https://www.duffelblog.com/2018/03/air-force-upset-nobody-wants-to-steal-their-valor/
Air Force upset nobody wants to steal its valor
WASHINGTON — After years of embarrassment and wounded street cred, top Air Force generals hosted a summit this past weekend to address the greatest crisis currently facing their service: zero cases of stolen valor.
“Everybody wants to dress up and pretend to be a Marine or soldier or Navy SEAL. How come nobody wants to be an Airman? We have pilots! Doesn’t anybody want to be a pilot?” lamented Air Force Chief of Staff, Gen. David Goldfein.
Although the summit was unable to definitively answer that question, Air Force public affairs officials have been working on a program to address the problem, according to sources familiar with the matter.
A new unit of elite airmen will pretend to be civilians pretending to be elite airmen, one senior official said, adding that other airmen will then film the supposed fakers and upload the footage to YouTube. “We call it ‘Combat Faker Camera,'” the source said.
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Air Force upset nobody wants to steal its valor
WASHINGTON — After years of embarrassment and wounded street cred, top Air Force generals hosted a summit this past weekend to address the greatest crisis currently facing their service: zero cases of stolen valor.
“Everybody wants to dress up and pretend to be a Marine or soldier or Navy SEAL. How come nobody wants to be an Airman? We have pilots! Doesn’t anybody want to be a pilot?” lamented Air Force Chief of Staff, Gen. David Goldfein.
Although the summit was unable to definitively answer that question, Air Force public affairs officials have been working on a program to address the problem, according to sources familiar with the matter.
A new unit of elite airmen will pretend to be civilians pretending to be elite airmen, one senior official said, adding that other airmen will then film the supposed fakers and upload the footage to YouTube. “We call it ‘Combat Faker Camera,'” the source said.
(...more in the link)
