Which DD‑214 block lists your primary specialties by years and months — and becomes gold for translating experience to civilian job descriptions? It’s Block 11 on the long-form (Member 4) DD‑214; I use it to quantify scope on resumes and map to O*NET titles. What other small sections or docs do you rely on to verify skills fast?
Block 11’s gold; I pair it with VMET (DD-2586) via https://milconnect.dmdc.osd.mil and JST for certs.
Quick add: I pull hard numbers from NCOER bullets and award citations to back up Block 11 on the Member 4, then “map to O*NET titles” via https://www.onetonline.org — makes the resume quant part fast. Small caveat: Block 11 sometimes rounds months weird (), so I sanity-check against Block 14 course dates or DA 1059s before I claim years. Anyone else using evals/awards as proof when HR asks for verification?
I grab the exact course titles and hours from Block 14 on the ‘Member 4’ and use those numbers to justify scope on resumes or CEUs, then confirm with the DA 1059 if the hours look off. If that section’s sparse (older separations or admin misses), do you fall back to 1059s or unit training certificates instead?
I lean on the ATRRS transcript to pull exact course codes and hours, then line it up with the foreign service line (12f) and the Remarks section for deployments — instant “scope” numbers… @OP, do you sanity-check with promotion orders to lock the MOSC/ASI to the right year? Small caveat: ATRRS can miss unit-run stuff, so I backfill with DA Form 87s from iPERMS; it’s the cheat sheet I wish I’d had during TAP.