉̎̂̌͋͋̊̂̈́́́̚̕͜͜͜͝ͅͅͅ eggs alive, you can't understand what the Space Force goes through.
I was a 12 star general in meal team six, I served in operation just pickles with some ketchup as well as the invasion of McDonald’s in 2003 and operation French fry storm
@@lauralishes1 bummer. I found it hilarious when the guy was just shocked to the core when he saw the Minecraft shirt. That "what the farrrrkkkk" got me.
Laura Walker dammit too bad it ain’t real 😂😂😂😂😂 I cried so much when I first seen the video, the way the kid looked, how the uniform didn’t even fit him, and the “what the fuck” when the minecraft t shirt came out hahahaha
What I hate is some of these "stolen Valor" police go after people wearing Camo clothes (NO MEDALS, PINS, HATS, ETC.) just camo shirt and pants. Back when we were kids we all wore camo and played "War" in our back yards. The people I have a problem are the ones who wear Medals, Pins, Hats, and claimed they served in a time of war, go after those people.
people that actually served would never say anything about anything unless they were in full dress and it was wrong. Even then i think most wouldn't unless they approached them first.
I sadly didn't have camo to play war in, so I opted to wear a jacket (kinda like it was a coat) and jeans. Granted I now have an army uniform but it's from my great grandfather who passed away this year so I never take it out of my closet to keep it in good condition. He was a Korean War veteran, great man honestly too. Obviously now as an adult, I'd likely take part in airsoft wars. I also have a black trench coat so I could get creative with a uniform of my own now unlike when I was a kid (even though I live in Florida, I've always dreamed of owning a trench coat because they looked so damn awesome to me).
It is NOT illegal to wear uniforms. It's not. The ONLY medal it is illegal to wear if not awarded is the MoH. If it were, then the cast of every war movie could be arrested. (The thing about "deliberately altering the uniform" is a myth. That's just poor research). It IS illegal to defraud CLAIMING you were...insert service/specialty/tours/medals here in order to gain some something you would not otherwise be entitled to.
I'm a veteran, so my veteran status is on my driver's license in my state. To be fair, though, some random clown starts asking me for i.d., there's a spot wayyyyy over there where he can go f%&k himself
@@delvpf6671 because according to my research from natgeo seals are fat so they dont freeze in the ocean and thats why sharks eat seals because they like blubber 😊😂🤣
Thats the whole plot to an episode of king of the hill! Dale Gribble convinces Bill the army is turning him into a half walrus half human for artic combat
That would be my friend in college, most of the guys I hang out with were around 20, and it was a couple of months before I found out he was 24, and then it wasn't until almost a year later until I found out he was a veteran when we had just taken a test and were arguing over the correct answer and he invited me to the veterans lounge on campus because its a quite place with a whiteboard and he was going to hang out there until his next class anyways.
I'd be like: where did you get that Levi shirt? I can see you're a vet. Those jeans don't even go with that shirt. Us real civilians can spot a fake you know... 😜
I’m not a soldier but I have been bing watching this channel. Not sure why, I guess I like the host. He’s mellow. This stuff is quite interesting. I thank all of you soldiers for my freedom.
I usually hate reaction channels as well, but it's different when he's adding context & making fun of more than just reacting. His demeanor really adds to his content.
@Sub if you are against antifa and BLM Yes, and we should thank Trump for lying about the 2020 election and attempting to incite an insurrection. Oh, he's a Republican?
@@JamesonsTravels Yeah really was. I had to look into it a bit deeper because it was to funny to be true kind of deal. Thanks for the reply man! Enjoy all you do here! Out.
I kind of thought it was troll vid because it was a little too silly with the chubby kid in nurd looking glasses with a man bun but the close up of the minecraft shirt confirmed it haha
“You were in ‘Nam? So were we. Where?” “I was in Sang Bang, Dang Gong, I was all over the place, a lot of places.” “What unit?” “I was with the Green Berets, Special Unit Battalions, Commando Airborne Tactics, Specialist Tactics Unit Battalion. Yeah it was real hush hush. I was Agent Orange, Special Agent Orange, that was me.” - Trading Places
USO saved my life when I was in the Navy trying to go home to my grandma's funeral. Unfortunately I couldn't get to the airport in time for my flight so I was rescheduled for the next morning. So I just sat in the front area with everyone else about to sleep on some of those uncomfortable chair. A USO gentleman tapped my shoulder and asked if I was military. I nodded and he told me to follow him. He led me to the USO area in the airport and told me to make myself comfortable. There was a comfy couch that I sat on and was just excited to be on. Then the wonderful guy told me to help myself to anything in the fridge. When I opened the fridge the thing was stacked up and down with lunchables and hot pockets. I will alllwayyys remember that night and allllwaayyys respect the wonderful people of the USO. THANK YOU GUYS. Y'all are my HEROES
@Doomsday Taco Pretty much a nice "break room'' at the airport for those who are currently serving or have served. ID will be checked and there is a computer log at the front
Hung out at USO a few times during long layovers usually for cancelled/postponed flights. Free sodas, snacks, TV, swap sea stories with retirees and other active folks. Always thanked volunteers for keeping it open.
Man, I've never in my life asked for a Veteran's discount and I can actually get one, I can't imagine the steam that'd shoot out of my ears if I saw some mess of a liar taking credit for the great sacrifices of our brothers and sister.
@@jaybabe7767 Yeah it just don't feel right haha. Like I have the armed forces things on my license so I'll take it if someone noticed but it's so weird to be like "yo lemme pay less"
same same. The actual only time Ive ever used a military discount is at Lowe's. They make you verify your veteran status and will not issue the special account if you dont bring in either an active or reserve id, or a DD214 for those completely separated from service. Once you bring the ID or 214 to them, they tag your customer info in their computer system as a vet, but only at that store. I wouldn't have even bothered except its too easy to spend $1000+ on materials at Lowes when you renovate your home. 15% is equal to no tax plus 6% discount on final cost. Cant pass it up.
@@njux07 That re-usable VA loan is the best, most valuable benefit given to service members. Bought my first 2 houses with it and I can use it again anytime.
it could be possible, for academy youngster. then when out of academy he is just "regular" like most SOC are "nothing" in SOC but in normal "units" they be freaking high lvl officers
@@ChristianPA dont know...also if you been to combat and been promoted. some ranks in some nations you need have led an army to become leader of an armé fx Russia has Marshal but none at the moment since you can only gain that rank by winning major battles. and then you can command an arm'e(100.000+ units, not troops but units)
@@JamesonsTravels harry porter? My wife would slap you right now, but I wouldn't give a shit. She didn't watch Band of Brothers or Flags of of our fathers, so I didnt watch harry porter. ,🤣
It was staged, kid was just making a skit of stolen valor, got a good kick out of it because you could easily tell this kid wasn’t being serious, he was just fucking around.
My Father and I both work with the USO, and while not being veterans ourselves, the things we’ve seen and the stories we’ve heard from all the troops we’ve interacted/worked with around the world, especially in Iraq and Afghanistan...it’s pretty upsetting to see anyone falsely claiming to be a veteran, especially when they are asking for money or handouts. These soldiers go through some of the most brutal situations imaginable, and so many are deeply mentally and physically scarred, even if they don’t show it..and the majority of them never ask for a damn thing. Thank you for your service and your content, keep up the great work. 🇺🇸👊
I swear these people who do this don’t realize how many people they see around in public actually served. It’s not hard to tell once you’ve actually been in
Your right i served in the indian reserved battlion and even when we are not wearing our uniforms....we notice ourselves on our manners....your absolutely right...
12:45 that’s what I do. I just get on my Digital Woodland Camo USMC uniform and my gear and go play with my friends in the woods lol. One day I will make it to the Marines.
MY MOS is so secret I don't even know what is. I got so many enemy kills I called in UAVs, Pred missiles, AC130s, and a couple tactical nukes. My name is also Ramirez.
@@JamesonsTravels missions so secret and redacted its like they didn't actually exist. I was in it so deep youd think I was giving the country a lobotomy.
I can kind of relate. I was in my Spiderman costume on the way to Comic Con and was approached by Superman, The Flash and Batman for the very same reason...
When I was around 20, I found an amazing looking US Army dress uniform jacket at Goodwill. It had everything on it, french fourragere, 2.5 row stack, some other nifty lookin' things, and it had the rank of a staff Sergent. I wore it in public all the time until it didn't fit me anymore. Only one time did someone ask me about it, and first thing I said was "I don't know, I got it at Goodwill." That was the end of the conversation.
I can appreciate your modesty. You recognize that people who feel the need to fake life activities such as military service are to be pitied rather than attacked. We veterans quickly notice things that are out of place but that doesn't necessarily warrant the verbal attacks that some display. Thanks for making these entertaining videos. They're a lot of fun to watch.
I’ve been to the USO a couple of times, and they have probably the most comfortable chairs I’ve ever sat in. Sometimes you’ll luck out and the manager there hooks you up with some stuff; I was able to take my Dad to his first NFL game with tickets I got at the USO in the Charlotte airport.
I went to a USO , while in the Navy, in France, Spain and they are nice. People are nice to you and make you feel at home. They explain to you where the good and bad places are. As Sailor's, we always went to the bad places. We called bad places "the Gut". Uso are a blessing. Love your videos
So the gentleman outside of Walmart smoking the cigarette is okay. He doesn’t have any badges on, he’s not parading around saying he’s Military, he’s not bothering anyone... He’s not in violation of anything. I’m not military myself but my wife is. As long as he’s not trying to act is though he’s military, leave the man alone.
At what point does camo become stolen valor? I can understand many patriotic people wearing the flag and name badges. Are you allowed to wear army/navy/air force or is that where it becomes stolen valor?
Yeah. He's just wearing comfortable long lasting utilities. It would be funny if he really was a hero and smacked down that smartass harasser. One day some crazy is prolly gonna hurt him.
We used to go to the USO lounge at Chicago O’Hare when traveling for training when I was in the Army reserves. It was a nice place to sit and wait, with free snacks and drinks.
You can be buried in Dress Blues Alpha if specified, so literally no they did not die in them but can get buried in them. It’s nitpicking but you’d understand if you were in the Marine Corps.
@@Seemsayin You do not get military humor. Take the darkest and most offensive stuff you see on the internet and take it a few steps farther. This joke was mild be comparison.
Ty for encouraging folks to leave those who really are just wearing perfectly legal ammo clothes alone if they're not pretending to be military .kudos to you that the the real stolen valor creeps get called on it
I'm inclined to agree with your perspective. Without rank or name tapes, it's just very utilitarian clothing. I've worn military cast offs since I was a kid. My uncle gave me a bunch of his old stuff when he got out of the Paras, just because I was doing a lot of hiking and camping and outdoor pursuits. So his much battered army bergan became mine, along with boots and several pairs of combat trousers. The rest of the kit I wasn't really interested in. I didn't want to play soldier, I wanted tough utilitarian clothing and I wanted it as close to free as possible since it was gonna get wrecked by mud and rocks anyway, clambering through potholes and the like. People overlook the pure functionality aspect these days I think. If I'm wearing blue camo fatigues with a DC Shoes hoody and a pair of DC high tops, I'm probably not trying to fake anyone out. Milsurp has been a catwalk stalwart for years now! Granted, I tend to wear branded cargo pants rather than army fatigues these days, but that's price and availability, nothing more. It's cheaper to pick up cargo pants on sale at a retail park discount place than it is to buy milsurp, with the newer kit being more expensive, and the older stuff becoming rarer. Again, UK biased. I bought five pairs of cargo pants from a brand called Legend and Soul, who have a charter to make kit for HRH Prince Charles. I bought them because they're well constructed and made from a heavy twill, with double stitched seams. But I bought them primarily because they were heavily discounted and very well made. I'm not pretending to be royalty though. Cheap is cheap, and quality clothing for cheap is a genuine bargain, whoever it's made by, or for. In my opinion. I was in the scouts organisation for a decade and some and I had uniforms for that, that I didn't much like, or my school uniforms for that matter. I'm not one for playing dress up and maintaining razor sharp creases, but I do like the pockets and I do like the robustness of military surplus. If it's for sale on the open market to everyone, then what's the issue? When it comes to rank insignia and all that though, that's mostly being a con man. Military surplus remove all the customisation on items before sale, in the UK at least. If you're covered in patches, you put them there. I can see why people get up in arms about the wannabes, fakers and con men. And the fake charity style ones need to be prosecuted with all due haste!
as kids, we wore old bdus all of the time. hell, i wore my grandfather's ww2 army gear. it had strips sewn on. while we played war in the woods. the internet has got people a little hyper vigentlent.
My great uncles all served in WWII in the Navy. My dad was in the Army. My uncle served in the Marine Corp in Korea and shot himself when he returned home. They never made a big deal about serving or even talked much about it. Thank you for your service.
i was a radio operator. my job requires a security clearance. no one ever pretends to be a radio man. maybe its because i can spot a fake radioman miles away.
The guy holding the starving veteran sign with thick glasses is a comedian he does alot of outlandish weird things and it's all for comedy he has alot of strange youtube vids about his mom it's hilarious 😂
The only times I had an interaction with the USO was twice: 1. I spent 3 months at Galena AK Air Base (Since Closed) The USO sent some ex football players that came around and said hi to all of us on one Saturday. Then one Saturday the USO had an Art Auction, I bought a couple pieces of Art and sent them home as Christmas Presents. The other time I was flying home after I got out after 5 years in the Air Force 4+1 extension. I flew from Anchorage to Seattle and I had like a 10 hour layover. It was the middle of the night and they had a bunk room and they said I could sleep since I just got out and I was traveling home to Hartford, CT. They had some snacks but that bunk looked really good and I got maybe 6.5 / 7 hours of good sleep.
If you watch the full clip of he kid in the airport, you'll see that he actually busted out his DL lol. If I recall correctly, he didn't know what a CAC card was lol
@TheVet4id New name for Military ID, stands for Common Access Card. As you probably remember, your ID is part of your uniform, can't have one without the other. Cheers man.
The charity guy might have been in a while ago. He knew how to roll-up the BDU sleeves the way the Army and Air force did. But around 2001 we were made to stop doing that. And he seemed to know about not wearing patches. You can wear your old uniforms, but you have to remove the branch and unit patches. I believe you can keep your combat patch on.
I went to the USO only once at ORD as I was leaving boot camp, going to parachute rigger school in Lakehurst NJ. Cookies and Juice... when I really needed a free beer!!!
@@iforgot2remember yeah its sad I wish I could help them and I think they go to drugs be because of PTSD and maybe that helps them so they get addicted and things go south
There are more programs to address addiction and homelessness issues among veterans now. It used to be more common with draftees that were broken after Vietnam. I don't think it occurs very much with people leaving the modern military, unless you fall through the cracks. At the end of the day, there are also some few people who find a kind of freedom living on the streets and they won't forsake it and reintegrate. It's fortunately a rarer thing now among veterans.
My husband has purple heart but won't even use the space in the parking lot . I used to beg to go get the free app from Red lobster. It was a huge negative lol
Class act, man. I agree with you, there's no sense in embarrassing the guys who clearly don't have much going for them in the first place. Making somebody who's already feeling low feel even lower isn't the hallmark of a good Marine, it just makes that person kind of a dick.
I've seen a MARINE do this and no shit the guy had a gun and killed himself. We give the marine shit at the VA aboyt what he did. When word got out he went to another VA. Also...please know what stolen valor really is.
Saw the end of that one video. He had a fake ID and eventually got arrested (not just for stolen Valor but for some id fraud or something like that) and had warrants
The USO was always a cool place to hang out when I was in and a E-2-E-3 I’d go there to sleep during layovers coming home on leave or to get a pop and a snack. Always awesome people the one in St.Louis had a place to sleep also!
I went to San Diego USO in the Airport as I recall, it was okay. The one I really enjoyed was in Naples, Italy. They had some good food and were super friendly.
I was on an old aircraft carrier during Vietnam. Just so you know the Navy does things quite differently. To go from E3 to E4 you are required to take 2 correspondence courses, wait a time requirement and take a Navy wide test for your specialty. A 3rd class Petty officer (E4) is considered an NCO and the navy seems to keep the ratio of about 15 to 1. Possibly things have changed but when I was in, it was at all unusual for a 4 yr veteran to discharge as an E3. .
Thank you everyone for your services! I tried to get in the Navy to be a SEAL but they wouldn't let me in because I have severe health problems. Instead of lying to everyone saying I was a SEAL I took a volunteering position at my local Veteran's Home. I love it so much!!
That kid was definitely beung satirical about Stolen Valor. Especially when he said 69th Cobblestone Corps. It is also proven when he pulls out the minecraft shirt
I get where you're coming from brother on the issue of just let him wear it. People wear camo in yhe woods. There's a difference though when someone is standing in front of wally claiming to be a vet to get money or even respect.
I had someone get upset with me for wearing blank ACU on my way to go hike and shoot some targets lol I was like uhh I don’t even have civilian patches on this. I’m clearly not pretending I’m active duty or something lol
I went to the USO at St. Louis airport right out of basic in Ft. Leonard Wood, other than that? Don't think so. It's mostly a bunch of older ladies who like vets and make them coffee, cookies, food, etc. I'm sure they do other stuff I don't know about.
@@RockerWasRight Has the realization ever struck you just how many years ago our adventures in the Tonkin Gulf (and Subic) were? Nearly half a century....it cant be.I first started noticing that no one in uniform was wearing the Vietnam Service or Campaign ribbons anymore, then realized they are all long retired. Chicago CG 11 Departed 11/71 return 8/72 Returned on my birthday too and I did celebrate!
Some people just like the army but are not qualified for it.. They admire them I think so. And I would feel pity for him and leave him be. Compassion is the strongest virtue. I hope you get what I mean
Somethimes you have to ask the question why do they want to get the money? idk about amurica but here in Belgium it's getting harder and harder to come around. Some people do this stuff eventionaly. I think no human does this scamming out off free will I think so. Have you heard about the rockefellers and the Roth child's? Even Bill gates is a indirect Rothschild. It's mind-blowing and really important especially when u want to know something important in the world. No media covers this because they are indirectly funded and influenced by those people. Kind regards
That airport 1 sir was a well known female caught for stolen valour that identifies as a male.... have you looked into the knights armament LAMG yet sir an if so how do you think it holds up
@@sybrenkoninckx amen about the Rothschilds and Rockefellers. Those banking families have controlled things since at least the Battle of Waterloo and im sure much longer.
The EOD "guy" at the airport is actually a girl. She's faced other chargers for impersonation. How do Ik that? To many of these damn youtube rabbit holes i go down at 4am 🤣
After the Stolen Valor Act was struck down, Congress passed a new law making it a crime to profit financially by lying about military service. ... After Swisher's conviction, Congress removed a provision making it illegal to wear unearned medals.Jan 12, 2016 Uneducated ppl make me wanna puke
i have an air-force t-shirt that was given to me by my brother and his teammates when i was younger. Whenever my brother deployed, i'd wear it non stop till he came back safe. I liked to believe that that shirt is a part of him that i can have on me so i can rest easy. Some grownups would give me looks - but i now i understand why. I never wore it to gain anything that shirt was basically my sheild and still is. it helps me think of my brother when he isn't here
I meet a fake SAS idiot. Told me stories of his 'missions'. He however meet one of my friends who works as a truck driver for the army and my mate tore him a new one after asking him some questions. I never served btw.
@@BruceWayne-fg1kk In the 1970's ex WW2 soldiers were so common that if I talked to almost any male around their late 40's to 60's back then they had probably served. One very obvious theme I noticed was that the guys who didn't want to talk much were the ones who'd probably seen the worst horrors. And they told me the guys who bragged about their incredible heroics probably hadn't even gone, or had very mundane experiences and never saw any real action. I also remember that many returned servicemen refused to take part in any ANZAC Day parades or belong to any RSL (Returned Services League) clubs. They didn't like the way politicians used war veterans for their own publicity.
My paternal Grandfather never marched or told anyone in our family, not even his wife and daughters until late in life about his experiences. I think in old age he knew he was running out of time to answer those questions, long since asked by family and friends, and I think my joining the ARA may have helped as well because the change in him was amazing, not only did he tell me of his experiences in WWII, but he also contacted friends whom he hadn't seen since the war and arranged to get together and march on ANZAC Day. Take away the glamour of war and it becomes apparent for most who served, why would you want to tell loved ones of the hell, and pain associated with war.
Not exactly the same, but I came across a guy who claimed to be ASIO. But we also have documented evidence that he told us that he was a security guard a few years ago. Also there’s evidence of him being a security guard on the internet. Said some bullshit story like he had to fake being a security guard because of his work at ASIO, and that if we called ASIO there would not be any record of him serving because of all the top secret stuff he did. Due to confidentiality reasons I can’t give more details, but there’s a lot more things that led me to call bullshit on him eventually. I then came across his partner a few months later. She said a lot of things that each on their own was like 99% bullshit, but the sheer number of crazy stories made me call bullshit on her as well after doing some calling around to check her story.
@@JamesonsTravels he would run supplies to our construction sites im not military but he could barely lift the 2x6s he had noodle arms! And one day I asked him about his boots and he said "standard army boots, I got them while I was serving... still recovering from the trauma" I shouldve recorded it haha you guys probably would've figured him out easily!
Really?! He had the NERVE to talk about TRAUMA.!? That chaps my @$$ as my brother is a combat vet with ACTUAL PTSD (VA diagnosed) and he fights the damn darkness EVERY damn day. And there are those that lose that battle DAILY. That just pisses me off. Remember the 22.
4:07 the oh sh** face, LOVE IT. Also, I firmly believe there are more SV's in the comment section compared to on the streets. What happened to being proud to be American and showing that love to those who served for YOU?! Ya'll need to stop seeking recognition you do NOT deserve. I was unable to join after years of trying and begging, but I do my part! How? I work for a military contracted company manufacturing military equipment! There is many other things you could do to support your country and those who serve her. Lying is not one of them.
Its when they put unit tags ribbons or awards and protray themselves as something that they are not (even worse if they're using it to get free or a discount on wateva) -then its a problem; and for guys who lost their buddies who they've trained and lived with for years? I don't know that feeling so I don't know what kind of disrespected can feel but I think they should start being able to discern between who's just playing dress-up and who's trying to portray that they have been or are in the service because in trying to protect the respect honour and privilege of wearing the uniform and memory of the Fallen they could be disrespecting it by persecuting the innocent Chimo
I think the stolen valor fakers and dead friends are mutually exclusive. I wont ever say to idiots that the uniform reminds me of a dead buddy. just me.
If I ferment correctly the guy in the airport pulled out his regular ID and said he didn't have his military ID on him and he Enrique gets up and walks away. I could be wrong because I've seen so many of these over the years but I remember that face.
The fakers need to pick up one of these shirts - jamesons-travels.myshopify.com/collections/apparel and watch th-cam.com/play/PLeU0ya-0QayS-brvicg-lsRXNxnJnAWYo.html to not make the same mistakes.
They should just not try to claim experience that they don't have
A vet from the 82nd? Airborne? Weren't they deployed in Iraq?
He pulled out a state ID. Not a military one. Strange that they cut it off there.
U.S Army
82nd 3-325
2001-2005.
Is anyone really fooled by these people? The uniform looks like a costume on these people.
hard to watch
I was a 5 Star General in the U.S. Space Force and I lost my I.D. on Mars.
I was a 4 star General admiral in the US space navy who fought in the Martian wars!
@@lelandgaunt9985 haha I'm bracing myself for the inevitable "I defend this planet!" proclamation.
I'll be like "oh did you, aye?" 🏴🙄
I'm a civil war vet myself.i fought at the battle of Gettysburg. I held off pickets charge singlehandedly.
I was Lord High Admiral Solar of the US 6th Fleet and lost my cap while we were sailing through the Sahara jungles.
U.N.F.C 5 star general but lost it in the battle of INotFakeingIt while fighting the ewarks
The EOD guy in the airport pulls out his drivers license.
He keep it going. Well he is legit to drive.
The EOD guy is actually a woman. She have been busted before other scams.
I think I saw that the EOD guy was actually a girl and got in big legal trouble for impersonation
Wait. That is a woman?
Her name is Kelsie Hoover and posed as a soldier named Michael Cipriani
When the guy at the airport showed his I.D., it was actually his drivers licence!
The story is elaborate too! Turns out he is transgender and had already been in trouble in the past for stolen Valor.
This is the comment I was scrolling for. Thanks for clearing that up!
I am dead
Lmfaoooo
Upvote this comment. 👆🏻 it’s why many people are looking in the comments.
As a child my favorite store was the Army Navy Surplus store. I constantly ran through the woods with my brothers pretending to be fighting in a war, great memories.
I couldn't stop laughing when the video cuts to the kid having a Minecraft shirt on and the veteran going "WTF!?" That was like something out of a sitcom lol
Right? Hahahaha
I just went to take a sip of my coffee ☕️ and spilled it on myself when he opened his shirt. The burns are totally worth the hard laugh!
That’s when I felt 90% sure that video was faked
Im pretty sure that video was fake
Makes sense now. I was told it was a fake but the story line sounds right.
These guys are a disgrace; as a space shuttle door gunner myself, its hard not to cringe.
I was in the Battle of Lunar Crater. Our rovers didn't get torn to shreds by Martian parasites just for these cowards to get a free meal in the uniform. Until you have been on another celestial body and seen your buddies being impregnated with
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you can't understand what the Space Force goes through.
JAD's MV' LMAOOOO
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Staggolee I was in the battle of endor
@@keithscott4013 whoah u fought with the wookies? AMAZING!
I was a 12 star general in meal team six, I served in operation just pickles with some ketchup as well as the invasion of McDonald’s in 2003 and operation French fry storm
French Fries Storm... Nice snacks were lost that day
I was discharged on medical whenI took shrapnel from an oreo mc flurry, wasn't pretty. Still have mc flashbacks to this very day.
You guys are great.
I lost a friend when McDonald’s launched a counterattack on one of the stores we took
My older brother was a fry cook in that war, now he can't even look at a chip without remembering, the horror.
I really appreciate your compassion and empathy when it comes to the people that have obvious problems.
The Minecraft T-shirt is comedy gold.
It was fake. They did it for a video.
@@lauralishes1 bummer. I found it hilarious when the guy was just shocked to the core when he saw the Minecraft shirt. That "what the farrrrkkkk" got me.
How people could honestly not see that it was a comedy sketch is crazy! Come on folks!!
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Laura Walker dammit too bad it ain’t real 😂😂😂😂😂 I cried so much when I first seen the video, the way the kid looked, how the uniform didn’t even fit him, and the “what the fuck” when the minecraft t shirt came out hahahaha
These young stolen valor guys should be sent to boot camp for 6 weeks as punishment!
They'd have to get pass the asvab and its a BITCH to do
This. Yes.
Excellent idea Callum my eldest brother served in the British Army 16/5th Queens Royal Lancers and said exactly that the other day.
@@JayTowers901 🤣🤣🤣
How about Infantry OSUT for 14 weeks?
I like the way you think Jameson, you're a kind person. There's times to attack and times to show pity.
What I hate is some of these "stolen Valor" police go after people wearing Camo clothes (NO MEDALS, PINS, HATS, ETC.) just camo shirt and pants. Back when we were kids we all wore camo and played "War" in our back yards.
The people I have a problem are the ones who wear Medals, Pins, Hats, and claimed they served in a time of war, go after those people.
Yeah I mean these as long as these kids aren’t getting discounts and benefiting from the uniform I see no wrong.
people that actually served would never say anything about anything unless they were in full dress and it was wrong. Even then i think most wouldn't unless they approached them first.
combat veteran. here..waiting for a idiot to come at me when I wear my little Ole cameos...gonna be a real bad day for them camo cops!💥💀😂
I sadly didn't have camo to play war in, so I opted to wear a jacket (kinda like it was a coat) and jeans. Granted I now have an army uniform but it's from my great grandfather who passed away this year so I never take it out of my closet to keep it in good condition. He was a Korean War veteran, great man honestly too.
Obviously now as an adult, I'd likely take part in airsoft wars. I also have a black trench coat so I could get creative with a uniform of my own now unlike when I was a kid (even though I live in Florida, I've always dreamed of owning a trench coat because they looked so damn awesome to me).
It is NOT illegal to wear uniforms. It's not. The ONLY medal it is illegal to wear if not awarded is the MoH. If it were, then the cast of every war movie could be arrested. (The thing about "deliberately altering the uniform" is a myth. That's just poor research).
It IS illegal to defraud CLAIMING you were...insert service/specialty/tours/medals here in order to gain some something you would not otherwise be entitled to.
6:30 "army officer" in the airport pulled out his driver's license. I've seen the longer video of this interaction.
Thats great
I'm a veteran, so my veteran status is on my driver's license in my state. To be fair, though, some random clown starts asking me for i.d., there's a spot wayyyyy over there where he can go f%&k himself
I was part of SEAL Team 69 and we did our missions in the nude.
now thats a scary sight. even GRU spetsnaz would run away from some fat naked guy with a gun!
@@kristianxoto damn why do I gotta be fat though. 😂
@@delvpf6671 because according to my research from natgeo seals are fat so they dont freeze in the ocean and thats why sharks eat seals because they like blubber 😊😂🤣
@@kristianxoto you got me there. 🤷♂️😂
Thats the whole plot to an episode of king of the hill! Dale Gribble convinces Bill the army is turning him into a half walrus half human for artic combat
Somewhere out there is a soldier impersonating a civilian.
That would be my friend in college, most of the guys I hang out with were around 20, and it was a couple of months before I found out he was 24, and then it wasn't until almost a year later until I found out he was a veteran when we had just taken a test and were arguing over the correct answer and he invited me to the veterans lounge on campus because its a quite place with a whiteboard and he was going to hang out there until his next class anyways.
Lmaooooo
It's happened a lot, for reasons of discretion in I-don't-want-to-get-recognized/exposed moments.
I'd be like: where did you get that Levi shirt? I can see you're a vet. Those jeans don't even go with that shirt. Us real civilians can spot a fake you know... 😜
Everyday since I got my DD-214. LOL
I’m not a soldier but I have been bing watching this channel. Not sure why, I guess I like the host. He’s mellow. This stuff is quite interesting.
I thank all of you soldiers for my freedom.
I usually hate reaction channels as well, but it's different when he's adding context & making fun of more than just reacting. His demeanor really adds to his content.
@Sub if you are against Antifa and BLM I’m a progressive, I want you to explain to me how I’m against freedom
Even though he and I have different political views, I still enjoy his contents
@Sub if you are against antifa and BLM Yes, and we should thank Trump for lying about the 2020 election and attempting to incite an insurrection. Oh, he's a Republican?
The minecraft shirt kid in reality was troll skit put online as a "fake" stolen valor. A few layers to that one Jamesons.
Figured when I was watching it because it was so damn messed up
@@JamesonsTravels Yeah really was. I had to look into it a bit deeper because it was to funny to be true kind of deal.
Thanks for the reply man! Enjoy all you do here! Out.
He looks like a typical toxic xbox kid from 2014
I kind of thought it was troll vid because it was a little too silly with the chubby kid in nurd looking glasses with a man bun but the close up of the minecraft shirt confirmed it haha
lol it's a parody of other stolen Valor videos I've seen
“You were in ‘Nam? So were we. Where?”
“I was in Sang Bang, Dang Gong, I was all over the place, a lot of places.”
“What unit?”
“I was with the Green Berets, Special Unit Battalions, Commando Airborne Tactics, Specialist Tactics Unit Battalion. Yeah it was real hush hush. I was Agent Orange, Special Agent Orange, that was me.”
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i dont know if everyone here knows what agent orange is. lol.
@Sonny Bruschetta the Americans thought it would only affect the trees...
@Sonny Bruschetta yep. its sad that we went all in with such a deadly chemical. we really should of tested it more.
@Sonny Bruschetta Vietnam is still suffering birth defects because of it.
USO saved my life when I was in the Navy trying to go home to my grandma's funeral. Unfortunately I couldn't get to the airport in time for my flight so I was rescheduled for the next morning. So I just sat in the front area with everyone else about to sleep on some of those uncomfortable chair. A USO gentleman tapped my shoulder and asked if I was military. I nodded and he told me to follow him. He led me to the USO area in the airport and told me to make myself comfortable. There was a comfy couch that I sat on and was just excited to be on. Then the wonderful guy told me to help myself to anything in the fridge. When I opened the fridge the thing was stacked up and down with lunchables and hot pockets. I will alllwayyys remember that night and allllwaayyys respect the wonderful people of the USO. THANK YOU GUYS. Y'all are my HEROES
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@Doomsday Taco Pretty much a nice "break room'' at the airport for those who are currently serving or have served.
ID will be checked and there is a computer log at the front
I've only ever had fantastic experiences with the USO. Those guys are great in my book
@Viktor Birkeland lolz
Hung out at USO a few times during long layovers usually for cancelled/postponed flights. Free sodas, snacks, TV, swap sea stories with retirees and other active folks. Always thanked volunteers for keeping it open.
Man, I've never in my life asked for a Veteran's discount and I can actually get one, I can't imagine the steam that'd shoot out of my ears if I saw some mess of a liar taking credit for the great sacrifices of our brothers and sister.
I know I feel weird asking so I just don't lol.
@@jaybabe7767 Yeah it just don't feel right haha. Like I have the armed forces things on my license so I'll take it if someone noticed but it's so weird to be like "yo lemme pay less"
same same. The actual only time Ive ever used a military discount is at Lowe's. They make you verify your veteran status and will not issue the special account if you dont bring in either an active or reserve id, or a DD214 for those completely separated from service. Once you bring the ID or 214 to them, they tag your customer info in their computer system as a vet, but only at that store. I wouldn't have even bothered except its too easy to spend $1000+ on materials at Lowes when you renovate your home. 15% is equal to no tax plus 6% discount on final cost. Cant pass it up.
For real, I look at it as a job with good benefits. I think the only thing that appeals to me is the VA loan and Tricare. Lol
@@njux07 That re-usable VA loan is the best, most valuable benefit given to service members. Bought my first 2 houses with it and I can use it again anytime.
LOL, the Lance Corporal in the beginning, my goodness his medal placement is not even close. Semper Fi
The same medal twice, and a ribbon for the same medal!
@@dimaskr2000 people are crazy they know someone is going to "call them out." If their going to wear the uniform at least research it.....good grief.
Hoooora!
@@greatandpowerfuloz5939 amazing how stupid some people are. Love your name, "Great and powerful Oz" were you a Leatherneck? Semper Fi
The one with the Minecraft shirt has to be a meme, dude literally said he was in the “69th cobblestone core” 😂
Gerry Buckets thank you for your service sir, you have my utmost respect. ✊🏽
Gerry Buckets thank you sir, we try our hardest out there. You know, the NCR could use your skillsets?
Cobbel stone Core lmaooo
@Gerry Buckets awesome mate ! I served in the 420th ganja division too, I was a stonedtrooper.
A 17-year-old Major, that's insane! He must be incredibly talented.
A major, who can’t even vote. Imagine that.
@@fbryn0688 They let him vote Biden tho.
it could be possible, for academy youngster. then when out of academy he is just "regular" like most SOC are "nothing" in SOC but in normal "units" they be freaking high lvl officers
@@kristianxoto no way, there's not even any 20-year-old majors out there. The training alone would take a year
@@ChristianPA dont know...also if you been to combat and been promoted. some ranks in some nations you need have led an army to become leader of an armé fx Russia has Marshal but none at the moment since you can only gain that rank by winning major battles. and then you can command an arm'e(100.000+ units, not troops but units)
You sir are a real vet your reactions to these people is very measured and fair thank you for your service
“Take it off”
“No”
“Take it off”
*superman rips his uniform open to reveal 3rd grader Minecraft shirt*
@@Nymyzys and the short rocked the wrinkles.
I think it probably goes without saying, but that video was a skit. Wasn't actual stolen valor
69 cobblestone corps? What the hell?
Well that’s it. Time for Irish whiskey.
I think that is a Harry Porter frat.
@@JamesonsTravels harry porter? My wife would slap you right now, but I wouldn't give a shit. She didn't watch Band of Brothers or Flags of of our fathers, so I didnt watch harry porter. ,🤣
Jamesons Travels Na, he said cobblestone because of Minecraft. Dead ass 😂
That was a skit
It was staged, kid was just making a skit of stolen valor, got a good kick out of it because you could easily tell this kid wasn’t being serious, he was just fucking around.
My Father and I both work with the USO, and while not being veterans ourselves, the things we’ve seen and the stories we’ve heard from all the troops we’ve interacted/worked with around the world, especially in Iraq and Afghanistan...it’s pretty upsetting to see anyone falsely claiming to be a veteran, especially when they are asking for money or handouts. These soldiers go through some of the most brutal situations imaginable, and so many are deeply mentally and physically scarred, even if they don’t show it..and the majority of them never ask for a damn thing. Thank you for your service and your content, keep up the great work. 🇺🇸👊
I served in the Salvation Army, I was stationed outside of Walmart.
Thanks for your charity collection service 😂
I swear these people who do this don’t realize how many people they see around in public actually served. It’s not hard to tell once you’ve actually been in
Speaking only for British military, you can usually tell by how they walk over here. There is a definite military bearing that they never lose.
Your right i served in the indian reserved battlion and even when we are not wearing our uniforms....we notice ourselves on our manners....your absolutely right...
Dallas Sukerkin I second that.
I get told that all the time...just by the way I walk
Also people who served when they hit their EAOS don't wear their uniform once they're out.
You're truly a good guy... always giving these people the benefit of the doubt. It's admirable. Thank you for your service.
“Clearly he is not starving” 🤣🤣🤣
12:45 that’s what I do. I just get on my Digital Woodland Camo USMC uniform and my gear and go play with my friends in the woods lol. One day I will make it to the Marines.
MY MOS is so secret I don't even know what is. I got so many enemy kills I called in UAVs, Pred missiles, AC130s, and a couple tactical nukes. My name is also Ramirez.
My MOS - just kill behind enemy lines on super secret missions. ONLY.
@@JamesonsTravels missions so secret and redacted its like they didn't actually exist. I was in it so deep youd think I was giving the country a lobotomy.
Ramirez! Defend the Burgertown!
@Gabriel Ornelas bingo
my name was codename cobra.cobra chuckwik bourne
I can kind of relate. I was in my Spiderman costume on the way to Comic Con and was approached by Superman, The Flash and Batman for the very same reason...
everybody wants to a hero, can't help ourselves.
You’re a good guy, very compassionate. Subscribed
Thanks Paul
When I was around 20, I found an amazing looking US Army dress uniform jacket at Goodwill. It had everything on it, french fourragere, 2.5 row stack, some other nifty lookin' things, and it had the rank of a staff Sergent. I wore it in public all the time until it didn't fit me anymore. Only one time did someone ask me about it, and first thing I said was "I don't know, I got it at Goodwill." That was the end of the conversation.
The _what the fuck?_ combined with the Minecraft shirt had me laughing so damn hard.
Yup, I was happy i was drinking something i would have choked to death 🤣
That one even got my girlfriend to crack up. Minecraft shirt was the icing on the cake lol
I can appreciate your modesty. You recognize that people who feel the need to fake life activities such as military service are to be pitied rather than attacked. We veterans quickly notice things that are out of place but that doesn't necessarily warrant the verbal attacks that some display. Thanks for making these entertaining videos. They're a lot of fun to watch.
I’ve been to the USO a couple of times, and they have probably the most comfortable chairs I’ve ever sat in. Sometimes you’ll luck out and the manager there hooks you up with some stuff; I was able to take my Dad to his first NFL game with tickets I got at the USO in the Charlotte airport.
I went to a USO , while in the Navy, in France, Spain and they are nice. People are nice to you and make you feel at home. They explain to you where the good and bad places are. As Sailor's, we always went to the bad places. We called bad places "the Gut". Uso are a blessing. Love your videos
“69th Cobblestone Corps” that video has to be faked man.
It is.
It was
It is. But it still pisses me off lol
It was a minecraft joke😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@xones7294 yeah I know
So the gentleman outside of Walmart smoking the cigarette is okay. He doesn’t have any badges on, he’s not parading around saying he’s Military, he’s not bothering anyone... He’s not in violation of anything. I’m not military myself but my wife is. As long as he’s not trying to act is though he’s military, leave the man alone.
At what point does camo become stolen valor? I can understand many patriotic people wearing the flag and name badges. Are you allowed to wear army/navy/air force or is that where it becomes stolen valor?
Yeah. He's just wearing comfortable long lasting utilities. It would be funny if he really was a hero and smacked down that smartass harasser. One day some crazy is prolly gonna hurt him.
@Odin Borsson Just what hot discounts does a place like Wal-Mart have for some wackos like these guys?
@Odin Borsson Yeah. He's a dope.
@@allothernamesbutthis technically it's not wrong till you try to get something out of it A benefit or a discount would make it stolen Valor.
Starving veteran looks like he's never missed a meal since the day he was born.
😄😄😄😄😄my thought exactly
That one had to be fake he claimed he was 69th cobblestone core
@@CoreyandCrew right...I don't even know WTF that is...sounds like Harry Potter themed porn or something
I think That one is a skit
That one is a joke
We used to go to the USO lounge at Chicago O’Hare when traveling for training when I was in the Army reserves. It was a nice place to sit and wait, with free snacks and drinks.
"You're wearing the uniform that my friends have died in." They died in their dress blues???
No but fallen Marines typically get buried in them. Regardless, you shouldn't be lying about serving.
You can be buried in Dress Blues Alpha if specified, so literally no they did not die in them but can get buried in them. It’s nitpicking but you’d understand if you were in the Marine Corps.
I do believe he was making a joke. I laughed. Military dark humor.
Dude... really?
You knew what he meant. Why the dumb joke?
@@Seemsayin You do not get military humor. Take the darkest and most offensive stuff you see on the internet and take it a few steps farther. This joke was mild be comparison.
The eod guy was fake. He had his driver’s license and not his CAC. ( common access card )
He was taking his fake to the end. Breaking out a DL
Jamesons Travels village idiots.
Plus the left sleeve is for the unit patch insignia the individual is assigned to.
I heard somewhere that second one is a chick.
Yeah she ended up in jail
Ty for encouraging folks to leave those who really are just wearing perfectly legal ammo clothes alone if they're not pretending to be military .kudos to you that the the real stolen valor creeps get called on it
I'm inclined to agree with your perspective. Without rank or name tapes, it's just very utilitarian clothing.
I've worn military cast offs since I was a kid. My uncle gave me a bunch of his old stuff when he got out of the Paras, just because I was doing a lot of hiking and camping and outdoor pursuits. So his much battered army bergan became mine, along with boots and several pairs of combat trousers. The rest of the kit I wasn't really interested in. I didn't want to play soldier, I wanted tough utilitarian clothing and I wanted it as close to free as possible since it was gonna get wrecked by mud and rocks anyway, clambering through potholes and the like.
People overlook the pure functionality aspect these days I think. If I'm wearing blue camo fatigues with a DC Shoes hoody and a pair of DC high tops, I'm probably not trying to fake anyone out. Milsurp has been a catwalk stalwart for years now!
Granted, I tend to wear branded cargo pants rather than army fatigues these days, but that's price and availability, nothing more. It's cheaper to pick up cargo pants on sale at a retail park discount place than it is to buy milsurp, with the newer kit being more expensive, and the older stuff becoming rarer. Again, UK biased. I bought five pairs of cargo pants from a brand called Legend and Soul, who have a charter to make kit for HRH Prince Charles. I bought them because they're well constructed and made from a heavy twill, with double stitched seams. But I bought them primarily because they were heavily discounted and very well made. I'm not pretending to be royalty though. Cheap is cheap, and quality clothing for cheap is a genuine bargain, whoever it's made by, or for. In my opinion.
I was in the scouts organisation for a decade and some and I had uniforms for that, that I didn't much like, or my school uniforms for that matter. I'm not one for playing dress up and maintaining razor sharp creases, but I do like the pockets and I do like the robustness of military surplus. If it's for sale on the open market to everyone, then what's the issue?
When it comes to rank insignia and all that though, that's mostly being a con man. Military surplus remove all the customisation on items before sale, in the UK at least. If you're covered in patches, you put them there. I can see why people get up in arms about the wannabes, fakers and con men. And the fake charity style ones need to be prosecuted with all due haste!
as kids, we wore old bdus all of the time. hell, i wore my grandfather's ww2 army gear. it had strips sewn on. while we played war in the woods. the internet has got people a little hyper vigentlent.
My great uncles all served in WWII in the Navy. My dad was in the Army. My uncle served in the Marine Corp in Korea and shot himself when he returned home. They never made a big deal about serving or even talked much about it. Thank you for your service.
The "EOD" guy is actually a girl and ended up going to jail first person in the state were she was at to be charged and convicted of stolen valor
I'm insulted, no one ever fakes being a Machinist Mate 3rd class...
That’s Wonderful my Dad Was Machinest Coast Guard After NAVY.
i was a radio operator. my job requires a security clearance. no one ever pretends to be a radio man. maybe its because i can spot a fake radioman miles away.
Code red for these a holes.
I don’t fake having been a HM3, I just fake having been any good at it.
No one impersonates a fueler either.
The guy holding the starving veteran sign with thick glasses is a comedian he does alot of outlandish weird things and it's all for comedy he has alot of strange youtube vids about his mom it's hilarious 😂
The only times I had an interaction with the USO was twice: 1. I spent 3 months at Galena AK Air Base (Since Closed) The USO sent some ex football players that came around and said hi to all of us on one Saturday. Then one Saturday the USO had an Art Auction, I bought a couple pieces of Art and sent them home as Christmas Presents. The other time I was flying home after I got out after 5 years in the Air Force 4+1 extension. I flew from Anchorage to Seattle and I had like a 10 hour layover. It was the middle of the night and they had a bunk room and they said I could sleep since I just got out and I was traveling home to Hartford, CT. They had some snacks but that bunk looked really good and I got maybe 6.5 / 7 hours of good sleep.
When I think of the USO during my time in the military, Bob Hope and Ann Margaret comes to mind.
If you watch the full clip of he kid in the airport, you'll see that he actually busted out his DL lol. If I recall correctly, he didn't know what a CAC card was lol
@TheVet4id New name for Military ID, stands for Common Access Card. As you probably remember, your ID is part of your uniform, can't have one without the other. Cheers man.
The USO was great to us during OIF/OEF in Atlanta. Gave us hugs, snacks and a nice place to hang out at.
The USO in St. Louis practically saved my life in '86 on my way to the Philippines! Jesus, what a long layover!!!
Minecraft Veteran here, that T-shirt is Stolen Valour
Hahahahaha
Life hasn’t been the same since my mine cart got hit by that creeper and we took direct fire from those skeletons. I still have flashbacks
The charity guy might have been in a while ago. He knew how to roll-up the BDU sleeves the way the Army and Air force did. But around 2001 we were made to stop doing that. And he seemed to know about not wearing patches. You can wear your old uniforms, but you have to remove the branch and unit patches. I believe you can keep your combat patch on.
I went to the USO only once at ORD as I was leaving boot camp, going to parachute rigger school in Lakehurst NJ. Cookies and Juice... when I really needed a free beer!!!
The Minecraft shirt guy had to be a joke video. I mean, he even said he was in the 69th
Either way. He was a joke.
The 69th Cobblestone division. Cobblestone is farmable in Minecraft too. Definitely a joke video
Any veteran I’ve ever known has too much self respect to beg for money and hold a sign.
exactly my point this is embarrassing.
I've come across a few who lost all their fucks given and went to drugs. Nobody wants to help them and they just want there fix
@@iforgot2remember yeah its sad I wish I could help them and I think they go to drugs be because of PTSD and maybe that helps them so they get addicted and things go south
There are more programs to address addiction and homelessness issues among veterans now. It used to be more common with draftees that were broken after Vietnam. I don't think it occurs very much with people leaving the modern military, unless you fall through the cracks.
At the end of the day, there are also some few people who find a kind of freedom living on the streets and they won't forsake it and reintegrate. It's fortunately a rarer thing now among veterans.
My husband has purple heart but won't even use the space in the parking lot . I used to beg to go get the free app from Red lobster. It was a huge negative lol
Class act, man. I agree with you, there's no sense in embarrassing the guys who clearly don't have much going for them in the first place. Making somebody who's already feeling low feel even lower isn't the hallmark of a good Marine, it just makes that person kind of a dick.
Well said.
I've seen a MARINE do this and no shit the guy had a gun and killed himself. We give the marine shit at the VA aboyt what he did. When word got out he went to another VA.
Also...please know what stolen valor really is.
The guy with the 'Starving Veteran' sign, is a Veteran of a Fantasy video War Game group. Yea, the one with Castles, Dragons and Orcs!
Hahaha Minecraft Shirt has me laughing way too hard
That was perfect.
Pretty sure that one is a skit
@@dimaskr2000 it is
'whats ur mos?'
" Im a Navy SEAL 4-star Admiral black ops recon sniper CIA Agent'
That starving soldier needs money because he is down to a paltry 4000 calories a day.
Saw the end of that one video. He had a fake ID and eventually got arrested (not just for stolen Valor but for some id fraud or something like that) and had warrants
The USO was always a cool place to hang out when I was in and a E-2-E-3 I’d go there to sleep during layovers coming home on leave or to get a pop and a snack. Always awesome people the one in St.Louis had a place to sleep also!
I went to San Diego USO in the Airport as I recall, it was okay. The one I really enjoyed was in Naples, Italy. They had some good food and were super friendly.
‘He clearly isn’t starving’ 😂😂😂😂😂
I was on an old aircraft carrier during Vietnam. Just so you know the Navy does things quite differently. To go from E3 to E4 you are required to take 2 correspondence courses, wait a time requirement and take a Navy wide test for your specialty. A 3rd class Petty officer (E4) is considered an NCO and the navy seems to keep the ratio of about 15 to 1. Possibly things have changed but when I was in, it was at all unusual for a 4 yr veteran to discharge as an E3. .
I’m an artillery officer with 8 tours
These men disgust me, they haven’t been through Jakku or battle of Waterloo like I did.
Wasn't Murat a cavalry officer, not artillery. Also as he didn't fight at Waterloo, he was in Italy at that time I think.
@@HoganTon
It’s a joke dude
@camo man correct
Battle of Jakku, respect
Thank you everyone for your services! I tried to get in the Navy to be a SEAL but they wouldn't let me in because I have severe health problems. Instead of lying to everyone saying I was a SEAL I took a volunteering position at my local Veteran's Home. I love it so much!!
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I lost it at cobblestone Corp. LMAO
Coldstone creamery.corp here
And then he has a freaking Minecraft shirt. Amazing.
Man was like WTF!!!!!!
@9:46 O-2 (Lt): 25 (join + 18 months)
O-3 (Capt): 27 (join + 4 years)
O-4 (Major): 33 (join + 10 years)
O-5 (Lt.Col): 39 (join + 16 years)
O-6 (Col): 45 (join + 22 years)
This kid doesn't look to be 33 or older to have the rank of a Major.
I guess none of the Stolen valor guys have access to Google to download GUIDEBOOK FOR MARINES or at least a picture on how to wear it correctly
Well you really think a smart person would do this?
That kid was definitely beung satirical about Stolen Valor. Especially when he said 69th Cobblestone Corps. It is also proven when he pulls out the minecraft shirt
I get where you're coming from brother on the issue of just let him wear it. People wear camo in yhe woods. There's a difference though when someone is standing in front of wally claiming to be a vet to get money or even respect.
I had someone get upset with me for wearing blank ACU on my way to go hike and shoot some targets lol I was like uhh I don’t even have civilian patches on this. I’m clearly not pretending I’m active duty or something lol
I went to the USO at St. Louis airport right out of basic in Ft. Leonard Wood, other than that? Don't think so. It's mostly a bunch of older ladies who like vets and make them coffee, cookies, food, etc. I'm sure they do other stuff I don't know about.
Damn, a 50 year old E3 that has no idea where to put his geedunks.
He was a proud terminal lance corporal.
I have a Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club patch on a jacket and get asked occasionally where that yacht club is. I really was there, 71-72
@@glennrishton5679 10's of thousands of us were but even we are dying off bit by bit. USS Saratoga April 72- Feb 73, depart and return.
@@RockerWasRight Has the realization ever struck you just how many years ago our adventures in the Tonkin Gulf (and Subic) were? Nearly half a century....it cant be.I first started noticing that no one in uniform was wearing the Vietnam Service or Campaign ribbons anymore, then realized they are all long retired.
Chicago CG 11 Departed 11/71 return 8/72
Returned on my birthday too and I did celebrate!
@@glennrishton5679 Now they get geedunks for showing to work on time. Somebody with 2 years in looks like the United Nations
The medals on the first guy made me laugh, alot. 😂
I was a fighter pilot of a F-16 in the Revolutionary War under George Washington in 1775 to 1776.
"This guy is clearly not starving" lol!!
Best of Village Idiots: Stolen Valor Rabbit Hole - th-cam.com/play/PLeU0ya-0QayS-brvicg-lsRXNxnJnAWYo.html
Some people just like the army but are not qualified for it.. They admire them I think so. And I would feel pity for him and leave him be.
Compassion is the strongest virtue.
I hope you get what I mean
Somethimes you have to ask the question why do they want to get the money? idk about amurica but here in Belgium it's getting harder and harder to come around. Some people do this stuff eventionaly. I think no human does this scamming out off free will I think so.
Have you heard about the rockefellers and the Roth child's? Even Bill gates is a indirect Rothschild. It's mind-blowing and really important especially when u want to know something important in the world. No media covers this because they are indirectly funded and influenced by those people.
Kind regards
That airport 1 sir was a well known female caught for stolen valour that identifies as a male.... have you looked into the knights armament LAMG yet sir an if so how do you think it holds up
I'm almost 100% sure I'm right about the airport "soldier " from other stolen valour videos but please don't quote me on that sir
@@sybrenkoninckx amen about the Rothschilds and Rockefellers. Those banking families have controlled things since at least the Battle of Waterloo and im sure much longer.
The EOD "guy" at the airport is actually a girl. She's faced other chargers for impersonation. How do Ik that? To many of these damn youtube rabbit holes i go down at 4am 🤣
Link pls
Or video name
Yeah, I saw that on another SV video a while back.
Ya can't be charged for impersonating. Confused why everyone keeps saying stolen valor. Learn what it is before saying it
After the Stolen Valor Act was struck down, Congress passed a new law making it a crime to profit financially by lying about military service. ... After Swisher's conviction, Congress removed a provision making it illegal to wear unearned medals.Jan 12, 2016
Uneducated ppl make me wanna puke
I want to hear jameson's marine roar one day
i have an air-force t-shirt that was given to me by my brother and his teammates when i was younger. Whenever my brother deployed, i'd wear it non stop till he came back safe. I liked to believe that that shirt is a part of him that i can have on me so i can rest easy. Some grownups would give me looks - but i now i understand why. I never wore it to gain anything that shirt was basically my sheild and still is. it helps me think of my brother when he isn't here
Lucky I'm a leading seaman general I guess.
Honestly, in Australia we have to many Stolen Valor Bogans.
I meet a fake SAS idiot. Told me stories of his 'missions'. He however meet one of my friends who works as a truck driver for the army and my mate tore him a new one after asking him some questions. I never served btw.
It’s very unaustralian. Luckily a few constables aren’t too keen on that when encountered.
@@BruceWayne-fg1kk In the 1970's ex WW2 soldiers were so common that if I talked to almost any male around their late 40's to 60's back then they had probably served. One very obvious theme I noticed was that the guys who didn't want to talk much were the ones who'd probably seen the worst horrors. And they told me the guys who bragged about their incredible heroics probably hadn't even gone, or had very mundane experiences and never saw any real action. I also remember that many returned servicemen refused to take part in any ANZAC Day parades or belong to any RSL (Returned Services League) clubs. They didn't like the way politicians used war veterans for their own publicity.
My paternal Grandfather never marched or told anyone in our family, not even his wife and daughters until late in life about his experiences. I think in old age he knew he was running out of time to answer those questions, long since asked by family and friends, and I think my joining the ARA may have helped as well because the change in him was amazing, not only did he tell me of his experiences in WWII, but he also contacted friends whom he hadn't seen since the war and arranged to get together and march on ANZAC Day. Take away the glamour of war and it becomes apparent for most who served, why would you want to tell loved ones of the hell, and pain associated with war.
Not exactly the same, but I came across a guy who claimed to be ASIO. But we also have documented evidence that he told us that he was a security guard a few years ago. Also there’s evidence of him being a security guard on the internet. Said some bullshit story like he had to fake being a security guard because of his work at ASIO, and that if we called ASIO there would not be any record of him serving because of all the top secret stuff he did. Due to confidentiality reasons I can’t give more details, but there’s a lot more things that led me to call bullshit on him eventually.
I then came across his partner a few months later. She said a lot of things that each on their own was like 99% bullshit, but the sheer number of crazy stories made me call bullshit on her as well after doing some calling around to check her story.
The minecraft shirt guy is actually a youtuber and the video is a parody on stolen valor videos
Come on, that guy was clearly a mine craft veteran.
Viper6 lost his friends in the nether and the end
Respect veterans!
The “S” in PTSD stands for “Slenderman”.😆
Imagine if the guy asked him “are you a veteran?” And then he just busts n his shirt and says “yeah, a minecraft veteran” lol.
I admire anyone that served in the Military..bless you all.
Thanks Doc. I served in The galactic Civil War.
Please don't. Just bunch of killers with no life
I admire anyone who has traveled through time.
I met a guy thats 19 and swears he's been to Afghanistan and he wears his army uniform everyday
perhaps with his family visiting relatives.
@@JamesonsTravels he would run supplies to our construction sites im not military but he could barely lift the 2x6s he had noodle arms! And one day I asked him about his boots and he said "standard army boots, I got them while I was serving... still recovering from the trauma" I shouldve recorded it haha you guys probably would've figured him out easily!
@@davidmilian7448 Its possible. You can join at 17...
Really?! He had the NERVE to talk about TRAUMA.!? That chaps my @$$ as my brother is a combat vet with ACTUAL PTSD (VA diagnosed) and he fights the damn darkness EVERY damn day. And there are those that lose that battle DAILY. That just pisses me off. Remember the 22.
“Rangers are normally stationed in fort Bragg” Benning and Lewis dude come on
4:07 the oh sh** face, LOVE IT. Also, I firmly believe there are more SV's in the comment section compared to on the streets. What happened to being proud to be American and showing that love to those who served for YOU?! Ya'll need to stop seeking recognition you do NOT deserve. I was unable to join after years of trying and begging, but I do my part! How? I work for a military contracted company manufacturing military equipment! There is many other things you could do to support your country and those who serve her. Lying is not one of them.
Its when they put unit tags ribbons or awards and protray themselves as something that they are not (even worse if they're using it to get free or a discount on wateva) -then its a problem; and for guys who lost their buddies who they've trained and lived with for years? I don't know that feeling so I don't know what kind of disrespected can feel but I think they should start being able to discern between who's just playing dress-up and who's trying to portray that they have been or are in the service because in trying to protect the respect honour and privilege of wearing the uniform and memory of the Fallen they could be disrespecting it by persecuting the innocent
Chimo
I think the stolen valor fakers and dead friends are mutually exclusive. I wont ever say to idiots that the uniform reminds me of a dead buddy. just me.
If I ferment correctly the guy in the airport pulled out his regular ID and said he didn't have his military ID on him and he Enrique gets up and walks away. I could be wrong because I've seen so many of these over the years but I remember that face.
Lmfao that minecraft shirt almost made me choke on my food i laughed so hard
I died when he says his patches were all dicked up. I haven't heard that in a minute.