1. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) records: For further information call the VA Toll Free number 1-800-827-1000.

2. Pay Records: If available at all, these would be at the various Department of Defence Finance Centers.

3. Records of veterans who have been separated from active duty but have reserve status, either active or inactive: Contact the Reserve component of the appropriate srevice branch.

4. Official Military Personnel Files (OMPF) of veterans who have been discharged, died, or who have died in service since January 1, 1995 (Navy), January 1, 1999 (Marine Corps), & October 1, 2004 (Air Force): Contact the Personnel Center or Headquarters of the appropriate branch of service. The Army, since October 1, 2002, has also ceased retiring OMPFs of former service members to the NPRC; however, the NPRC has access to those records & will serve your request. See Records Table for complete details.

5. Records of memberscurrently in the National Guard: Contact the Adjutant General's Office of the apropriate state. The National Guard Bureau website contains additional information.

6. Records of former National Guard members who were not called into active federal service: Contact the Adjutant General of the state in which the member served.

7. Recent Active Duty Health Records: Formerly, when a member was released, discharged or retired from active duty, the military serve branch retired the health record to the NPRC with the Personnel Record portion.

However, by the 1990s, the military discontinued filing health records with personnel records, & by the late 90s, all service branches were retiring its former members' health records to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

Call the VA toll free number at 1-800-827-1000to identify the current location of specific health records & to find out how to detain releasable documents of information.

8. Military Service Department Unit Histories & Military Operation:

  . U.S. Air Force Historical Research Agency

    600 Chenault Circle

    Maxwell AFB, AL 36112-6424

    Telephone: (334)953-2395

  . U.S. Naval History & Heritage Command

    Washington Navy Yard, Bldg 57 (3rd Floor)

    Washington, DC 20374

    Telephone: (202)433-3224

  . U.S. Marine Corps History Division

    3078 Upshur Avenue

    Quantico, Virginia 22134

    Telephone: (703)432-4877

  . National Archives & Records Administration

    Modern Military Records-NWCTM

    8601 Adelphi Road

    College Park, MD 20740-6001

    Telephone: (202) 357-5000

    Customer Service Center Telephone: 1-866-272-6272

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