false military story?

Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 4:32 pm

my boyfriend has been telling me that he was in the army for 18 months and he was staff sergeant, he got medically discharged, he was in 89 delta, but he doesnt have the card or anything, he really has no proof except for a pair of digitals that he could have bought from an army navy store, how do i find out if he is lying to me?

Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 4:48 pm

Rae
welcome to the forum if you go to the sec on military records
this is a link that will take you there http://detectiveforums.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=4&sid=2d945cc407d3aa2df7f0026141a28ae1 also use the links at the bottom of this post to do a search of the forum for other members post and take a look at the forum rules

Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 5:30 pm

www.military.com you have to register but it's free to use. It will give you access to a Unit locator and other tools to look into your boyfriends military record

Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 9:03 pm

Rae welcome to Detective forums!

jstach thanks for the resource.

watchman

Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 10:44 pm

So he was in the United States Army for 18 months and made Staff Sergent. I am not the expert on Army promotions, but that seems a bit fast. I looked around at various sources and you might like to checkout this young Sergent's blog, it seems 3 to 4 years is considered fast.

http://www.sigspace.net/node/589

Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 5:40 am

As a former marine I can honestly say that in 18 months it is highly unlikely the the individual in question achieved said rank. I hope you find what your looking for. If the website i posted prior does not yield any information you might try contacting a recruiters station to see if they can direct you to personnel that get you the information you need