Wouldn't work for me. I retired in 2005, besides the service member is given a 214 upon separation...
As I currently do and will always do, warn people most of the war stories you hear are pure B.S.
"You can bet there will be a few more from the Gulf War, Bosnia, Iraq and Afghanistan...Keep up the work. At least I have my 214 to back me up."
You mean it didn't burn up in the 1973 fire in the St. Louis records center?
If you don't know, one of the common explanations for no proof of military exploits is that fire, but the destroyed records have nothing to do with most veterans, also they have largly been rebuilt.
Wouldn't work for me. I retired in 2005, besides the service member is given a 214 upon separation...
As I currently do and will always do, warn people most of the war stories you hear are pure B.S.
If you don't know, one of the common explanations for no proof of military exploits is that fire, but the destroyed records have nothing to do with most veterans, also they have largly been rebuilt
That can be a real explanation though - I know because that's exactly what happened to mine. I enlisted in St. Louis, Mo. in July '63, when I tried to get a V.A. loan in '76 I was told that my records had been destroyed in that fire. I finally got approved when they found my record on micro film in Washington, D.C. It just took a lot longer than normal to get approved because the gov. doesn't get in a hurry about such things.