Foothills Detachment 469

This video illustrates the primary purpose of NPRC -- to preserve the nation's military personnel files in perpetuity and to make them available to veterans and other interested parties. Air Force veteran and NPRC archives technician Bruce Bronsema -- using his own personnel file -- demonstrates how veterans can request copies of their records with a simple online application (available at www.archives.gov/veterans/military-service-records). NPRC receives 4,000 to 5,000 requests each day for military personnel records and according to NPRC director Scott Levins, responds to 90 percent of those requests within 10 days. Levins leads viewers through the process from beginning to end, showing where the records are stored, how they are retrieved and copied and then mailed to requestors.