I was a Finance Clerk (73-C) many years ago. Knowing the importance of paperwork, my DD-214 was copied into county records, plus the original and multiple notarized copies are in my fire resistant safe. I have every single LES from my 20+ years in the military. I do need to file my retirement papers with the courthouse along with my NGB-22, but that’s not really a big deal as long as the DD-214 is there.
If there’s no paper, it doesn’t exist.
Baloney, computer systems in use decades ago have recorded
this information immutably for veterans and citizens alike
If only we were so tough on all the illegals and uncitizen scammers like 0bola