Navy Times reports -

[Boats]

Sailor charged with falsely wearing medals

The Associated Press
Posted : Monday Jan 7, 2008 731 EST

NORFOLK, Va. — A Navy petty officer has been charged with wearing ribbons and medals he didn’t earn, including the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star.

Dontae Tazewell, a hospital corpsman assigned to a Yorktown medical clinic, is charged with one count of making a false official statement, eight counts of forging documents related to the insignia and 11 counts of wearing unauthorized badges or medals.

Tazewell is scheduled for a court-martial Jan. 15 in Norfolk, the Navy said.

If convicted, Tazewell faces up to five years’ confinement for each count of forging documents and making a false official statement, and six months for each count of wearing unauthorized decorations. According to the Uniform Code of Military Justice, punishment also could include dishonorable discharge and forfeiture of all pay and allowances.