How offended would you be by a fake military officer "correcting" you in public?

Question

Say you are out on the town in your dress uniform (for say a wedding reception, grad-night, etc), and some officer comes-up to you and "corrects" you in public over some very minor uniform discrepancy, embarassing you infront of your significant other, family, and friends. Later, you find out that that guy was an imposteur/poser, a fake US Naval or Marine Corps officer.

I heard about about a guy posing as a Navy LT, said he was both a fighter pilot AND a Navy SEAL. I wonder if he ever did that.

Answer 1

Funny, I corrected an NCO (E7) yesterday for wearing his beret inside , he tried to ignore what I was trying to say then I said SFC your wrong, I am not an Officer I am enlisted , I think regardless Enlisted or not we need to correct each other, nothing worse to see a jacked up Soldier and people know it and refuse to correct them.

To add I wasnt in uniform I could have been an Officer he would have never known, point being he was wrong and I made an on the spot correction.

Armywife & Soldier

Answer 2

I had the OSI on speed dial.

Impersonating an Officer is some serious stuff.

When Jimmy Stewart made the movie where he flew the B-36 and B-47. I think it was Strategic Air Command. He had to get special permission to wear the insignias of rank he wore. The uniform was fine, he was an a USAFR Brig General. When he put on a lower rank for the movie the Department of Defense signed off on it before hand.

That indicates how seriously many military members take the uniform and abuse there of.

Personally, I have and wear a DAV belt buckle. If I wasn't I wouldn't. Your make believe officer may end up with his posterior kicked up between his ears...

Answer 3

Report the guy to the MP's and let them handle it, he broke the law. After the nice MP's visit and and after sweating out what's going to happen, it might make him change his ways.

EDIT

For conranger1

Yes, I know the MP's don't have power over civilians, but it’s going to be much easier for him to go to the MP’s, and they are in a much better position to get the ball rolling, or give him a name of someone to contact.

I’m going to bet this isn’t the first time the MP’s have heard about someone pretending to be in the military, and they may already have good contacts, or they might just visit the guy to find out if he's really in the military or not.

That why I said contact the MP’s

Answer 4

First you should never allow yourself be in a position to be corrected in public by anybody.

Secondly the person who misrepresented himself in public is guilty of contravening the new "Stolen Valor Act" and should be reported to the F.B.I. for investigation.

For Richard; The Military Police have no power over a civilian (unless the guy is on a military base) its a matter for the Police / F.B.I. to handle.

Answer 5

I'd probably be more upset with myself for not recognizing him as an impostor right off,

A fighter pilot and a SEAL, that should have been an easy story to pick apart. There are more people that claim to be SEALs than there are actual SEALs

Answer 6

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Answer 7

It's against the law to impersonate an officer of the Military... TURN THE CREAP IN.

Answer 8

If anyone in a military uniform came to a non-military location and "corrected" me about anything, I would say, "with all due respect, sir...kiss my @$$!"

I do not care if they were a real officer. That is not the place for them to interject anything.

Answer 9

Tell him to grow a pair and serve then he has the right to speak about the military

Answer 10

i would be more pissed off by the fact that he's disrespecting the uniform and pissing on the honor of many people that have died wearing the same uniform protecting people back home.