DA Form 1059 and DA Form 1059–2 are used to document the performance, accomplishments, potential, and limitations of students while attending military schools and courses of instruction or training.
The reporting official will be responsible for the qualitative and quantitative assessment of students’ abilities and the accuracy of the information in the completed DA Form 1059 and DA Form 1059–2.
For resident students in courses greater than two weeks, the time period covered by a DA Form 1059 and DA Form 1059–2 producing schools will be counted as nonrated time on the OER or NCOER that covers the same period.
Some instances exist for Soldiers enrolled in nonresident courses who will receive an AER assessment for the nonresident course as the same period of time of an OER or NCOER.
In these nonresident course instances, the AER assessment period will not be counted as nonrated time for any due OER or NCOER.
Comments pertaining to academic performance during the nonresident course will only be used on the DA Form 1059 or DA Form 1059–2 and will not be included in OERs or NCOERs.
DA Form 1059 and DA Form 1059–2 are also discussed in paragraphs 3 –50, 3–52, and DA Pam 623–3.
In accordance with AR 350–1 and AR 350–10, ATRRS is the Army’s system of record for training at Army and non-Army schools.
All training requirements, schedules, quota assignments, student reservations, enrollment, and completion entries are required to be documented in ATRRS.
All EES entries and/or AER submissions to HQDA failing validation against ATRRS may result in a delay and/or failure to process the AER to the Soldiers AMHRR.
a. Counseling requirements.
Academic performance counseling for students attending Service schools or military courses of instruction or training will be conducted in accordance with procedures established at the local level by the commandant of the school or the CG, TRADOC.
b. Annual reporting requirement.
The preparation of DA Form 1059 and/or DA Form 1059–2, as applicable, is required annually for resident students enrolled in military Service schools that are longer than 12 months in duration under AR 350–1.
The annual requirement for DA Form 1059 or DA Form 1059–2 does not apply to a student enrolled in a nonresident course.
(1)
An interim report will be prepared 12 months (1 calendar year) after the beginning of the training program to document the student’s progress at that time.
(2)
An additional DA Form 1059 or DA Form 1059–2, as applicable, will be prepared every 12 months thereafter, or upon completion of the training, whichever occurs first.
A final DA Form 1059 or DA Form 1059–2, as applicable, “Course Completion” report will be prepared and submitted to HRC (AHRC–PDV–ER) to arrive no later than 90 days after the completion or termination of training (see app F).
(3)
As an exception, one DA Form 1059 or DA Form 1059–2, as applicable, will be used for courses that are longer than 12 months but no more than 15 months in duration.
The DA Form 1059 or DA Form 1059–2, as applicable, will cover the entire course length.
c. Army physical fitness test and height/weight entries.
Soldiers attending institutional training courses (including officer and NCO educational system courses and functional courses listed in AR 350–1) are expected to meet the Army’s physical fitness and body composition standards.
All AERs for professional military education courses beyond initial military training will require an APFT in accordance with AR 350–1 and height/weight screening (body composition compliance in accordance with AR 600–9).
For resident courses, the APFT, height and weight, and verification of compliance with AR 600–9 results will be entered on the AER.
(See DA Pam 623–3 for procedural guidance.)
d. Uncompleted course requirement due to no fault of student.
Students who are released from, or resign from, a course of instruction or degree program early through no fault of their own (for example, medical or compassionate reasons, approved retirement, or resignation from military service) will receive a DA Form 1059 or DA Form 1059–2, as applicable.
Concise details addressing the early release will be explained within the academic rater’s narrative.
For students released at no fault of their own, the reason for submission will be “Released Early (No Fault of Student)”(see DA Pam 623–3).
Exceptions to this requirement are listed in para 3–50.
(1)
For DA Form 1059, comments are required in part III, block b, and will fully explain the circumstance of release due to no fault of the student.
DA Form 1059 part II, blocks d through m, and part III, blocks a and c, will not be completed.
(2)
For DA Form 1059–2, comments are required in part III, block b, and will fully explain the circumstance of release due to no fault of the student.
DA Form 1059–2 part II, blocks d through i, and part III, block a, will not be completed.
e. Enrollments after Army Training Requirements and Resources System class start date.
When a student is enrolled into a class after the ATRRS class start date, the “From” date on DA Form 1059 or DA Form 1059–2, as applicable, will reflect the actual date the student entered the class (the ATRRS input date).
The academic rater will provide comments explaining the late enrollment.
f. Regular Army and U.S. Army Reserve in active duty status.
(1)
Commandants of Army (or other DoD branch) schools (also known as Service schools) and NCO academies will be responsible for preparing DA Form 1059 and/or DA Form 1059–2, as applicable.
Completed reports will be submitted to HQDA to arrive no later than 90 days after the student’s graduation or termination from the school or academy (see paras 3–34, 3–50, and 3–52).
In preparing these reports, all significant information that can be evaluated will be reported.
The same care and attention will be exercised in preparing AERs as exercised in preparing OERs and NCOERs.
(2)
School commandants or training division or BDE commanders will ensure that DA Form 1059 and DA Form 1059–2 comments are based on observation of a student’s qualities, strengths, weaknesses, deficiencies, and overall performance.
(3)
Appropriate OERs and NCOERs will be submitted for Soldiers assigned a principal duty before the start of a DA Form 1059 or DA Form 1059–2 producing course, between courses, or after a course.
OERs will be prepared for all officers and NCOERs will be prepared for all NCOs, if appropriate, whose principal duties and assignment are as other than a student.
They will be submitted under the provisions of this regulation.
(4)
For AMEDD schools, see appendix E in addition to paragraphs 3–27 through 3–29.
(5)
Schools will submit completed DA Form 1059 and DA Form 1059–2 reports to HQDA by using electronic submission capabilities available in EES, mail, or email when deployed in support of contingency operations for inclusion in Soldiers’ AMHRR (see app F).
g. Reserve Component personnel not on active duty.
(1)
The Service school commandant and training division or BDE commanders will ensure a DA Form 1059 or DA Form 1059–2, as applicable, is prepared for students under the following criteria:
(a)
Successful course completion.
(b)
Unsatisfactory course completion, including termination or failure to complete the course.
(2)
DA Form 1059s are not required for initial active duty for training (ADT) personnel attending their initial advanced individual training MOS-producing course following basic combat training or basic training.
If the honor graduate or distinguished graduate of the basic training or the basic training course is in initial ADT, the school commandant will send a letter to the appropriate state AG or area commander.
(3)
The completed DA Form 1059 or DA Form 1059–2, as applicable, will be submitted to HQDA by using electronic submission capabilities available in EES or hardcopy mail for processing and inclusion in the Soldier’s AMHRR (see app F).
h. All noncommissioned officer academies.
For Soldiers who complete structured self-development level 2 (SSD–2), a G code will be awarded through ATRRS and annotated on a Soldier’s enlisted records brief.
A DA Form 1059 is not issued to Soldiers unless there is no Advanced Leaders Course (ALC) technical phase for a Soldier’s MOS.
i. Reasons for submitting a DA Form 1059 and DA Form 1059–2.
The DA Form 1059 or DA Form 1059–2, as applicable, will be rendered for the following reasons:
(1)
AHRC directed.
A code 19, “AHRC Directed” AER, will be rendered when the CG, HRC determines there is a need for an academic evaluation report and directs the issuance (see para 3–54).
(2)
Interim report.
A code 60, “Interim Report” AER, will be submitted annually for courses that exceed 15 months in duration.
(3)
Course completion.
A code 62, “Course Completion” AER, will be submitted after successful completion of a DA Form 1059 producing course.
For courses consisting of multiple phases, this type of report will only be completed for a course phase that finalizes the completion of all phase requirements of a multiphase course.
Course completion academic reports that signify a military education level advancement must annotate the military education level achieved.
(4)
Phase completion.
A code 65, “Phase Completion” AER, will be submitted upon completion of a course phase for multiphase courses.
The phase number completed is required and will be annotated.
(5)
Released early (no fault of student).
A code 63, “Released Early (No Fault of Student)” AER, will be submitted for students that do not meet course requirements and are released early from the course of instruction or degree program through no fault of their own.
(6)
Did not graduate.
A code 64, “Did Not Graduate” AER, will be submitted for students that fail to meet course requirements needed for course completion.