2nd. Lt. Spenser Rapone received an other-than-honorable discharge less than a year after images like this one from his days at West Point went viral. (Courtesy of Spenser Rapone via AP)

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Christian Desgroux, 57, is accused of pretending to be a U.S. Army general when he landed a chartered helicopter at a technology company in North Carolina in November. (Wake City-County Bureau of Identification via AP)

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A man accused of trying to impress a woman by landing a chartered helicopter at a North Carolina technology company plans to plead guilty to impersonating a three-star Army general and will concede that he was sane at the time, according to a new court filing.
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Soldiers with the 3rd Cavalry Regiment fire artillery alongside Iraqi Security Forces artillery at known ISIS locations near the Iraqi-Syrian border, June 7, 2018. Iraqi Security Forces and Coalition partners provided fire support to assist the Syrian Democratic Forces as they continued Operation Roundup, the military offensive to rid the final pockets of the terrorist organization from the Middle Euphrates River Valley in Syria. (Spc. Anthony Zendejas IV/Army)

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Sailors assigned to Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112) wave to spectators of the Grand Floral Parade during Portland Rose Festival Fleet Week. (MC2 Ryan J. Batchelder/Navy)

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Team Air Force veteran Sr. Airman Brett Campfield competes in the visually impaired category for archery during the 2018 DoD Warrior Games at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo. June 7, 2018. (EJ Hersom/DoD)

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