military record
Soldier's official file
A military record is the official documentation of a person's service in the armed forces—enlistment dates, ranks held, units assigned, decorations received, and discharge status.
These records matter for veterans seeking benefits, historians researching conflicts, and families tracing ancestry.
His military record showed two tours in Vietnam.
Someone's military record also refers informally to their overall service history and conduct: The candidate's military record became a campaign issue.
- serviceAid or maintenance
- years of serviceDuration of employment
- veteranExperienced former soldier
- combat veteranPerson with battlefield experience
- war heroOne honored for combat bravery
discharge · honorable discharge · honorable · combat · deployment · tour of duty · medals · rank · enlisted · tours · active duty · commendation · classified · classified information · decorated · infantry · battalion · Purple Heart
- life recordsautobiography, biography, birth certificate, death certificate, genealogy
- recordsGuinness, documents, album, death certificates, files
- background checkscriminal check, employment verification, reference checks, credit check, drug test
- military dischargehonorable discharge, dishonorable discharge, general discharge, medical discharge, DD-214
- family recordsbirth certificates, birth certificate, family trees, death certificate, marriage license
- official documentsbirth certificate, marriage certificate, death certificate, passport, driver's license
military recorddishonorable discharge
Punitive military separation
disciplinary record · clean record · draft dodging · draft evasion
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