Free Missing Retirement Records Request Kit

Retiring, retired, or separated from the Air National Guard without a complete record? Find what is missing, ask for it in one clear myFSS request, and keep the follow-up from slipping. Free. No email required.

What it helps you do

  • Pick your situation: still serving, out with unfinished paperwork, or retired and stuck waiting

  • Check off 11 key records, from your retirement order and NGB Form 22 to your 20-year letter and VA claims file

  • Send one myFSS request that asks for a complete records review, using a ready-to-edit template

  • Catch the three deadlines and defaults that cost money or status if missed

  • Find medical records that are missing from MHS GENESIS

  • Log every call and case number so follow-up does not slip

How to start

  1. Pick your situation on page 1.

  2. Save what you can reach today: your PRDA record, your AROWS orders, and your Point Credit Summary.

  3. Work down the checklist on page 2.

  4. Send the request on page 3, then log the case number on page 5.

Who to ask

Your CSS, or wing FSS if you have no CSS. Your state JFHQ for discharge orders and the NGB Form 22. myFSS and the Total Force Service Center (1-800-525-0102) for ARPC records. A free accredited Veterans Service Officer for VA records. Dual-status technicians: your state HRO for the civilian side. This kit organizes your request. It does not change your record or decide eligibility.

Help keep this accurate

Rules, systems, and offices change, and the people doing the work see it first. If something in this kit is outdated, works differently in your state, or is missing, send me a note. Include the tool name, what to change, and a source if you have one, such as a myFSS article, a regulation, or the office that told you. Please never include your SSN, DoD ID, or medical details.

Version 9, checked October 12, 2026.

The fine print

This is an unofficial planning and organization aid. It is not legal, medical, financial, benefits, retirement, or VA claims advice, and it is not an official government form. Not affiliated with or endorsed by the USAF, ANG, or DoD. Contacts and system names were checked in October 2026 and change over time. Verify with your CSS, wing FSS, state JFHQ, ARPC, or the appropriate official source.

More free tools

Built by Brian Mongold, retired Chief Master Sergeant. Still deciding when to retire? Try the free ANG Retirement Decision System. Technicians: use the free Federal Retirement Records Organizer for the civilian side. See more Guard & Reserve tools or all free tools.