If Nation Archives or personal records can't help in recovering my service records, where can I go?

SPC Stanley Salce — Mon, 17 Oct 2022 10:58:11 -0400

I attended two schools for training that are not on my DD-214. One for 67N crew member wings US Army Reserves Los Alamitos CA Armed Forces Reserve Center 1987 (90 days TDY) and one for foreign jump wings- Turkey while serving at Ft Bragg NC 82nd Airborne Division. DD-85 Diplomas and certs were given but are not annotated on my discharge paperwork. Whom else would I turn to to have them added to my DD-214?

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 17 at 2022 11:20 AM

LTC Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 17 Oct 2022 11:20:01 -0400

You could attempt to contact the schools but you may be SOL. I don't expect you'll have much luck finding those records from the 1980s. Is there a specific benefit to having those schools annotated or just your piece of mind knowing your records are up to date?

Response by LTC Jason Mackay made Oct 17 at 2022 11:37 AM

LTC Jason Mackay — Mon, 17 Oct 2022 11:37:48 -0400

You don’t have any documentation in your possession (diploma/certificate, set of orders, drill records, etc?).

A super long shot, a letter from you to the Turkish Embassy requesting a copy of the certificate, maybe. Unless the jump was in Turkey, in a Turk aircraft, I suspect the Turkish jumpmaster simply signed off on US documents to award the badge. Do you still have your jump record (DA Form 1307)? Was that series of jumps in it?

Response by COL Randall C. made Oct 17 at 2022 1:43 PM

COL Randall C. — Mon, 17 Oct 2022 13:43:54 -0400

SPC Stanley Salce, the other responses I saw were talking about how to get the paperwork to prove you are eligible. If you only need your DD214 updated, then you need to go though the DD215 process and submit the paperwork along with it (https://veteran.com/dd215/).

Obviously if you need to do both you'll have to obtain the paperwork showing you're eligible first (follow suggestions by LTC Jason Mackay).

Response by SPC Stanley Salce made Oct 17 at 2022 3:56 PM

SPC Stanley Salce — Mon, 17 Oct 2022 15:56:31 -0400

Orders were cut for me to attend school at Ft. Rucker AL. 1987 by I believe LA MEPS or Los Alamitos. AFRC .Tried to reach out to records there in person. Was told to do a SF 180? I do not have copies of my documents or certificate anymore. I wore Turkish parachutist badge after completion while at Ft. Bragg till ETS. Nothing was annotated on my 214. Never received any docs on my finishing Ft. Rucker duty.