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| | * Records Overview * |
 | | The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and the Privacy Act provide balance between the right of the public to obtain information from military service records, and the right of the former military service member to protect his/her privacy. |
 | | In all cases, you must sufficiently identify the person whose record is requested, so that the records can be located with reasonable effort. |
 | | Authorized third party requesters, e.g., lawyers, doctors, historians, etc., may submit requests for information from individual records with the veteran's (or next of kin's) signed and dated authorization. |
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