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Main repositories of data on U.S. federal employees, located in the St. Louis area
Public, government-operated tools exist to confirm whether someone served or is on active duty, but they differ sharply in scope: the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC) and its DEERS/verification ser...
Pete Hegseth’s public biographies and news coverage consistently list multiple combat and service awards: most sources name two Bronze Star Medals, the Combat Infantryman Badge and the Expert/Expert I...
JD Vance served in the United States Marine Corps from 2003 to 2007 and has been reported to have received several standard service medals, most notably the and the , along with campaign and service r...
Available sources identify a Dan(iel) Flood who served in the U.S. Marine Corps and describe roles including combat engineers with Marine Aircraft Group 41 and operational/operational-intelligence wor...
Harry C. Myers is documented in multiple veteran oral-history and archival records as a First Lieutenant navigator in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II who flew B-24 missions across the Eur...
Official U.S. military discharge records (DD Form 214) are maintained by the National Personnel Records Center and can be requested by veterans or next-of-kin; the National Archives explains how to re...
Official military records documenting J.D. Vance’s service exist and have been requested and confirmed in past disclosures, but full access to his Official Military Personnel File (OMPF) for members o...
Official Military Personnel Files (OMPF) routinely record deployment-related data such as duty stations, unit assignments, dates of service, and related personnel actions including DD Form 214; these ...
Available public records and mainstream reporting in the provided sources show multiple official Department of Defense and National Guard–linked biographies and documents that state Pete Hegseth serve...
A methodical FOIA-driven approach is the journalist’s best route to corroborate allegations tied to historical trafficking or military court-martial evidence: identify the correct custodial agency, cr...
Public access to National Guard officers’ personnel records is constrained by federal privacy rules and a mix of federal and state repositories: limited extracts (dates of service, awards, rank) can b...
DD‑214 and similar separation documents record a veteran’s decorations and awards in a specific block labeled for “Decorations, medals, badges, citations and campaign ribbons” (Block 13 on DD‑214); wh...
Newsrooms confronting disputes over public figures’ military records typically move from immediate sourcing (statements, campaign materials) to primary-document verification — requesting DD Form 214s,...
Available sources in the provided set do not mention Dan Flood, his Marine service, or whether he saw combat or served overseas; no document returned by the search refers to an individual named Dan Fl...
Federal military service records are primarily held by the National Archives / National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) in St. Louis for 20th‑century personnel and by NARA’s other repositories for old...
Available reporting and official bios state that Pete Hegseth served as a commissioned infantry officer in the Army National Guard and has been described in secondary profiles as having awards such as...
There is active official scrutiny of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth tied to his conduct and some records-related matters, and multiple watchdog groups have filed FOIA requests related to Hegseth’s act...
Pete Hegseth’s official bios and multiple news and military sites state he earned two Bronze Star Medals, a Combat Infantryman Badge and other commendations during service in Guantánamo, Iraq and Afgh...
The available reporting identifies Dylan Blaha as an Illinois National Guard member and as an Army captain in multiple recent news articles, but none of the sources provided contain or link to his ser...