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DA Form 5165-R exists to field expedient squad book — that is the short version. Title of record: FIELD EXPEDIENT SQUAD BOOK. The page covers the download, the entries and the disposition, nothing else. Current here: edition June 2010, status not stated, 1 page(s), near 200 fields.
Two references decide everything about your use of it: TRADOC maintains the content, (STP 10-92A12) 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.
PDF, XFDL are available and the decision takes one second. Type your entries: fillable pdf. Write them: printable pdf. The published layout is common to both, so the format governs your method and nothing more.
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. Xfdl means IBM Lotus Forms. The Lotus Forms Viewer opens it; pdf readers and word processors do not.
No charge, no account, no email address. The file is the published document, distributed unaltered.
What the form asks for
- APPLICAT
- ContentArea1
- GO_A
- GO_A_1
- GO_A_10
- GO_A_11
- GO_A_12
- GO_A_13
- GO_A_14
- GO_A_15
- GO_A_16
- GO_A_2
- GO_A_3
- GO_A_4
- GO_A_5
- GO_A_6
- GO_A_7
- GO_A_8
- GO_A_9
- GO_B
- GO_B_1
- GO_B_10
- GO_B_11
- GO_B_12
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.
Signature comes after every other entry — ink or an approved electronic means, and without it the document is a draft. Where reviewing, approving or witnessing signatures are called for, take them in printed block order, each dated on the day applied. Before release, one pass from the top. The defects worth hunting are always the same four: mandatory fields left empty, identification digits transposed, dates with day and month reversed, and stale data surviving in a copy reused in place of a blank form.
Privacy Act statement first, personal entries second. The notice covers who is authorised to collect, why, who else routinely sees it, and whether you must answer. After completion the file carries personal data and is stored and sent under the corresponding safeguards.
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.
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.
Edition date is the version number, printed on the page. Hold a locally saved copy against the current edition before reuse, since nothing on your machine signals a revision. Work already executed under a superseded edition remains as filed.
The files are copies of published Department of the Army forms. This site has no official connection, no authority to issue anything, and no basis for saying whether an office will accept a given submission. None of the text is legal advice. Real questions — entry, requirement, eligibility — belong with TRADOC or the administrative office servicing your unit.
Questions and answers
- What is DA Form 5165-R?
- FIELD EXPEDIENT SQUAD BOOK
- Which edition is current?
- June 2010
- Who is responsible for this form?
- TRADOC
- In which formats can it be downloaded?
- PDF, XFDL