ALL BRANCHES OF SERVICE (EXCEPT Air Force records AFTER 1967):
(Also see special note for Army Below)
(Also see special note for Navy/Marines below)

REVIEW service record and provide requester with schooling information which verifies course(s) taken, length of course(s), dates and places of attendance, final grade(s), and class standing.

If schooling/training information is NOT available in the record, request a search of organizational records.  You must provide the OR section with following data:

1. Name and location of school
2. Name of course and year taken

NOTE for fire-related cases: The ORU maintains SOME Army academics that date back to 1953.

If you DO NOT have sufficient data to conduct an OR search, advise the requester:

“The service record does not contain the requested information.  However, organizational holdings at this Center may contain the record(s) needed.  A search of these holdings can be conducted if you will provide us with the following data (see 1 and 2 above)”

IF REQUEST PERTAINS TO AN AIR FORCE RECORD AFTER 1967:

These records are not longer retired to this Center.  ADVISE requester to contact the appropriate facility as listed in NPRC 1865.68, Figure 1.

SPECIAL NOTE:  FOR ENLISTED ARMY PERSONNEL WITH AN ENTRY DATE AFTER 01 OCTOBER 1981, you can inform the requester that they can contact the Army/American Council on Education Registry Transcript System (AARTS) at:

SPECIAL NOTE:  FOR SAILORS and MARINES, enlisted and officers, reserve component personnel, specifically Sailors who separated or`retired after January 1975, and Marines who separated or retired after June 1999, you can inform the requester that they can obtain a Sailor/Marine/ACE Registry Transcript (SMART) transcripts, which present a record of the Sailor's or Marine's completed military coursework and training as evaluated by ACE, with full course and occupation descriptions, and college credit recommendations.  SMART transcripts are available at no charge.  SMART transcripts must be ordered from the SMART Operations Center.  The mailing address for SMART Operations is:

Source:  NPRC 1865.68