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Write the name of the beneficiary in the space after “in favour of “ and the branch name where the beneficiary would encash it in the space “payable at”.Fill in the amount in words and figures and the appropriate exchange .Fill up your name and address in “Applicant's name” and sign at “ applicant's signature”

If you are primarily trying to decipher all the various military acronyms, the Dept. of Defense has an online dictionary that is useful.  It includes a searchable database of acronyms.DOD Dictionary of Military and Associated TermsAlso, the National Archives has a lot of information about military records and genealogical research.  You may find useful information there as well.Genealogy Research in Military Records

The MOS (military occupational specialty) will be indicated, along with other special indicators, such as being parachute qualified.If the person has been to jump school, they have at least a secret clearance.Many are obvious:If the MOS begins with 18 XXXX. They were Special Forces. They would have had a top secret clearance.25 XXXX signals = TS14 XXXX Air defense = TS11 B XXX Infantry, could have no clearance beyond confidential11 F XXX also Infantry but the F denotes Infantry Operations and intelligence = TSLook up the MOS, and the clearance will probably be obvious.All commissioned and warrant officers have to have a TS clearance.All clearances, no matter how high, require a need to know.

Visit the Veteran's Services Record section of the National Archives where a former service member or his/her next of kin may request a copy of the DD Form 214 for free: http://www.archives.gov/veterans...

All US military records are maintained in the National Personnel Records Center (NPRC), 1 Archives Drive, St. Louis, Missouri 63138, which is actually just North of the City in North St. Louis County.You can write them, you can download and send them a Military Standard Form SF 180, the official records request form, you can go through your county or State Veterans agency or even visit the site in person. You can also hire a contractor to independently research the records, but that will cost you money and I believe your personal records will require your verified personal authorization anyway.The Records Center is quite familiar to me, sinceit is in my home town,after my overseas years, I served one of my Army Reserve summer assignments there refiling total individual file folders from Service Number order to Social Security Number order. LOTS of paper back then, floors and floors of manila file folders in racks maybe 12 feet high, with many complete files strewn on the floor between racks and pages kicked by passersby. That disorder certainly contributed to the horrible fire that completely destroyed many career records. (Was great fun looking up the service evaluation records of Famous People …)I much later landed a Pentagon contract to clean up some of their awful labor relations problems by clearing immense backlogs of grievances to be processed and arbitrations to be handled.