http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stolen_valor_actThis link felt like I was sifting through a cyber Intel rap sheet. Pretty wild some of the stories and lengths people go to in order to feel who know's what, accepted? :icon_mi_3 Interesting that the Fed's actually followed up on some claims.
It's a federal misdemeanor to have worn what you didn't earn or claim to have earned it. That makes it the Bureau's responsibility to ferret out posers.