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DA Form 7422 is a DA series document issued for use across the Department of the Army. Official title: ANNUAL PERSONNEL RELIABILITY PROGRAM (PRP) STATUS REPORT. Purpose: annual personnel reliability program (prp) status report. The current edition carries the date 04/01/2026 and is listed with a publication status of ACTIVE. The form runs to 1 page(s) and contains approximately 132 entry fields.
Responsibility for content and revision lies with G-3/5/7. The prescribing directive is AR 50-5, which sets both the trigger for use and the disposition of the completed document. Entry is made by the named party or by the records clerk holding the file, with review and signature applied in the prescribed order. This edition has been superseded by a newer one. It is kept accessible for reference and for records already completed under it.
Available formats: PDF, XFDL. Each is a rendering of the same official layout; the content is identical across them and only the means of completion differs. The pdf is the reference copy. Fillable pdf carries interactive form fields; a printable pdf is the same page image without them, intended for pen entry after printing.
A pdf opens in any current browser or in a dedicated reader. Fillable behaviour is more reliable in a full reader than in a browser viewer, where some field types render but do not save. An xfdl file is also published. This is the IBM Lotus Forms format used within Army systems; it requires the Lotus Forms Viewer and will not open in a pdf reader or a word processor.
All formats are free to download and no registration is involved. The files are the published documents, distributed unmodified.
What the form asks for
- Civilian_Controlled1
- Civilian_Controlled10
- Civilian_Controlled11
- Civilian_Controlled12
- Civilian_Controlled13
- Civilian_Controlled14
- Civilian_Controlled15
- Civilian_Controlled16
- Civilian_Controlled17
- Civilian_Controlled18
- Civilian_Controlled19
- Civilian_Controlled2
- Civilian_Controlled3
- Civilian_Controlled4
- Civilian_Controlled5
- Civilian_Controlled6
- Civilian_Controlled7
- Civilian_Controlled8
- Civilian_Controlled9
- Civilian_Critical1
- Civilian_Critical10
- Civilian_Critical11
- Civilian_Critical12
- Civilian_Critical13
The blocks are worked through in the order they appear on the sheet. At the head sit the identifying entries: name, identification number, unit, date. Because the filed record is indexed on these, they precede everything substantive.
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.
A Privacy Act statement appears on the form where personal information is collected. It sets out the authority for collection, the purpose, the routine uses, and whether disclosure is mandatory or voluntary. The statement is read before entry, not after. Completed copies carry personal data and are handled and stored under the safeguards applicable to that data.
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.
Related forms are found by series and number. Documents in the DA series sharing a proponent or a prescribing directive commonly travel together, and a form referenced within the body of another is usually filed with it. Continuation sheets, cover sheets, and transmittal documents belong to this group and are collected before submission rather than after.
Revision by the proponent supersedes an edition. Version is read from the edition date printed on the form itself, and a stored copy is compared against the current edition before it is used again. Documents already executed under an earlier edition are not redone because of the change.
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Questions and answers
- What is DA Form 7422?
- ANNUAL PERSONNEL RELIABILITY PROGRAM (PRP) STATUS REPORT
- Which edition is current?
- 04/01/2026
- Who is responsible for this form?
- G-3/5/7
- In which formats can it be downloaded?
- PDF, XFDL, PDF