If you're not a veteran, there are a couple of immediate techniques you could use to check someone's veteran claims.
One is through a Freedom of Information Act request to the Military Personal Records Center at St. Louis, Missouri. Depending on the military branch, you could also go to the specific branch for this information. If you're not the veteran, or that veteran's family member, you'll need a Standard Form 180.
The retard that I'm about to address should've known better. This information is also on eHow, one of his/her client's websites. The Personal Records Center's website will give you the latest, and more accurate, data for where to send the SF 180.
I recently copied mailing information from their website. I submitted a Freedom of Information Act request on an Airman that claims the National Defense Service Medal... for service that doesn't fall within a qualifying time period. This person is also claiming the Meritorious Service Medal, an award that's usually given to senior officers and senior enlisted. This "Airman" only did 4 years.
The St. Louis center is swamped with SF 180 requests. As of this posting, they're working through a backlog.
You'll need to give them as much information as possible. This information includes the person's name, social security number, dates they served, what branch they were in, etc. The more information you give them, the better chances you'll have of getting something.
If you don't give them enough information, they may not be able to find the person's record. The resulting, "no records found" would end up being meaningless. One veteran got that result. When he submitted additional information, "presto," they found a record.
If the SF 180 route is too much work, you could always talk to a veteran. Ask this veteran to talk to the person claiming to be a veteran. The person, that you know is a veteran, would quickly be able to verify the other person... as a veteran or as a phony.
For the best results, have an Army veteran talk with someone claiming to be an Army veteran; have a Navy veteran to talk with someone claiming to be a Navy veteran, and so on.
This is something that veterans do all the time when they run into each other. It starts with the "Cool, another veteran!" moment. The questions start flying about the other's service, what their MOS was, what they did, where they were stationed, etc.
Veterans are quick to "click" and talk to each other as if they've known each other forever. That's if they're both veterans. If you chose someone that you think is a veteran, but who isn't, that phony won't be able to give you the correct response. If your "veteran" reads my posts, then claims that I'm a "phony," then your "veteran" would obviously be a phony.
If one person makes untrue claims, that fact would become obvious to the real veteran.
Here's another thing that I'm willing to do.
If your veteran is in the Army, have him/her send me an email via Army Knowledge Online (AKO). Use the name that I gave Demand Media Studios. Use this formula for my AKO email address: "my first name" dot "my middle initial" dot "my last name" at "us" dot "army" dot "mil". Your veteran would quickly be able to verify that I am who I say I am.
These are actions that a smart person would take. What would a brain-dead person do? Just read the posts from Demand Studios Sucks commenter, "LOL."
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