MREC-12 · MILITARY RECORDS LIBRARY
Legal, Discipline & Administrative Proceedings
MREC-12: The complete record of investigations, discipline, military justice, evaluations, reprimands, separations, administrative determinations, corrections, and related review.
What this record can establish
Notice; allegation or issue; evidence considered; member response; hearing/process; decision; reasons; final disposition; review and correction history.
What it does not establish automatically
A summary entry or adverse personnel notation may omit procedural history and evidence. An allegation is not a finding; a finding at one level may later be modified or reversed.
Preservation package
Initiating notice; evidence; investigative file; counsel/representation record; rebuttal; hearing transcript; decision; appeal/review submissions; final corrected record.
Minimum source metadata
- Stable source ID and record class
- Creator or issuing office
- Document date and covered period
- Subject identifiers
- Repository and exact locator
- Provenance or acquisition note
- Proposition supported and express limits
- Evidence-status code and derivative/OCR/transcription lineage
Evidence testing
- Identity: Is the record tied to the correct person, unit, platform, or event?
- Chronology: Separate document date, effective date, event date, and covered period.
- Institutional purpose: Understand why the record was created and what it was designed to record.
- Corroboration: Seek independent records; copies and derivatives from one source do not create independence.
Evidence status key: D1 direct primary; D2 corroborated primary; S1 authoritative secondary; S2 credible secondary; I inference; C conflict; U unverified; N negative research result.
Connected Life Record chapters
- MLR-10 — Legal, Discipline & Administrative Record
- MLR-11 — Separation & Transition
- MLR-13 — Veteran Lifetime
Related navigation guides
- Military Legal Assistance Administrative Proceedings
- Security Clearance Administrative Decisions
- Appeals Review Choosing The Correct Lane
Retrieval and authority status
This page defines the evidence family and preservation method. Repository-specific access rules, privacy limits, request forms, retention schedules, service/era differences, and governing authorities must be verified for the particular record before treating retrieval instructions as final. Start with current official repositories and the linked Navigation Guides.
