[Red Steel]

A Navy spokeswoman confirmed the validity of the documents and says the armed services branch is investigating the discrepancy.

Sometimes medals do get omitted in their DD 214s that have been awarded. The service member does not do a good check when they leave, or at the time the paperwork proof is halfway around the world.

[Drew68]

At issue is it appears that Kyle has awards on his DD214 that weren't reflected in Block 44 of his evals.

Kyle Evaluations

I am not going to lose any sleep over whether or not he received 5 or 3 Bronze Stars. Chief Kyle's valor is, to me, without question.