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6-1.3 NGB Form 55, Honorable Discharge from the Armed Forces of the United States America-Army/Air National Guard (certificate). This form does not indicate the period of service.

The National Guard discharge document is known as NGB-22 and you won't get credit for serving in the Guard without it. For all intents and purposes, it is exactly like the DD214-the NGB-22 shows the nature of your discharge, time served and other critical information a recruiter would need to process your enlistment.

What is the national guard? Each state, Washington DC and US territories has a national guard, and serve a dual state and federal mission. It is first and foremost a state agency, but units can be mobilised by the US president to assist the country's armed forces.

Our National Guard mission makes us different. Unlike the Army Reserve, we have a dual mission, meaning we answer to both state and federal governments. So Guard Soldiers can be deployed by either the governor of their resident state or the president of the United States, depending on where they are needed most.

NGB Form 22, Report of Separation and Military Service, encloses information concerning an Army or Air National Guard service member's National Guard service time, military job, decorations, reason for discharge, and discharge characterization, similar to the DD Forms 214 and 215 for active-duty and reserves.

A Form DD 256 is a certificate of honorable discharge utilized by the U.S. Department of Defense and the different branches of military service. An honorable discharge occurs when a service person successfully completes a term of duty with one of the military branches.

NGB Form 22, Report of Separation and Record of Service, for each period of National Guard service -OR- NGB Form 23, Retirement Points Accounting, and proof of the character of service. Discharged member of the Selected Reserve who has never been activated for Federal active service.

NGB Form 22, Report of Separation and Military Service, encloses information concerning an Army or Air National Guard service member's National Guard service time, military job, decorations, reason for discharge, and discharge characterization, similar to the DD Forms 214 and 215 for active-duty and reserves.

To obtain a copy of your NGB Form 22/22A, you have to contact the National Guard Adjutant General's Office for the particular state in which you performed National Guard service. For contact information, visit the National Guard website.

The National Guard is a joint activity of the United States Department of Defense (DoD) composed of reserve components of the United States Army and the United States Air Force: the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard, respectively.