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Lesson # CW9Z67

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MEMORANDUMS
TYPES AND USES
INFORMAL

Correspondence internal to command


FORMAL

Correspondence sent outside command


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MEMORANDUMS
INFORMATION MEMORANDUM

DECISION MEMORANDUM

MEMORANDUM FOR RECORD

MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING/
AGREEMENT

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SIGNATURE BLOCKS
 LETTER: John S. Smith
Captain, U.S. Army
Commanding

 MEMORANDUM: JOHN S. SMITH


Captain, Infantry
Commanding

 INFORMAL JOHN S. SMITH


MEMORANDUM: CPT, IN
Commanding
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GUIDELINES FOR
EFFECTIVE LETTERS
 BE BRIEF

 BE HUMAN

 BE CONSCIOUS OF CORRECTNESS

 BEWAREOF LONG WORDS, LONG


SENTENCES, AND LONG
PARAGRAPHS
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LETTER HANDOUT

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EXAMPLE OF HOW NOT TO
WRITE A LETTER

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