Posted on Mar 13, 2025
What is a proper way to dispose of used clothing with a military logo to prevent stolen valor or poser attempts?
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After many many conventions, charity events, and reunions, I have accumulated a lot of jackets, hats, shirts, sweatshirts, etc. with military logo on them. Some are very specific. For example, jackets with the logo for the Special Operations Association, Special Forces Association, shirts with my name and rank on them, etc. How do I get rid of them without taking the chance they will be used to enhance someone's Stolen Valor or Poser attempts. I know I am not the only one with this issue.... Any thoughts or ideas on a proper way to dispose of items will be appreciated.
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1SG(P) Dean Mcbride (MPER) (SPHR) I will be donating one of my uniforms to the Branson Veterans Meesum in Branson, MO. Consider donating these items to Goodwill or another charitable organization, if you are able to remove logo's, names, ranks, etc. If the emblems cannot easily be removed, you can consider an organization like Sword & Plough that will repurpose military uniforms.
I found this note on the Sword & Plough website: "We've received so many uniform donations that we've had to set up a waitlist! Please enter your information below and we'll notify you with shipment instructions as soon as possible."
https://www.swordandplough.com/
I found this note on the Sword & Plough website: "We've received so many uniform donations that we've had to set up a waitlist! Please enter your information below and we'll notify you with shipment instructions as soon as possible."
https://www.swordandplough.com/
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You know, I think it's not worth the effort to try to stop someone from doing stolen valor or poser types of activities. 9 out of 10 times, if you go to any thrift store anywhere in the country, you'll find some sort of military uniform item. Kids like the clothing.
When I was growing up in the 60's and 70's, it was a really cool thing to go to your local Army Surplus Store and buy stuff to wear. Sonny's Surplus in Annapolis, Maryland, had the best stuff to get in my young eyes.
Now a days, uniforms, medals, ribbons, memorabilia, etc., can be purchased just about anywhere. People collect these types of items. To me, it's kind of like another recruiting tool. You're worrying too much about it.
When I was growing up in the 60's and 70's, it was a really cool thing to go to your local Army Surplus Store and buy stuff to wear. Sonny's Surplus in Annapolis, Maryland, had the best stuff to get in my young eyes.
Now a days, uniforms, medals, ribbons, memorabilia, etc., can be purchased just about anywhere. People collect these types of items. To me, it's kind of like another recruiting tool. You're worrying too much about it.
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1SG(P) Dean Mcbride (MPER) (SPHR)
MSgt Neil Greenfield I am not worring to much about this... Only wanted to hear suggestions on good ways to dispose of some logoed items. I have a 17 year old Grand-daughter that wears an old field jacket of mine with US ARMY and my Last Name, along with sewed on rank, CIB, and jump wings. It looks a lot better on her than it ever did on me!
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COL John McClellan
1SG(P) Dean Mcbride (MPER) (SPHR) - A local Veterans or Military Museum is always a good choice!
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Sanitizing clothing to prevent potential stolen valor? The problem is that Stolen Valor culture is that it comes down to intent. A cammie blouse is just a jacket until somebody wears it and says they used to be in Force Recon or 75th Ranger Bn. Now it has been transformed by their intentions into a symbol of their misdeeds and you can't begin to predict when and where people will lie or tell the truth about their military service. It's not on you. There are plenty of Museums and Non profits out there that accept military garb donations and they repurpose it for everything for making new items for sale, curating museums and displays and also for auctions.
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LTC Matthew Schlosser
Let's cut to the chase. I know people in the Minnesota Guard who served with him. He's every bit the valor stealing, combat shirking doucheapotamus he was made out to be. Sometimes, the opposition research is completely truthful. And let's not pretend that him getting swiftboated had the impact on the election that it had on Kerry. He had far bigger flaws as a candidate.
I was stunned and thrilled when Cacklin' Kammy picked him, and it had nothing to do with his military record. I was deathly afraid that Josh Shapiro would have dragged her across the finish line. I can only surmise that a combination of his Jewish-ness and the contrast between his high degree of competence and her, well lack thereof, made him unacceptable to her, while Timmy, with his goofy style and his little red book didn't threaten her.
I was stunned and thrilled when Cacklin' Kammy picked him, and it had nothing to do with his military record. I was deathly afraid that Josh Shapiro would have dragged her across the finish line. I can only surmise that a combination of his Jewish-ness and the contrast between his high degree of competence and her, well lack thereof, made him unacceptable to her, while Timmy, with his goofy style and his little red book didn't threaten her.
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CSM William Everroad
LTC Matthew Schlosser - I see, it is less about his buffoon comment about carrying a "weapon of war" and more about him dropping his retirement papers before a deployment.
The guy did 24 years and is getting hammered about his service by vets who got out after one contract. I get it, some came out and suggested he abandoned them. There is never a good time to retire, but isn't it more a compliment that they didn't say, "good riddance" and instead bemoaned the loss of their BN CSM?
If I even sniffed an upcoming deployment, the last thing on my mind would be retirement. But there are plenty of Soldiers from his BDE that have said, at that point, the deployment was theoretical. And there are plenty of Soldiers who found ways out of their deployment. Hell, we even tend to forgive those who found ways out of getting drafted during WWII and Vietnam. We all know back in the early 2000s the DoD and theatre command were not real clear on what capabilities they were tapping for contingency operations, sometimes forecasting years for units that never deployed. At the same time, the NG was rife with young MSGs complaining about short-term CSMs (an E9 who plans on only doing 3 years for the retirement) sitting in the precious few E9 slots, asking why occupy a deploying CSM position if you are going to retire anyway?
Honestly, I am not trying to carry water for CSM Walz, or Kamala Harris. But it troubles me when we let our political ideologies blind us from having simple conversations with each other that cause us to lash out.
The guy did 24 years and is getting hammered about his service by vets who got out after one contract. I get it, some came out and suggested he abandoned them. There is never a good time to retire, but isn't it more a compliment that they didn't say, "good riddance" and instead bemoaned the loss of their BN CSM?
If I even sniffed an upcoming deployment, the last thing on my mind would be retirement. But there are plenty of Soldiers from his BDE that have said, at that point, the deployment was theoretical. And there are plenty of Soldiers who found ways out of their deployment. Hell, we even tend to forgive those who found ways out of getting drafted during WWII and Vietnam. We all know back in the early 2000s the DoD and theatre command were not real clear on what capabilities they were tapping for contingency operations, sometimes forecasting years for units that never deployed. At the same time, the NG was rife with young MSGs complaining about short-term CSMs (an E9 who plans on only doing 3 years for the retirement) sitting in the precious few E9 slots, asking why occupy a deploying CSM position if you are going to retire anyway?
Honestly, I am not trying to carry water for CSM Walz, or Kamala Harris. But it troubles me when we let our political ideologies blind us from having simple conversations with each other that cause us to lash out.
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LTC Matthew Schlosser
Nope, it's not just one thing. Honestly, his military record doesn't surprise me. My old man is a retired SGM. As a teenager intending to seek a commission, I lived on a street with every CSM and SGM assigned to a division HQs. I paid close attention. Then, of course, I encountered a lot more of them in my own career. I have known 3 past SMAs (Tilley, Preston, and Dailey, who was my CSM twice), and my old man being one increased how much attention I paid to all senior NCOs. One might say I'm a connoisseur. Walz probably peaked at E-6.
No, it's Walz's proud affinity for Maoism and his behavior as governor that does it for me. Having cops march down city streets and shoot COVID "curfew violators" ON THEIR OWN FRONT PORCHES with paintball guns? Setting up a snitch line for people who have too many guests over for dinner and stuff? No wonder he loves Mao so much. Not to mention referring to rural areas of Minnesota as electorally irrelevant because they're "mostly rocks and cows."
No, it's Walz's proud affinity for Maoism and his behavior as governor that does it for me. Having cops march down city streets and shoot COVID "curfew violators" ON THEIR OWN FRONT PORCHES with paintball guns? Setting up a snitch line for people who have too many guests over for dinner and stuff? No wonder he loves Mao so much. Not to mention referring to rural areas of Minnesota as electorally irrelevant because they're "mostly rocks and cows."
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SGT David Schrader
CSM William Everroad - He lied about his rank and lied about his combat or lack of service. Waltz never set one foot in Iraq,Afghanistan or any combat zone. He served in Italy. Nothing wrong with where a soldier served or what MOS the soldier had. It is wrong to lie about serving in combat, in which he did not. This may be okay with you, but not okay for the soldiers that actually were in actual combat. Especially the one’s whose lives were taken or wounded.
Tampon Tim is a fraud just like Danang Dick Blumenthall
Tampon Tim is a fraud just like Danang Dick Blumenthall
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