hi, i hope this is the right place to ask this question--if not, maybe someone would be nice enough to redirect me.

long story short: a good friend of mine recently met a guy, and he's extremely proud of his service.

the thing is, i'm a little wary about this guy. he claims he was in the 75th Ranger Regiment, and he was, according to him, "Special Forces" (though i thought only Green Berets were Special Forces, but whatever).

he's told my friend (now his gf) that he's done a lot of "black ops" and "highly classified operations". in her words: "he's like super-super-Special Forces".

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when you ask about his service, he says "it's mostly classified" and "pretty much my entire record is redacted". he says he served 3 tours in Iraq/Afghanistan, and his duties were "mostly high-value target acquisition and elimination".

the weird thing is, now that he's out of the service, he now does sewer work for his town's public works department.

i feel like someone of that caliber, someone with that type of high-level clearance and experience, would be doing something in Washington, or continuing in some field of high specialty.

but i don't really know how that works. i've never known a "Special Forces guy", so i can't speak for their typical experiences post-service.

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now, i don't want to grill a veteran about his time in the service, and i'm no expert on this type of thing, so i can't determine whether he's being truthful.

i also don't want to consider a real veteran a liar, and i definitely don't want to keep asking pushy questions about his time in the armed forces.

but i used to be a big fan of Don Shipley, and a lot of what this guy says sounds very similar to those fake Navy SEAL types that Shipley would call out.

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is there any way of finding out whether this guy is for real? are there certain questions i can ask that won't offend a veteran, but are things only real Rangers/veterans might know?

he seems like an ok guy, but i just have this weird feeling. and if he's lying about something like this, that definitely makes me feel like he's untrustworthy, or even mentally unstable.

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your thoughts are greatly appreciated, and thank you for your service to our great nation :)