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DA Form 3996 is a Department of the Army form in the DA series. Title of record: ABSTRACT OF LAUNDRY WORK ACCOMPLISHED FOR INDIVIDUAL PATRONS. Function: abstract of laundry work accomplished for individual patrons. The edition presently published bears the date 12/01/1972, with a status of ACTIVE. Physical extent is 1 page(s) and about 200 fillable fields.
Responsibility for content and revision lies with G-4. The prescribing directive is AR 210-130, which sets both the trigger for use and the disposition of the completed document. Entry is made by the named party or by the records clerk holding the file, with review and signature applied in the prescribed order.
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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
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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,