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Military Documents You Can Use to Build Your CV/Resume or AQDs

Posted on March 18, 2026 Updated on March 12, 2026

I did my Transition Assistance Program (TAP) in Guam. During TAP I was asked to download 3 documents that had lists of my military experiences and training. These might be useful if you have not updated your CV/resume in a while (or ever) and needed to run a list of things you’ve done while on active-duty. They might also be useful if you are running the list of Additional Qualification Designators (AQDs). Here are those 3 documents:

The Verification of Military Experience and Training (VMET)

The VMET is a document I was unfamiliar with. It translates military experiences you’ve had into civilian equivalents. It is probably not that useful to most of us unless you did not keep your CV/resume up-to-date and need to use the VMET to build your CV. Here is what mine looked like when I downloaded it:

You obtain your VMET on milConnect by clicking on “Correspondence/Documentation” and DoD Transition Assistance Program:

You then click on the far right “VMET” tab:

The Joint Services Transcript (JST)

Another document that you can use to build our your CV/resume is the Joint Services Transcript. It can be obtained here. This is what it looks like:

Electronic Training Jacket

The 3rd document is your Electronic Training Jacket (ETJ). You can get it here.

I can’t post my ETJ because it is labeled FOUO and contains privacy data, but it included the following sections:

• Administrative Data
• NOBC Data – Navy Officer Billet Codes (NOBCs) for billets I occupied and how long I was in them.
• Education Data – Service schools plus any college degrees/courses you have.
• Language Skills – I have none!
• AQD Data – A list of all of my AQDs and subspecialty codes.
• Qualification/Certification Data – I didn’t have anything here.
• Awards Data – A list of all my military awards.
• Training Data – A list of all of my on-line training (373 in total, which is depressing).
• Career History – A list of all of my UICs I’ve belonged to with the arrival and detach dates.