This man is wearing a full USMC Sergeant Major (E-9) uniform, a Silver Star with Valor device, and service stripes that claim roughly 12 years of service. He is not active duty. He is not retired. He says he “went to a wedding.” The rank doesn’t match the stripes. The Silver Star is not an authorized award for him. He claims he deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan twice (and so did his son), yet still chose to put on a uniform and decorations he did not earn. Wearing the uniform of Marines—especially with combat awards—is not a costume. It is an insult to every Marine who actually earned the right to wear it and to those who never came home. This is Stolen Valor. Call it what it is. Real service members and veterans should not have to watch this in public without someone saying something. If your son is actually a Marine, he should be the first person telling you to take it off. Drop the gear. Stop representing something you didn’t earn. What are your thoughts? Have you seen this kind of thing in person?