Preferred name – nickname

Legal name – name used for enlistment. Entered in block #2, page 1 of DD form 1966 (Application for Enlistment)

Social Security Card - Must fill out SSA form SS-5 (Application for SSN Card - original, replace, or correction)

Birth cert, INS Form, Marriage Cert, DD 214/215 -

1) court order for name change

2) marriage cert. or divorce decree

1) Original birth cert. 
2) cert. copy of original report of birth
3) cert. of birth registration
4) cert. in form of transcript from the birth record
5) DD Form 372N (request for verification of birth)
6) DD Form 214/215
7) NAVMC 5002 (age cert.)
8) Form 1350, FS Form 240 or 545, INS Form N-560
9) Passport
10) INS Documents

1) custodial parent

2) remaining parent

3) surviving parent
4) legally appointed guardian
5) both parents

1 recruiter

2 recruiting officer
3 notary public

US citizen OR
alien who has

1) i-551 (green card), i-94(A/D record, or passport with i-551 stamp
2) established bona fide residence
3) established home of record in US

US citizen or

1) lawfully admitted to US for permanent residence and applied or intend to apply for US citizenship

2) prior service or National Security Training corps

3) be a canadian born american indian who has fulfilled the prerequisite paragraph 3221.1c

inspection of any document already listed

if born abroad 

1) DS form 1350 (cert of birth)

2) FS form 240 (report of birth abroad for cit. of US)

3) FS form 545 (cert of birth abroad)

4) INS forms N-560/561 (cert of citizenship)

5) INS forms N-550/551 (cert of naturalization)

6) US passport

1) INS form I-551 (I-151 no longer proof)

2) INS form G-845

3) INS form I-94 (A/D record)

4) declaration of intention

5) stamped notation on passport