DA Form 5339 at a glance
What it is: DA Form 5339 is the OCS Applicant's Commanders Evaluation Sheet.
Who signs: SIGNATURE OF UNIT COMMANDER and DATE (YYYYMMDD).
Under THRU, enter the Immediate Commander. Under TO, enter the Appropriate Installation Commander.
To obtain an evaluation from Unit Commander on OCS Applicant. Record is to be maintained in candidate's training file at the Officer Candidate School until commissioned. Disclosure of information requested in DA Form 5339 is mandatory. Failure to provide the requested information will result in non-acceptability of application for attendance at the U.S. Army Officer Candidate School.
A filled-in DA Form 5339 example: a unit commander evaluates an applicant
How to fill out DA Form 5339, box by box
The applicant
Under the provisions of AR 350-51, request the following named applicant be administratively processed for Officer Candidate School. Applicant will not be reassigned pending disposition of this application. Enter NAME (Last, First, MI), DODID NUMBER and RANK.
Enter the DUTIES CURRENTLY BEING PERFORMED BY APPLICANT.
Ratings 1 to 9
Enter a rating for 1. Character, 2. Presence, 3. Intellect, 4. Leads, 5. Develops, 6. Achieves, 7. Leadership in Practice, 8. Organizational Leadership and 9. Strategic Leadership, IAW Army Leadership and Profession (ADP 6-22).
Scoring guidelines for the ratings in boxes 1 to 9: "OUTSTANDING - Performs better than any other soldier you know. EXCELLENT - Performance equaled by very few other soldiers. ABOVE AVERAGE - Performs better than most soldiers. AVERAGE - Performs as well as most soldiers."
Boxes 10 to 14: fitness, run time, religious exceptions and permanent profile
10. Soldier meets physical fitness standards IAW AR 600-9 and AR 40-501: mark YES or NO.
For 11. AFT SCORE, enter the (AFT Score) and the DATE COMPLETED (YYYYMMDD).
MUST BE WITHIN 45 DAYS OF OCS REPORT DATE.
For 12. 4-MILE RUN TIME, enter the time in the format HH:MM:SS, then the DATE COMPLETED (YYYYMMDD).
13. DOES THE OC HAVE ANY RELIGIOUS EXCEPTIONS? (Explain in remarks.) Mark YES or NO.
14. DOES THE OC HAVE A PERMANENT PROFILE? (Explain in remarks.) Mark YES or NO.
Remarks and the unit commander's signature
Enter the REMARKS and the TYPED NAME OF UNIT COMMANDER, sign as the SIGNATURE OF UNIT COMMANDER and enter the DATE (YYYYMMDD).
More rules for DA Form 5339
For use of this form, see AR 350-51; the proponent agency is DCS, G-1.
Sources
[1] DA Form 5339 (MAY 2026), OCS Applicant's Commanders Evaluation Sheet, U.S. Army (the Official source link on this page).