Remember: your military records are normally free to request from the Federal Government, companies that advertise copies of your DD-214 or military records for a fee are scams.

The best way to request records is to fill out the Standard Form SF-180. To get it electronically, go to archives.gov/veterans. You can find complete instructions and file electronically from this … ...

Copies of most military and medical records on file can be made available upon request.

Even service members who’ve retained complete military records from their time of discharge may be missing honors and awards they earned without realizing it.

Shelves of military records stand nearly 30 feet high at the National Archives in St. Louis. (Lenin Hurtado/National Archives) Of the 16 million Americans who served in World War II, it’s ...

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House Republicans are attempting to end the release of the service records of current and former military members after the Pentagon erroneously released the personal information of several GOP ...

NEW HAVEN, CT – A federal judge has ruled that the Departments of Defense and Veterans' Affairs have failed to adequately respond to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for records documenting ...