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Frequently Asked Questions

How can I locate an active duty soldier in the Army?
Where can I get copies of my military records?
How can I locate my relative's military personnel records?
Where can I find selections and promotions (cutoff scores)?
Where can I find military pay tables?
Where can I find legal information resources?
Where can I find information on the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ)?
Where can I find a listing of Army military occupational specialties?
Where can I find out about education opportunities in the Army?
Where can I find information on U.S. Military Rank Insignia?
Where can I find information about U.S. military installations?
Where can I find a history of the unit I served with?
Where can I find a listing of dead or missing Army personnel from World War II?
Where can I find information on POW or MIA issues?
Where can I find information on military history?
Where can I find information about veterans organizations?
I'm interested in working for the Army as a civilian. Where can I get information?

How can I locate an active duty soldier in the Army?
To locate someone who is still on active duty in the Army, submit
a written request to:

Commander
U.S. Army Enlisted Records
Attention: Locator, 8899 East 56th St.
Indianapolis, Indiana 46249

Include the soldier's full name, Social Security number and date of birth.
There is no charge for immediate family members. For others, a $3.50
check or money order must be enclosed and made payable to Finance Officer.

Where can I get copies of my military records?

Active Duty (Enlisted)
Retirees
Veterans
Civilians

or:

Contact the National Personnel Records Center at:

Civilian Records Facility
111 Winnebago Street
St. Louis, Missouri 63118-4199

Military Records Facility

9700 Page Avenue
St. Louis Missouri 63132-5100

Phone: (800) 318-5298

At minimum, please include the service member's complete name, social
security number and/or serial number, and the requester's return address.
Web site is: http://www.nara.gov/regional/stlouis.html

A comprehensive list of where soldiers can obtain their Official Military
Personnel Files (OMPF) is available at the following Web site:
http://www.2xcitizen.usar.army.mil/soldierservices/records/recordlocations.asp
How can I locate my relative's military personnel records?

The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is the official
repository for records of military personnel who have been discharged
from the U.S. Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, Navy and Coast Guard.
Paper copies of military service and pension records can be ordered
by mail from the facility which holds the records, either the National Archives in Washington, DC or the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis, MO.

The oldest records pertaining to military service veterans are at the
National Archives

These records are for service that was completed BEFORE the following dates:
ARMY -- enlisted 11/1/1912, officer, 7/1/1917
NAVY -- enlisted, 1/1/1886, officer, 1/1/1903
MARINE CORPS -- 1/1/1905
COAST GUARD -- 1/1/1898
National Archives Trust Fund (NATF) Form 86 must be used to request these records. Obtain forms by e-mail from inquire@nara.gov or write to:

National Archives and Records Administration
Old Military and Civil Records, (NWCTB-Military)
Textual Services Division
700 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20408-0001.
Where can I find selections and promotions (cutoff scores)?
Enlisted promotions and Current Promotion Information at:
http://www-perscom.army.mil/select/enlisted.htm
Officer and Warrant Officer Promotions at:
http:www.perscomonline.army.mil/select/OfWoProm.htm#cpi
Where can I find military pay tables?

Please click here for current rates.
Where can I find legal information resources?

The U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Corps has launched a legal services Web site, designed as a portal of legal information for military members and their families JAGCNET's Legal Services
Where can I find information on the Uniform Code
of Military Justice (UCMJ)?

Title 10, United States Code, Chapter 47, Sections 801-940.

An additional source for the UCMJ is available at the MilitaryInfo.com Web site:
http://www.militaryinfo.com/indexucmj.htm
Where can I find a listing of Army military occupational
specialties?
Please visit Military Occupational Specialties Online
Where can I find out about education opportunities
in the Army?
Army Continuing Education System
https://www.armyeducation.army.mil

Correspondence Courses: U. S. Army Training Support Center (ATSC) at Fort Eustis, VA:
http://www.atsc.army.mil/

Other Correspondence Courses:
http://www.mci.usmc.mil/
Where can I find information on U.S. Military Rank Insignia?

Please click here for an index of insignia worn by Army, Navy, Coast Guard,
Marines, and Air Force.

Or to find out about a specific unit insignia write to:

Director, The Institute of Heraldry
9325 Gunston Rd
Bldg. 146, Rm. S-112
Fort Belvoir, VA 22060-5579

Or visit http://www-perscom.army.mil/tagd/tioh/tioh.htm
Where can I find information about U.S. military installations?
If you are a DOD military or civilian employee, the SITES program sponsored
by the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the Defense Manpower Data
Center, can lead you to information about military installations.

Where can I find a history of the unit I served with?
To search for military unit histories, try the following web sites:

Center of Military History or Military History Institute

Or these phone numbers:

Air Force: (314) 538-4243
Army: (314) 538-4261
Navy/ Marine Corps/ Coast Guard: (314) 538-4141

Callers to these lines will receive a tape-recorded statement and be able to leave a message with their name and address. The center will mail the forms necessary to submit a request. For further information, please click here to visit the National Personnel Records Center web site.

Later military service records are in the National Personnel Records Center in
St. Louis, Missouri. To order use Standard Form 180. Access to Military Service Records is limited. See: Services for Veterans, Next-of-Kin, or the Veteran's Representative on NARA's National Personnel Records Center web site.
Note: Many records were destroyed by fire in the St. Louis Center in 1973.

If you cannot locate the records through the Archives, please call one of the following numbers:

Air Force: (314) 538-4243
Army: (314) 538-4261
Navy/ Marine Corps/ Coast Guard: (314) 538-4141

Callers to these lines will receive a tape-recorded statement and be able to leave a message with their name and address. The center will mail the forms necessary to submit a request.

Where can I find a listing of dead or missing Army personnel from World War II?

The World War II List of Dead and Missing Personnel is a comprehensive listing of over 300,000 Army and Air Force Personnel containing battle and non-battle dead and missing from 27 May 1941-31 January 1946. The National Archives maintains this listing. The list arrangement is by state and county within the state. You can visit the web site http://www.archives.gov/ and then research the person by clicking on the following: Research Room; NAIL database; Search archive holdings; Standard search. Enter the keywords World War; select connector and enter keyword--honor. Click on "search" and then "display results."

To research POW or MIA issues, go to:

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pow/powhome.html

Or write
Library of Congress Photoduplication Service
Washington, D.C. 20540-4570

Or call
(202) 707-5640 or FAX: (202) 707-1771

Or email
photoduplication@loc.gov

To research military history, visit

Center of Military History
http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/

Military History Institute
http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usamhi/

Center for Army Lessons Learned
http://call.army.mil/call.html

Combat Studies Institute Historical Services
http://www-cgsc.army.mil/csi/

World War II
http://ww2.vet.org/

Civil War
http://www.civilwar.com

Where can I find information about veterans organizations?

Please visit the Department of Veterans Affairs Web site.

I'm interested in working for the Army as a civilian.
Where can I get information?

See http://www.thejobpage.html for an overview of working for the government.

Refer to http://www.fedworld.gov/jobs/jobsearch.html for an overview of working for the government.

The U.S. government's official site for job and employment information provided by the U. S. Office of Personnel Management is http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/. Job searchers who are not presently government employees may apply direct for many of the vacancies.

The Army�s Civilian Personnel Online Web site is located at
http://www.cpol.army.mil/home/home.html. Click on Employment for Army vacancy announcements.

Last Updated: 10/12/07