Tool Search: Military Connections
The Military Connections tool tracks data for those in a student's household who are military personnel. This tool works with the Impact Aid tool, which tracks parents/guardians employed at federal sites (armed forces locations, reservation lands, etc.). The Military Connections fields outlined below are specific to North Dakota.
For additional information, including managing document uploads and tool rights, see the core Military Connections article.
Military ConnectionsMilitary Connections Field Descriptions
| Field | Description | Location |
|---|---|---|
Start Date Required | Date the person's enlistment status begins. | Ad Hoc Inquiries: Student > Demographics > Military Connections > startDate Student > Demographics > Guardian Military Connections > startDate Database Location: militaryConnections.startDate guardianMilConnections.startDate |
| End Date | Date the person's enlistment status ends. | Ad Hoc Inquiries: Student > Demographics > Military Connections > endDate Student > Demographics > Guardian Military Connections > endDate Database Location: militaryConnections.endDate guardianMilConnections.endDate |
Status Required | Enlistment status of the parent/guardian.
| Ad Hoc Inquiries: Student > Demographics > Military Connections > status Student > Demographics > Guardian Military Connections > status Database Location: militaryConnections.status guardianMilConnections.status |
| Student Military Identifier | A number assigned to the student in a household with an active-duty individual to track that student, allowing school counselors and administrators to ensure the student's well-being as they adjust to deployed household members or other life events that may impact their school success. This field can be populated when the Military Connections record is associated with a student and assigned a Status of Student Military Identifier Only. | Ad Hoc Inquiries: Student > Demographics > Military Connections > studentMilitaryIdentifier Student > Demographics > Guardian Military Connections > studentMilitaryIdentifier Database Location: militaryConnections.studentMilitaryIdentifier guardianMilConnections.studentMilitaryIdentifier |
| Site | Indicates the actual location of employment. This could be a military base, tribal land, or other work site that qualifies as a Military location. These options are created in the Impact Aid/Military Connections Site tool. | Ad Hoc Inquiries: Student > Demographics > Military Connections > siteName Student > Demographics > Guardian Military Connections > siteName Database Location: militaryConnections. siteName guardianMilConnections.siteName |
| Lives on Base | Indicates whether or not the person resides on a military base.
| Ad Hoc Inquiries: Student > Demographics > Military Connections > livesOnBaseIndicator Student > Demographics > Guardian Military Connections > livesOnBaseIndicator Database Location: militaryConnections. livesOnBaseIndicator guardianMilConnections. livesOnBaseIndicator |
| Branch | Military division in which the household member is enlisted. | Ad Hoc Inquiries: Student > Demographics > Military Connections > branch Student > Demographics > Guardian Military Connections > branch Database Location: militaryConnections.branch guardianMilConnections.branch |
| Comments | Provides more detail on the enlistment of the parent/guardian. | Ad Hoc Inquiries: Student > Demographics > Military Connections > comments Student > Demographics > Guardian Military Connections > comments Database Location: militaryConnections.comments guardianMilConnections.comments |
Add Military Connections Information
- Click the New icon. A Military Connections editor displays.
- Enter the Start Date of the person's status.
- Select the Status from the dropdown list.
- Enter the Student Military Identifier value (for students only).
- Select the Site from the dropdown list.
- Indicate if the person Lives on Base.
- Select the Branch of employment from the dropdown list.
- Enter any Comments for this record.
- Click the Save icon when finished. The new record displays at the top of the Military Connections Editor.
When a person's status, branch, or site changes, enter an End Date. A new record should be entered with a new start date to capture the new status, new branch, or new site. Any new record that is added displays first in the editor. Multiple active records can be entered for a person; these records are sorted by start date (most recent date first) and then by alphabetical order.
Relationships Table
In addition to listing the active duty status of the household member, a table displaying the relationships for that individual is displayed (pulled from the Census Relationships tool). When viewing a guardian (in most instances), this table lists relationships to students; when viewing a student (in most instances), this table lists relationships to guardians.
Only active Military Connections records are displayed in the table. Active is defined as:
- The End Date field is not populated.
- The End Date field is populated with a date in the Active Year.
- The End Date is in the future.
Records with an End Date prior to the Active Year are displayed in the list editor, and can be edited, but they are not displayed in the table.
