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DA Form 3638-1 exists to criminal investigator credential (lower portion) (s&i, usacid, attn: ciim-pp, 5611 columbia pike, nassif bldg., rm 112, falls church, va 22041-5015) — that is the short version. Title of record: criminal investigator credential (lower portion) (s&i, usacid, attn: ciim-pp, 5611 columbia pike, nassif bldg., rm 112, falls church, va 22041-5015). The page covers the download, the entries and the disposition, nothing else. Current here: edition not stated, status not stated, unknown page(s), near unknown fields.
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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.
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Questions and answers
- What is DA Form 3638-1?
- criminal investigator credential (lower portion) (s&i, usacid, attn: ciim-pp, 5611 columbia pike, nassif bldg., rm 112, falls church, va 22041-5015)
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?
- No file published here