When I retired all my awards and decorations, speciality badges etc left off except for those that earned “points” toward promotion. I never left the CBPO on base till a correction was made and a good DD-214 was in my possession. All the awards and decorations etc were in my files but the admin sorts that prepped my retirement just half assed the process.
As to Kyle .... I believe him versus the presstitutes. Lack of Validity, Trust, Professionalism etc is more of a insult to a true warrior that would never compromise his record of such matters that could have been “discovered” easily and may I suggest long before now by those that will lie and fabricate anything to discredit the man, his way of life and his family , friends and fellow SEAL’s.
my bet is the navy FOIA will reveal a 5/16th star device is on his silver star “ribbon” that works like the USAF / Army oak leaf clusters that indicate 2nd or third or TEN silver stars as Colonel David Hackworth earned in the Korean War....
My opinion.... stay Safe !