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DA Form 3964 exists to classified document accountability record — that is the short version. Title of record: CLASSIFIED DOCUMENT ACCOUNTABILITY RECORD. The page covers the download, the entries and the disposition, nothing else. Current here: edition 07/01/1979, status ACTIVE, 1 page(s), near 200 fields.
G-2 is the proponent, AR 380-5 the prescribing authority. Read the directive only if something about your situation departs from the standard case. Otherwise the form is filled by the individual it describes, or by the records clerk keeping the file, and reviewed through the printed signature blocks.
The formats are PDF, and the choice comes down to keyboard or pen. Fillable pdf for typing — live fields, tab order, saved entries. Printable pdf for handwriting — same page, no interactive objects, print it blank. Content is identical; only entry method differs.
A standalone reader is the safe choice for fillable work. Browser viewers vary in whether entered data survives the session, and there is no warning when it does not; a one-field save test settles it in seconds.
No charge, no account, no email address. The file is the published document, distributed unaltered.
What the form asks for
- ACT_OFC
- ACT_OFC_1
- AUTH_BY
- AUTH_DATE
- CLASIFICATN
- CLASIFICATN_1
- CLASIFICATN_2
- CLASIFICATN_3
- CLASIFICATN_4
- CLASIFICATN_5
- CLASIFICATN_6
- CLASIFICATN_7
- CNTRL_LOG
- CNTRL_LOG_1
- CNTRL_LOG_2
- CNTRL_LOG_3
- CNTRL_LOG_4
- CNTRL_LOG_5
- CNTRL_LOG_6
- CNTRL_LOG_7
- COMMENTS
- COPY_NR
- COPY_NR_1
- COPY_NR_2
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.
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.
The Privacy Act statement is read before the personal entries, not after. It gives the collection authority, the purpose, the routine uses and whether disclosure is mandatory or voluntary. Once filled, your copy is a personal record and gets stored and transmitted accordingly.
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.
Look for associated forms by series and number. In the DA series, documents sharing a proponent or a governing directive tend to travel together, and anything referenced on the page normally submits alongside. Collect continuations, covers and transmittals in advance of sending.
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 G-2 or the administrative office servicing your unit.
Questions and answers
- What is DA Form 3964?
- CLASSIFIED DOCUMENT ACCOUNTABILITY RECORD
- Which edition is current?
- 07/01/1979
- Who is responsible for this form?
- G-2
- In which formats can it be downloaded?
- PDF, PDF
Publisher notes
- 02-REQUIRED FOR MOBILIZATION USE (AT MOB SITE)
- 42-ITEM ONLY PRODUCED IN ELECTRONIC MEDIA,