What Form to Use

At the time you present your request, you may be given a copy of the relevant regulation. There is no standard form which one must fill out, but some military installations have lists of the application questions. Your command may insist that you submit your application attached to a standard personnel action request form--the same form you would use when applying for leave, an interview with your commanding officer, permission to go to a military school, or any other personnel action.

Whether you're given such a list or merely a copy of the regulation, it's best to prepare the application on regular-sized, unlined paper. The company clerk or someone else--even you, as one of your regular duties--will then be charged with getting the application into the proper typed form and making the required number of copies. In any event, you should arrange the written questions (and your answers) as they appear in the regulations. Keep copies.

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