Jesse MacBeth: What a real and a fake Ranger look like wearing a beret

One of these things is not like the others, one of these things just doesn't belong…

Real Ranger: Rangers adopt tan beret as new distinctive headgear

Fake Ranger: Jesse MacBeth

Another real Ranger:

UPDATE: Evidently the units and awards page MacBeth had posted on the commercial Military.com website has been altered since yesterday. I especially find interesting his membership in the IVAW (Iraq Veterans Against War) but his listed hobby is "killing haajis". Below are linked thumbnails to before and after shots borrowed from Allah's post on Hot Air:

UPDATE to the Update: Now criminal records are being used to show discrepancies in MacBeth's timeline of Iraqi events.

UPDATING the Updates: Via JUST CITIZENS. Not your Father's Political Party.: Nimrod of the Week

From the Army itself:

“Initial research by the U.S. Army Special Operations Command at Fort Bragg shows no Soldier with the name of Jesse Macbeth having ever been assigned to the Special Forces or the Army Rangers — which are, in fact, two separate disciplines. This appears to be some sort of hoax. No Soldier by that name at Fort Lewis to our knowledge, in the past, either. Of course, the line about "go into the Army or go to jail" is vintage TV script not heard since the 1960s. There are also numerous wear and appearance issues with the Soldier's uniform — a mix of foreign uniforms with the sleeves rolled up like a Marine and a badly floppy tan beret worn like a pastry chef. Of course, the allegations of war crimes are vague, as are the awards the Soldier allegedly received.”