AR 710-3 governs Army asset and transaction reporting systems, including serialized item tracking and reporting for major and selected secondary assets.
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It covers small arms and light weapons, radioactive sources, controlled cryptographic items, and selected Army equipment. It prescribes reporting procedures, transaction codes, formats, reconciliation processes, and serial-number requirements for manual and automated environments.
Deviations from the procedures and requirements of this regulation must be approved by the Deputy Chief of Staff (DCS), G 4 (DALO SPE), Washington, DC 20310 0500. (paragraph 1-7)
Use the format in table 2 4 to request from the UIT Central Registry assignment of a serial number when serial numbers are missing, illegible, or untranslatable. (paragraph 2-13)
Serial numbers in the ERP systems are limited to 18 characters (read right to left from a readable data plate or label when matching a serial number with greater than 18 characters). (paragraph 2-13)
An annual 100 percent reconciliation will be conducted between the UIT Central Registry and each of the reporting activities not converted to GCSSArmy. (paragraph 2-8)
Reportable SA/LW confiscated or otherwise recovered (previously dropped from accountability by financial liability investigation of property loss, or Board of Investigation) will be reported to DCS, G 3/5/7 (DAMO ODL) and registered to the UIT Central Registry as an inventory gain (transaction code U, table B 1). (paragraph 2-15)