[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 32, Volume 1]

[Revised as of July 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 32CFR45.2]



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                       TITLE 32--NATIONAL DEFENSE

 

              CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE

 

PART 45_CERTIFICATE OF RELEASE OR DISCHARGE FROM ACTIVE DUTY (DD FORM 

214/5 SERIES)--Table of Contents

 

Sec.  45.2  Applicability and scope.



    (a) The provisions of this part apply to the Office of the Secretary 

of Defense, the Military Services, the Joint Staff, and the Defense 

Agencies (hereafter referred to as ``DoD Components''). The term 

``Military Services,'' as used here, refers to the Army, Navy, the Air 

Force, the Marine Corps and, by agreement with the Department of 

Transportation, to the Coast Guard.

    (b) Its provisions include procedures on the preparation and 

distribution of DD Forms 214, 214WS, 215 (Appendices A, B, and C) which 

record and report the transfer or separation of military personnel from 

a period of active duty. (NOTE: Computer-generated formats are 

acceptable substitutes provided Assistant Secretary of Defense (Force 

Management and Personnel) approval is obtained.) DD Forms 214 and 215 

(or their substitutes) will provide:

    (1) The Military Services with a source of information relating to 

military personnel for administrative purposes, and for making 

determinations of eligibility for enlistment or reenlistment.

    (2) The Service member with a brief, clear-cut record of the 

member's active service with the Armed Forces at the time of transfer, 

release, or discharge, or when the member changes status or component 

while on active duty.

    (3) Appropriate governmental agencies with an authoritative source 

of information which they require in the administration of Federal and 

State laws applying to personnel who have been discharged, otherwise 

released, or transferred to a Reserve component while on active duty.

    (c) Its provisions include procedures on the control and 

distribution of all lists of SPDs.