DA Form 4187 at a glance
What it is: PERSONNEL ACTION. DA FORM 4187, SEP 2025. To request or record personnel actions for or by Soldiers outside of IPPS-A in accordance with AR 600-8.
Where and when to file: If the DA Form 4187 cannot be downloaded, prepared, and transmitted electronically, a hard copy of the form will be used and transported via messenger/courier.[2]
A filled-in DA Form 4187 example: a Soldier requests an Identification Card
How to fill out DA Form 4187, box by box
Section I - Personal identification
In Section I - Personal Identification, box 3 FROM, box 2 TO and box 1 THRU each include ZIP Code.
Enter the Name in box 4 as Last, First, MI.
Enter the Grade or Rank / PMOS / AOC in box 5 and the DoD ID Number in box 6.
Section II - Duty status change
In Section II - Duty Status Change (AR 600-8-6), box 7: The above Soldier's duty status is changed from ___ to ___ effective ___ hours, ___. Fill in each blank.
Section III - Request for personnel action
In Section III - Request for Personnel Action, box 8: I request the following action: (Check as appropriate)
Check as appropriate: Service School (Enlisted only), ROTC or Reserve Component Duty, Volunteering For Oversea Service, Ranger Training, Reassignment Extreme Family Problems, Exchange Reassignment (Enlisted only), Airborne Training, Special Forces Training / Assignment, On-the-Job Training (Enlisted only), Retesting in Army Personnel Tests, Reassignment Married Army Couples, Reclassification, Officer Candidate School, Assignment of Personnel with Exceptional Family Members, Identification Card, Identification Tags, Separate Rations, Leave - Excess / Advance / Outside CONUS, Change of Name / SSN / DOB and Other (Specify).
Specify the action under Other (Specify):.
Signature of the Soldier and the date
In box 9, the Soldier signs under SIGNATURE OF SOLDIER (When required); box 10 is the DATE (YYYYMMDD).
Section IV - Remarks
Section IV - Remarks applies to Sections II, III, and V.
Section V - Certification, approval or disapproval
In Section V - Certification / Approval / Disapproval, box 11 is the certification: "I certify that the duty status change (Section II) or that the request for personnel action (Section III) contained herein -"
The COMMANDER / AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE marks Has been verified, Recommend approval, Recommend disapproval, Is disapproved or Is approved.
Box 12 is the COMMANDER / AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE, who signs under SIGNATURE in box 13 and enters the DATE (YYYYMMDD) in box 14.
Addendum - Recommendations for approval or disapproval
In the ADDENDUM - RECOMMENDATIONS FOR APPROVAL / DISAPPROVAL, enter the NAME (Last, First, MI) in box 15 and the DOD ID NUMBER in box 16.
The AUTHORITY enters a. TO and b. FROM.
For c. ACTION, the AUTHORITY marks APPROVED, DISAPPROVED, RECOMMEND: APPROVAL or RECOMMEND: DISAPPROVAL.
The AUTHORITY then enters d. NAME (Last, First, MI), e. RANK, f. DATE (YYYYMMDD) and g. TITLE / POSITION, and signs under h. SIGNATURE.
The AUTHORITY writes in i. COMMENTS.
Common questions about DA Form 4187
What is DA form 4187?
PERSONNEL ACTION. DA FORM 4187, SEP 2025. To request or record personnel actions for or by Soldiers outside of IPPS-A in accordance with AR 600-8. Unit Commanders review the form and either approve or endorse with a recommendation. Units will maintain a suspense copy of the DA Form 4187 and enter the request for personnel action into a tracking log of local design.[2]
Sources
[1] DA Form 4187 (SEP 2025), Personnel Action, Department of the Army (the Official source link on this page).
[2] armypubs.army.mil, submission_method. Accessed November 7, 2026.