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File: 121096_sep96_decls24_0002.txt
Subject: DAILY JOURNAL 28FEB91
Unit: 5T BN 11T MA
Parent Organization: 11TH MARINES
Box ID: BX600015
Folder Title: COMMAND CHRONOLOGY 5TH BATTALION 11TH MARINES JOURNEL FILES JAN - FEB 1991 2 OF 2
Document Number: 20
Folder Seq #: 8
INSTRUCTIONS FOR KEEPING JOURNAL
1. H*adlng:
a. Unit or @ction:
(1) Enter designation of unit if this is unit journal for regiment, air group, or smaller unit.
(2) Enter designation of section if this is a section journal maintained by a general stair section.
b. Place: Enter coordinates or name of locality.
r. From: Enter date, time, and ti@ zone that journal is opened.
d. To: Enter date, time, and time @e that journal is closed.
2. body:
a. Time In:
(1) Unit journal. Enter time information is received- within unit. In most instances this would be TOR
at unit communication center.
(2) Section journal. Enter time information is received within section.
b. Time Out:
(1) IInitjournal. Enter time ou-tgeing information is @elivered to addressee. In most instances this would
be 'f'OD by unit communication center.
(2) Section journal. Enter time outgoing message is delivered to originator's communication center for
transmittal, or time information is transrpltted by releasing section.
c. Serial No.: Number each entry consecutively as information is received by keeper of journal.
d. DTO: Enter date/time group of @dio message.
e. Incidents, Messages, Orders:
(1) Important incidents. messages and orders are recorded as they are made known.
(2) Although brief, entries must incl'udc all vital cl@ments of information, such as what, where, when,
how, and who - I . '
orrected by later entries when
necessary.
(4) A synopsis of written or oral messaies is c niered in the journal, leaving the full account for the journal file
and other supporting documents. :'
(5) Oral messages are reduced to writing and processed like written messages.
J. Action Taken: This column is used to 'inditate administrative action taken, such as, routing to cognizant
unit staff officer(s), dissemination of pertinent information and/or filing of message. Some of the more common
symbols used to indicate action taken aic: ".M", posted on situation map, "S", circulated to unit staff, "T", infor-
mation disseminated to troops or subordinate units; F", filed in journal file.
3. Ending:
a. Summary: A brief summary of major activities, with reasons underlying decisions, is entered in the journal
at the close of each day. This is written in narrative form under the column entitled "Incidents, Messages, Orders."
b. Closing; journals are closed daily or at the end of pcriod@ or phases prescribed by higher authority.
4. Journal Fit*:
journal file is considered a pan of thcjournal. It contains messages. orders, records of conversation. and other doc-u-
ments supporting journal entries.
U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1982- 546.02a/as
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File Room = sep96_declassified
File Cabinet = Week-36
Box ID = BX600015
Unit = 5T BN 11T MA
Parent Organization = 11TH MARINES
Folder Title = COMMAND CHRONOLOGY 5TH BATTALION 11TH MARINES JOURNEL FILES JAN - FEB 1991 2 OF 2
Folder Seq # = 8
Subject = DAILY JOURNAL 28FEB91
Document Seq # = 20
Document Date =
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Queued for Declassification = 01-JAN-1980
Short Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Long Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Permanent Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Non-Health Related Document = 01-JAN-1980
Declassified = 06-DEC-1996