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DA Form 3996 exists to abstract of laundry work accomplished for individual patrons — that is the short version. Title of record: ABSTRACT OF LAUNDRY WORK ACCOMPLISHED FOR INDIVIDUAL PATRONS. The page covers the download, the entries and the disposition, nothing else. Current here: edition 12/01/1972, status ACTIVE, 1 page(s), near 200 fields.
G-4 is the proponent, AR 210-130 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.
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What the form asks for
- AMT_AD
- AMT_AL
- AMT_BD
- AMT_BD_1
- AMT_BD_10
- AMT_BD_11
- AMT_BD_12
- AMT_BD_13
- AMT_BD_14
- AMT_BD_15
- AMT_BD_16
- AMT_BD_17
- AMT_BD_18
- AMT_BD_19
- AMT_BD_2
- AMT_BD_20
- AMT_BD_21
- AMT_BD_22
- AMT_BD_23
- AMT_BD_3
- AMT_BD_4
- AMT_BD_5
- AMT_BD_6
- AMT_BD_7
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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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.
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.
Companion documents come from the same series and number scheme. Within the DA series, a shared proponent or a shared directive usually means shared use, and a form cited on the face of another accompanies it. Gather the whole package first — continuation sheets, cover sheets, transmittals.
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 Already-submitted records under a superseded edition stand as filed; the change does not run backwards.
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Questions and answers
- What is DA Form 3996?
- ABSTRACT OF LAUNDRY WORK ACCOMPLISHED FOR INDIVIDUAL PATRONS
- Which edition is current?
- 12/01/1972
- Who is responsible for this form?
- G-4
- In which formats can it be downloaded?
- PDF, PDF
Publisher notes
- 42-ITEM ONLY PRODUCED IN ELECTRONIC MEDIA,