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I am out meeting a lot of veterans right now for Medicare. I ran into a guy who said he served in the Army during Vietnam but was assigned to the CIA. He says he went to the Albuquerque VARO and presented his DD-214 and they came back and said he never served and they did not return his DD-214. He says he mistakenly gave them his original. Am I being BS'd or is this yet another example of FUBAR?
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Normally they would do the opposite and say Joe Bagadonuts served in he military to avoid any association with the 3-letter alphabet soup organizations. If he did serve as you depict he would have a valid DD-214 for his service in the Army with no reference to the CIA. Don't think anyone would take his DD-214 from him, unless they confiscated it because it was fake. Hmmm...
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As he can request another one it sounds like bunkum and balderdash
http://www.archives.gov/veterans/military-service-records/
http://www.archives.gov/veterans/military-service-records/
Start Your Military Service Record (DD Form 214) Request
How to Request Military Service Records, Military Personnel Files, Veterans Records, Discharge Papers, Separation Documents, DD214, or Prove Military Service
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SSgt Tim Meuret I'm gonna toss out the Bull$hit flag. Not gonna buy it. As MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca said the alphabet units will do anything to avoid being listed. Never met anyone that actually signed up in the military and couldn't get a DD-214, though I assume it's theoretically possible but not probable. If the individual really wants his DD-214 it's possible to get it with very rare exceptions due to the records fire. Even then there are ways to get enough information to verify military service.
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TSgt Joshua Copeland I will admit it's more time consuming to find enough information to get the military to re-issue a DD-214 for those records lost in the fire - but's it's possible. I don't for a moment think all the records can be recovered fully, but it's possible to get someone VA healthcare, etc. even for those whose records are gone.
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