DA Form 5434 at a glance
What it is: DA Form 5434 is the Sponsorship Program Counseling and Information Sheet.
A filled-in DA Form 5434 example: a Soldier completes the unit and family pages
How to fill out DA Form 5434, box by box
1. NOTE
Soldiers/Family members may retrieve information regarding their new assignment at Army Knowledge Online.
Check "I have been counseled on the Total Army Sponsorship Program", then enter the Typed or Printed Name, Rank, Signature and Date.
2. ARRIVAL INFORMATION TO ASSIST GAINING UNIT
Enter your Rank/Name, the Gaining Installation you are on assignment to and the Month and Year you expect to arrive on/about.
Enter the Soldier's contact information: Current Unit/Address, DSN Phone number, Cell Phone number (personal), Email address (personal), Other (i.e., Social Media), and Leave Address and Phone number until.
Under Status (check one), check Married-unaccompanied, Single-unaccompanied, Married-accompanied or Single-accompanied.
Under Accompanied by Family members, enter NAME, AGE, RELATIONSHIP and SEX for each, and check Yes or No under Exceptional Family Member Program (EFMP).
3. GAINING UNIT/ACTIVITY INFORMATION
Enter the Gaining Unit/Activity.
Enter the Unit CDR/Supervisor, with the Phone number and Email address.
Enter the Unit sponsor, with the Phone number and Email address.
Enter the Unit 1SG/Supervisor, with the Phone number and Email address.
Enter the TASP Unit Coordinator, with the Phone number and Email address.
Enter the Date of initial contact.
4. LOSING UNIT/ACTIVITY INFORMATION
Enter the Losing Unit/Activity.
Enter the Unit CDR/Supervisor, the Unit 1SG/Supervisor and the TASP Unit Coordinator, and for each the Phone number and Email address.
5. FAMILY CONSIDERATIONS
Under Housing requirements (check one), check Off-post housing or On-post housing.
Under Pets, check Yes or No and enter the QTY; if yes, List pet(s) and Type(s).
Under Child care requirements, check Yes or No.
Under Spousal Employment info, check Yes or No; if yes, list type of work.
Under List of local schools, check Yes or No.
Enter Additional comments.
Under Contact by Unit Family Readiness Group (FRG), check Yes or No; if yes, list Email address.
More rules for DA Form 5434
The principal purpose is personnel service support: to counsel Soldiers about the sponsorship program and entitlements and provide contact information to gaining battalion or activity of new members and their dependents.
Before you go
For use of this form, see AR 600-8-8; the proponent agency is Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management.
If additional space is necessary, please attach your documentation to the form.
Sources
[1] DA Form 5434, JUN 2019, Sponsorship Program Counseling and Information Sheet (the Official source link on this page).