Posted on Apr 17, 2016
What do you do when the Military had incorrect or no record of your service? I have been asked this multiple times.
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You need to get in contact with the U.S. Army liaison, or contact the nearest V.A. Administration's councelors and they'll be able to help you with this.
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The military record keeping is not managed well. There have been films going over it. You could google it to find videos. It's ran poorly by small staff. My advice is keep on the military regarding your records. Don't stop. It's likely those your talking to aren't looking that hard and stop looking after a short search. Just keep pushing them. Try not to yell or use inappropriate words at them. They are people who will never actually help you and they will never get in trouble.
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SPC Brian Mason
The problem is the demand vs. people who work with them. I did an internship with the VA Murfreesboro, TN hospital in the Health Information department. I spent a good part of some time scanning in medical record request. NOT fun and very repetitive. This also takes time, b/c physical records are being sent to the National Archives and NOT being kept at the VA locations anymore. I saw the building room where they used to be kept. It was being renovated for something else and a smaller room held many boxes that were prepared for shipping. The best thing to do for you and your soldiers, is to make copies for them. Make digital copies for the platoon/company and have the soldier to that as well. That way if a document needs to be sent it can be; though preferably through the on-base network.
Like I said earlier, as a Medic, my platoon had to keep up with our BN's records when updating them from the TMC. Very tedious work. Teach soldiers organizational skills, especially with ALL of their military paperwork. Have them do it on a Saturday if you must, but it will save time and even someone's benefits later on.
Like I said earlier, as a Medic, my platoon had to keep up with our BN's records when updating them from the TMC. Very tedious work. Teach soldiers organizational skills, especially with ALL of their military paperwork. Have them do it on a Saturday if you must, but it will save time and even someone's benefits later on.
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It is so incredibly important for soldiers to keep an "I love me" binder, with every piece of paper ever given to them. As a leader, this is probably the most important thing that you can relay to your new soldiers.
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You can access your files or request your military records through National Archives (http://www.archives.gov)
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Aloha SPC Melonnie Marie, If you please look at the bottom of the third page of a SF-180 which is a "Request pertaining to military records" you will find 15 different resources that will help you retrieve your service and medical records, hope this helps.
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Were you Intel? Mine did not exist for 10 years, now its online. Just a thought... and is there a reason it would be not there?
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1901 South Bell Street, Suite 204
Arlington, VA 22202-4508
Phone: COM [login to see] or DSN 327-2184
Fax: COM [login to see] or DSN 327-2306
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Unfortunately the military is horrible about keeping records or accurate records at that. All soldiers needs to learn from the very start that the Joe is responsible for keeping a copy of their own records. Each unit should have a career counselor assigned and should be able to help soldiers. Also I recommend that the unit set some time as side and conduct their own internal records audit. This begins with Team leader, squad leader, PSG & LT. Then to company records which company clerks and readiness NCOS can assist. This would help on the unit overall mission readiness.
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The only way that I have found is to use you DD214 to help correct their records. That is why it's important to take your DD214 to your local record office and have it officially put on file so that you can always get an official copy.
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SSG Patrick Bramucci
Be aware registering your DD-214 with SSN leaves your SSN available to anybody checking your DD-214.
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In my experiene not being admin, if you are still serving is to talk to your units admin personnel. Now we all know that not all admin personnel are not created equally, however we should still take it to them first. After that I would respectfully inquire as to who might be able to give further help. The next step in my opinion would be doing what you are now doing which is getting advice from a knowledgeable forum. Unfortunately at this level I would prefer to let admin experts give knowledgeable answers ratger than just making things more confusing. All of this assumes that you have ensured that all relavent copies of your records have been recopied and submitted. Finally if you are retired, simply ETSd or otherwise out of the military I would start here or with vererans organizations such as VA, VFW, or American Legion. If not actively serving this should be noted initially in order to facilitate looking for your records in the right place.
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