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Official Military Personnel Record.
System location:
U.S. Total Army Personnel Command, 200 Stovall Street,
Alexandria, VA 22332-0400 for active Army officers.
U.S. Army Enlisted Records and Evaluation Center, 8899 East 56th
Street, Fort Benjamin Harrison, IN 46249-5301 for active duty
enlisted personnel.
U.S. Army Reserve Personnel Command, 9700 Page Avenue, St Louis,
MO 63132-5200 for reserve personnel.
National Personnel Records Center, National Archives and Records
Administration, 9700 Page Avenue, St Louis, MO 63132-5100, for
discharged or deceased personnel.
An automated index exists at the U.S. Army Reserve Personnel
Command showing physical location of the Official Military Personnel
of retired, separated and files on all service members returned to
active duty.
National Guard Bureau, Army National Guard Readiness Center, 111
South George Mason Drive, Arlington, VA 22204-1382, for commissioned,
warrant officer or enlisted soldier in the Army National Guard.
Categories of individuals covered by the system:
Active duty members of the U.S. Army and Army National Guard not
on active duty, who are enlisted, appointed, or commissioned status;
members of the U.S. Army who were enlisted, appointed, or
commissioned and were separated by discharge, death, or other
termination of military status.
Categories of records in the system:
Records include enlistment contract; Department of Veterans
Affairs benefit forms; physical evaluation board proceedings;
military occupational specialty data; statement of service;
qualification record; group life insurance election; emergency data;
application for appointment; qualification/evaluation report; oath of
office; medical examination; security clearance questionnaire;
application/memo for retired pay; application for correction of
military records; field/application for active duty; transfer or
discharge report/Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active
Duty; active duty report; voluntary reduction; line of duty and
misconduct determinations; discharge or separation reviews; police
record checks, consent/declaration of parent/guardian; Army Reserve
Officers Training Corps supplemental agreement; award
recommendations; academic reports; line of duty casualty report; U.S.
field medical card; retirement points, deferment; pre-induction
processing and commissioning data; transcripts of military records;
summary sheets review of conscientious objector; election of options;
oath of enlistment; enlistment extensions; survivor benefit plans;
efficiency reports; records of proceeding, 10 U.S.C. section 815
appellate actions; determinations of moral eligibility; waiver of
disqualifications; temporary disability record; change of name;
statements for enlistment; acknowledgments of service requirements;
retired benefits; application for review by physical evaluation board
and disability board; appointments; designations; evaluations; birth
certificates; photographs; citizenship statements and status;
educational constructive credit transcripts; flight status board
reviews; assignment agreements, limitations/waivers/election and
travel; efficiency appeals; promotion/reduction/recommendations,
approvals/declinations announcements/notifications, reconsiderations/
worksheets elections/letters or memoranda of notification to deferred
officers and promotion passover notifications; absence without leave
and desertion records; FBI reports; Social Security Administration
correspondence; miscellaneous correspondence, documents, and military
orders relating to military service including information pertaining
to dependents, interservice action, in-service details,
determinations, reliefs, component; awards, pay entitlement,
released, transfers, and other military service data.
Authority for maintenance of the system:
10 U.S.C. 3013, Secretary of the Army; 42 U.S.C. 10606; DoD
Instruction 1030.1, Victim and Witness Assistance; Army Regulation
600-8-104, Military Personnel Information Management/Records; and
E.O. 9397 (SSN).
Purpose(s):
These records are created and maintained to manage the member's
Army and Army National Guard service effectively, to document
historically a member's military service, and safeguard the rights of
the member and the Army.
Routine use of records maintained in the system, including
categories of users and the purposes of such uses:
In addition to those disclosures generally permitted under 5
U.S.C. 552a(b) of the Privacy Act, these records or information
contained therein may specifically be disclosed outside the DoD as a
routine use pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(b)(3) as follows:
To the Department of State to issue passport/visa; to document
persona-non-grata status, attache assignments, and related
administration of personnel assigned and performing duty with the
Department of State.
To the Department of Treasury to issue bonds; to collect and
record income taxes.
To the Department of Justice to file fingerprints to perform
investigative and judicial functions.
To the Department of Agriculture to coordinate matters related to
its advanced education program.
To the Department of Labor to accomplish actions required under
Federal Employees Compensation Act.
To the Department of Health and Human Services to provide
services authorized by medical, health, and related functions
authorized by 10 U.S.C. 1074 through 1079.
To the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to accomplish requirements
incident to Nuclear Accident/Incident Control Officer functions.
To the American Red Cross to accomplish coordination and service
functions including blood donor programs and emergency investigative
support and notifications.
To the Civil Aeronautics Board to accomplish flight
qualifications, certification and licensing actions.
To the Federal Aviation Agency to determine rating and
certification (including medical) of in-service aviators.
To the U.S. Postal Service to accomplish postal service
authorization involving postal officers and mail clerk
authorizations.
To the Department of Veterans Affairs:
1. To provide information relating to service, benefits,
pensions, in-service loans, insurance, and appropriate hospital
support.
2. To provide information relating to authorized research
projects.
To the Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization to comply with
status relating to alien registration, and annual residence/location.
To the Office of the President of the United States of America to
exchange required information relating to White House Fellows,
regular Army promotions, aides, and related support functions staffed
by Army members.
To the Federal Maritime Commission to obtain licenses for
military members accredited as captain, mate, and harbor master for
duty as Transportation Corps warrant officer.
To each of the several states, and U.S. possessions to support
state bonus application; to fulfill income tax requirements
appropriate to the service member's home of record; to record name
changes in state bureaus of vital statistics; and for National Guard
affairs.
Civilian educational and training institutions to accomplish
student registration, tuition support, graduate record examination
tests, and related requirements incident to in-service education
programs in compliance with 10 U.S.C. chapters 102 and 103.
To the Social Security Administration to obtain or verify Social
Security Number; to transmit Federal Insurance Compensation Act
deductions made from members' wages.
To the Department of Transportation to coordinate and exchange
necessary information pertaining to inter-service relationships
between U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), U.S. Army, and Army National Guard
when service members perform duty with the USCG.
To the Civil authorities for compliance with 10 U.S.C. 814.
To the U.S. Information Agency to investigate applicants for
sensitive positions pursuant to E.O. 10450.
To the Federal Emergency Management Agency to facilitate
participation of Army members in civil defense planning training, and
emergency operations pursuant to the military support of civil
defense as prescribed by DoD Directive 3025.10, Military Support of
Civil Defense, and Army Regulation 500-70, Military Support of Civil
Defense.
To the Director of Selective Service System to Report of Non-
registration at Time of Separation Processing, of individuals who
decline to register with Selective Service System. Such report will
contain name of individual, date of birth, Social Security Number,
and mailing address at time of separation.
Other elements of the Federal Government pursuant to their
respective authority and responsibility.
Note: Record of the identity, diagnosis, prognosis, or treatment
of any client/patient, irrespective of whether or when he/she ceases
to be a client/patient, maintained in connection with the performance
of any alcohol or drug abuse prevention and treatment function
conducted, regulated, or directly or indirectly assisted by any
department or agency of the United States, shall, except as provided
therein, be confidential and be disclosed only for the purposes and
under the circumstances expressly authorized in 42 U.S.C. 290dd-2.
This statute takes precedence over the Privacy Act of 1974, in regard
to accessibility of such records except to the individual to whom the
record pertains. The DoD `Blanket Routine Uses' set forth at the
beginning of the Army's compilation of systems of records notices do
not apply to these categories of records.
To victims and witnesses of a crime for purposes of providing
information, consistent with the requirements of the Victim and
Witness Assistance Program, regarding the investigation and
disposition of an offense.
To Federal agencies, their contractors and grantees, and to
private organizations, such as the National Academy of Sciences, for
the purposes of conducting personnel and/or health-related research
in the interest of the Federal government and the public. When not
considered mandatory, the names and other identifying data will be
eliminated from records used for such research studies.
The DoD `Blanket Routine Uses' set forth at the beginning of the
Army's compilation of systems of records notices also apply to this
system, except for those specifically excluded categories of records.
Policies and practices for storing, retrieving, accessing,
retaining, and disposing of records in the system:
Storage:
Paper records in file folders and on electronic storage media and
fiche.
Retrievability:
By Social Security Number and name.
Safeguards:
Records are maintained in areas accessible only to authorized
personnel; automated records are further protected by authorized
password system for access terminals, controlled access to operations
locations, and controlled output distribution.
Retention and disposal:
Microfiche and paper records are permanent. They are retained in
active file until termination of service, following which they are
retired to the U.S. Army Reserve Personnel Command, 1 Reserve Way,
St. Louis, MO 63132-5200.
System manager(s) and address:
Commander, U.S. Total Army Personnel Command, 200 Stovall Street,
Alexandria, VA 22332-0400.
Director, National Guard Bureau, Army National Guard Readiness
Center, 111 South George Mason Drive, Arlington, VA 22204-1382.
Commander, U.S. Army Reserve Personnel Command, 1 Reserve Way,
St. Louis, MO 63132-5200.
Notification procedure:
Individuals seeking to determine if information about themselves
is contained in this record system should address written inquiries
to the following:
Inquiries for records of commissioned or warrant officers
(including members of Reserve Components) serving on active duty
should be sent to the Commander, U.S. Total Army Personnel Command,
200 Stovall Street, Alexandria, VA 22332-0400.
Inquiries for records of enlisted members (including members of
Reserve Components) serving on active duty should be sent to:
Commander, U.S. Army Enlisted Records and Evaluation Center, 8899
East 56th Street, Fort Benjamin Harrison, IN 46249-5301.
Inquiries for records of commissioned officers or warrant
officers in a reserve status not on active duty, or Army enlisted
reservists not on active duty, or members of the National Guard who
performed active duty, or commissioned officers, warrant officers, or
enlisted members in a retired status should be sent to the Commander,
U.S. Army Reserve Personnel Command, 1 Reserve Way, St. Louis, MO
63132-5200.
Inquiries for records of commissioned officers and warrant
officers who were completely separated from the service after June
30, 1917, or enlisted members who were completely separated after
October 31, 1912, or for records of deceased Army personnel should be
sent to the Chief, National Personnel Records Command, National
Archives and Records Administration, 9700 Page Avenue, St. Louis, MO
63132-5200.
Inquiries for records of National Guard should be sent to the
Director, National Guard Bureau, Army National Guard Readiness
Center, 111 South George Mason Drive, Arlington, VA 22204-1382.
Individual should provide the full name, Social Security Number,
service identification number, military status, and current address.
Record access procedures:
Individuals seeking access to records about themselves contained
in this record system should address written inquiries to the
following:
Inquiries for records of commissioned or warrant officers
(including members of Reserve Components) serving on active duty
should be sent to the Commander, U.S. Total Army Personnel Command,
200 Stovall Street, Alexandria, VA 22332-0400.
Inquiries for records of enlisted members (including members of
Reserve Components) serving on active duty should be sent to:
Commander, U.S. Army Enlisted Records and Evaluation Center, 8899
East 56th Street, Fort Benjamin Harrison, IN 46249-5301.
Inquiries for records of commissioned officers or warrant
officers in a reserve status not on active duty, or Army enlisted
reservists not on active duty, or members of the National Guard who
performed active duty, or commissioned officers, warrant officers, or
enlisted members in a retired status should be sent to the Commander,
U.S. Army Reserve Personnel Command, 1 Reserve Way, St. Louis, MO
63132-5200.
Inquiries for records of commissioned officers and warrant
officers who were completely separated from the service after June
30, 1917, or enlisted members who were completely separated after
October 31, 1912, or for records of deceased Army personnel should be
sent to the Chief, National Personnel Records Center, National
Archives and Records Administration, 9700 Page Avenue, St. Louis, MO
63132-5200.
Inquiries for records of National Guard should be sent to the
Director, National Guard Bureau, Army National Guard Readiness
Center, 111 South George Mason Drive, Arlington, VA 22204-1382.
Individual should provide the full name, Social Security Number,
service identification number, military status, and current address.
Contesting record procedures:
The Army's rules for accessing records, and for contesting
contents and appealing initial agency determinations are contained in
Army Regulation 340-21; 32 CFR part 505; or may be obtained from the
system manager.
Record source categories:
From the individual, enlistment appointment or commission related
forms pertaining to individual's military status; educational and
financial institutions, training or qualifications records acquired
prior to or during military services; law enforcement agencies,
references provided by individuals, Army records repots,
correspondence, forms, documents and other relevant papers, third
parties and members of the public when information furnished relates
to the service member's status.
Exemptions claimed for the system:
None.
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#....System name:
Career Management Individual and Dual Component Personnel Files.
System location:
U.S. Total Army Personnel Command, 200 Stovall Street,
Alexandria, VA 22332-0474. Decentralized segments exist at the
General Officer Management Office, Judge Advocate General's Office,
the Chief of Chaplains Office, and the Medical Service Corps.
Official mailing addresses may be obtained from U.S. Total Army
Personnel Command.
Dual Component Personnel files are located at the U.S. Army
Reserve Personnel Command, 1 Reserve Way, St. Louis, MO 63132-5200.
Categories of individuals covered by the system:
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