RANGER/DANGER

The head of the VA claims he was in Special Forces (Green Berets). What the f..k is it with these guys. He says he was trying to connect with a vet and merely got caught up in it. In his case he could have just told the truth and come out way ahead. . 

The crazy thing is that he, in fact, is a paratrooper and a Ranger. Ranger School in the Army is a hell of a lot tougher than being a Green Beret. The Special Forces is designed for one thing, conduct counter insurgency warfare. They go into a village, train the people and help them fight whoever the enemy might be. The Special Forces (Green Berets) worked well in Vietnam.  It did not work at all in Iraq or Afghanistan. To help them out, John Wayne immortalized them in a movie. 

The head of VA should have called me and I would have told him, you got caught bullshitting on camera. Get smart. You are a "Ranger."