All documents must include the following information.
- Rank
- Type of Service (Title 10)
- Character of Discharge
- Lost Time
- Beginning and End dates of service
- Pay entry base date (pay date) or other means of establishing total longevity, i.e., DD214 must include both prior active and inactive time or include a DD215 that does.
The following is a list of documents accepted for computing earnings.
- DD Form 214 (most common) (Member-4, Service-2, Service-7, Service-8 copies only)
- Letter from the Military Academy
- Academic Record of Classes for the time or years in question
- Any official letter on letterhead stationery and signed by a representative from appropriate government agency/unit.
- NA Form 13038, Certification of Military Service for the National Archives and Records Administration
- AF Form 1613, Statement of Service
- NA Form 13041, National Archive and Records Administration, Statement of Service (please provide rank and years of service)
- NA Form 13072, National Archive and Records Administration, Summary of Military Service (please provide rank and years of service)
- NA Form13165, National Archive and Records Administration (please provide dates of rank and years of service).
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