Former Marine needs help

[papajohn1964]

Here's the deal. I dropped out of High School to join the Marines when I was 17, 1981. While at Camp Pendelton I attended a High School completion course and received a Diploma (not a GED). This diploma was destroyed in a fire at my parents house several years ago. I never really gave it much thought as I have never been asked for it. Now I have a job that starts on 7/18 at Ft Sam Houston and they need a copy. My DD214 has the "not a high school graduate" checked. I spent a couple of days on the phone with the VA and Headquarters Marine Corps in Quantico trying to get it sorted out. I finally got in contact with and have been working with a very nice lady at HQMC in the office that makes changes to DD214's and she is trying to help. She had to request a copy of my service records from NPRC. She called me on Friday and said that they had sent the records to someone else in Quantico, someone that I had spoken to before I began working with her. She told me that they were forwarding them to her but that they had looked and did not see a copy of the diploma. When she gets the records on Tuesday or Wednesday she will check and if there is no record she will have to request the Units Diary to see if they have any record of it in there. Like I said the job starts on 7/18 so only 2 more weeks! Anyone have any ideas about who else I can call that can maybe help speed things up?

Thanks, Signed Desperate in San Antonio!!!

[E.Marquez]

Call the education center at Camp Pendelton where you attended the High School completion course, they should have a record, or may.. As Id bet when you cleared post you had to clear the Ed center and pick up your records,, Still they might have a class roster or something.

Signed a dumb Army Grunt Sergeant Major in Afghanistan....

[E.Marquez]

Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Pendleton
Commanding General
(Attn: Joint Education Center)
Box 55020
Camp Pendleton, CA 92055-5020
COMM: 760-725-6660/6414

DSN: 365-6660/6414

http://www.militaryta.com/education_cen ... nter.shtml" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[papajohn1964]

Thanks for the link Bronco! I just sent them a e-mail and will follow up with a phone call on Tuesday!!!

Be careful over there and thanks for your service!!!! Semper Fi!!!

[williamkevin]

That's a REAL SGT MAJ right there! Will reach halfway around the world to help a Marine who's not even his troop!

Stay safe and keep your head down bronco!

[Pug]

[papajohn1964]

I was in the Marines from 81-85. Barracks duty on Guam and 3/7 at Pendelton. Okinawa in 84.

That's a REAL SGT MAJ right there! Will reach halfway around the world to help a Marine who's not even his troop!

Stay safe and keep your head down bronco!