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I am a retired U.S. Army Lt Colonel with 25 years of active duty. I presently volunteer as an active participant (and sometimes as the actual Mission Commander) in full-military-honors funerals in San Diego (I was in three of them this past week, and have more next week). All are very moving and sad, with the ones for Navy Seals and active duty combat KIA's being particularly impacting for my troops and me.
A few years ago, a guy claiming to be a retired Navy Captain who flew fighter jets in Vietnam, contacted me to get background info for a movie script he was writing about porn production. Bottom line is that his BS about his supposed military days didn't match what I knew from my active duty experiences; then, along came a media story about a "fake" military officer. I emailed the report to him and and cited his claims to me about his service and told him that I needed to see proof of his service (military people always have/keep their documents) or I might feel compelled to alert the military to his situation. He slinked away, never to be in contact with me again.
If I ever come across this phony again, even if he's with other people, I plan to not acknowledge him except for giving him the the two-fingers sign for "Shame on You"---if it's just him and me, I will add the word "Asshole", turn my back on him and walk away.
IMO, his kind are beneath "low", and are an insult to our real veterans and military.
Dave Cummings (my porn stage name).
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