MREC-04 · MILITARY RECORDS LIBRARY
Orders, Assignments, Deployment & Travel Records
MREC-04: Records directing or authorizing duty, reporting, detachment, deployment, transfer, mobilization, demobilization, PCS/TDY travel, and related movement.
What this record can establish
What duty or movement was authorized; reporting/detachment dates; unit/duty station; travel purpose; amendments and changes when documented.
What it does not establish automatically
An order can authorize an event without proving it was carried out exactly as written. Actual performance may require rosters, travel vouchers, logs, or other corroboration.
Preservation package
Original orders and every amendment; endorsements; reporting/detachment records; itineraries; vouchers; receipts; movement manifests when available.
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-02 — Entry & Oath
- MLR-06 — Career, Assignments & Deployment
- MLR-09 — Vehicles, Travel & Transportation
- MLR-11 — Separation & Transition
Related navigation guides
- Deployment Mobilization Demobilization
- Pcs Household Goods Relocation
- Tdy Official Travel Reimbursement
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.
