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2/14/2026 2:45:13 PM EDT
For enlisted Marines, their administrative/training records were called SRBs   Service Record Books
For Marine officers, it was OQR.  Officer Qualification Record.


What were the U.S. Army equivalents?

Thanks in advance
2/14/2026 2:50:23 PM EDT
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ERB - Enlisted Records Brief
ORB - Officer Records Brief

I had both.
Wild Man of East TN
2/14/2026 2:54:42 PM EDT
[#2]
ERB
SRB
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2/14/2026 3:03:38 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By 19Charlie278:
ERB - Enlisted Records Brief
ORB - Officer Records Brief

I had both.
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That was just the "brief," a one-pager.

The file itself was called the OMPF. Official Military Personnel File.

Everything on the ERB or ORB was supposed to be backed by a document in the OMPF. In the olden days, I also recall terms like "SMIF" and "201 file" being tossed about. I was even an S1 for a while, so I should know better. But I hated that job, hated SIDPERS III (the STAMIS at the time, before we went to i-PERMS), and everything was in such flux I believed nothing anyone told me.
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2/23/2026 10:10:03 AM EDT
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all I remember was 201 file
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2/23/2026 11:23:39 AM EDT
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all I remember was 201 file
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Ditto, but I had nothing to do w that stuff (got out in 92)
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2/27/2026 1:01:07 AM EDT
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Ditto, but I had nothing to do w that stuff (got out in 92)
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Originally Posted By Currahee:
Originally Posted By CB1:
all I remember was 201 file
Ditto, but I had nothing to do w that stuff (got out in 92)
Same here. Everyone called it the 201 File when I was in from 89 to 96
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2/27/2026 1:21:00 AM EDT
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all I remember was 201 file
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