Lying on resume - veteran

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The OP is putting together a proposal. One of the key personnel is an existing employee who, the OP thinks, has inflated his/her rank on the resume. OP thinks this for unknown, possibly gossipy, reasons. OP then proceeded to do a deep Google dive to produce some kind of corroborating information that the person is lying on the his resume. She found an archived record stating the person's promotion to some rank that is 2 levels below the rank on the resume. OP thinks this is illegal, pretending to be of higher rank, even though she does not know the person's actual rank (either current or when he left the service).

Op here: Didn’t have to do a deep dive. The archived record identifies the person by rank. The resume states a higher rank. I don’t have a mil background which is why I am asking.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a former service member, I'm also still trying to figure out what OP thinks is two ranks lower than O-2.

Exactly, there is no such thing as an O-zero
Generally an officer will start at O-1 and two years later get promoted to O-2, then two years after that get promoted to O-3.

And the minimum commitment after commissioning is three years, so this person is likely a little bit higher than entry level.

Not if they were discharged early. If they serve one day they can claim veteran status.

[Anonymous]

My BIL was in ROTC in HS a few weeks before Vietnam War ended and technically is a Vietnam War Veteran.

Shoes you how crazy ex army titles can be.