(Wisconsin) State rep admits he wasn't Beret -Wisconsin Capital Times

[LiberalFighter]

3/24/2007
Read More State rep admits he wasn't Beret
After nearly two decades of identifying himself as a former Green Beret, state Rep. Terry Musser, R-Black River Falls, says that description is inaccurate.

In a statement issued Friday, Musser said he wanted to "set the record straight and clarify the details of my military service."

Musser's statement came after The Capital Times contacted Musser this week about allegations by a national advocacy group that he was misstating his service record in Vietnam.

The Missouri-based P.O.W. Network charged on its Web site that Musser's military records show he never completed training for the Special Forces, popularly known as the Green Berets.

Black River Falls is in Jackson County directly. Go north of the southwest county of Grant County to the middle of the state.

[C_U_L8R]

1. Seems you have to be a liar

to qualify as a republican.

[sutz12]

2. I don't suppose there is any punishment for 20 years of lying....

is there?

:shrug:

[LiberalFighter]

5. Isn't there a federal or state law for impersonating anyone in the military?

It seems like there is a law against using military medals or ribbons that were not earned.

[Cha]

3. Kick the lyin' goper

out next election.

[rodeodance]

4. lookie, he is still parsing words!!:

.....His records show that he completed training as a paratrooper. In his interview with The Capital Times, Musser said he completed 13 jumps, including the five required for a paratrooper's wings and seven others.

Musser said in a prepared statement Friday that while he wore a green beret when serving with the Special Forces in Fort Bragg, "I was not Special Forces qualified. My biography does not make that distinction clear enough."

He added that he was "not old enough to begin training for Special Forces qualification" and that upon returning to Vietnam, "(I) ended my tenure with the Special Forces."

Musser, who has been active in veterans' issues since being elected to the Assembly in 1984, said he planned to correct his official biography "to avoid any further confusion.

"It has never been my intent to mislead anyone about my military service. I apologize if anyone felt I misled them in any way," he said.

Schantag said situations like Musser's are "not uncommon" and noted that Atlantic City, N.J., Mayor Bob Levy was forced to admit last year that he had improperly claimed for years to be a Green Beret.

"It's an epidemic right now. But when you have a public official that you put your trust in and he's making the claim, it's not right," she said.

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6. Musser used to be my representative...

...before I moved.

I remember he came to my high school to do a Q&A with students, and he repeatedly dodged my questions.

When I called him on it, many of the other students in the room groaned, as though it was inappropriate that I dare to challenge a public representative.