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MATERIEL RECEIPT ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

FIELD LEGEND

RECORD

POSITION(S) ENTRY AND INSTRUCTIONS

Document Identifier

Code

1-3 Enter DIC DRA when submitting materiel 

receipt acknowledgment (MRA).

Enter DIC DRB when submitting a 

delinquent MRA in reply to followup.1

Routing Identifier Code 

(TO)

4-6 Enter the RIC of activity to receive this 

transaction.2

Multiuse

Mode of Shipment

or

Service Use

7 For security assistance shipments, enter 

the applicable mode of shipment, if 

available; otherwise, leave blank.

For U.S. forces shipments, enter data 

prescribed by the Component (e.g., code 

for controlling receipt of partial or split 

quantities).

Stock or Part Number 8-22 Enter stock number or part number of the 

item received.3 For total or partial 

nonreceipt, duplicate form due-in record.

Unit of Issue 23-24 Enter UI of the item received. For total or 

partial nonreceipt, duplicate from due-in 

record.

Quantity 25-29 Enter total quantity received for the 

document number and suffix code entered 

in record positions 30-44. For total or 

partial nonreceipt, enter the missing 

quantity and enter Discrepancy Indicator 

Code F in record position 63.4

1 In reply to follow-up, when no record of the basic requisition document number exists, duplicate record 

positions 8-24 and record positions 30-51 from the DIC DRF Follow-up.

2 Duplicate from the following in listed order of preference: record positions 4-6 of the DIC DRF, MRA 

follow-up or DIC AS_ Shipment Status; record positions 67-69 of the DD Form 1348-1 or DIC AE_ Supply 

Status; record positions 4-6 of the original requisition. For intra-DoD Component follow-up requirements, 

enter code prescribed as the DoD Component.

3 If the stock number/part number of the item received cannot be fully entered in record positions 8-22, 

leave blank. If item received exceeds stock number field and is wrong item or cannot be identified leave 

record positions 8-22 blank and enter Discrepancy Indicator Code A in record position 63.

4 See Appendix AP3 - Formats Introduction, paragraph AP3.3.1. 
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Document Number 30-43 Duplicate from receipt document. For total 

or partial nonreceipt, duplicate from due-in 

record.

Suffix 44 Enter suffix code, if any, from receipt 

documentation. For total or partial 

nonreceipt or missing documentation, 

duplicate from due-in record.

Supplementary 

Address

45-50 Duplicate from receipt document. For total 

or partial nonreceipt, duplicate from due-in 

record.

Signal 51 Duplicate from receipt document. For total 

or partial nonreceipt, duplicate form due-in 

record.

Blank 52-53 Leave blank.

Routing Identifier Code 

(TO)

54-56 When prescribed by Component, enter 

applicable RIC for:5

a. Activity requiring MRA in addition to 

activity indicated in record positions 

4-6.

b. Management Control Activity 

requiring MRA in addition to 

Inventory Control Point (for 

Government Furnished Material

shipments to contractors).

Project 57-59 Duplicate from receipt document. For total 

or partial nonreceipt, duplicate form due-in 

record.

5 Defense Automatic Addressing System will edit and provide an MRA to the activity identified by a valid 

RIC in record position 54-56.
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Day of Year (Posted to 

Record/Shipped)

60-62 Enter ordinal day of calendar year as 

follows:

a. For U.S. forces, enter day receipt 

was posted to stock record/property 

account or equivalent. If record 

position 63 is F, enter day this 

transaction is prepared.

b. For security assistance shipments, 

when mode is entered in record 

position 7 enter the day shipped;

otherwise, enter day this transaction 

is prepared.

Discrepancy Indicator 63 Enter code from appendix AP2.17, when 

applicable; otherwise, leave blank.

Blank 64-66 Leave blank.

Service Use 67-69 Enter data prescribed by the Component.

Blank 70-72 Leave blank.

Service Use 73-80 Enter data prescribed by the Component.