Do You Sometimes Feel Sorry For What Ex-Services Have To Put Up With, Back In Civvy Street?

[Hypognosis]

For example, they either don't want to speak about their time in service or they can't, mostly thanks to all the jerks like this one...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2533587/Navy-SEAL-fired-bin-Laden-kill-shot-took-Pablo-Escobar-fraud-securing-half-billion-dollar-security-contract.html

From the readers' comments, it seems everyone has their own "former SAS" person, down at their local.

[Gromit]

This man was a fraudster. His military record was fictitious. I don't think you can judge genuine ex soldiers on the lies of a con man.

Bit of an odd question you have posed?

[Hypognosis]

You might have misunderstood me then, Gromit.

I am saying that, because the planet is riddled with people like this one, genuine ex-services can't spend their time down the pub telling entertaining tales without coming across as being just another one of them.

The fradster type is probably banking on most people being simply too respectful of genuine servicemen/women to ever challenge the veracity of their claims. Either that, or they may be secretly hoping for someone to challenge them, as a pretext for starting a fight.

[Gromit]

I know several ex soldiers who have served in Afghanistan and Iraq and they rarely talk about their experiences. I don't think it because they don't want to risk being thought of as a fraud, I think it is because they had a bloody terrible time and do not want to relive it.

[anotheoldgit]

I don't think you will find many ex most decorated Navy SEALs in military history down at your local pub, unless one lives in good old US of A, that is of course if you can find even a pub.

[Hypognosis]

@AOG

//that is of course if you can find even a pub. //

Erm, somewhere near the 40-foot, illuminated roadsign which says "Bar & Grill", perhaps?


@Gromit
//and do not want to relive it. //

Quite so. My Grandfather reacted like that, the one time I asked.

[Booldawg]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1242608/Fantasist-Roger-Day-wore-haul-fake-medals-Remembrance-Day-march-impress-young-wife.html

We have our very own 'Walt' in the shape of Roger Day. In the US 'stolen valour' is a crime -not sure about UK law though.