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DA Form 3169 handles one job: report of judicial disciplinary activity in the army. The official title is REPORT OF JUDICIAL DISCIPLINARY ACTIVITY IN THE ARMY. Download it below, fill it in, sign it, send it where your directive says. The edition on this page is September 2002, status not stated, running 2 page(s) with about 200 fields to complete.
Two references decide everything about your use of it: TJAG maintains the content, AR 27-10 sets the trigger and the routing. Consult the directive when your case is not routine; otherwise the printed blocks tell you enough. The person named in the entries fills it, or the administrative office holding the file does it for them.
Pick by how you will enter data: PDF, XFDL on offer. Typing means fillable pdf, where the boxes accept keystrokes and hold them on save. Handwriting means printable pdf, a flat page image sent straight to a printer. Neither version changes what appears on the page.
Use a full pdf reader, not the browser viewer. Browser viewers display fields they cannot always save, and the loss shows up only when you reopen the file — type one entry, save, reopen, verify, then fill the rest. The xfdl file is IBM Lotus Forms, used inside Army systems, and opens in the Lotus Forms Viewer alone — no pdf reader, no word processor.
No charge, no account, no email address. The file is the published document, distributed unaltered.
What the form asks for
- CONOFF_A
- CONOFF_A_1
- CONOFF_A_2
- CONOFF_A_3
- CONOFF_B
- CONOFF_B_1
- CONOFF_B_2
- CONOFF_B_3
- CONOFF_B_4
- CONOFF_B_5
- CONOFF_C
- CONOFF_D
- CONOFF_D_1
- CONOFF_D_2
- CONOFF_D_3
- CONOFF_D_4
- CONOFF_D_5
- CONOFF_E
- ContentArea1
- ContentArea2
- DISTRIB
- DISTRIB_1
- DISTRIB_2
- DISTRIB_3
The heading entries carry more weight than the body. Name spelled as in official records, identification number, organisation, date prepared. Retrieval runs on those values, so a transposed digit or a casual spelling costs someone a file search. Fill them before anything else.
Tab through the fields rather than clicking. The tab order was fixed when the form was built and generally follows the page, which catches boxes a mouse skips past. Check boxes and option buttons take a click, and an exclusive group clears the previous selection when you make a new one. Single-line fields do not wrap — text past the field width prints truncated while still showing in full on screen, which is why the loss is discovered after printing. Overflow goes to remarks or a continuation sheet. A field that does not apply gets the mark meaning none; blank space reads as an omission.
Sign last. An unsigned form is a draft whatever else is on it, and additional signatures — reviewer, approver, witness — follow printed block order with each signer dating the day they sign, not the day of preparation. Four faults account for most returns: a blank mandatory field, transposed digits in an identification number, day and month reversed in a date, and leftover entries in a working copy reused instead of a fresh blank. Read the form once from the top before releasing it.
Privacy Act statement first, personal entries second. The notice covers who is authorised to collect, why, who else routinely sees it, and whether you must answer. After completion the file carries personal data and is stored and sent under the corresponding safeguards.
Routing follows AR 27-10 and nothing else — a named office, the unit administrative channel, or the individual's file, according to why the form was raised. Copy it before it leaves. Retention is fixed by the records schedule for the series, which local practice does not shorten or extend.
Related forms are found by series and number. DA series documents under the same proponent or the same prescribing directive are commonly required as a set, and any form named on the face of this one goes forward with it. Assemble continuations, covers and transmittals before submitting, not after the query comes back.
Check the edition date before reusing a saved copy. Revisions come from the proponent without notice to you, and the printed date is the only version marker on the page. Already-submitted records under a superseded edition stand as filed; the change does not run backwards.
The files are copies of published Department of the Army forms. This site has no official connection, no authority to issue anything, and no basis for saying whether an office will accept a given submission. None of the text is legal advice. Real questions — entry, requirement, eligibility — belong with TJAG or the administrative office servicing your unit.
Questions and answers
- What is DA Form 3169?
- REPORT OF JUDICIAL DISCIPLINARY ACTIVITY IN THE ARMY
- Which edition is current?
- September 2002
- Who is responsible for this form?
- TJAG
- In which formats can it be downloaded?
- PDF, XFDL