Army Forms Archive

DA Form 4787 — REASSIGNMENT PROCESSING

reassignment processing

Download the form

DA Form 4787 is a DA series document issued for use across the Department of the Army. Official title: REASSIGNMENT PROCESSING. Purpose: reassignment processing. The current edition carries the date 03/01/2007 and is listed with a publication status of ACTIVE. The form runs to 1 page(s) and contains approximately 200 entry fields.

The office of primary responsibility is G-1. Use is prescribed by AR 600-8-11, which defines when the form is raised and where it goes afterward. The form is normally completed by the subject of the entries or by administrative personnel maintaining the record, then reviewed and signed as the governing authority directs.

Distributed formats: PDF, XFDL. The layout is common to all of them; what varies is the method of entry. The pdf is the reference version. In the fillable pdf the entry areas are live objects that accept typing; in the printable version the same areas are inert and are filled by hand after printing.

The pdf displays in current browsers and in any reader application. For fillable use a full reader is preferable to a browser viewer, since viewers vary in whether entered data is retained. An xfdl file is available too. The format is IBM Lotus Forms, in use across Army form systems, and it opens only in the Lotus Forms Viewer.

All formats are free to download and no registration is involved. The files are the published documents, distributed unmodified.

What the form asks for

  • ACCEPT
  • ANTICIP
  • CONTACT
  • CURRENT
  • CUR_FAM
  • ContentArea1
  • DATE
  • DO_NOT
  • FAMILY_C
  • FAMILY_C_1
  • FAMILY_C_2
  • FAMILY_C_3
  • FAMILY_D
  • FAMILY_D_1
  • FAMILY_D_2
  • FAMILY_D_3
  • FAMILY_N
  • FAMILY_N_1
  • FAMILY_N_2
  • FAMILY_N_3
  • FAMILY_R
  • FAMILY_R_1
  • FAMILY_R_2
  • FAMILY_R_3

Completion follows the printed sequence of blocks from the top of the page downward. The heading area takes the identifying particulars — name, identification number, organisation, date of preparation. Retrieval of the record from a file depends on these entries, and they are therefore filled first.

Typed entry is made straight into the interactive fields. The tab key moves through them in the order set at build time, generally matching the reading order of the page. Boxes and buttons respond to a click; in an exclusive group, one selection cancels the others. Single-line fields do not wrap, and anything longer than the field width prints cut off although it may still display in full on screen. Extended text goes to remarks or a continuation sheet rather than into a narrow box.

The signature block is completed last and by hand or by an accepted electronic means. An unsigned form is a draft. Where a second signature is called for — reviewing official, approving authority, witness — each is applied in the order the blocks appear and dated as of application, not as of preparation. Blank mandatory fields are the most frequent defect; a nil entry is marked as such rather than left empty. Other recurring faults: transposed digits in identification numbers, dates in the wrong order of day and month, and stale copies retaining prior data because a working file was reused instead of a fresh blank form.

Where personal information is gathered, the form carries a Privacy Act statement giving the collection authority, the purpose, the routine uses, and the mandatory or voluntary character of the disclosure. It is read before entries are made rather than afterwards. A completed copy holds personal data and is stored and transmitted under the corresponding safeguards.

The completed form is routed as the governing authority prescribes: to the office named in the directive, through the unit administrative channel, or into the individual's file, depending on the case. A copy is retained by the preparer. Filing and retention follow the records schedule applicable to the series rather than local practice.

Associated documents are located through the series and number scheme. Forms in the DA series with the same proponent or the same prescribing directive tend to be used as a set, and any form named on the face of another normally accompanies it. Continuations, cover sheets, and transmittals fall into this category and are gathered before the package is sent.

An edition stands until the proponent issues a revision. The printed edition date identifies the version, and a copy held locally is checked against the edition now in force before reuse. Prior executions under a superseded edition are not reopened for that reason.

What is offered here are copies of published Department of the Army documents, made available for download. The site is independent of the Department of the Army and publishes no forms of its own. The material is informational and not legal advice, and no statement is made about whether any office will accept a given document. Questions of entry, requirement, or eligibility go to the proponent or the servicing administrative office.

Questions and answers

What is DA Form 4787?
REASSIGNMENT PROCESSING
Which edition is current?
03/01/2007
Who is responsible for this form?
G-1
In which formats can it be downloaded?
PDF, XFDL, PDF

Publisher notes

  1. 42-ITEM ONLY PRODUCED IN ELECTRONIC MEDIA
  2. 14-REQUIRES PRIVACY ACT STATEMENT (AR 340-21)

Other forms in the series