Outdated records can hinder promotion Published July 13, 2011 By Susan Griggs 81st Training Wing Public Affairs KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss. -- Are your records up to date? Your career advancement could depend on them. According to Gary Schafer, military personnel section chief at Keesler, more than 1,700 electronic source documents were found to be missing during the centralized data verification process conducted at the Air Force Personnel Center for members being considered for promotion to technical and master sergeant. "These source documents are required to validate the associated data updated in the Military Personnel Data System," Schafer pointed out. "These missing documents jeopardize an individual's select status and create undue stress on members having to locate the missing items to ensure they retain their stripe." Schafer said it's vital that members review and verify the data updated in the virtual military personnel flight, or vMPF, with an associated source document in the Automated Records Management System and Personnel Records Display Application. ARMS and PRDA are online programs used to electronically store personnel records. PRDA is an electronic viewer for the Automated Records Management System, facilitating search, retrieval and management of personnel records in ARMS through a role-based access process. "It's each member's responsibility to ensure records reflect true, factual data and all source documents have been placed in personnel records accordingly," he emphasized. "Their promotion now or in the future could depend on it." For more information, call 376-8738.