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DA Form 5969 is a DA series document issued for use across the Department of the Army. Official title: SECTION CHIEF`S REPORT (FOR 105-MM AND 155-MM HOWITZERS). Purpose: section chief`s report (for 105-mm and 155-mm howitzers). The current edition carries the date 05/01/2016 and is listed with a publication status of ACTIVE. The form runs to 1 page(s) and contains approximately 200 entry fields.
Responsibility for content and revision lies with T2COM. The prescribing directive is ATP 3-09.50, 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
- AzimuthFire
- Bump_NO
- ContentArea1
- DTG
- Deflectn1
- Deflectn2
- Deflectn3
- EntSensitiveItems
- FdcLotID1
- FdcLotID10
- FdcLotID11
- FdcLotID12
- FdcLotID13
- FdcLotID14
- FdcLotID15
- FdcLotID16
- FdcLotID17
- FdcLotID18
- FdcLotID19
- FdcLotID2
- FdcLotID20
- FdcLotID21
- FdcLotID22
- FdcLotID23
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.
Interactive fields are filled by typing into them. Movement between fields is by tab, following the order established when the form was constructed, which usually tracks the page layout. Check boxes and radio groups are set by clicking, and exclusive groups permit one selection at a time. A one-line field has no wrap: text beyond its width prints truncated even when the screen shows it. Overlong content is placed in remarks or on a continuation, not forced into the field.
The signature block is completed last and by hand or by an accepted electronic means. An unsigned form is a draft. Where a second signature is called for — reviewing official, approving authority, witness — each is applied in the order the blocks appear and dated as of application, not as of preparation. Blank mandatory fields are the most frequent defect; a nil entry is marked as such rather than left empty. Other recurring faults: transposed digits in identification numbers, dates in the wrong order of day and month, and stale copies retaining prior data because a working file was reused instead of a fresh blank form.
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Questions and answers
- What is DA Form 5969?
- SECTION CHIEF`S REPORT (FOR 105-MM AND 155-MM HOWITZERS)
- Which edition is current?
- 05/01/2016
- Who is responsible for this form?
- T2COM
- In which formats can it be downloaded?
- PDF, PDF
Publisher notes
- 42-ITEM ONLY PRODUCED IN ELECTRONIC MEDIA