Gold Chevrons

[SlingerDun]

yeah he probably spooked, but dolts are forgetful and don't stray far from the feed source, he'll resurface somewhere.

[Supersquishy]

Speaking of which, my friend (Marine Nam Vet) and I were just discussing about a douche we both know put in a blurb in the local newspaper about his daughter being a Marine Corps aviator knowing full well that she is not in the Marines but in the Navy. We were both like WTF! Just sayin' its pretty trivial but still ****es me off that he had to give a Title away that my friend and I Earned especially my friend.

[MotorT3533]

MotherGoose -

May I ask where in Indiana you are? Just wondering if this "Reservist" happened to mention which unit he was with in Indiana since I could probably get you in touch with some of the units as I am with Eng Co. Bravo in South Bend.

Sgt Reynolds

[thewookie]

Is this your guy....

Marine Charged With Faking War Wounds for Gain

Budwah's case is remarkable because he is an active-duty Marine facing military justice, not a civilian charged with wearing unearned medals. Of nearly 3,100 courts-martial last year in the four major armed services, only 27 were trials for wearing illegal decorations. Just two involved Marines.
Prosecutors say Budwah wore unauthorized medals and accepted VIP invitations to rock concerts, major-league baseball games, banquets and other events meant to fete wounded warriors.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,...est=latestnews

I hope he rots in his cell.

[itzs4m]

it could be that he was wearing the green sweater over his khaki shirt which covers his rank insignias on his sleeves, like in this photo:



it shows the chevrons pinned on the collar.

[0331 2 0369]

it could be that he was wearing the green sweater over his khaki shirt which covers his rank insignias on his sleeves, like in this photo:



it shows the chevrons pinned on the collar.

I can't see the pic you posted because I am at work. Even if he did wear his grean sweater (wooly pully), he wouldn't be authorized to wear the gold chevrons.

[MotherGoose]

Okay, I've had some trouble posting responses so I am hoping this goes through. Every time I try to post it takes me in this circle of logging in, submitting reply, logging in, submitting reply... and so on.

Okay, so here is the update. Got a response from National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis- no record, they forwarded my request to Quantico. I had already fax'd the SF180 to Quantico. Quantico had no records and forwarded the SF180 to the Department of the Army Human Resources Command-Indianapolis. Indianapolis sent me a letter stating there is no record and that I should forward the request to Army Human Resources Command in St. Louis, which is my next step.

Never received a return phone call from this "veteran" either.

To answer some of the questions presented:
1. The security cameras in our office are inadequate. There was no shot of him. The camera constantly switches from view to view, such as the front entrance, back entrance, unemployment counter, computer lab... it doesn't provide any clean shots inside our cubicles.
2. When he was in here, he was wearing a khaki short sleeved shirt, or perhaps tropical as Old Marine pointed out, with the gold chevrons on the collar.
3. He didn't say which reserve unit he was with, but Grissom AFB (Kokomo/Peru area) is in our county and they have a USMC detachment there. We have some of their Marines in our MCL, I could ask them, never thought of that. I'm slow sometimes

[MotherGoose]

Received a letter from HQMC stating that there are no records of this guys' name and social security #. I then called HQMC, to double verify, and they also stated no record. To triple check, I sent in a letter with the SF180 stating what was going on and that I really needed to verify this person's Marine Corps service before confronting him. I just received a letter from HQMC and they state that they completed a diligent search of all current active duty members, former active duty members, and reserve component member files and there is no record at all for this person.
I called his house and a woman answered, I asked to speak with him and after a minute she got back on the phone and said "he can't come to the phone right now" and hung up on me. She didn't even know who I was or what I was even calling about because I didn't say.

Also received confirmation from Army Human Resources that he served in the Army National Guard from 1988-1994 "no active duty performed other than for training purposes."

I'm waiting to hear from our states' VETS Coordinator on how to move forward with this since I am not allowed to give his information to the public. I have done some research to find out any other information that he has posted on the internet. Found a post by him on his high school website that says he went into the Marines after graduation in 1989, was a scout sniper, recently returned from Baghdad (the post date was 11/2007.) Employment records he gave us state otherwise, how could he be employed full time here while serving in the Corps? Also found an ebay seller profile in which he has a pic of him in dress blues, the pic is so little and fuzzy and I can't really make it out, but looks like LCpl chevrons on his blouse with a blood stripe on his trousers. It is the same guy because he posted the same yahoo.com email address for both of these profiles that he gave our office for our records.

[Zulu 36]

Received a letter from HQMC stating that there are no records of this guys' name and social security #. I then called HQMC, to double verify, and they also stated no record. To triple check, I sent in a letter with the SF180 stating what was going on and that I really needed to verify this person's Marine Corps service before confronting him. I just received a letter from HQMC and they state that they completed a diligent search of all current active duty members, former active duty members, and reserve component member files and there is no record at all for this person.
I called his house and a woman answered, I asked to speak with him and after a minute she got back on the phone and said "he can't come to the phone right now" and hung up on me. She didn't even know who I was or what I was even calling about because I didn't say.

Also received confirmation from Army Human Resources that he served in the Army National Guard from 1988-1994 "no active duty performed other than for training purposes."

I'm waiting to hear from our states' VETS Coordinator on how to move forward with this since I am not allowed to give his information to the public. I have done some research to find out any other information that he has posted on the internet. Found a post by him on his high school website that says he went into the Marines after graduation in 1989, was a scout sniper, recently returned from Baghdad (the post date was 11/2007.) Employment records he gave us state otherwise, how could he be employed full time here while serving in the Corps? Also found an ebay seller profile in which he has a pic of him in dress blues, the pic is so little and fuzzy and I can't really make it out, but looks like LCpl chevrons on his blouse with a blood stripe on his trousers. It is the same guy because he posted the same yahoo.com email address for both of these profiles that he gave our office for our records.

Good work, Mother Goose. You're all over this poseur like white on rice. Keep it up!

[ggyoung]

Just a couple of tidbits here. I busted a USAF guy a couple years ago. I read this guys obituary in the paper and it stated that he was a POW for about 6 months and then freed when friendly forces overrun the pow camp. That was a dead give a way on him. I sent his name to a phony site and they sent back that he was a phony and is now on there pages. Then there was a e-mail address at the bottom of the obit to send kind words to his family. My response was not of kind words.

[itzs4m]

I did some research of mine.

The gold chevrons are for the Dress Blue Sweater (crew neck with epaulettes) it's the same sweater as the green service sweater but in navy blue.

the gold chevrons are placed on the epaulettes when worn over your khaki shirt.

[MontezumaCpl]

Here's how this needs to be handled...... Tell him that he is approved but I am his case worker. He needs to come to Quantico Virginia for the final paper work and to recieve his check. Tell him his travel will be reimbursed once he arrives here. I will meet him at the gate and escort him to the back side of Quantico, by Lake Lunga, where I work and that will be the end of it. Never seen or heard from again.

I like Gunny Daniels' Solution, I would be happy to assist(even though I live 3000 miles away)! Outstanding Work, Mother Goose!

[GREY MATTER]

get his social and run him through HQMC...you should be able to obtain his OMPF if he was a SGT or higher

[GREY MATTER]

and i see you already found he was a fraud

[Zebra29er]

Good work, Mother Goose. You're all over this poseur like white on rice. Keep it up!

Or stink on sh-t and that lingers a long time. good work Mother Goose, please let us know the out come . I would have loved to had had him on point.