This catalog entry analyzes the phenomenon of romance fraud in which perpetrators adopt military personas to initiate and sustain online relationships. The focus is on the construction and deployment of military profiles—including rank, service branch, and deployment narratives—within digital dating spaces and social networks. Narrative strategies are examined as tools for establishing credibility, eliciting sympathy, and accelerating emotional investment. The material considers how such profiles intersect with cultural scripts about service, duty, and protection, shaping expectations of trust and potential willingness to provide assistance or resources. Victims are described as diverse in age, background, and circumstance, with many experiences shaped by social isolation, mobility, or the search for connection. The use of credible-seeming military identity can complicate judgment and amplify emotional vulnerability, sometimes leading to financial transfers, personal information disclosure, or other forms of harm. The analysis notes the range of impacts, from short-term financial loss to long-term trust damage, as well as distress tied to deception and fear of exposure, and possible interactions with cross-border legal concerns. Offenders are situated within a spectrum that includes opportunistic fraudsters and individuals who construct extended, high-commitment narratives. Profiles may be sustained across platforms and time, with deceptive documentation or corroborating stories shaping perceived authenticity. The entry outlines typologies, risk factors, and common career paths of offenders, while highlighting the motives centered on financial extraction, social gratification, or coercive control. It also notes counter