TAMPA, Fla. — A man claiming he was a Marine first sergeant was outed as a military faker after he was unable to recall the horrors of checking out of supply, sources confirmed this morning.
The man, identified as 51-year-old Andrew Davidson of Lakeland, was confronted by a group of service members stationed at Central Command (CENTCOM) after he was spotted in military uniform Saturday at various bars on South Howard Ave.
"To be honest, his uniform looked pretty solid," said Lt. Evan Rhodes, a Navy intelligence officer stationed at the Tampa base. "His badges and ribbons were all in the right spots; he wore everything correctly. He even had some pretty solid war stories about when he was in Afghanistan."
Indeed, sources confirmed Davidson told one story from his supposed time in Afghanistan about how he stopped a group of Marines from entering the dining facility since they were wearing uniforms that had gotten dirty out on patrol.
