What does your DD214 say about you???

[Wannabe]

Are you a malcontent, bed wetter, drunk, or just smell bad? It's on your DD 214.
http://tinyurl.com/yahnx7td

[Truckman]

I got mine out of the safe and looked...It was just stamped "Good Riddance"......Ben

EDIT: See below...

[Truckman]

After posting the above frivolously (which, as many here know, is my nature), I did more research...Here is a list containing the current alpha, as well as numerical codes no longer used...Here is a PDF of the latest alpha codes which I could find in a quick search...Here is a USAF letter meant for disbursement to USAF personnel involved with issuance and handling of DD214...Note the following phrase contained in the letter:

9.4. SPD codes do not show all the circumstances relating to a separation. For this reason,
and because codes may be outdated, you must not use them for any unauthorized purpose.

My DD214 contains SPD code 715 which appears nowhere on the lists I found in a quick search...I suspect it may have been discontinued early on since my separation occurred in 1969...It may have been bunched with other similar codes into the 701 designator...Lists I found jump from 701 to 741...701 is explained as:

Enlisted separation - early release of personnel assigned to installations or units scheduled for inactivation, permanent change of station, or demobilization

...which corresponds to the actual conditions of my separation, commonly referred to then as "Early Out"......Ben

[Truckman]

A further note...The YouTube video in the original post {thanks Bob) is actually an eight-part series stretching to almost an hour and a half...For the convenience of others, I'll post all eight here:

[Billy_Rightwing]

If they have a code on me, just chuck it.

[Dave Grubb]

Apparently I failed to make an impression---mine says nuttin

I separated on 30 Apr, 65 from the Army and there are no code numbers associated with the SPN 411.

Further searching leads me to believe there just might be more (or less) to this guys claim than is being presented on these videos. Imagine that

There really is not a buggy man behind every tree Virginia

[Truckman]

I separated on 30 Apr, 65 from the Army and there are no code numbers associated with the SPN 411.

411 - Early separation of overseas returnee

Apparently similar to 701......Ben

[Wannabe]

A further note...The YouTube video in the original post {thanks Bob) is actually an eight-part series stretching to almost an hour and a half...For the convenience of others, I'll post all eight here:

In my original post I did not refer to the rest of the videos. If someone watched the first and was interested they would watch the rest. If they were not interested they would not watch the rest of them If they made it through the first one. It really doesn't matter to us old timers because if the code for you was wrong you only have five years after separation to get it changed.