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DA Form 7708 exists to personnel reliability screening and evaluation — that is the short version. Title of record: PERSONNEL RELIABILITY SCREENING AND EVALUATION. The page covers the download, the entries and the disposition, nothing else. Current here: edition 06/01/2019, status ACTIVE, 2 page(s), near 200 fields.
PMG is the proponent, AR 190-13 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, 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.
Nothing is charged and no sign-up applies. Files are served as published, without changes to the page image.
What the form asks for
- ACCESS
- ADJUDICATED
- ALCOHOL
- ASSIGN
- CERTIFIED_1
- CK_Arms
- CK_CONFDNTL
- CK_Ctr
- CK_DO
- CK_DONOT
- CK_NONE
- CK_NOTREQ
- CK_Others
- CK_POSITION
- CK_Phys
- CK_Ret
- CK_SECRET
- CK_TOPSECRET
- CONTROL
- COURT
- ContentArea1
- ContentArea2
- DATE1
- DATE10
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.
Sign last. An unsigned form is a draft whatever else is on it, and additional signatures — reviewer, approver, witness — follow printed block order with each signer dating the day they sign, not the day of preparation. Four faults account for most returns: a blank mandatory field, transposed digits in an identification number, day and month reversed in a date, and leftover entries in a working copy reused instead of a fresh blank. Read the form once from the top before releasing it.
The Privacy Act statement is read before the personal entries, not after. It gives the collection authority, the purpose, the routine uses and whether disclosure is mandatory or voluntary. Once filled, your copy is a personal record and gets stored and transmitted accordingly.
Routing follows AR 190-13 and nothing else — a named office, the unit administrative channel, or the individual's file, according to why the form was raised. Copy it before it leaves. Retention is fixed by the records schedule for the series, which local practice does not shorten or extend.
Related forms are found by series and number. DA series documents under the same proponent or the same prescribing directive are commonly required as a set, and any form named on the face of this one goes forward with it. Assemble continuations, covers and transmittals before submitting, not after the query comes back.
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.
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 PMG or your servicing administrative office.
Questions and answers
- What is DA Form 7708?
- PERSONNEL RELIABILITY SCREENING AND EVALUATION
- Which edition is current?
- 06/01/2019
- Who is responsible for this form?
- PMG
- In which formats can it be downloaded?
- PDF, PDF