{"id":15937,"date":"2009-12-07T07:53:02","date_gmt":"2009-12-07T12:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=15937"},"modified":"2009-12-07T07:53:02","modified_gmt":"2009-12-07T12:53:02","slug":"amvets-launches-reportstolenvalororg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=15937","title":{"rendered":"AMVETS launches ReportStolenValor.org"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/0_21_valor_450.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15938 aligncenter\" title=\"0_21_valor_450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/0_21_valor_450.jpg\" alt=\"0_21_valor_450\" width=\"450\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/0_21_valor_450.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/0_21_valor_450-300x233.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jerry920 sends us a link to a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/story\/0,2933,579336,00.html?test=latestnews\">FoxNews story<\/a> about the launch of a new reporting system at <a href=\"http:\/\/reportstolenvalor.org\/\">AMVETS for reporting Stolen Valor<\/a> cases.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Stolen Valor Act, signed into law by President George W. Bush in December 2006, amended the provisions of previous laws concerning unauthorized usage, manufacture or sale of military decorations and medals. A violation of the law is a federal misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in prison and a $150,000 fine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we\u2019re doing is creating awareness of this crime,\u201d Agg said. \u201cWe think it\u2019ll be a very good deterrent for those contemplating stealing the valor of others.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Aside from violating federal law, Agg said, the \u201creal harm\u201d when someone impersonates a veteran is the lasting effect on how the public views former and current service members.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Our buddy, Just A Grunt, who also writes at <a href=\"http:\/\/jammiewearingfool.blogspot.com\/2009\/12\/report-stolen-valor-launches.html\">jammiewearingfoo<\/a>l, wrote about the new website and mentioned us.<\/p>\n<p>While I think prosecuting these Stolen Valor cases is important, the media and the public in general, don&#8217;t understand and don&#8217;t report the connections some of these phonies have to anti-war organizations. For example, where, besides This Ain&#8217;t Hell, have you read that Richard Strandlof was deeply steeped in the anti-war organizations like Iraq Veterans Against the War and VoteVets. It&#8217;s been virtually overlooked, but it&#8217;s important because it speaks to the character of those organizations who seem to be more interested in the anti-war message than the messenger. False but accurate is their guide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jerry920 sends us a link to a FoxNews story about the launch of a new reporting &hellip; <a title=\"AMVETS launches ReportStolenValor.org\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=15937\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">AMVETS launches ReportStolenValor.org<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-phony-soldiers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15937","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15937"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15937\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}