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Go big or go home. No, seriously, go home.

By Scott Fontaine on June 17, 2011 Uncategorized

I knew I shouldn’t have hit my Idi Amin photo quota so early in the week. Check out the fruit salad on this guy, as spotted by the This Ain’t Hell blog. I’d try to count how many ribbons he’s wearing (in addition to the Parachutist Badge and the Air Assualt Badge and the Combat Infantryman Badge and…), but I think my calculator would melt down. Check out some of the comments: USMC Steve: “Army as well as Air Force gongs and badges, but the boots are just a fashion faux pas.” TSO: “15 rows of medals, dude could kill…

Don’t bother claiming eight Silver Stars…

By Scott Fontaine on June 14, 2011 Uncategorized

So you’re the SEAL who shot bin Laden, eh? Good pickup line for the ladies at the local Dam Neck bar, but probably not the truth. Or maybe those two Bronze Stars become two Silver Stars, or a Air Force Cross magically appears on your rack. Either way, be warned: If you try to claim too much, there’s a good chance you’ll eventually get caught. And the Washington Post has a story today about some of the people who work their damndest to make sure fakers are exposed. One of the people they quoted? Doug Sterner, the curator of the…

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