Craziest war story you've heard...

[Zimme83]

U can start with looking up when and were US forces were involved in ground combat in Libya (the incident at the embassy dont count in this case).

[craz07]

Yea but is everything counted?  I think he described it as more of being small team missions, I think he was a marine I forgot

[danny76]

Just because they had trouble digging in also he was lying? I don't know man I worked side by side with this guy I knew him better than I know sausagewad over there.  He said his friend in Libya received a medal for his actions, the silver star I think it was.  He is older too, this stuff must have been about 20 to 25 years ago.

Desert Storm was 20-25 years ago. 
Swoop is right, Mcnab is really a nails hard chavvy truck driver from Lambeth, called Steve

Older people can lie too

[Zimme83]

Yea but is everything counted?  I think he described it as more of being small team missions, I think he was a marine I forgot

Not at all, house to house fighting is something a small commando force would avoid at all cost. Without exensive support a commando team would most likely be wiped out in a very short time if they involved in cq combat.

[cpxxx]

If there were any Americans ground forces engaged in Libyan civil war then it's beyond top secret and the guys involved would never discuss it. Since the USAF left Wheelus airbase in 1970 there hasn't been a ground presence in Libya. The French have fought the Libyans several times so unless your friend was in the Foreign Legion he wasn't there.

He would have been better off pretending he was in Fallujah.

The irony of him repeating the Bravo Two Zero story is of course that it has been thoroughly debunked since. But at least McNab was actually SAS.

Don't feel too bad. It's relatively common for guys with perfectly honourable service to exaggerate their experiences. I was caught once too. An American I worked with told me his bad eyesight happened when his F4 was hit and the WSO wounded and he had to ditch in the sea during the Vietnam war. He also told me he was due to start training on the SR71 before he was wounded and hoped to apply for astronaut training. Much later I found out he had been in the Air Force but as a technician.

Rule of thumb: If it sounds too good to be true then it probably is.

[craz07]

Hey I don't know I'm just repeating what he told me, and I honestly thought the guy was a genuine nice non bs'er type guy

[Xtrepid]

Just because they had trouble digging in also he was lying? I don't know man I worked side by side with this guy I knew him better than I know sausagewad over there.
 He said his friend in Libya received a medal for his actions, the silver star I think it was.  He is older too, this stuff must have been about 20 to 25 years ago.

Just Saying...

http://www.amervets.com/     http://www.americanwarlibrary.com/personnel/silver.htm



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[Swoop]

Hey I don't know I'm just repeating what he told me, and I honestly thought the guy was a genuine nice non bs'er type guy

Get yourself on a torrent site and download 'Bravo-Two-Zero'.  They made a film of it.  This fella is pretending he's Chris Ryan, the one member of the patrol that walked to Syria.  However, it's still a semi made up story, the only part of it that is absolutely true is that Chris Ryan walked to Syria.

[craz07]

At least the silver star thing checks out.. maybe he got his facts a little mixed up over the years I don't know, I still think he was a genuine dude, he told me his father said it was either jail or the service when he was younger and thats when he joined up, I don't know what else to say except that I still respect him for serving our country...

[Bizman]

Hey I don't know I'm just repeating what he told me, and I honestly thought the guy was a genuine nice non bs'er type guy

Just a thought: Maybe he had such a boring/frightening time over there that he adopted some juicy stories and finally started to believe they really had happened to him. Human behavior is something psychologists still don't know all about.

[ebfd11]

Two words..... STOLEN VALOR...

[craz07]

How would you feel if the stories were true, you should bite your tongue

[ebfd11]

OK I may be wrong but like alot of people here have said... look at the facts about Bravo-Two-Zero. It was a British SAS team no Americans were involved... We were never involved in Libya so that is de-bunked... Also you are trained to stay away from the enemy unless necessary and I know a few SF guys and like JunkyII says, they won't talk about what they did.

I was in Korea in 1989 during Team Spirit 89 and we had 2 birds go down, lost many lives and a few friends I knew. Having those experiences is more than enough for me.. I was in the Marine Corps 4 years 6 months, 4 years voluntary and 6 months involuntary. I have seen things that unless you ask specifically I won't tell.

Just saying you need to check out the stories first before you go all gungho and believe him word for word. Too many frauds out there and if you want a good website to check out to see what i am talking about here you go.. http://www.stolenvalor.com/ http://guardianofvalor.com/hall-of-shame/

I am not saying your friend wasn't in the service but his stories are pure fabrication.

LawnDart

[craz07]

I don't know, this guy by my gut intuition seemed pretty legit

[ebfd11]

Well I guess you can lead a horse to water but you cant make him drink...