One expects a certain amount of BS from anyone about things they may have done in the past. The fish was THIIIIIIIIS big, etc…
But at some point you cross the line from white lie, to lie.
http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewNation.asp?Page=/Nation/archive/200710/NAT20071005a.html
The federal government is currently conducting more than 60 “stolen valor” investigations of individuals suspected of making false claims about their military records, according to the Department of Veteran’s Affairs, and about 30 people nationwide have been arrested in the past year for crimes related to falsifying a military record.
Stolen valor typically occurs when someone falsifies documents or produces medals and awards from the military they didn’t earn in order to qualify for veterans benefits.