

It never does! Nowhere in the article is the title of the DD Form 214 stated! The title of the DD Form 214 is this: "Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty." While the "DD" in "DD Form 214" does indeed stand for Department of Defense, the article falsely presumes that the form is called "Department of Defense Form 214." It is not! The name must be the title. If the Wiki (Wikipedia) article is going to discuss the name, then it should state the actual title of the DD Form 214. Army war veteran possessing a DD Form 214 of my own. T-bonham ( talk) 20:19, 7 October 2008 (UTC) Reply We felt that most of these companies were just parasites, preying on Veterans or their relatives. The Records Center does not give any special treatment to requests from these 'private researchers', they just go into the inbox along with all the others. But since you can fax in the SF-180 yourself, the in-person delivery hardly seems like something worth paying this much for. Louis office, thus saving a day or two in mailing time. The only way they could "expedite" this was by delivering the SF-180 in person at the St.

When I worked in a County Veterans Service Office, we were explicitly told that this was false. I added a 'cite needed' to the statement that private researchers can "expedite" getting a DD214.

Preceding unsigned comment added by DrNordo ( talk I was in the Navy and received mine as I was going on terminal leave. In regards to the statement of only Army personell receiving their DD214 before terminal leave-this is false. We've been over this already - Alison ☺ 18:16, 28 March 2007 (UTC) Reply Please don't persist in doing this or the article will end up semi-protected against anonymous editors. I've already identified three IP addresses associated with you that persist on doing this. So please stop inserting commercial links or you will be blocked. Martin -Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.73.178.52 ( talk Steveīut information only sites, with information provided that may threaten a commercial interest, are perfectly acceptable. Private companies should not solicit business to obtain a veterans DD214 by placing links to their commericial sites within wikipedia.
