Fake Veterans
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goldenpuma67 said:Right. And naturally, the very first thing this guy does upon joining the forum is start a thread about "fake patriots."🤦
And you’re just another one weighed down by nothing but bias.
The reality is, there are fewer of us old-school locals left, but we’re still here...
As for the frauds—take my neighbor, for instance. He joined the Thunder back in '92, spent maybe a hundred days out in the field, only to burn through 250 days of sick leave. He wasn't even part of any major operations. Since '95, he's been retired on a PTSD diagnosis with a veteran's pension totaling a few thousand bucks. Then there's another guy who was mobilized for two weeks in '92 but pulled out because his brother was deployed at the exact same time—which, back then, was a pretty common way to get off the hook. Now, he's living on disability. ☕