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DA Form 7786 belongs to the DA series of Department of the Army publications. Its official title is DOD EXECUTIVE AGENT RESPONSIBILITIES ASSIGNED TO THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY DATA CALL, and its stated purpose is dod executive agent responsibilities assigned to the secretary of the army data call. Edition in force: 04/01/2024. Publication status: ACTIVE. Length is 1 page(s), with roughly 200 fields available for entry.
Proponency for the form rests with AASA. The governing authority is AR 1-19, 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. A later edition of this form exists. The edition shown here is superseded and is retained for reference and for records already executed on it.
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What the form asks for
- AIR_FORCE_CIV
- AIR_FORCE_CIV1
- AIR_FORCE_CIV2
- AIR_FORCE_CIV3
- AIR_FORCE_CIV4
- AIR_FORCE_CIV5
- AIR_FORCE_CIV6
- AIR_FORCE_CIV7
- AIR_FORCE_CIV8
- AIR_FORCE_CIV9
- AIR_FORCE_CTR
- AIR_FORCE_CTR1
- AIR_FORCE_CTR2
- AIR_FORCE_CTR3
- AIR_FORCE_CTR4
- AIR_FORCE_CTR5
- AIR_FORCE_CTR6
- AIR_FORCE_CTR7
- AIR_FORCE_CTR8
- AIR_FORCE_CTR9
- AIR_FORCE_MIL
- AIR_FORCE_MIL1
- AIR_FORCE_MIL2
- AIR_FORCE_MIL3
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Questions and answers
- What is DA Form 7786?
- DOD EXECUTIVE AGENT RESPONSIBILITIES ASSIGNED TO THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY DATA CALL
- Which edition is current?
- 04/01/2024
- Who is responsible for this form?
- AASA
- In which formats can it be downloaded?
- PDF, PDF