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Use DA Form 3499 when you need to application for relief from court-martial findings and/or sentence under the provisions of title 10, united states code, section 869. Full title: APPLICATION FOR RELIEF FROM COURT-MARTIAL FINDINGS AND/OR SENTENCE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 10, UNITED STATES CODE, SECTION 869. Everything you need is on this page — the file, the entry rules, the routing. Edition 02/01/2024, status ACTIVE, 2 page(s), roughly 99 fields. Note the supersession: a later edition exists, and this one applies only to records already completed on it.
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What the form asks for
- APPNAME
- COMMAND
- COUNSEL
- ContentArea1
- ContentArea2
- DATETRIL
- DAY
- DOCKET
- ENCLSD_A
- ENCLSD_B
- FINDNS
- GRADE
- MONTH
- NAME
- OFFENSE
- PLACE
- PLEAS
- PRES_ADD
- Page1
- Page2
- Pages
- R144
- R145
- R154
Header first, always. Name as your official records spell it, identification number, unit, date of preparation — these four index the finished record, and an error in them hides the document from anyone searching for it later. The substantive blocks can wait thirty seconds.
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The signature closes the form and nothing precedes it. Draft status holds until it is applied, by hand or by an accepted electronic method. Countersignatures go in printed order, each dated at signing. Then one final read from the top, looking for the four recurring defects: empty mandatory fields, swapped digits in identification numbers, day-month inversion in dates, and residue from a reused file that goes forward as though intended.
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Send it where the directive says: the office it names, the unit administrative channel, or the individual's file. Take your copy before submission. How long the record is held comes from the schedule for the series, not from the office holding it.
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Questions and answers
- What is DA Form 3499?
- APPLICATION FOR RELIEF FROM COURT-MARTIAL FINDINGS AND/OR SENTENCE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 10, UNITED STATES CODE, SECTION 869
- Which edition is current?
- 02/01/2024
- Who is responsible for this form?
- TJAG
- In which formats can it be downloaded?
- PDF, XFDL, PDF
Publisher notes
- PRIVACY ACT STATEMENT