Army Pamphlet 600-8-21

28 July 1995

UNCLASSIFIED

Personnel—General

Soldier Applications Program

SUMMARY of CHANGE

PAM 600-8-21
Soldier Applications Program

This change 1 --

* Authorizes bound (write-in) changes for the Soldier Applications Program.

* Authorizes the use of a new DA Form 4187-1-R (Personnel Action Form Addendum) to be used in conjunction with the revised DA Form 4187 (Personnel Action) when action must be forwarded to the next level of command for further processing. A sample of DA Form 4187 is shown in figure 2-2 .

* Makes other administrative changes.

This pamphlet describes the Soldier Applications Program, a multifunctional program of the Military Personnel System. It--

a. Is linked to AR 600-8 as a part of the Military Personnel System.

Required publications are listed in appendix A . Prescribed and referenced forms are also listed in appendix A.

The military personnel system, as prescribed in AR 600-8, directs implementation of a special program that will--

The Soldier Application Program is the functional responsibility of designated workcenters within the Military Personnel Division (MPD) and the Personnel Service Center (PSC). Manpower officials will use the 12-month average number of soldiers serviced to determine manpower authorizations.

Most personnel work performed in the field is done at three primary levels: unit, battalion, and installation (or some equivalent organization in the tactical force). The information in this pamphlet focuses on those levels.

The Soldier Applications Program is an integral part of the personnel management system. It affects soldier morale and readiness. The application process is supported in garrison by the personnel community.

The objective of the Soldier Applications Program is to simplify and expedite the processing of applications. It includes the following features:

a. Listing personnel applications in alphabetical order, for easier references. (See table 2-1 .)

a. Unless directed otherwise, all applications will be submitted on DA Form 4187-E (Personnel Action) which TACCS produces using the automated operating procedures. A copy of the Privacy Act Statement will be handed to the soldier when the Form is signed. Units that do not have access to a TACCS terminal will submit applications using the existing DA Form 4187 (Personnel Action). figure 2-1 and figure 2-2 show examples of the completed forms.

a. This pamphlet lists the primary regulation for each selected application in table 2-1 . Contained within that regulation will be the specific task, rules, and steps to be followed.

c. To process an application, the soldier first notifies the commander of his or her intentions. The soldier is then referred to the battalion S-1, which will assist them in verifying the eligibility criteria prior to initiating the DA Form 4187 .

When processing an application, the user locates the program desired in the listing provided in table 2-1. The programs are listed alphabetically for easy access. Within each program are also identified primary regulations, forms used, and the workcenter where the work will actually be done. The user must refer to the regulation(s) to understand the program and determine the eligibility.

Table 2-1. List of soldier applications

Applications	Primary references	Forms used	Workcenters
Airborne Training	AR 614-110 AR 614-200	DA Form 705 DA Form 2446 DA Form 3444 Series DA Form 4187 DA Form 4187-E SF 88	BN S1 Soldiers actions
Army Bands Career Program	AR 220-90 AR 614-200	DA Form 1633-R DA Form 2446 DA Form 4187 DA Form 4187-E	BN S1 Soldiers actions
Branch Transfer (officer request for)	AR 614-100	DA Form 4187 DA Form 4187-E	BN S1 Soldiers actions
Certain Organizations and Agencies (assignment to)	AR 614-200	DA Form 4187 DA Form 4187-E DA Form 258 DD Form 398 DD Form 398-2	BN S1 Soldiers actions
Change Name, Date of Birth, and Social Security Account Number	AR 600-2	DA Form 4187 DA Form 4037 DA Form 4187 DA Form 4187-E DD Form 4 series DD Form 93 SSA Form 5 SSA Form OAAN-7003 VA Form 29-8286 Unnumbered Post Card (SSA)	BN S1 Customer Service
Command Sponsorship (request for)	AR 614-30	DA Form 4187 DA Form 4187-E DD Form 93	BN S1 Strength Management
Compassionate Reassignment	AR 614-6 AR 614-30 AR 614-100 AR 614-200	DA Form 31 DA Form 483 DA Form 3739 DA Form 4187 DA Form 4187-E	BN S1 Soldiers actions
Conscientious Objection	AR 600-43	DA Form 4187 DA Form 4187-E	BN S1 Soldiers actions
Correction of Military Records	AR 15-185	DA Form 149	BN S1 Officer/Enlisted Records
Dependent Identification Card (application for)	AR 640-3	DA Form 4037 DD Form 93 DD Form 1172 DD Form 1173	BN S1 Identification Cards and Tags
Deletion, Deferment or Early Arrival (request for)	AR 614-6 AR 614-30 AR 614-100 AR 614-200 DA Pam 600-8-10	DA Form 31 DA Form 3739 DA Form 4187 DA Form 4187-E DA Form 4883 DA Form 4991-R DA Form 5117-R DD Form 173	BN S1 Personnel Reassignment
Drill Sergeant Program	AR 614-200	DA Form 2446 DA Form 4187 DA Form 4187-E	BN S1 Soldier actions
Enlisted Aids on the Personal Staff of General Officers	AR 614-200	DA Form 4187 DA Form 4187-E	BN S1 Soldier actions
Enlisted Standby Advisory Board	AR 600-200	DA Form 4187 DA Form 4187-E	BN S1 Promotions
Explosive Ordance Disposal Career Programs	AR 614-200	DA Form 873 DA Form 2446 DA Form 3180 DA Form 3444 series DA Form 4187 DA Form 4187-E DD Form 1610 DD Form 1879	BN S1 Soldier actions
Exceptional Family Member Program	AR 600-75	DA Form 209 DA Form 4036-R DA Form 4787 DA Form 4787-1 DA Form 5288 DA Form 5291 series	BN S1 Personnel Reassignment
Exchange Assignments	AR 614-200	DA Form 4187 DA Form 4187-E	BN S1 Strength Management
Extension of Active Service (officer)	AR 135-215	DA Form 4187 DA Form 4187-E memorandum format	BN S1 Soldier actions
Instructors at Uniformed Service Schools (assignment as)	AR 614-200	DA Form 2446 DA Form 4187 DA Form 4187-E	BN S1 Soldier actions
Intelligence Career Program	AR 601-210 AR 614-200 AR 140-192	DA Form 873 DA Form 1811 DA Form 2446 DA Form 2748-R DA Form 3180 DA Form 3286-3 DA Form 3881 DA Form 4037 DA Form 4187 DA Form 4187-E DD Form 4 series DD Form 398 DD Form 398-2 DD Form 1610 DD Form 1879 DD Form 1966 DD Form 2221 FD 258 SF 88 SF 93	BN S1 Soldier actions
Language Training	AR 611-6	DA Form 3180 DA Form 3444 series DA Form 4187 DA Form 4187-E DA Form 1610	BN S1 Soldier actions
Logistician (officer application for)	DA Pam 600-3	letter request	BN S1 Soldier actions
Leave Emergency (request for)	AR 630-5	DA Form 31	BN S1 Soldier actions
Leave Outside Continental United States (request for)	AR 630-5	DA Form 31 DA Form 4187 DA Form 4187-E	BN S1 Soldier actions
Married Army Couples (enrollment)	AR 614-100 AR 614-200	DA Form 4187 DA Form 4187-E	BN S1 Soldier actions
Married Army Couples (reassignment)	AR 614-100 AR 614-200	DA Form 4187 DA Form 4187-E	BN S1 Soldier actions
Military Identification Card (application for)	AR 640-3	DA Form 428 DA Form 2A DA Form 1934	BN S1 Identification cards and tags
Noncommissioned Officers Logistics Program	AR 614-200	DA Form 145 DA Form 1058-R DA Form 2446 DA Form 4187 DA Form 4187-E	BN S1 Soldier actions
Officers Candidate School (application for)	AR 351-5	DA Form 61 DA Form 483 DA Form 705 DA Form 4037 DA Form 4187 DA Form 4187-E DA Form 4322-R DA Form 5339-R DA Form 6283 SF 88 SF 93 DD Form 785	BN S1 Soldier actions
Overseas Service (volunteering for)	AR 614-30	DA Form 483 DA Form 4187 DA Form 4187-E	BN S1 HQDA
Overseas Tour (change of)	AR 614-30	DA Form 4187 DA Form 4187-E DD Form 93	BN S1 Strength Management
Overseas Tour (extension of)	AR 614-30	DA Form 4187 DA Form 4187-E	BN S1 Strength Management
Permissive Reassignment (officer)	AR 614-100	DA Form 4187 DA Form 4187-E	BN S1 Soldier actions
Promotion Point Adjustment (request for)	AR 600-200	DA Form 4187 DA Form 4187-E DA Form 3355	BN S1 Promotions
Promotion Reevaluation (request for)	AR 600-200	DA Form 4187 DA Form 4187-E DA Form 3355	BN S1 Promotions
Regular Army Appointment (officer request for)	AR 601-100	DA Form 61 DA Form 483 DA Form 4187 DA Form 4187-E SF 88 SF 93 DA Form 398	BN S1 Soldier actions
Ranger Training	AR 614-200 DA Pam 351-4	DA Form 705 DA Form 2446 DA Form 3349 DA Form 3444 series DA Form 4187 DA Form 4187-E SF 88	BN S1 Soldier actions
Reassignment (request for)	AR 614-6 AR 614-30 AR 614-100 AR 614-200	DA Form 4187 DA Form 4187-E	BN S1 Soldier actions
Reclassification of Military Occuptional Specialty (request for)	AR 600-200 AR 611-201 AR 614-200	DA Form 2446 DA Form 3349 DA Form 4187 DA Form 4187-E DD Form 1610	BN S1 Strength Management
Recruiting Duty (volunteering for)	AR 601-1	DA Form 4187 DA Form 4187-E DA Form 5425-R DA Form 5426-R DD Form 5427-R	BN S1 Soldier actions
Remission or Cancellation of Indebtedness	AR 600-4	DA Form 4187 DA Form 4187-E DA Form 3508-R	BN S1 Installation Finance and accounting office
Retirement (request for)	AR 635-10 AR 635-100	DA Form 2339 memorandum format AR 635-200	BN S1 Soldier actions
Reserve Officer Training Corps/Reserve Component Duty	AR 614-200	DA Form 483 DA Form 4187 DA Form 4187-E	BN S1 Soldier actions
Reserve Officer Training Corps Scholarship	AR 145-1	The 'Scholarship' Application for Enlisted Personnel' packet available at the Education Center local	BN S1 Soldier actions
Service Schools (attendance at)	AR 614-200	DA Form 4187 DA Form 4187-E	BN S1 Soldier actions
Sole Surviving Son or Daughter	AR 614-100 AR 614-200	DA Form 2446 DA Form 4037 DA Form 4187 DA Form 4187-E	BN S1 Soldier actions
Special Forces Training	AR 614-162 AR 614-200	DA Form 201 DA Form 2446 DA Form 3180 DA Form 3444 series DA Form 4187 DA Form 4187-E DA Form 3349	BN S1 Soldier actions
Stabilization (request for)	AR 614-5	DA Form 4187 DA Form 4187-E	BN S1 Strength Management
Technical Escort Training	AR 614-200	DA Form 4187 DA Form 4187-E	BN S1 Soldier actions
Training at Civilian Educational Institutions or with Industry (officer)	AR 621-1	DA Form 1618-R	BN S1 Soldier actions
United States Military Entrance Processing Command (assignment to)	AR 614-270 AR 614-200	DA Form 2446 DA Form 4187 DA Form 4187-E	BN S1 soldier actions
United States Military Academy Preparatory School and United States Military Academy (application for)	AR 351-12	SF 88 SF 93	BN S1 Soldier actions
Warrant Officer Application/Training	AR 135-100 AR 611-112 DA Pam 600-11	DA Form 61 DA Form 160 DA Form 873 DD Form 398 DA Form 61	BN S1 Soldier actions
Warrant Officer Training (aviation)	AR 611-85	DA Form 160 DA Form 873 DA Form 4187 DA Form 4187-E DA Form 4989-R DA Form 6256 SF 88 SF 93	BN S1 Soldier actions

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The following required publications are cited in table 2-1 .

AR 15-185. Army Board of the Correction of Military Records  

AR 135-100. Appointment of Commissioned and Warrant Officers of the Army  

AR 135-215. Officer Periods of Service on Active Duty  

AR 140-192. Organization, Training, Assignmentand Retention Criteria for Military Intelligence, Signals Intelligence, Electronic Warfare, and Signal Security Units  

AR 145-1. Senior ROTC Program: Organization, Administration, and Training  

AR 220-90. Army Bands  

AR 351-5. U.S. Army Officer Candidate School  

AR 351-12. Nomination to the U.S. Army Military Academy: Enlisted Categories: Army  

AR 600-2. Name and Birth Date and Social Security Number  

AR 600-4. Remission or Cancellation of Indebtedness-Enlisted Members  

AR 600-8. Military Personnel Operations.   (Cited in paras 1-1 and 1-4 )

AR 600-43. Conscientious Objection  

AR 600-75. Exceptional Family Member Program  

AR 600-200. Enlisted Personnel Management System  

AR 601-1. Assignment of Enlisted Personnel to the U.S. Army Recruiting Command  

AR 601-100. Appointment of Commissioned and Warrant Officer in the Regular Army  

AR 601-210. Regular Army and Army Reserve Enlistment Program  

AR 601-270. Military Entrance Processing Stations  

AR 601-280. Total Army Retention Program  

AR 611-6. Army Linguist Management  

AR 611-85. Selection of Enlisted Volunteers for Training as Aviation Warrant Officers  

AR 611-110. Selection and Training of Army Aviation Officers  

AR 611-112. Personnel Selection and Classification Manual of Warrant Officer Military Occupational Specialties  

AR 611-201. Enlisted Career Management Fields and Military Occupational Specialties  

AR 614-5. Stabilization of Tours  

AR 614-6. Permanent Change of Station Policy  

AR 614-30. Oversea Service  

AR 614-100. Officer Assignment Policies, Details and Transfers  

AR 614-110. Assignment of Airborne Officers and Processing Volunteers for Training  

AR 614-162. Selection, Training, and Assignment of In-Service Officer Volunteers to Special Forces Organizations  

AR 614-200. Selection of Enlisted Soldiers for Training and Assignment  

AR 621-1. Training of Military Personnel at Civilian Institutions  

AR 600-8-10. Leave and Passes  

AR 635-10. Absence Without Leave and Desertion  

AR 635-100. Officer Personnel  

AR 635-200. Enlisted Personnel  

AR 640-3. Identification Cards, Tags, and Badges  

DA Pam 351-4. Army Formal Schools Catalog  

DA Pam 600-3. Commissioned Officer Professional Development and Utilization  

DA Pam 600-8-10. Management and Administration Procedures: Individual Assignment and Reassignment Procedures  

DA Pam 600-11. Warrant Officer Professional Development  

This section contains no entries.

DA Form 4187. Personnel Action  

DA Form 4187-E. Personnel Action.   (Prescribed in para 2-2 .)

DA Form 4187-1-R. Personnel Action Form Addendum.  

DA Form 31. Request Authority for Leave  

DA Form 61. Application for Appointment  

DA Form 145. Army Correspondence Course Enrollment Application  

DA Form 160. Application for Active Duty  

DA Form 201. Military Personnel Records Jacket, U.S. Army  

DA Form 209. Delay, Referral or Follow-Up Notice  

DA Form 428. Application for Identification Card  

DA Form 483. Officer's Assignment Preference Statement  

DA Form 705. Army Physical Fitness Test Scorecard  

DA Form 873. Certificate of Clearance and/or Security Determination (FormFlow)  

DA Form 1058-R. Application for Active Duty for Training, Active Duty for Special Work, and Annual Training for Soldier of the Army National Guard and U.S. Reserve (FormFlow)  

DA Form 1618-R. Application for Detail as Student Officer in a Civilian Educational Institution or Training with Industry Program  

DA Form 1633-R. DA Form 1633-R Band Audition Record  

DA Form 1811. Physical Data and Aptitude Test Scores Upon Release from Active Duty  

DA Form 2250. Application or Nomination for Special Assignment  

DA Form 2339. Application for Voluntary Retirement  

DA Form 2446. Request for Orders  

DA Form 2784-R. Request for Counterintellignecy Investigation  

DA Form 3180. Personnel Screening and Evaluation Record  

DA Form 3286. Statement for Enlistment-Parts I through IV  

DA Form 3349. Physical Profile  

DA Form 3444-series. Terminal Digit File for Treatment Record  

DA Form 3508-R. Application for Remission or Cancellation of Indebtedness  

DA Form 3739. Application for Assignment/Deletion/Deferment for Extreme Family Programs  

DA Form 3881. Rights Warning Procedures/Waiver Certificate  

DA Form 3955. Change of Address and Directory Card  

DA Form 4036-R. Medical and Dental Preparation for Oversea Movement (POR Qualification)  

DA Form 4037. Officer Record Brief  

DA Form 4322-R. Army Officer Candidate Contract and Service Agreement  

DA Form 4474-R. Request for Accelerated Payment of SRB-Hardship or Compassionate  

DA Form 4787. Reassignment Processing  

DA Form 4787-1. Request for Evaluation of Department Medical and Educational Problems  

DA Form 4883. Deletion/Deferment Request Transmittal  

DA Form 4991-R. Declination of Continued Service Statement  

DA Form 5117-R. Reassignment Control Format  

DA Form 5288. Exceptional Family Member Program Needs Booklet  

DA Form 5291-1-R. Army Exceptional Family Member Program Child Development Questionnaire  

DA Form 5339-R. OCS Applicant's Evaluation Sheet  

DA Form 5425-R. Applicant/Nominee Personal Financial Statement  

DA Form 5426-R. Commander's Evaluation  

DA Form 5427-R. Commander's Assessment of Recruiter Candidate  

DA Form 6256. Alternate Flight Aptitude Selection Test (AFAST) Battery Scoring Worksheet  

DA Form 6283. Leadership Assessment Program  

DD Form 2A. Active Duty Military ID Card  

DD Form 4-series. Enlistment/Reenlistment Document-Armed Forces of the United States  

DD Form 93. Record of Emergency Data  

DD Form 149. Application for Correction of Military or Naval Record   Under the Provisions of Title 10, U.S. Code, Sec 1552

DD Form 173. Joint Message form  

DD Form 398. Personnel Security Questionnaire  

DD Form 398-2. Personnel Security Questionnaire (National Agency Check)  

DD Form 785. Record of Disenrollment from Officer Candidate-Type Training  

DD Form 1172. Application for Uniformed Services Identification Card DEERS Enrollment  

DD Form 1173. Uniformed Services Identification and Privilege Card  

DD Form 1610. Request and Authorization for TDY Travel of DOD Personnel  

DD Form 1879. Request for Personnel Security Investigation  

DD Form 1934. Geneva Conventions Identify Card for Medical and Religious Personnel   Who Serve in or Accompany the Armed Forces

DD Form 1966-series. Record of Military Processing Armed Forces of the United States  

DD Form 2221. DOD Authority for Release of Information and Records  

FD Form 258. FBI U.S. Department of Justice Fingerprint Card (Applicant)  

IA Form 92. Personnel Security Screening Interview  

SSA Form 5. Application for Social Security Number  

SSA Form OAAN-7003. Request for Change in Social Security Record  

Standard Form 88. Report of Medical Examination  

Standard Form 93. Report of Medical History  

VA Form 29-8286. Servicemen's Group Life Insurance Election  

This index is organized alphabetically by topic and by subtopic. Topics and subtopics are identified by paragraph, appendix, or table number.

Abbreviations, 1-3

Applications, 1-1 , table 2-1

Forms Used, 2-2

How to use listing, 2-5

Levels of work, 1-6

List of soldier applications, table 2-1

Manpower resources, 1-5

Principles of support, 1-7

Processing applications, 2-4

Program features, 2-1

Program policy guidance, 1-4

Purpose, 1-1

References, 1-2

Rules, 2-3

Standards of Service, 1-8

Steps, 2-3

Task, 2-3