How fake admiral Jonathan Carley was caught by sword and rare medals

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• Denjin@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  This is so weird for someone to do. Why cosplay as a soldier in the first place and then why decide to dress up as a rear admiral there’s only about 10 rear admirals active in the RN at the moment and it’s reasonable to expect anyone in the navy to know them all, even if they’re only junior. Even including retirees there’s only about 20 or so living people who could wear this uniform so he was bound to get caught out.

  If you’re determined to pretend to be an officer in the navy then just go as a captain or commander or something where you could reasonably go unnoticed but even so, the veterans I know can immediately spot someone out of place.

  I just fail to see what he got out of all this apart from being able to stand at the front on remembrance day parades and not even be able to march in time!

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  • LesserAbe@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    People are so weird.

    When I was at a religious summer camp (sleep over) one of the kids who had attended multiple years in a row told everyone his mom had cancer and didn’t have much time left. Everyone was understandably sympathetic and people were referencing her specifically in group prayers and things like that. The camp director reached out to the family and they were like “what? No, she’s fine.”

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    • Denjin@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Kids are weird and everyone knows the one who always made stuff up for the attention.

      This guy is a 65 year old retired teacher.

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    • ToffeeIsForClosers@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Munchausen Syndrome

      I am no expert, but my guess is that people like Mr. Wannabe Rear Admiral have a similar condition to this, despite not being health-related.

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• AppleMist@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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  • Denjin@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    He earned that BSC and SSC…

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    • pi3r8@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      He earned his service medal too!

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• baggins@beehaw.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Rear Admiral Walt.

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  • perishthethought@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Is that the dreaded rear admiral?

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    • baggins@beehaw.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      He might be.

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