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AD asked in Politics & GovernmentMilitary · 6 years ago

What regulation states that a Soldier has to put his or her initials in the agree or disagree block on a DA 4856?

Something that I noticed over the years is that whenever you counsel a Soldiers the majority of them will put their initials in the agree or disagree blocks.

Looking through ATP 6-22.1, I didn't see anything in there stating that putting your initials in the box was required and I don't remember it being in FM 6-22 either.

Is there some alternate reg stating that we are supposed to initial those boxes or is this just a tradition leaders have been passing down over the years?

It would be nice to hear some opinions and facts from some fellow leaders.

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  • barbamatt
    Lv 7
    6 years ago

    Obviously it is a block on the form so you would put your initials there as it was intended. There is no harm in initialing it. You have the option to disagree.

  • Living the Dream
    Lv 7
    6 years ago

    I think it's a CYA thing, so the SM can't say someone else X'd the box and it wasn't them.

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