Is it common practice for former cops/military guys to completely make up stories about their escapades?

i'm not just talking about tall fish tales. i'm talking about completely made up stories of accomplishments, awards, rank, job description, injuries. this is different than ';macho guy'; embellishment. it is far beyond that.Is it common practice for former cops/military guys to completely make up stories about their escapades?
It is the person that is lying, not the profession.





That behavior is not normal, regardless of what he claims to do for a living.Is it common practice for former cops/military guys to completely make up stories about their escapades?
Nope, I have plenty of amazing true stories from my time in the Army and as an officer.
No, the real Mc Coy will not be bragging and telling many stories. In 22 years of active duty my wife could tell you maybe 5 things that she knows I was involved in while deployed.





And I use my title because I earned it.
NOPE
No.





Most people who have BTDT don't feel the need to create BS that never occurred.
You can answer this question yourself. Is it common for someone to lie. Not normally. Let me give you a point of reference here. I am a certified scuba diver with almost enough specialities and dives, another two and seven respectively, to qualify as a Certified Instructor. So I have experience in scuba diving. I will hear scuba divers talk about how deep they dive. That is nothing but trying to impress the listener and be macho because a scuba diver will not see anything much at the deeper depths. It is too dark. Most of the coral and fish are visible and very visible between twenty and sixty feet. Not much at deeper depths to see.
Probably like when you tell your girl friends about your love life
No - not at all.
Yes the cops lie all the time! They say that people did things that they didn't and have absolutely no proof of but because they are cops their word is better than everyone else's even if it is a lie! Like when they say that they Taze people in the back because they were in fear of their personal safety! In the back! What they turned away from them in a threatening manner????? Cops abuse their power and get away with it!
I've seen it happen, but very rarely. Usually the kinda guy who would do that was A. shady to begin with, and B. usually had a 'shortened' stint in the military/police..