Tester asks Panetta to improve database for awards
Our buddy, Doug Sterner who has been applying pressure to Congress for an improvement to their online presence of military awards sends us a link to an Army Times article which reports that Jon Tester (D-MT) has written a letter to the Secretary of Defense, Leon Panetta asking for a publicly accessible database of all military awardees in order to more easily identify fakes and to make it easier for actual awardees to have better and quicker access to VA facilities.
“When questions about the validity of an individual’s claims or awards documentation are raised, the United States military should be able to expediently verify the details of that individual’s military service, and any service honors earned or awarded to that service member,” Tester wrote.
It seems to me that it would be easier and less time consuming if they started doing it today and then worked backwards, instead of coming up with excuses as to why the DoD can’t do it. Just like their database of POWs.
Doug seems to think we move the entire Veterans Affairs Committee behind this. Members of the committee are;
Category: Veterans Issues
Typical DoD BS…always an excuse to NOT do something.