Retirement credit points are earned by members of reserve components.  These points accrue toward retirement and are used to determine retention in the reserves or eligibility for promotion.  Until June 30, 1949, all members on active reserve were awarded a maximum of 50 points for each year of membership.  Beginning July 1, 1949, members could earn additional credit points by active participation in various reserve programs, including active duty reserve training, unit training assemblies, drill training periods, instruction sessions, military flying duty, correspondence courses, and other duties or training activities.

Review the inquiry to see what years are being requested.  Furnish available information pertaining to the year(s) being requested.  If the inquiry pertains to recent periods not documented in the record, advise the requester to contact the commanding officer of his/her reserve unit.

Service prior to July 1, 1949:

Furnish a complete statement of service, including all active and inactive periods of service, to include all active duty for training dates.

Service after June 30, 1949:
 

AIR FORCE

Furnish copies of the following forms when available:

AF 190, AF 458, AF 526*, AF 712, AF 1383 and 1383a, DD 220, NGB 23

*AF Forms 526 used from 1972-1974, show creditable service in alphabetical character “A” on page 1, and numerical character “1" on page 2.  The forms dated 1975-1978 show five numerical characters in codes 1 through 5, but only code “1" is creditable.  Forms dated 1979 and subsequent years show nine numerical characters in codes 1 through 9, but only codes “1 to 5" are creditable.  Check the summary sheets for the total active duty points received during the subject year(s).  If codes 1 through 5 are used, the totals should balance.
 

ARMY

Furnish copies of the following forms when available:

DA 2-1, DA 20, DA 1383, DA 3593, DD 220, NGB 23,
AGUZ 445, DARP 249-2E, DARP 606, ECI (extension courses)
 

COAST GUARD

Furnish copies of CG 3034 or CG 4175 and discharge page
 

MARINE CORPS

Furnish copies of NAVMC 798 and discharge page
 

NAVY

Furnish copies of  NAVPERS 601 (11) and discharge page

If member was in the active reserve and documentation is incomplete process as shown below:
 

AIR FORCE:  If you cannot find any documentation for a particular year(s), forward request and record to:

Air Reserve Personnel Center (ARPC)
ATTN: DRRP
6700 E. Irvington Place
Denver CO 80280-5000

Commander
AR-PERSCOM
ATTN: ARPC-ZCC-B
1 Reserve Way
St. Louis, MO 63132-5200

.  Follow the links to the TAG Roster.

Retirement Points via SMS.

For Army Reserve personnel that were discharged or retired after 1990 only:  If a request is received for a retirement point statement for the purposes of obtaining a VA Home loan and if the retirement point statement (DARP or ARPC Form 249) is not in the paper record; you can use SMS to check for the availability of an equivalent item.

Please note that the Department of Veterans Affairs does not specifically require a DARP or ARPC Form 249.  That agency only requires proof of at least six (6) years of satisfactory USAR performance.  Satisfactory performance being defined as a minimum of 50 retirement points per year.

On SMS, go to MANGER, then select BY SOLDIER, then enter the SSN, then select VIEWS, then select RETIREMENT INFO.  Select the 3rd tab on top and look for a minimum of 6 years of satisfactory service.  An Unsatisfactory year will display the point total for that year in red.  You can then print that page, place a cover letter on it and include the following in your reply:

The actual retirement point statement was not in your record.  We are enclosing a printout in lieu of the document that you requested.  If you requested this information to obtain a VA Loan Guaranty you should understand the following:  "Since there is no single form used by the Reserves or National Guard similar to the DD Form 214, it is your responsibility to furnish adequate documentation of at least 6 years of honorable service."  This is listed in Part D.2 of VA Form 26-1880.  The printout that we are providing should be sufficient to meet your requirements.  This information is extracted from the AR-PERSCOM Retirement Point database.  The National Personnel Records Center cannot modify or correct Retirement Points.  For additional information contact the Army Reserve Personnel Command at:  1-800-318-5298 or https://www.2xcitizen.usar.army.mil/soldierservices/retirement/rpas.asp

(You can obtain the paragraph by using INSERT, FILE, Pp on 'Stlbackup\Cms', P, RetPts.doc while preparing the cover letter.)

Don't forget to log off and shut down the terminal.  This method is preferred to using the RPAS screen because the information in SMS is easily understood.

Commander
Military Personnel Command, S-3
2100 2nd Street, SW
Washington, D.C.  20593-0001

Commandant
United States Marine Corps
Attn:  MMSB-10
2008 Elliott Road, Suite 225
Quantico, VA  22134-5030

Naval Reserve Personnel Center (Code 20)
4400 Dauphine Street
New Orleans, LA  70149-5000

NAVY Officers: When documentation is not available or incomplete, forward request and record to:

Navy Personnel Command
ATTN:  PERS-313-D

5720 Integrity Drive
Millington, TN  38055-3130

Source:  NPRC 1865.84