Military Locates / Find People in the Military
Following is are military
locator services for both active duty and retired military personnel.
Use these contacts to find people in the military. You can also search for military personnel online at
U.S. Search.
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The following list of Federal
agencies and private organizations assist individuals in locating
persons of unknown whereabouts. The
Privacy Act of 1974 prohibits Federal agencies from providing the
home addresses or telephone numbers of individuals without their written
permission.
Keep this in mind before beginning your search. In most
cases, the agency or organization will only agree to let the person know
you are trying to locate them. They may also agree to forward a letter
written by you to the person that you are trying to locate.
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Be sure to
include the appropriate first class postage with the letter to the
locator service. It will be up to the individual to respond.
If you
suspect the person you are unable to locate has been the victim of a
crime, you should immediately contact your closest
law enforcement
agency.
This
information can help you to locate active, reserve, and retired
Department of Defense (DOD) military personnel.
Each of the
five branches of the military has separate procedures for contacting
active or past service members. In cases of emergency, immediate family
members should contact the local chapter of the
American
Red Cross. The telephone number and address are available from your
local telephone directory, directory assistance, or by calling our
National Contact Center toll-free at
1 (800) FED
INFO, Monday through
Friday, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., eastern time.
Provide as
much identifying information as possible about the person you wish to
locate, such as full name, rank, last duty assignment/last known
military address, service number, and
Social Security number.
The locator
service is free to immediate family members and Federal and State
government officials. Other family members, civilian friends,
businesses, or any others must pay a non-refundable fee of $3.50 in the
form of a check or money order made payable to the U.S. Treasury.
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 Army
Locator
The Army locator
has been suspended.
Navy
Locator
To locate
an active-duty member at the U.S. Navy:
- Navy World
Wide Locator
Navy Personnel Command
5720 Integrity Drive
Millington, TN 38055
Air
Force Locator
The Air
Force Worldwide Locator can locate active duty personnel, as well as
retirees, reservists, and guardsmen. Parents, spouses, and government
officials may call 210/565-2478. Letters requesting locator service
should be mailed to:
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HQ AFPC/MSMIDL
550 C Street, West, Suite 50
Randolph AFB, Texas 78150-4752
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Voice:
210/565-2660 (Live assistance - Monday - Friday 7:30a.m. - 4:30p.m.,
central time)
This
service will not help in locating Air Force separatees or Air Force
retirees. You may write to the National Personnel Records Center below
or contact one of the various veterans’ service organizations to help in
locating these persons.
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Military Personnel
Records
9700 Page Avenue
Saint Louis, Missouri 63132-1500
Marine
Corps Locator
The
Marine Corps Locator Service can provide the duty station for active
duty personnel and reservists. The office is open Monday through Friday
from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., eastern time. The telephone number is
703/784-3942. Your written request should be mailed to:
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Headquarters U.S. Marine Corps
Personnel Management Support Branch (MMSB-17)
2008 Elliot Road
Quantico, Virginia 22134-5030
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Voice: 703/784-3941/3942/3943 (Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.)
Coast
Guard Locator
To locate
an Active Duty Member at the U.S. Coast Guard:
The
Coast Guard World Wide Locator has duty stations for active duty
personnel. To locate Active Duty Personnel Only: The telephone number is
(202) 493-1697 or
Send us an
e-mail with the person's full name to
CGlocator@Ballston.uscg.mil
Coast Guard
Personnel Command does not have custody of crew lists or current
addresses for former Coast Guard service members.
To locate
Coast Guard separatees:
The
Military Reference Branch, National Archives, Washington, D. C. 20408,
holds copies of most deck logs. The Suitland Reference Branch, National
Archives, Washington D. C. 20409 has custody of muster rolls.
The
National Personal Records Center in St. Louis, Missouri has a repository
of records for retired and separate military members.
You will
need to fill-in Standard Form 180 to request military records
information. (http://www.archives.gov/veterans/military-service-records/standard-form-180.html)
The address
is:
Military Personnel
Records
9700 Page Ave
St. Louis, Missouri 63132 Individuals
have also had success locating former and retired military personnel by
placing advertisements or reunion notices in Coast Guard periodicals.
These magazines have a combined circulation of several hundred thousand.
Please contact the individual editors for assistance.
Other
Locator Sources from the Coast Guard:
Fred's
Place offers an online E-Mail Directory of Active Duty, Reserve,
Retired, Auxiliary and Civilian co-workers of the U. S. Coast Guard.
This Directory is a listing of individuals that have voluntarily
registered at Fred's Place and is not a complete listing of Coast Guard
Personnel.
Fred's Place offers a Locator Page at:
www.fredsplace.org. Military Websites
| Air National Guard |
The Air
National Guard is a separate reserve component
of the United States Air Force. The official birth date of the Air
National Guard is 18 September 1947; the same day the Air Force
became a separate service. The Air National Guard was a product of postwar planning during World War II. Today's guardsmen and women are your doctors, lawyers, police
officers, cooks, teachers, and factory workers, white and
blue-collar workers. |
| NATGUARD | The Army
National Guard (ARNG) is one component of The Army (which consists
of the Active Army, the Army National Guard and the Army Reserve.)
The Army National Guard is composed primarily of traditional
Guardsmen -- civilians who serve their country, state and community
on a part-time basis (usually one weekend each month and two weeks
during the summer.) Each state, most territories and the District of
Columbia has its own National Guard, as provided for by the
Constitution of the United States.
The National Guard has a unique dual mission that consists of both
Federal and State roles. For state missions, the governor, through
the state Adjutant General, commands Guard forces. The governor can
call the National Guard into action during local or statewide
emergencies, such as storms, fires, earthquakes or civil
disturbances.
In addition, the President of the United States can activate the
National Guard for participation in federal missions. Examples of
federal activations include Guard units deployed to Kosovo and the
Sinai for stabilization operations, and units deployed to the Middle
East and other locations in the war on terrorism. When federalized,
Guard units are commanded by the Combatant Commander of the theatre
in which they are operating. |
| USAF |
United States Air Force |
| United States Army | United
States Army |
| United States Coast Guard |
United States Coast Guard |
| USMC |
United States Marine Corps |
| United States Marine Corps | United
States Marine Corps |
| United States Navy |
United States Navy |
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