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DA Form 7632 handles one job: deviation approval and risk acceptance document (darad). The official title is DEVIATION APPROVAL AND RISK ACCEPTANCE DOCUMENT (DARAD). Download it below, fill it in, sign it, send it where your directive says. The edition on this page is 07/01/2023, status ACTIVE, running 1 page(s) with about 200 fields to complete. This edition is superseded — pull the newer one unless your record was already executed on this version.
Two references decide everything about your use of it: DAS maintains the content, PAM 385-30, PAM 385-64 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 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.
Use a full pdf reader, not the browser viewer. Browser viewers display fields they cannot always save, and the loss shows up only when you reopen the file — type one entry, save, reopen, verify, then fill the rest. The xfdl file is IBM Lotus Forms, used inside Army systems, and opens in the Lotus Forms Viewer alone — no pdf reader, no word processor.
No charge, no account, no email address. The file is the published document, distributed unaltered.
What the form asks for
- AcceptorCheckBox
- AcceptorComment
- AddCommentPage
- AltConDescription1
- AltConDescription2
- AltConDescription3
- AltConReasons1
- AltConReasons2
- AltConReasons3
- AlternativesConsideredCB
- AmmoExplSuppDataHeader
- AnalystSig
- ApprovalSig
- ArmyHQ
- ConcurAttach1
- ConcurAttach2
- ConcurAttach3
- ConcurAttach4
- ConcurAttach5
- ConcurAttach6
- ControlMeasuresAttachCB
- ControlMeasuresDescription
- Country
- CurrentSitAttachCheckBox
The heading entries carry more weight than the body. Name spelled as in official records, identification number, organisation, date prepared. Retrieval runs on those values, so a transposed digit or a casual spelling costs someone a file search. Fill them before anything else.
Tab through the fields rather than clicking. The tab order was fixed when the form was built and generally follows the page, which catches boxes a mouse skips past. Check boxes and option buttons take a click, and an exclusive group clears the previous selection when you make a new one. Single-line fields do not wrap — text past the field width prints truncated while still showing in full on screen, which is why the loss is discovered after printing. Overflow goes to remarks or a continuation sheet. A field that does not apply gets the mark meaning none; blank space reads as an omission.
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.
Check the edition date before reusing a saved copy. Revisions come from the proponent without notice to you, and the printed date is the only version marker on the page. Already-submitted records under a superseded edition stand as filed; the change does not run backwards.
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 DAS or the administrative office servicing your unit.
Questions and answers
- What is DA Form 7632?
- DEVIATION APPROVAL AND RISK ACCEPTANCE DOCUMENT (DARAD)
- Which edition is current?
- 07/01/2023
- Who is responsible for this form?
- DAS
- In which formats can it be downloaded?
- PDF, XFDL, PDF