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DA Form 2408-5-1 — EQUIPMENT MODIFICATION RECORD (COMPONENT)

equipment modification record (component)

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DA Form 2408-5-1 is a DA series document issued for use across the Department of the Army. Official title: EQUIPMENT MODIFICATION RECORD (COMPONENT). Purpose: equipment modification record (component). The current edition carries the date 10/01/1991 and is listed with a publication status of ACTIVE. The form runs to 2 page(s) and contains approximately 192 entry fields.

Proponency for the form rests with G-4. The governing authority is PAM 738-751, which establishes the circumstances of use and the required routing. Preparation falls to the individual named in the entries or to the unit administrator acting on that individual's behalf; review and signature follow the chain set out in the governing authority.

Formats offered: PDF. All are the same published layout in different containers, and the choice between them is a matter of how the entries will be made rather than what appears on the page. The pdf serves as the authoritative rendering. A fillable pdf exposes editable fields on screen; a printable pdf is the blank form as a flat page for handwriting.

The pdf displays in current browsers and in any reader application. For fillable use a full reader is preferable to a browser viewer, since viewers vary in whether entered data is retained.

Every format is available at no charge and without sign-up. Files are distributed exactly as published, with no changes to the page.

What the form asks for

  • AIR_SER
  • COMP_SER
  • ContentArea1
  • DATE_A
  • DATE_A_1
  • DATE_A_2
  • DATE_A_3
  • DATE_A_4
  • DATE_A_5
  • DATE_A_6
  • DATE_A_7
  • DATE_A_8
  • DATE_B
  • DATE_B_1
  • DATE_B_2
  • DATE_B_3
  • DATE_B_4
  • DATE_B_5
  • DATE_B_6
  • DATE_B_7
  • DATE_B_8
  • DATE_B_9
  • L10
  • L11

Completion follows the printed sequence of blocks from the top of the page downward. The heading area takes the identifying particulars — name, identification number, organisation, date of preparation. Retrieval of the record from a file depends on these entries, and they are therefore filled first.

Fillable fields accept typing directly. Tab advances from one field to the next in the order the form was built, which is normally the reading order of the page. Check boxes and option buttons are clicked; where a set of options is exclusive, selecting one clears the rest. Fields sized for a single line will not wrap, and text exceeding the width is truncated in print even where it remains visible on screen. Long entries belong in the remarks area or on a continuation, not compressed into a narrow field.

Signature comes at the end, applied in ink or by an accepted electronic method. Until it is applied the document is a draft. Additional signatures — reviewer, approver, witness — are taken in printed block order, each dated when signed rather than when the form was drafted. The commonest error is a mandatory field left blank; where nothing applies, the entry is marked accordingly instead of being skipped. Transposed identification digits, day and month reversed in dates, and carried-over data from a reused working copy account for most of the remainder.

A Privacy Act statement appears on the form where personal information is collected. It sets out the authority for collection, the purpose, the routine uses, and whether disclosure is mandatory or voluntary. The statement is read before entry, not after. Completed copies carry personal data and are handled and stored under the safeguards applicable to that data.

The completed form is routed as the governing authority prescribes: to the office named in the directive, through the unit administrative channel, or into the individual's file, depending on the case. A copy is retained by the preparer. Filing and retention follow the records schedule applicable to the series rather than local practice.

Associated documents are located through the series and number scheme. Forms in the DA series with the same proponent or the same prescribing directive tend to be used as a set, and any form named on the face of another normally accompanies it. Continuations, cover sheets, and transmittals fall into this category and are gathered before the package is sent.

An edition stands until the proponent issues a revision. The printed edition date identifies the version, and a copy held locally is checked against the edition now in force before reuse. Prior executions under a superseded edition are not reopened for that reason.

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Questions and answers

What is DA Form 2408-5-1?
EQUIPMENT MODIFICATION RECORD (COMPONENT)
Which edition is current?
10/01/1991
Who is responsible for this form?
G-4
In which formats can it be downloaded?
PDF, PDF

Publisher notes

  1. 41-ITEM ALSO PRODUCED IN ELECTRONIC MEDIA
  2. 44-CRITICAL ITEM,

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