1. Keith Dailey Park University – SAFB Campus Center Director and SCO
DD214
Keith Dailey
Park University – SAFB
Campus Center Director and SCO

3. What is a DD214?
The Defense Department issues to each veteran a DD-214
identifying the veteran's condition of discharge
honorable, general, other than honorable, dishonorable or bad conduct.
Before January 1, 1950, several similar forms were used by the military services

4. Military Regulations
Air Force Regulation Guidance Memorandum for the Preparation of Separation
Army Regulation concerning the preparation and distribution of separation documents
Marine Corps Separation and Retirement Manual, MARCORSEPMAN
Naval Military Personnel Manual NAVPERS 15560D
National Guard's process for their issuance of their discharge certificates (NGB22)

5. Why is a DD214 important? Date and place of entry into active duty
Home address at time of entry
Date and place of release from active duty
Home address after separation
Last duty assignment and rank
Military job specialty
Military education
Decorations, medals, badges, citations, and campaign awards
Total creditable service
Less than 90 days not eligible
Foreign service credited
Separation information (type of separation, character of service, authority and reason for separation, separation and reenlistment eligibility codes)

7. Who’s Entitled to a Copy of a Veteran’s DD214?
The Privacy Act of 1974 limits access to a veteran’s DD214 to only
the service member (either past or present) or the member's legal guardian
If the former service member is deceased
the surviving next of kin may, under certain circumstances
un-remarried surviving spouse, father, mother, son, daughter, sister, or brother

8. Where can I find my military records?
Most veteran's records are stored at the National Archives and Records Administration's National Personnel Records Center, Military Personnel Records (NPRC-MPR OR NPRC), St. Louis, Missouri.
However, if you were separated from the service after 1995, your military branch may have your records.
Regardless of what anyone tells you, your records ARE NOT available online.

9. Is the DD214 used to evaluate credits?
169 Schools represented
17 schools polled
None uses it for credit, only for verification of service
Joint Service Transcript (JST)
Army (AARTS), Navy/Marine Corps (SMART), Coast Guard (Coast Guard Institute Transcript)
JST is an academically accepted document approved by the American Council on Education (ACE) to validate a service member's military occupational experience and training along with the corresponding ACE college credit recommendations.

10. Useful Tool Veteran’s Tuition Rate Initial credit assessment
Tech school
Leadership schools
Early enrollment in lieu of the certificate of eligibility (COE)

11. Important Links https://jst.doded.mil/faq.html

12. Questions