For more information on how to sign the DA Form 31 and who is applicable, please read the below. SUBJ: ARMY GUIDANCE FOR PATERNITY LEAVE AUTH BY DUNCAN HUNTER NATL DEF AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL ...

participants agreed the form should be “dynamic” like the current DA Form 31 and intuitive for the user. Sgt. Maj. Timothy Nellessen, sergeant major for CAPL and a key member of the OPT ...

"To be a more usable form ... the Army updated the DA Form 31 to make sure commanders and soldiers clearly understand what type of leave was chargeable and what type was non-chargeable," he said.