This data catalogues the history of personnel in the military and their family for purposes of healthcare, retirement funding and other administrative needs.

[1] DMDC was established in 1974 as the Manpower Research and Data Analysis Center (MARDAC) and made a DoD tenant activity within the U.S. Navy.

To manage through this period, OASD (M&RA) established DMDC to collect and maintain accurate, readily available manpower and personnel data.

In October 2016, the Department of Defense launched an anonymous survey conducted by the DMDC to collect testimonies of sexual assault among the US military personnel.

[2] In January 2017, the Department of Defense allowed 16 million discharged veterans to shop online for discounted military exchange products (effective November 2017).