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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nEric Nelson, a member of the Aurora, Colorado school board and running for office in Colorado’s 42d District has been accused of stolen valor<\/a> by U.S. Representative Mike Coffman who is calling for the US Attorney’s office to investigate Nelson’s claims. If Mr Coffman is successful in that regard, I have list of a few hundred that he can send to the US Attorney’s office.<\/p>\n Nelson posted the above photo on his Facebook page last month which touched off a furor among local veterans. The Air Force claims that Nelson’s military career lasted a few weeks and it was all at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas where all airmen attend initial entry training.<\/p>\n Brent Spahn, a retired Colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps and transportation director for [Aurora Public Schools], first took issue with Nelson\u2019s medals and decorations during the public comment portion of an APS board meeting in June. Spahn, who is also a graduate of the esteemed U.S. Naval War College, was skeptical that Nelson had earned many of the decorations he is seen wearing in the previously referenced photo.<\/p>\n \u201cHis ribbons are totally out of order \u2026 He\u2019s wearing at least two ribbons that are medals that I would be shocked if he is authorized to wear those,\u201d Spahn said. \u201cI typically only see (the medals) on general officers and admirals \u2014 flag officers. Never in my 27 years in the Marine Corps have I seen a Major wearing a defense superior service medal.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n There have also been questions about Nelson academic credentials – because stolen valor doesn’t happen in a vacuum. This is what his bio looked like on the School Board’s website<\/a> back in May;<\/p>\n It’s been whittled down a little lately;<\/p>\n This is probably why that editing happened<\/a>;<\/p>\n In an updated story at the Colorado Statesman, reporter Ernest Luning confirms with at least one of the schools Nelson claims to have graduated from, Northwest Nazarene University, that the diploma he presented is an (obvious) fake:<\/p>\n Edwin H. Robinson, Ph.D., the vice president for academic affairs at the university, told The Statesman he had never seen a Northwest Nazarene diploma that looked anything like the one furnished by Nelson, and he\u2019s seen plenty of the real ones.<\/p>\n \u201cThank you for your inquiry concerning the fraudulent diploma from Northwest Nazarene University,\u201d Robinson wrote in an email. \u201cObviously, the diploma is not one officially granted by our University. The misspelled name on the seal, the mention of \u2018Glassboro College,\u2019 the wrong nomenclature for university trustees and officers, and the forged signatures reflect a very poor job of trying to duplicate a diploma.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n![\"Eric](\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Eric-Nelson-Bio-247x333.jpg\")
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