MREC-05 · MILITARY RECORDS LIBRARY
Training, Schools, Qualifications & Licenses
MREC-05: Records showing attendance, completion, qualification, certification, renewal, lapse, suspension, or revocation of military training and credentials.
What this record can establish
School attendance/completion; qualification date; credential or license; rating or proficiency entry; renewal or revocation when recorded.
What it does not establish automatically
A unit-wide training event does not prove an individual completed it. A certificate may establish completion but not continued currency years later.
Preservation package
Orders; school records; certificates; qualification cards; test results; license/currency records; revocation or suspension notices.
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.
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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.
