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Use DA Form 1577 when you need to authorization for issuance of awards this form is not available on the army electronic library (ael) or the usapa web site. da form 1577 is only authorized for use within the office of military awards branch perscom (odcsper) and nprc.. Full title: AUTHORIZATION FOR ISSUANCE OF AWARDS [NOTE: THIS FORM IS NOT AVAILABLE ON THE APD WEBSITE. DA FORM 1577 IS ONLY AUTHORIZED FOR USE WITHIN THE OFFICE OF MILITARY AWARDS BRANCH PERSCOM (ODCSPER) AND NPRC.]. Everything you need is on this page — the file, the entry rules, the routing. Edition 05/01/2001, status ACTIVE, unknown page(s), roughly unknown fields.
Two references decide everything about your use of it: G-1 maintains the content, AR 600-8-22 sets the trigger and the routing. Consult the directive when your case is not routine; otherwise the printed blocks tell you enough. The person named in the entries fills it, or the administrative office holding the file does it for them.
The formats are none published here, and the choice comes down to keyboard or pen. Fillable pdf for typing — live fields, tab order, saved entries. Printable pdf for handwriting — same page, no interactive objects, print it blank. Content is identical; only entry method differs.
A standalone reader is the safe choice for fillable work. Browser viewers vary in whether entered data survives the session, and there is no warning when it does not; a one-field save test settles it in seconds.
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Start at the top and get the header exactly right. Official spelling of the name, identification number, unit, date. Everything downstream finds the record through those entries; nothing else on the page has that consequence.
Move between fields with tab; the build-time order follows the page and misses nothing. Click check boxes and option buttons, and expect an exclusive group to release the old choice when you set a new one. The trap is field width. Single-line fields do not wrap, so an overlong entry displays complete on screen and prints cut at the margin — put it in remarks or on a continuation instead. Mark inapplicable fields rather than leaving them blank, since an empty box carries no information about whether the question was read.
The signature closes the form and nothing precedes it. Draft status holds until it is applied, by hand or by an accepted electronic method. Countersignatures go in printed order, each dated at signing. Then one final read from the top, looking for the four recurring defects: empty mandatory fields, swapped digits in identification numbers, day-month inversion in dates, and residue from a reused file that goes forward as though intended.
Read the Privacy Act statement at the point it appears. Authority, purpose, routine uses, mandatory or voluntary — four facts, and they govern what you are about to enter. A completed copy holds personal data and takes the handling rules that attach to it.
Send it where the directive says: the office it names, the unit administrative channel, or the individual's file. Take your copy before submission. How long the record is held comes from the schedule for the series, not from the office holding it.
Companion documents come from the same series and number scheme. Within the DA series, a shared proponent or a shared directive usually means shared use, and a form cited on the face of another accompanies it. Gather the whole package first — continuation sheets, cover sheets, transmittals.
A stored file goes stale silently. The proponent revises, a new edition date is published, and your copy says nothing about it — so compare the printed date against the edition in force before typing into it again. Completed submissions on an earlier edition are not reopened.
These are reproductions of published Department of the Army documents, offered for download. The site is independent, connected to nothing official, and issues no forms of its own. Nothing here is legal advice and no statement is made about acceptance by any office. Questions about an entry, a requirement or eligibility go to G-1 or your servicing administrative office.
Questions and answers
- What is DA Form 1577?
- AUTHORIZATION FOR ISSUANCE OF AWARDS [NOTE: THIS FORM IS NOT AVAILABLE ON THE APD WEBSITE. DA FORM 1577 IS ONLY AUTHORIZED FOR USE WITHIN THE OFFICE OF MILITARY AWARDS BRANCH PERSCOM (ODCSPER) AND NPRC.]
- Which edition is current?
- 05/01/2001
- Who is responsible for this form?
- G-1
- In which formats can it be downloaded?
- No file published here