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DA Form 5498 exists to us army recruiting command award for jrotc certificate (s&i, cdr, usa, recruiting command, attn: usarcasp-sp, bldg 698, ft sheridan, il 60037-6100) — that is the short version. Title of record: US ARMY RECRUITING COMMAND AWARD FOR JROTC CERTIFICATE (S&I, CDR, U.S. ARMY RECRUITING COMMAND, ATTN: RCAPA-PA, FT. KNOX, KY 40121-2726). The page covers the download, the entries and the disposition, nothing else. Current here: edition 04/01/1986, status ACTIVE, unknown page(s), near unknown fields.
G-1 is the proponent, PAM 145-2 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 none published here, 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.
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Start at the top and get the header exactly right. Official spelling of the name, identification number, unit, date. Everything downstream finds the record through those entries; nothing else on the page has that consequence.
Tabbing beats clicking for coverage. The order was set at build time and tracks the page layout, so following it leaves no gaps. Boxes and buttons are clicked; where options are exclusive, one selection cancels another by design. Watch field width on long entries: one-line fields have no wrap, and what runs past the edge disappears in print though the screen still shows it. Move that text to remarks or a continuation. Never leave an inapplicable field empty — enter the nil mark, because a reviewer cannot distinguish a skipped question from a considered answer.
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.
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.
The prescribing directive names the destination; office custom does not. Depending on the case that means a specific office, the unit administrative channel, or the personal record. Keep a copy first, because the original does not come back. Retention runs on the applicable records schedule.
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.
Edition date is the version number, printed on the page. Hold a locally saved copy against the current edition before reuse, since nothing on your machine signals a revision. Work already executed under a superseded edition remains as filed.
What is distributed here are reproductions of published Department of the Army documents. Independent site, no official standing, no forms of its own. Nothing on the page constitutes legal advice, and acceptance by any office is outside what can be stated. Put questions about entries, requirements or eligibility to G-1 or your servicing administrative office.
Questions and answers
- What is DA Form 5498?
- US ARMY RECRUITING COMMAND AWARD FOR JROTC CERTIFICATE (S&I, CDR, U.S. ARMY RECRUITING COMMAND, ATTN: RCAPA-PA, FT. KNOX, KY 40121-2726)
- Which edition is current?
- 04/01/1986
- Who is responsible for this form?
- G-1
- In which formats can it be downloaded?
- No file published here