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DA Form 3574 exists to certificate of acknowledgement and understanding of service requirements for individuals applying for appointment in the usar under the provisions of ar 135-100 or 135-101 as applicable - individuals without prior service — that is the short version. Title of record: CERTIFICATE OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND UNDERSTANDING OF SERVICE REQUIREMENTS FOR INDIVIDUALS APPLYING FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE USAR UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF AR 135-100 OR 135-101 AS APPLICABLE - INDIVIDUALS WITHOUT PRIOR SERVICE. The page covers the download, the entries and the disposition, nothing else. Current here: edition 06/01/1984, status ACTIVE, 2 page(s), near 92 fields.
G-1 is the proponent, AR 135-100 the prescribing authority. Read the directive only if something about your situation departs from the standard case. Otherwise the form is filled by the individual it describes, or by the records clerk keeping the file, and reviewed through the printed signature blocks.
The formats are PDF, XFDL, 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.
Save the download and open it in a dedicated reader. That single step prevents the common failure: an in-browser viewer accepts your typing and discards it at tab close. Confirm with one field and one save cycle before committing the whole form. The xfdl copy needs the IBM Lotus Forms Viewer. That format runs in Army systems and nothing else reads it.
No charge, no account, no email address. The file is the published document, distributed unaltered.
What the form asks for
- APPLIC_AR
- ContentArea1
- DATE
- NAME
- Page1
- Page2
- PageArea1
- R33
- R34
- R35
- R36
- R37
- R38
- R39
- R63
- R64
- R65
- R66
- R67
- R68
- R69
- R70
- R71
- R72
Header first, always. Name as your official records spell it, identification number, unit, date of preparation — these four index the finished record, and an error in them hides the document from anyone searching for it later. The substantive blocks can wait thirty seconds.
Tabbing beats clicking for coverage. The order was set at build time and tracks the page layout, so following it leaves no gaps. Boxes and buttons are clicked; where options are exclusive, one selection cancels another by design. Watch field width on long entries: one-line fields have no wrap, and what runs past the edge disappears in print though the screen still shows it. Move that text to remarks or a continuation. Never leave an inapplicable field empty — enter the nil mark, because a reviewer cannot distinguish a skipped question from a considered answer.
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.
The prescribing directive names the destination; office custom does not. Depending on the case that means a specific office, the unit administrative channel, or the personal record. Keep a copy first, because the original does not come back. Retention runs on the applicable records schedule.
Look for associated forms by series and number. In the DA series, documents sharing a proponent or a governing directive tend to travel together, and anything referenced on the page normally submits alongside. Collect continuations, covers and transmittals in advance of sending.
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.
What is distributed here are reproductions of published Department of the Army documents. Independent site, no official standing, no forms of its own. Nothing on the page constitutes legal advice, and acceptance by any office is outside what can be stated. Put questions about entries, requirements or eligibility to G-1 or your servicing administrative office.
Questions and answers
- What is DA Form 3574?
- CERTIFICATE OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND UNDERSTANDING OF SERVICE REQUIREMENTS FOR INDIVIDUALS APPLYING FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE USAR UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF AR 135-100 OR 135-101 AS APPLICABLE - INDIVIDUALS WITHOUT PRIOR SERVICE
- Which edition is current?
- 06/01/1984
- Who is responsible for this form?
- G-1
- In which formats can it be downloaded?
- PDF, XFDL, PDF
Publisher notes
- 14-REQUIRES PRIVACY ACT STATEMENT (AR 340-21)
- 42-ITEM ONLY PRODUCED IN ELECTRONIC MEDIA,