CDR PERSCOM ALEXANDRIA VA//TAPC-PDO//

MILPER MESSAGE NR. 99-125

SUBJECT: COLD WAR RECOGNITION CERTIFICATE

1. THIS MILPER MESSAGE WILL EXPIRE NLT APRIL 2001.

2. SECTION 1064 OF THE FISCAL YEAR 1998 NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT ESTABLISHES A COLD WAR RECOGNITION CERTIFICATE TO RECOGNIZE ALL MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AND QUALIFIED FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CIVILIAN PERSONNEL WHO FAITHFULLY AND HONORABLY SERVED THE UNITED STATES DURING THE COLD WAR ERA FROM 2 SEP 45 TO 26 DEC 91.

3. THE COLD WAR RECOGNITION SYSTEM HOME PAGE AT HTTP://COLDWAR.ARMY.MIL ANNOUNCES THE PROGRAM AND PROVIDES INSTRUCTIONS FOR INDIVIDUAL REQUESTS.

4. BEGINNING 5 APRIL 1999, COMMANDERS IN THE GRADE OF 04 AND ABOVE MAY SUBMIT A UNIT REQUEST FOR ALL ELIGIBLE ACTIVE DUTY PERSONNEL OF THEIR COMMAND. PROCEDURES FOR A UNIT REQUEST ARE AS FOLLOWS:

A. IDENTIFY ELIGIBLE ACTIVE DUTY PERSONNEL (SERVICE DURING THE CITED PERIOD,

2 SEPTEMBER 1945 TO 26 DECEMBER 1991.)

B. PREPARE A ROSTER GIVING FIRST NAME, MIDDLE INITIAL, LAST NAME AND SSN OF QUALIFIED PERSONNEL. THE ROSTER MAY BE SUBMITTED AS A WORD DOCUMENT OR EXCEL SPREADSHEET.

C. REQUEST MUST BE SIGNED BY A COMMANDER, 0-4 OR ABOVE, ATTESTING TO THE ELIGIBILITY OF THE UNIT PERSONNEL AND THAT THE CHARACTER OF THEIR SERVICE DURING THE CITED PERIOD WAS HONORABLE. CERTIFICATES WILL BE MAILED TO THE ORGANIZATION COMMANDER. UNIT REQUEST MAY BE MAILED TO: COLDWAR, SUITE 400, 4035 RIDGETOP ROAD, FAIRFAX, VA 22030 OR FAXED TO 1-800-723-9262.

D. UNIT REQUESTS ARE AN OPTIONAL METHOD OF REQUESTING THE COLD WAR RECOGNITION CERTIFICATE. INDIVIDUAL REQUESTS MAY BE MADE, BUT ONLY ONE CERTIFICATE WILL BE ISSUED PER QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL.