Why does every military guy you meet at a bar say they were in the special forces or ranger?

Because those lines are panty droppers.

Which gets you more tail. Being a super badass Special Forces Operator going on top secret missions and waxing terrorists.

...or being CBRN and spending 4 years of your life counting gas masks and getting the CO his coffee?

@ hayley, why mess with the classics if they work? lol

Shoot, dumber girls are easier to convince of off the wall stuff. When I was in the USAF me and a buddy would go out wearing 82nd hats and saying we were Rangers. The girls in the area hated the USAF because of our reputation for being dogs, but they were more than willing to try the Army out as they were NOT in the area lol. Even those that didn't know what a Ranger or the 82nd was still heard "Army".

Oh the whoppers you'll hear.

I once had a kid about 21-22 years old tell me he was an E9 in the Navy, and was up for promotion soon.

People tend to embelish their accomplishments a bit. I've known a few guys who were attached to SF, so yes technically they deployed with them. Or the guys who had the Ranger tab, or administratively were technically under the Rangers. So during a drunken "so not **** there I was story" it comes out as "I was SF or Ranger" even if they didn't mean to say it that way.

But more realistically, you've probably met many many more retired military personnel than you'll ever know. The guys who did their service honorably, even if they weren't fighting in the deepest circles of hell the whole time, don't walk around bragging about their service for attention. Like any other mature rational adult they might talk to you about it when the timing is right, but they are usually too busy with their family, or new civilian job, or whatever the next page in their life is to be bothered with trying to impress people. When word first got out that I was joining the Army, I had family friends and neighbors coming up to me asking me about it and telling me about their experiences serving. These are people I had no clue had ever signed up. Had it never never come up that the kid they saw jogging down the street was training for the military, I probably still wouldn't know.

Because 80% of the time, that pickup line works. That's all it is.

However, using the term Ranger, can have two different meanings. One, they have been through Ranger school and are assigned to one of the 3 Ranger Battalions. The other is that they've passed Ranger school but are now assigned to a non Ranger unit. One doesn't stop being a Ranger when you leave the Ranger units.

Because they all think that's something that would impress us...lol.

Only the dumb ones fall for it.

It's not that vets lie...it's that MEN lie to get laid. The first caveman figured out he could get two cavegirls simply by telling them he killed a sabertooth tiger with his bare hands.

In the case of civilian guys, they wouldn't say they're a Ranger...they would say they're an "investment banker" or a "venture capitalist" looking to start the next Google or something.

@Wraeth

Sometimes it doesn't work. Not if you have to explain to them what a Ranger is.

"You mean you work in a National Park?"

LOL...

I have to admit that it makes them more interesting...but that alone doesn't seal the deal. Once you get to that point, you've already made up your mind whether or not to sleep with them. That's just a perk.

I here that same line they are the one pushing pencils. Next time tell them you don t give a sh*t what they did truthfuly and ask them how much money they make and what they can offer you Either way. Your being truthful and getting it started in the right direction.

Are you a girl? if so you may be experiencing what i like to call, army people lying to your face to get your attention syndrome. it is very common among pretty girls in their 20's who are talking to retired military soldiers.

OR

They actually were in the Special Forces or actually a Ranger

People who have really done the crazy stuff don't brag about it, especially to civilians. It's one thing to tell "no sh*t there I was" stories with other vets, but if someone's telling those stories to civis, it's bull. So just ignore them. Calling them out won't do anything but piss them off, so don't do it - unless you can take them.

And what makes you think they are even vets.?

Odds are they have never served. Stop falling for both lies.

ive never said that.

but since their are millions of former SF, rangers, seals, etc. etc. walking around the odds that you would bump into 3 are pretty high.

I say that if your name is Pedro, you should start metting some girls!