SERVICE DOCUMENT COLD WAR AWARD

Briefly: Between 18 million and 22 million former and current service members are eligible to receive certificates honoring them for their parts in winning the Cold War. The Army,the executive agent for the program, will start taking applications on April 5. The Army will accept applications for Internet (at http://sdcw.army.mil/coldwar ) for the certificate, as well as e-mail,fax and mail. Shari Lawrence, a U.S. Army Total Army Personnel Command spokesperson,said the addresses will be released around March 15. "If we put the addresses out now, people will start sending in applications and we're not ready to accept them yet, " she said. Applicants must use fax or mail to submit supporting documents. The Army has printed 1 million certificates. "We just don't know how many people will apply for the certificates," Lawrence said.

Primary location: Louis United States