DA Form 1618 at a glance
What it is: DA Form 1618 is the Application for Detail as Student Officer at a Civilian Educational Institution or at Training With Industry.
Who signs: Enter the typed name and grade of the applicant, sign on SIGNATURE, and enter the organization, station, APO, and ZIP code.
Under the provisions of AR 621-1, you desire to attend a civilian educational institution or a Training With Industry (TWI) Program.
10 U.S.C. 3013, Secretary of the Army; 10 U.S.C. 4301, Reserved; Army Regulation 621-1, Training of Military Personnel at Civilian Institutions. To obtain consideration for entry into civilian educational institution or training with industry. For additional information, see the System of Records Notice A0621-1 AHRC, Army Continuing Eduction System Records.
For use of this form, see AR 621-1; the proponent agency is DCS, G-1.
What to bring and attach to DA Form 1618
Attach a copy of ALL college level transcripts. You may have transcripts sent directly to your career management division from your school but an entry to this effect MUST be made in Item 8.
Also attach a copy of report of scores of the Graduate Record Examination Aptitude Test or Graduate Management Admissions Test, as applicable. Two latter tests are not required for Training With Industry Programs.
A filled-in DA Form 1618 example: an officer overseas applies for civil schooling
How to fill out DA Form 1618, box by box
Date of application, THRU and TO, name and rank
Enter the date of application as YYYYMMDD.
Enter the Immediate Field Grade Commanding Officer under THRU and the Appropriate Training Agency under TO (see AR 621-1, see glossary).
Enter the name of applicant and the rank.
1. Academic year commencing
Enter the month and year in the academic year commencing.
2. Curriculum and school preferences
For the First, Second and Third choice, enter the discipline of study and the school or industry.
3. If for any reason I cannot be assigned
If for any reason you cannot be assigned to any of the choices listed, mark desire or do not desire to attend such course and school (industry) as may be determined by your career management division.
4. Previous education above high school level
For each school, enter the school, course of field, degree, year, scholastic average and class standing.
5. (For applicants overseas only)
For applicants overseas only: enter when you are scheduled to return to CONUS about. If you are selected for civil schooling, it may be necessary to curtail or extend your overseas tour to permit you to return to CONUS to report to the designated school at the appropriate registration time (not applicable to non-family areas).
During your CONUS leave you can be reached at the address shown in item 6.
6. Current mailing address, phones, email, FAX and permanent legal residence
Under 6a. CURRENT MAILING ADDRESS (All Applicants), enter the number and street, city and state, ZIP code.
Enter the home phone in 6b, the duty phone (DSN) in 6c, the email address in 6d and the FAX number in 6e.
Enter the permanent legal residence (State) in 6f.
7. Post-schooling utilization assignment preferences
Enter the post-schooling utilization assignment preferences in a, b and c; explain in Item 8 if necessary.
8. Remarks
Under 8. REMARKS, outline special qualifications including civilian experience that you feel would support your acceptance for advanced studies.
Also explain circumstances if attendance at a tax-supported school in state of legal residency is not possible; this explanation is not required for Training with Industry Program.
9. Service obligation and signature
If you are selected for a fully-funded civil schooling program or training with industry, you agree as an officer to complete the schooling/training and agree that on completion or withdrawal/removal from the school/training prior to completion, you will serve on active duty for a period equal to three times the length of the schooling/training (computed in days in accordance with AR 350-100), or enlisted, serve the service remaining requirement (IAW AR-614-200), unless sooner relieved for the convenience of the Government.
Subject to the needs of the Army, you will be required to serve in a validated position, following graduation/ training in order to apply the benefits of this education/training.
If selected, you intend to enter civil schooling/Training With Industry in accordance with this application.
If later circumstances force you to reconsider this decision, you will immediately inform your training agency in writing no later than 120 days before your reporting date for the course for which you are selected.
Until such time as you have fulfilled the term of continuous active duty agreed to, you also agree to accept selective continuation on active duty, if offered, rather than elect to be discharged as a result of being twice non-selected for promotion. If you are twice non-selected for promotion, you will remain on active duty until such time as you have fulfilled the term of continuous active duty agreed to, even if that obligation will extend you beyond what would otherwise be the date of your release from active duty as a result of non-selection for promotion.
10. Recoupment of costs
If you voluntarily (to include separation as a conscientious objector) or as a result of misconduct (to include separation bases such as drug or alcohol abuse) fail to complete the required service obligation incurred as a result of participation in a fully-funded civil schooling program, you will reimburse the United States in an amount that bears the same ratio to the total cost of the education provided you as the unserved portion of the required active duty bears to the total period of active duty you agree to serve.
Recoupment of costs does not apply to TWI participants.
Field grade commanding officer and rater
The Immediate Field Grade Commanding Officer is the FROM on the page, with the address of the field grade commanding officer and the signature of the field grade commanding officer; the TO is the appropriate training agency.
The RATER states an opinion of the abilities, scholarly attitude, initiative, potentialities and aptitudes for type of instruction desired by applicant.
Before you go
Previous editions are obsolete.
Disclosure is voluntary; however, failure to provide all the requested information may result in not being accepted into a civilian educational institution or an industry training program.
Sources
[1] DA Form 1618 (DEC 2019), Application for Detail as Student Officer at a Civilian Educational Institution or at Training With Industry, Department of the Army (the Official source link on this page).