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Anyone ever order a copy of military records?

Started by superjohn, September 11, 2009, 03:31:49 PM

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tlloyd66

#15
September 12, 2009, 07:13:33 AM
Quote from: Raux on September 12, 2009, 04:58:56 AM
the DD214 request is online now.
Really? I have been looking for a way to get my long copy for the past few years- lost JUST that copy, probably when I was trying to get something in/for college. I'll have to give it a look
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Scotzman

#16
September 12, 2009, 08:57:00 AM
About the DD214-When you seperate, they should give you several originals. I think they have seven of them. They (VA) gives you 4 or 5 and a the others get sent to different places. I know one place is in Tenn, I think one in DC, and who knows the rest. I seperated for a year and came back in and have a bunch of the originals and remember them telling me all this stuff.
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MendoDave

#17
September 12, 2009, 10:32:46 AM
I did it online and several weeks later I got a CD. to get into it you have to put in a messed up password that has to do with your date of birth and service entry date and some other thing. anyway it didn't work. So I said to hell with it.

Raux

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September 12, 2009, 01:00:57 PM Last Edit: September 12, 2009, 01:56:51 PM by Raux
http://www1.va.gov/opa/IS1/13.asp

i knew someone who put their original DD214 to a safety deposit Box and had some arrangement to get certified copies of it.

killaimdie

#19
September 12, 2009, 01:53:18 PM
Lol, the navy doesn't keep records, they just pay a bunch of yoemans to sit around and be pricks.

Scotzman

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September 12, 2009, 01:55:27 PM
Quote from: killaimdie on September 12, 2009, 01:53:18 PM
Lol, the navy doesn't keep records, they just pay a bunch of yoemans to sit around and be pricks.
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Privateer

#21
September 13, 2009, 09:05:58 PM
Quote from: Raux on September 12, 2009, 04:58:56 AM
the records for someone else requires items like death certificates etc to prove someone is deceased. also, depends on his records. there was a fire in St. Lous a number of years back that destroyed most of the records and the subsequent mess after makes it hard to find older records.


I tried to get my grandfather's records (Bataan survivor) and didn't need a death cert, but his records were destroyed in the same fire. I was pretty disappointed.
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Langanobob

#23
September 14, 2009, 03:24:49 AM
Quote from: Raux on September 12, 2009, 01:00:57 PM
http://www1.va.gov/opa/IS1/13.asp

i knew someone who put their original DD214 to a safety deposit Box and had some arrangement to get certified copies of it.

I've been using a tattered old non-certified "Xerox" copy of my DD-214 for years and no one has ever questioned or challenged it.  I remember the warning "Don't lose this!" when I got out, but somehow I don't know what happened to the original. 
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