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Originally Posted by DGTess
Ask for his DD214.
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You read my mind. As someone who did serve over in Iraq for the military-I would say that if he can't produce a DD214, he's lying. If he's out of the military now, he may no longer have his ID card-so you can't always go by that. In fact, if your ID card expires-it's either supposed to be taken from you or shredded and thrown out.
As far as pics in his BDUs-be careful of that because if anyone wanted to lie about it-it's easy to buy desert camis (or borrow them) and take pictures of yourself in the desert (Arizona, etc.) if you really wanted to try this-trust me when I say-you'd be surprised the things people will do...
If he is still in college (undergraduate), chances are (unless he went to a 2-year military school where they commission you before you go to your 4-year institution or you completed OCS) he is not a commissioned officer.
Unless he calls the VA himself, no one is going to tell you any of his information. Besides, why would someone call the VA and say, "Hey-was I in the military?" Even if you try and call for records-please remember that the military isn't always too good about having everything. Thankfully I have made copies of all my things because I've called the VA hospital and unless I personally went to that specific hospital-they had no information on me.
Anyone can lie and say they went to a certain basic training or AIT but, just ask him what his AKO email address (Army Knowledge On-line) or NKO (Navy)...not sure about the other services-sorry. I'm sure Military Wife will agree that these are some good ideas to find out. Maybe those other cadets were jerks to the guy and thought they were better because they didn't go enlisted first-that happens alot too....
Give him the benefit of the doubt because if he's a decent guy-maybe people are just talking trash on him. Good Luck!