Quote Originally Posted by Fmr1833 View Post
Time to re-enter the fray! The Cold War Cert was authorized in 1998 by SECDEF and the ONLY req of note is that you must have served at least ONE day in government service.

http://www.uspharmd.com/usmc/Cold_War_Certificate.html

So proving that you are a Retired CAPT with an award like that is absurd. How about his Winging Cert or his Commission? Oh, that's right, too hard to fake those, I guess. Seriously.
Dig a little deeper, and there's a link to preview certificate. I'm pretty good with Photoshop and could easily make one for myself. I'm not saying that is what he did, but again - hardly proof of service, or more importantly as being a Naval Aviator:

https://www.hrc.army.mil/site/active...ar/preview.htm