Administrative documents are written for readers who were not present, and DA Form 7807 is no exception. Titled JUSTIFICATION FOR INDUSTRIAL MOBILIZATION CAPACITY (IMC) - ELIGIBLE WORKSTATIONS, it is used to justification for industrial mobilization capacity (imc) - eligible workstations — a transaction that means little in conversation and a great deal in a file. The published edition here carries the date 06/01/2018 and the status ACTIVE. Its 1 page(s) and roughly 71 fields are sized to what the record must prove years later, which is always more than the moment appears to need.
Two offices stand behind the form, and the distinction between them explains most of what follows. ASA (AL&T) is the proponent: it decides what the form asks and revises it when the underlying process changes. PAM 700-90 is the prescribing authority: it decides when the form is raised at all and where the completed document travels. Content and occasion are separated deliberately, so that a change in procedure does not require redesigning the page.
Retrieval governs the order of entry. The head of the form takes name, identification number, unit and date, and those values become the handles by which the record is found later — the substantive blocks are never searched on. This is why the spelling must match official records exactly rather than approximately.
Tab order is not a convenience feature; it was fixed when the form was built and generally traces the page, so following it produces the sequence the designer intended and leaves fewer gaps than a mouse. Exclusive option groups clear the previous selection because the record is not permitted to hold two contradictory answers. Single-line fields do not wrap for the same reason the layout is fixed: the printed page has to fall in known positions, so text past the field width is cut at the margin even though the screen still shows it whole. Overflow belongs in remarks or on a continuation, where there is room designed for it. And an inapplicable field is marked rather than skipped, since a blank tells a later reader nothing about whether the question was considered.
A signature is what converts entries into a record, which is why it comes last and why an unsigned form remains a draft however complete it looks. Where a reviewing official, an approving authority or a witness also signs, each adds a distinct attestation, and each dates the day of signing rather than the day of preparation — the dates trace the sequence of responsibility. The recurring defects are worth knowing precisely because they defeat that purpose: an empty mandatory field leaves an obligation unmet, transposed identification digits attach the record to nobody, a date with day and month reversed puts events in the wrong order, and entries left in a reused working copy assert facts nobody intended.
The Privacy Act statement is on the page because collecting personal information requires the collector to disclose the terms first — the authority relied on, the purpose, the routine uses, and whether an answer is required or may be withheld. That order is the point: the statement is read before the entries it governs, since consent given afterwards is not consent. Once completed, the copy is a personal record and carries the handling obligations that attach to one.
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The published formats — PDF — reflect the range of places a form gets filled in. Where there is a computer, the fillable pdf supplies live fields that keep entries positioned and readable. Where there is not, the printable pdf gives the identical page as flat artwork for pen entry. The distinction is one of setting rather than of authority; the page is the same document in both.
Software determines whether an entry lasts. A browser viewer is designed for reading, and several will take typed input into fields without any means of writing it back — the text is simply absent when you reopen. A standalone reader handles the form structure properly.
No charge and no account apply: these are published documents, and access to them is not something a distributor is entitled to price.
What the form asks for
- ContentArea1
- FBY1
- FBY2
- FBY3
- FBY4
- FPY1
- FPY2
- FPY3
- FRBY1
- FRBY2
- FRBY3
- FRBY4
- FRPY1
- FRPY2
- FRPY3
- FTHBY1
- FTHBY2
- FTHBY3
- FTHBY4
- FTHPY1
- FTHPY2
- FTHPY3
- Page1
- R320
Disposition is prescribed, not chosen. PAM 700-90 names the destination, whether that is a specific office, the unit administrative channel or the personal record, and the applicable records schedule governs how long it survives there. Both rules exist to keep the file consistent across offices with different habits. Take your copy before the document leaves, since it will not come back.
Series and number are how the DA series signals which documents belong together, and the grouping follows real process boundaries: a shared proponent or directive usually means a shared purpose. A form cited on the face of another is part of that same transaction, and continuation sheets, covers and transmittals complete it.
Editions change because the process changes, and the printed edition date is the only marker of which version a page belongs to. A copy saved locally cannot know it has been superseded, so the date on it is compared against the edition in force before reuse. Records already executed under an earlier edition are left alone — a document is read under the terms it was made, and reopening completed files to match a later form would falsify the account.
A word on where this page sits. These are reproductions of published Department of the Army documents, made available by an independent site with no official role and no authority to issue forms. The structure described above — proponent, prescribing directive, records schedule — exists apart from this site entirely, which is why nothing written here is legal advice and why acceptance by any office is not something that can be promised. Put questions of entry, requirement or eligibility to ASA (AL&T) or to the administrative office servicing your unit.
Questions and answers
- What is DA Form 7807?
- JUSTIFICATION FOR INDUSTRIAL MOBILIZATION CAPACITY (IMC) - ELIGIBLE WORKSTATIONS
- Which edition is current?
- 06/01/2018
- Who is responsible for this form?
- ASA (AL&T)
- In which formats can it be downloaded?
- PDF, PDF