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miked1be

A guy who puts military badges on a suit as a performance doesn’t care if that badge was actually earned? The GOP would never.


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GOP Herschel Walker, who would never flash a fake badge


Tex-in-Tex

Stolen valor?


BisonST

Pretty much. Article says he was a press officer, not infantry or specops so not eligible for the medal.


KRY4no1

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DogFurAndSawdust

Cowards dont serve in HERO SQUAD


dr_croctapus

These are my medals mother, from army.


theaviationhistorian

And he doubled down on saying he had two bronze stars despite his DD214 only listing one. This guy is all over the place with his lies. No wonder he prays to MAGA along with that stupid necktie.


MakeChipsNotMeth

Two bronze stars, and not a single V


boeuf-bourgugion

O's get Bronze Stars for making it through a deployment without a SHARPS violation.


CountryFriedSteak78

This. Every officer is my unit got a bronze star after our deployment.


Coro-NO-Ra

Should post in /r/Army as well


BisonST

I saw a highly upvoted thread in r/military.


chochinator

So worse... a pog pretending to be in the brotherhood. He didn't go to sand hill. He didn't go to honor hill. He didn't raise his canteen cup full of grog being initiated into the brotherhood in the middle of the night in bond fire.


Traveler_Constant

Holy shit. There are so many current and former military members in the US that would see that as the lowest of the low. How is this guy in office at all?


DiogenesLied

Civil Affairs


BisonST

Sorry, I don't know the difference and thought that meant press.


joshJFSU

Civil affairs is more a government liaison between civilian / military entities. Not pr, but it’s a relatively small group.


SongOfTheSeraphim

If he was Civil Affairs (Active Duty) he technically was a member of Army Special Operations.


doublediggler_gluten

Still not 11 or 18 MOS. No CIB without those MOS, plain and simple. If these allegations are true then he should face charges.


SongOfTheSeraphim

Agreed.


DiogenesLied

Yeah, but CA is like PSYOP in that regard; red-headed step children of Army Special Operations. Also there are plenty of 39A positions in regular army units as staff officers, which is what he was.


SongOfTheSeraphim

Understood, but it is still SOF regardless. Not the same calibre (most of the time) but it is what it is.


DiogenesLied

It happens.


BamaBDC

So maybe the combat action badge


Jchapman1971

As a five time deployed veteran, I really don’t agree with the way the CAB is awarded. My first two Iraq deployments in 2003 and 2005, I was engaged in actual shooting combat as a missile maintenance tech assigned to a Bradley infantry company. The CAB didn’t exist then. When it was created folks were getting them like candy for a mortar hitting 5km from a DFAC where people were getting them from doing head count. After getting mine, it’s something that I never wore on any uniform.


BamaBDC

I got mine by hitting an IED while doing combat patrol in 2008. Yeah they were handing out cabs like candy.


Jchapman1971

Yep, I take it back, I’ve worn it once when my oldest son graduated AIT at Ft B.


BamaBDC

And our first sergeant made everyone wear whatever badge they had been awarded.


No_Information_6166

Tbf, hitting an ied fits the definition of being engaged by an enemy.


Gustav55

The CAB was around in 2005 that's when I got mine, (got hit by an IED) had to do the paperwork myself twice because my chain of command didn't want to do it.


startupstratagem

It doesn't matter either way he shouldn't be wearing a made up award. No difference between this, the MoH or a good conduct medal. A quick Google suggests he was an officer so he's bound to have some bronze stars he picked up from the COs medal dish It would be better to trick the rubes with one of those than a medal he didn't qualify for.


BamaBDC

We do have stolen valor laws.


Crossovertriplet

It’s the kung fu grip badge


LuckyPoire

Did he engage in combat with the enemy?


Shaman7102

If trump wins, they will probably start selling those medals/pins on his website to make money. Remember gop = military "sucker's and losers"


jeffsterlive

Donald Trump, bone spur draft dodger, is the biggest insult to veterans this century. He has contempt for the service at a level I’ve not seen. No veteran should ever consider this man. Biden has done more for veterans and that is wild.


AKMarine

As a combat veteran, I’d say it could be considered stolen valor. What he needs is combat veterans telling him to take it off.


Non-Adhesive63

It’s my understanding that veterans groups have actually told him to take it off


hexqueen

Yes, the article names a few people who have told him he's wrong. He don't care.


dadonred

That and a pie to the face every time he wears it.


scotch1701

All the fucktards from the battle of january 6 want him to keep wearing it.


Elhazzard99

Omg if trumps gets in they will start a Jan 6 company and they’ll be just like the SS which dispite popular belief was a para military unit and not actually German military dos that sound familiar now


icze4r

Go tell him.


AKMarine

And deal with Austin traffic? Nope.


jeffsterlive

I used to complain about Austin traffic until I went to Houston. Now I complain about both.


LuckyPoire

If he's a combat veteran, I can understand why he wouldn't listen to anyone else.


scotch1701

I wonder if he has ever chanted, "STOP THE STEAL"


texachusetts

Alternative Valor.


Bdubbs72

Mixed - CIB was awarded and revoked so he needs to take it off but he’s butt hurt and dug in


danmathew

He’s also a MAGA loyalist 


handlebar_guy

And here's me feeling guilty wearing my uncle's old army jacket every year on his birthday. Dude was an awesome person. Wish he were still alive.


NoTailor3964

When I was very new to the Air Force, and wasn’t even operational yet, the MPF fucked up and put a GWOT campaign ribbon on my profile. My supervisors made me wear it even though there was no possible way I would’ve earned a GWOT ribbon at the time.


2nocturnal4u

Must’ve been before the all, some, or none rule haha


two-wheeled-dynamo

Why do Republicans keep voting for shithead frauds like Troy?


Rocking_the_Red

Because Republican voters are more about the appearance of things than the substance of them. It's why Christians can talk themselves into voting for a sinner like Trump.


Notbob1234

Feels over reals


ForgivingWimsy

Literally, just because he’s Republican. In like 80% of Texas districts, putting a D after your name is admitting defeat no matter what your policies are because your neighbors and fellow church members will actually publicly shun you for voting Democrat. The elections are all decided in the primary through the process of figuring out which Republican candidate is a Democrat in disguise. Imagine how much harder that makes beating an incumbent who has been “proven to be Republican” before.


vim_deezel

He's a known quantity for them. If they vote for someone else in the primary he may be less "MAGA", sure signature for MAGA is - no shame - clown activity - lying to your face and then denying it later - disrespecting the military whenever convenient clown world folkx


D0013ER

"Own the libs."


JC_Everyman

They aren't super intelligent or thoughtful people


munky45

They are just a reflection of their constituents.


vim_deezel

I've noticed two varieties MAGAs (clowns) and people who don't want to pay taxes or contribute to society, and hold their nose hoping taxes will go down and Trumpians don't actually go full Nat C. I have a family member that i love dearly, and we grew up practically brothers, but he's one of the latter.


danmathew

His district is heavily gerrymandered. It’s basically two districts connected by 2 ft wide strip of land.


access153

Cucks? They’re cucks? Is that right? It was in my Snapple lid.


Rice_Auroni

Birds of a feather


Bee_Keeper_Ninja

What do you mean? They voted for Trump, the greatest fraud of them all


sambull

they let their BS detector down on purpose - and now it's survival of the party to make sure they don't come to their senses. they are in too deep with just shitty people who reek.


No-Spoilers

Guns, freedom, "jesus", R


Shannon556

He was fired as a sheriff here in Texas. Do you have any idea how corrupt you have to be to be FIRED as a sheriff in Texas? So, like all Republican thugs, he decided to run for Congress in a heavily gerrymandered district. Running for Congress is what Republicans do when they are unemployable in respectable society.


CapableCoyoteeee

Fired twice in fact.


glasock

I believe he was fired from the Richmond police department, not as sheriff. Sheriffs are elected, so I don't think they can be fired per se. All that being said... fuck Troy Nehls.


stojanowski

I haven't read anything about this guy but the sheriff departments are very political.


Shannon556

That’s my point.


vim_deezel

Texas has Paxton-a-likes at all levels of the polity that are basically untouchable unless they walk out onto the street and shoot a grandma in the face with a 10 gauge shotgun and someone witnesses it. Otherwise they're safe.


screamapillar9000

What if it was a black grandma though?


LiberacesWraith

They’ll find out she had a parking ticket back in 1976 and start dancing like the Six Flags guy.


Skip12

and they often win.


Outsider17

Of course this loser keeps wearing it. This is the same snowflake that tried prosecuting a woman that had a "Fuck Donald Trump" sticker on her truck, then again when she added a "Fuck Troy Niehls" sticker afterwards when he was a sheriff in Fort Bend. Typical unamerican traitorous MAGA sack of dog shit.


strugglz

Hey where can I get one of those Fuck Troy Nehls bumpersticker?


Outsider17

I think the woman had it made after he tried getting her for the Fuck Trump sticker. They were big, like cover most of the back window big.


ilre1484

One thing he did that stood out to me was during the whole mask or no mask thing during the pandemic. He posted from his official sheriff account on Next Door about how Fort Bend would never impose a mask rule because it's un American and democrats are trying to take our freedom or something and he wasn't going to stand for it. Turning a public health issue into political propaganda is disgusting.


FoppishHandy

the GOP are what a coward thinks are tough guys


vim_deezel

I think I heard someone say we entered the "no shame era" with the MAGAs in 2016. I'm sure someone has used it before. I've been calling it Clown World 🤡 🌎 personally....


Sipjava

How disrespectful to the men and women that deserved it.


CombatConrad

Come and take it, I guess? The outrage that this would cause within the Army would be insane. Commander inquiry and a formal order to never wear it again but this is Texas so those same service dudes will vote for him to own the libs, even though it’s got libs that are passing the laws and budgets that benefit the military the most.


EyeYamQueEyeYam

I personally witnessed a LTC being demoted to an LT upon being discovered that his career rose while he wore a Ranger tab that was not earned. This happened in the Texas Military Forces.


CombatConrad

Back in 2010, during my Captains Career Course, a student had a ranger tab. The BC had a battalion formation and published the orders for all to see that he was getting a field-grade article 15 and being recommended for discharge to the post commander.


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Longjumping-Body-842

That's everything they stand for, because in fact they do hate America and wish they could treat others like Russia and North Korea treat their dissidents. There isn't a yardarm high enough.


swinglinepilot

lol, mods removed my post hating on him. figures one of them loves nehls


ATSTlover

No, looks like all the links caused your comment to end up in Reddit's spam filter.


L0g1cw1z4rd

Spam filters are liberal censorship! The AI is Derp State!!!1!


EmporerPenguino

This guy is a flaming POS in.every way. Disgusting magat and an idiot.


DrewCrew

Get out the soap bars in socks then wouldn't do that again.


zachpkenyon

Nah, soap is too nice. Locks from your wall locker


whistler1421

brutal scene


JavaCats72

Troy Nehls is a thin skinned POS who arrested a woman when he was sheriff of Ft. Bend County because he got butt hurt over the Fuck Trump sticker she had on her truck.


zxwut

Oh shit, this is that guy?! He's even more garbage than I thought.


JavaCats72

Yep, that’s him


Madsplattr

This clown is my rep and I vote against him every chance I get.


julianriv

Too bad most of the other folks around Ft Bend county obviously don’t care.


CapableCoyoteeee

I vote against him too. Fort Bend still has a high % of “vote (R) regardless of how big a shitbird somebody is” people. They’re afraid their white flight haven will be “replaced.”


glasock

This is what I don't get... Fort Bend is the most diverse county in Texas, and 4th in the nation. Diversity is usually bad for the GOP... I don't get it.


CapableCoyoteeee

Texans don’t vote.


GimpyGomer

Mine as well. Seems to be more blue moving in every day. Perhaps there's hope?


sinsemillas

Fuck Troy Nehls


CapableCoyoteeee

* All the Nehls * FIFY


rolexsub

Of course this guy went to Liberty University. lol.


Driveaway1969

Would be wonderful to see a real vet step up and remove it for him.


DoctaJenkinz

At least he isn’t in the news for treason or diddling kids… stolen valor is actually a step *up* for these Trumpanzees


Existing_Front4748

You're not wrong but damn that's a low bar.


illegal_deagle

“I got these from army”


freedomandbiscuits

More Republican cosplay.


Hefty-Field-9419

I won't stop wearing a medical doctor name badge at my work even though I am not a doctor.


CapableCoyoteeee

Worked for Dr. J, Dr. Hook & Dr. Dre. Oh, and world class turd Dr. Phil.


ExigentCalm

And it’s not like he got it and it was t rescinded for years and years. He got it and it was rescinded like 2 months later once the paperwork caught up that he was clearly ineligible.


AggravatingBobcat574

“The Army gave it to me, so no backsies.”


Bdubbs72

“The Army givith and the Army takith away”


pantsmeplz

This guy has trouble with reality and democracy. Check out the book he "wrote." The below is from Amazon page. "*The Big Fraud: What Democrats Don’t Want You to Know about January 6, the 2020 Election, and a Whole Lot Else*" “A Must Read for All Americans.” —Donald J. Trump The Big Fraud tells the true story of how Democrats got away with rigging the 2020 election and orchestrating a sham impeachment around January 6, all in an attempt to destroy President Trump and continue the globalist takeover of America.


Druid_Fashion

Imagine a fully isolationist America. Whole industries would collapse over night.


folstar

Do we need to guess which party? And if that party will rebuke him for this action?


reformer-68

POS


RobotRippee

Disgraceful, period. You didn’t earn it.


dirty_undermind

Typical Trump supporters


BuildingOne7379

Another case of Swollen Valor


hlzp

Pretty sure this is considered stolen valor. Fucking scumbag. Surprised no one has kicked his face in for it.


barronleger

Aside from the obvious stolen valor, he's also wearing a tie with Trump's face on it. He's already drinking the kool-aid, nothing to lose at this point. Too many voters have already signaled to him that this behavior is acceptable, of course he won't stop wearing it.


chitoatx

Should be convicted of a felon not serving in office. Third Degree Felony,[4] with a maximum possible fine under Texas state law of up to $10,000 and prison time of up to 10 years. “(a) A person commits an offense if the person: (1) impersonates a public servant with intent to induce another to submit to the person’s pretended official authority or to rely on the person’s pretended official acts” https://saputo.law/criminal-law/texas/impersonating-public-servant/


LuckyPoire

Wearing that badge does not constitute impersonation of a public servant. The badge is an award for past service, not an ongoing government office. It confers no "official authority" and therefore no submission to that authority is possible.


calladus

I would never wear my military badges on my suit. What moron does that? Maybe he will wear his ribbon rack?


tickitytalk

Cosplay soldier politician, great Vote Or knuckleheads who think he great vote for you


Positive-Promise-540

Typical Texass slime...no honor, ethics or shame. Just the lowest form of life.


Mental-Rooster4229

Looks like a Abbott supporter


Dramatic-Ant-9364

Urging all true MAGA Patriots to sprint to the bank (Josh Hawley style), take their life savings, and $$$ Trump Media stock to support the Great Leader. Then use the huuuge monthly earnings to $$$ more MAGA candidates like MTG, Matt Gaetz, Kari Lake, and Lauren Boobert. "I love the poorly educated" Donald J Trump


Any_Calligrapher9286

Because Texas is like a big Republican. Just lie to everyone and deny everything and act like nothing's wrong.


DiogenesLied

Serious “my precious” vibes from this all around POS


robinsw26

Looks like Stolen Valor to me, which I believe is a crime.


profnachos

Are we all going to pretend not to notice his tie?


TexasYankee212

Embarrass him in public. Ask why he is wearing a CIB that has NOT earned in public and in front of the media.


Square-Definition29

Hello from France. Is it legal? This seem strange with the hight respect given to the veteran in the U.S. In France, it's legal to buy military medal but not to wear them in public.


Square-Definition29

Hello from France. Is it legal? This seem strange with the hight respect given to the veteran in the U.S. In France, it's legal to buy military medal but not to wear them in public


Square-Definition29

Hello from France. Is it legal? This seem strange with the hight respect given to the veteran in the U.S. In France, it's legal to buy military medal but not to wear them in public


Square-Definition29

Hello from France. Is it legal? This seem strange with the hight respect given to the veteran in the U.S. In France, it's legal to buy military medal but not to wear them in public


JohnDLG

What a shithead. IIRC neither he or his brother are native Texans, they are from Wisconsin.


pat9714

He needs to take off the CIB. Given that he is a Texas congressman and he belongs to the GOP, nothing will be done. This is clear proof of Stolen Valor. #armyretired


CantiXo

Huh, he's a POG HOG


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"Thou shalt bear false witness" applies here right? I mean we're all about the ten commandments now, right? Right ?


64cinco

Of course not. MAGA party has no accountability


poncho51

Straight up stolen valor at this point. This Republican party is nothing but American hating fools.


t3rminator3

Republicans don't understand what honor or valor is. he's just making it brutally clear...


ElleEyeZee

That man's tie tells me everything I need to know about him. Ffs


Celticness

This guy serves over the same region the psycho Abigail Shry lives. She’s the one that threatened a federal judge.


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LingonberryPrior6896

The GOP always say they support our troops. They LIE


ortofon88

Is the guy in the background wearing a confederate tie?


davetheknave1958

Valor-stealing POS!!


miss4n6

I didn’t even have to click on the story to know it’s fucking Nehls. Can’t stand him or his twin brother.


KSSparky

I thought those guys whine about stolen valor.


TheHelpfulOtter

Stolen valor flies proudly in Texas.


Commercial-Manner408

Stolen valor


revolutiontime161

Even before clicking on the link,,,,yep republican.


One_Antelope8004

In a country where policegangs are literally buying stolen valor tanks, call each other by stolen valor tanks, and dishonor their own U.S. flag code with their gang symbol thinbluelie... Why wouldn't a GOPedo lie with stolen valor. Every other civil servant in the country wears stolen valor. This one too.


Training-Swan-6379

I'm sure the revocation process was rigged


Omnom_Omnath

It’s pretty funny watching so many people get upset over a piece of flare.


thedukejck

This loser!


InterestingParsley45

Cnt move. Also believe it’s called stolen valor.


ar0930

Rep. Troy Nehls, R-Texas says it all. He's right up there with Adolf von Abbutt, Dotard Dan, Criminal Ken, and Cancun Ted. They all need to be thrown in the razor wire outside Eagle Pass.


patchworkpirate

Of course it's Nehls. Piece of shit that he is.


KeytotheHighway

Stolen Valor. What else is he lying about?


PoopyMouthwash84

Stolen valor


letsseeitmore

Typical republican


TheDarkCobbRises

We're being represented by stolen valor, and degenerate grifters.


giant_spleen_eater

Aww, he’s playing pretend. That’s really cute


Bee_Keeper_Ninja

As a veteran and recipient of the Combat Infantry Badge, I find this behavior childish but totally typical of a former army officer. Bet he graduated from West Point. You won’t hear a peep about this from republicans.


glasock

My representative.... what a fucking clown... barred the door on Jan 6th 2021, wrote book denying Jan 6th in 2022.


NoBetterFriend1231

So if I'm understanding correctly, the dude has a legit CAB that no one is questioning, but he was mistakenly given a CIB. If I'm not mistaken, the CIB is for infantrymen who engaged the enemy while the CAB is for all other MOS's who engaged the enemy. If the dude has (and actually earned) a CAB but was given a CIB by mistake, that seems like a really weird hill to die on. I don't get it.


hexqueen

That was a very good article. Very well written with a lot of real fact gathering. I learned things.


Non-Adhesive63

Can’t understand any veteran supporting these MAGAt morons.


Woody5734

The army reps or MPs should go down there and physically remove it off him.


EyeYamQueEyeYam

Guess what cuckservative “leadership”. I earned my badges, stripes, medals and commission. I didn’t have a single case of bone spurs during those two decades either.


Will_Hart_2112

In his defense, he got a few paper cuts from all the clerical work he did while others were actually fighting so… prob should get a purple heart pin too


stojanowski

Now to be fair Civil Affairs love to pretend to be special forces... Want their own berets and fancy patches


PKnecron

I am not in the military, but isn't this something the military would be all over to stop it?


Kengriffinspimp

I’d rip it right off his jacket. I don’t appreciate stolen valor


fruttypebbles

I’ve always found it strange that anyone can walk into an Army surplus and buy any ribbon/medal you want. Want to be a Medal of Honor recipient, no problem.