Is my (or your) military records public info?

[RYAN50BMG]

Just wondering. The Gazette (Colo Spgs) had every place the Baton Rouge police shooter had been in his whole time in. Basic, every school, every duty station. Hell, I can't recall all that without looking it up.

[RYAN50BMG]

Yeah but this is more than just dd214. Damn near had his last PT score.

[BushMasterBoy]

FOIA 1974

[Martinjmpr]

Some military records are public. Things like unit of assignment, 2-1, awards, etc. Searchable if you have the correct info.

Over on This Ain't Hell (http://thisainthell.us/) they pull FOIA records all the time on people who claim to be Army SEAL Ranger Marine Sniper Green Beret Force Recon Space Shuttle Door Gunners. SSN is redacted but pretty much everything else is there for everyone to see.

[TheGrey]

It depends on how determined the researcher is. A request can be made of military records, or they could have gotten the information from a family member that was proud of their veteran relative.

[BushMasterBoy]

USAA gets your info real quick. Not sure how they verify you served. They must have a direct link to DOD. I wouldn't be surprised if the data is dished out by a private contractor. Nothing is sacred anymore, and people like Hillary are running things. Only thing that really matters is the $

[Roger Ronas]

Where would I got to find out more about my Dads service?
Thanks
Roger

[BushMasterBoy]

http://www.archives.gov/research/military/veterans/aad.html

[TheGrey]

PM sent to you, Roger Ronas.

[Irving]

http://www.archives.gov/research/military/veterans/aad.html

Thanks for the link. Found an award my grandfather earned in Vietnam. Looks like there is no description of what the act was though. The family all knows the story though.

[TheGrey]

Belay the PM, Roger Ronas! Here's a link directly to the form:

https://www.archives.gov/research/order/standard-form-180.pdf

As you are a direct relative, they shouldn't have any trouble getting you his DD214, which will show duty stations, awards, ribbons, field and so on. The Military archives section is tremendously understaffed, so it may be a bit of a wait to receive the information (a couple of weeks, usually) but they are good people working there. You request should be processed pretty quickly.