212.5—Verification of military service.
Military service may be verified by the following proof:
(a)
The original certificate of discharge or release to inactive duty from a branch of the armed forces that shows the beginning and ending dates of the individual's active military service; or a certified copy of the original certificate made by the Federal, State, county or municipal agency or department in which the original certificate is recorded; or
(b)
A certificate from a branch of the armed forces that shows the beginning and ending dates of the individual's active military service; or