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DA Form 5298 exists to operational rations accountability — that is the short version. Title of record: OPERATIONAL RATIONS ACCOUNTABILITY. The page covers the download, the entries and the disposition, nothing else. Current here: edition 07/01/2002, status ACTIVE, 1 page(s), near 156 fields.
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No charge, no account, no email address. The file is the published document, distributed unaltered.
What the form asks for
- ContentArea1
- DOP_LOT
- DOP_LOT_1
- DOP_LOT_10
- DOP_LOT_11
- DOP_LOT_12
- DOP_LOT_13
- DOP_LOT_14
- DOP_LOT_15
- DOP_LOT_16
- DOP_LOT_2
- DOP_LOT_3
- DOP_LOT_4
- DOP_LOT_5
- DOP_LOT_6
- DOP_LOT_7
- DOP_LOT_8
- DOP_LOT_9
- Date
- Date_1
- Date_10
- Date_11
- Date_12
- Date_13
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Questions and answers
- What is DA Form 5298?
- OPERATIONAL RATIONS ACCOUNTABILITY
- Which edition is current?
- 07/01/2002
- Who is responsible for this form?
- G-4
- In which formats can it be downloaded?
- PDF, XFDL, PDF
Publisher notes
- 42-ITEM ONLY PRODUCED IN ELECTRONIC MEDIA