DA 3749: Equipment Receipt
The DEC 2023 equipment receipt card used in the arms room: unit, receipt number, material and serial numbers, description, the acknowledgment, and the issuing official on the reverse.
Every block on the DA Form 3749
Laid out block for block like the official EQUIPMENT RECEIPT (DEC 2023 edition), with the instruction for each block. Name, rank, and unit prefill from your service profile.
Form details
- 1Unit/Organization
- 2Receipt No.
- 3Material No.
- 4Serial No.
- 5Item Description
- 6I hereby acknowledge receipt of this equipment from ___ of this unit/organization.
- 7Name
- 8Signature
- 9Grade
Reverse of da form 3749
- (Signature of Issuing Official)
The back of the card holds signature lines for the issuing official.
How to fill out the DA Form 3749
The card a Soldier is issued for an individually assigned weapon or piece of equipment. The Soldier surrenders the card each time the equipment is drawn from the arms room, and it proves who is responsible for that serial number. When: When you're assigned a weapon, optic, NVG, or other sensitive item kept in the arms room, and whenever the assigned item changes.
Step by step
- The armorer fills blocks 1–5: unit, receipt number (usually the rack or card number), material number (NSN), serial number, and item description.
- Block 6 names the unit or organization issuing the equipment.
- You print your name and grade (blocks 7 and 9) and sign block 8 after checking the serial number on the item.
- The issuing official signs on the reverse.
What a strong one looks like
- Check the serial number on the item itself before you sign. A single-digit mismatch is a sensitive-item discrepancy.
- Use one card per item. Optics and NVGs usually get their own cards.
- Printed instructions: the card is surrendered each time the equipment is issued, and loss of the card is reported to the unit commander immediately.
Common mistakes
- Losing the card and not reporting it.
- Signing a card for an item you've never seen or never inspected.
- Cards not reissued when a weapon is swapped, leaving the wrong serial number on file.