What happens to awards?

But if local commanders have the power to rescind awards for misconduct we get caught up in the ethical loop of heroic acts vs misrepresenting accomplishments. That much controversy will split the group down the middle. If I know my Army, they will opt to focus on the greater misconduct.

Oh the "numerous" Air Medals are a huge red flag! Those things aren't just handed out.

In Vietnam, Air Medals were awarded frequently. Many Infantry Commanders and staff had them for air assault operations and subsequent airborne command and control. http://www.hackworth.com/awards.html

My research indicates that the Army awarded Air Medals based on flight hours. The person in question claims over 30 and there is supporting documentation, but it just looks wrong to me. It is period documentation, so if is fake it was faked in the early '70s.

Ha! You think like me. I saw the claim and it didn't look right. It seems to me that if a citation was made to, say, 'Lt John Doe' and then it turns out that the Lt is not a legitimate title, the award is tainted if not invalidated. If you obtain a college degree using a false name, you may have learned everything for the degree, but the degree is invalid and the school will rescind it.

I hate the chicken or the egg scenarios. I despise the why did the chicken cross the road scenarios! I dream of a world where a chicken can cross the road without having his intentions questioned.