DA Form 1379 is the monthly attendance record a Reserve or National Guard unit uses to document every Soldier’s presence at scheduled inactive duty training, and to fill it out you enter unit and Soldier identifiers in the header, mark each four-hour assembly with the correct attendance code for each Soldier, capture exceptions in the remarks block, route it to the commander for certification, and transmit it electronically through ADARS into the reserve pay system. The mechanics below walk through each step in the order a Unit Pay Administrator actually performs them.
Where To Get and Generate the Form
Blank DA Form 1379 is published through the Army Publishing Directorate at armypubs.army.mil. Access generally requires a Common Access Card login because the form feeds personnel and pay systems.1Combined Arms Research Library. Finding Military Publications
In practice, units rarely fill in a blank PDF. Attendance is captured in the Automated Drill Attendance Reporting System (ADARS), a module inside the Regional Level Application Software (RLAS). ADARS produces the IDT Attendance Roster, which mirrors the data fields of the 1379 and feeds directly into the pay system.2United States Army Reserve. USAR Pamphlet 37-1 – Defense Joint Military Pay System – Reserve Component (DJMS-RC) Procedures Manual Units transitioning to the Integrated Personnel and Pay System (IPPS-A) manage attendance through that platform instead, as IPPS-A replaces RLAS capabilities.3U.S. Army Reserve. IPPS-A USAR Business Card
What To Have In Front of You Before You Start
At the unit level: the Unit Identification Code (UIC), the specific training dates covered, and the type of training period (a standard drill weekend, an extended MUTA, or another scheduled event).
For each Soldier: full legal name, Department of Defense Identification (DOD ID) number, and current rank. Rank matters because pay is calculated from grade and time in service, so a stale entry produces a pay error.
You also need the training schedule with the MUTA count. One Unit Training Assembly (UTA) is a single training period of at least four hours. A standard drill weekend is a MUTA-4: four assemblies across two consecutive days. Larger designations scale up through MUTA-6, MUTA-8, and so on to MUTA-12.4National Guard Bureau. National Guard Regulation 350-1 The MUTA value tells you how many attendance blocks each Soldier needs marked.
Completing the Header and Attendance Grid
Enter the unit designation, UIC, and the month or training period the form covers. If no drill is performed during a given month, prepare a “No Drill” DA Form 1379 anyway so the record has no gap.
The body of the form is a grid: assigned Soldiers listed by name down the side, and columns representing individual assemblies across the top. For each Soldier and each assembly, enter the applicable attendance code. Every block must have a code. Leaving a block blank creates an ambiguity that will hold up processing for the entire form.
Attendance Codes
Codes are drawn from regulatory guidance such as NGR 680-1, Table C-2, for National Guard units,5National Guard Bureau. NGR 680-1 – Personnel Assets Attendance and Accounting with comparable code sets in ADARS for Army Reserve units. The ones you will use most:
- A — Excused absence approved by the commander. No pay, no retirement point for that period.
- B — Attached to another unit. Soldier is drilling elsewhere under attachment orders.
- C — Constructive attendance. Applies when a Soldier is en route after an interstate transfer or is on active duty during the scheduled drill.
- E — Rescheduled training performed before or on the day of the unit’s scheduled drill. An inactive duty performance certificate must be received before the commander signs the 1379.
- H — Hospitalized or incapacitated in the line of duty and unable to perform normal military duties.
- K — Absent from the scheduled drill but authorized to perform rescheduled training on a later date.
- N — Performed duty for retirement points only, with no pay processed through ADARS.
Tracking MUTA Periods
Each four-hour assembly gets its own column. On a MUTA-4 weekend, a Soldier who attends every assembly receives four separate marks. Miss one Sunday afternoon assembly and three blocks show attendance while one shows the applicable absence code. Pay is calculated per assembly, not per day, so a missed four-hour block costs that assembly’s pay and its retirement point.
Using the Remarks Section
The remarks block captures anything that deviates from the standard schedule. If a Soldier performed Rescheduled Training or equivalent training at a different time or location, note the dates, the type of duty, and the commander’s approval. Soldiers drilling with another unit under attachment orders need a remark on departure and return. These entries reconcile the attendance totals so the form reads coherently when someone reviews it later.
Supporting Documents That Feed the 1379
DA Form 1379 does not stand alone. The main companion document is DA Form 1380, the Record of Individual Performance of Reserve Duty Training. A 1380 is prepared whenever a Soldier performs training outside the regular unit assembly — nonunit reserve training, equivalent duty, or rescheduled training at a different time. The original 1380 is forwarded to the unit of assignment, where the UPA uses it to update the Soldier’s entry on the 1379. Process all DA Forms 1380 for pay and retirement points no later than the last day of each month.6U.S. Army Human Resources Command. Record of Individual Performance of Reserve Duty Training (DA Form 1380)
Active Duty for Training (ADT) is recorded on separate orders and pay documents, not on the 1379. If a Soldier is on ADT during a scheduled drill weekend, reflect that overlap on the 1379 with a constructive attendance code so unit strength stays accurate.
Commander Review and Certification
Once the UPA finishes entering data, the unit commander reviews the form and signs it. The signature certifies that the listed personnel actually performed the duties described. Only the commander, the first sergeant, or a senior NCO designated on an additional-duty appointment can certify the IDT Attendance Roster, and the person who entered the data into ADARS cannot also be the certifying official.2United States Army Reserve. USAR Pamphlet 37-1 – Defense Joint Military Pay System – Reserve Component (DJMS-RC) Procedures Manual That separation of duties exists for a reason.
A commander who knowingly certifies false attendance data faces prosecution under Article 107 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, which covers any person subject to the UCMJ who, with intent to deceive, signs a false official document knowing it to be false. Punishment is whatever a court-martial directs and can include confinement, reduction in grade, and a punitive discharge.7Office of the Law Revision Counsel. 10 USC 907 Art. 107 False Official Statements False Swearing The same exposure reaches a UPA who inflates attendance and a Soldier who claims drill credit for a period they did not perform.
Electronic Submission and Pay Timing
After certification, attendance data is transmitted through ADARS into the Defense Joint Military Pay System – Reserve Component (DJMS-RC). ADARS handles IDT attendance inside the Input Acceptance Schedule (IAS), which covers the current month and the previous eleven months. Anything outside that window is rejected by DJMS-RC and requires a separate manual procedure.2United States Army Reserve. USAR Pamphlet 37-1 – Defense Joint Military Pay System – Reserve Component (DJMS-RC) Procedures Manual
DJMS-RC runs update cycles on business days, each tied to a specific pay date. Transactions submitted by the deadline for a given run date are processed and paid on the corresponding pay date, typically eight to ten days later. Submissions on weekends or federal holidays process on the next business day.8MyNavyHR. DJMS-RC Update Schedule for the Work Months of January, February and March 2026 The sooner the certified attendance is submitted after drill, the sooner Soldiers see the money.
Retain the signed DA Form 1379 and supporting documents at the unit. The original DA Form 1379 prepared by each reserve unit is designated the “record set” under Army records management policy.9National Archives and Records Administration. Request for Records Disposition Authority – Department of the Army
Fixing a Submitted 1379
Mistakes happen. A name is misspelled, a code is wrong, an assembly block was left blank, or an attendance mark contradicts the underlying 1380. Corrections go through the unit commander, who reviews the supporting documentation and approves a corrected version of the form for the affected month; the corrected 1379 is then forwarded for processing.10ACTS Online. I Want My Retirement Points Corrected – ACTS Online For Individual Ready Reserve Soldiers assigned to a Ready Training Unit, the corrected form goes to HRC G-3.
If the correction reaches back further than eleven months, ADARS will reject it and the unit has to use the manual processing procedures in USAR Pamphlet 37-1.2United States Army Reserve. USAR Pamphlet 37-1 – Defense Joint Military Pay System – Reserve Component (DJMS-RC) Procedures Manual Older discrepancies may require a petition to the Army Board for Correction of Military Records with documentary evidence of the training actually performed.
The cleanest way to avoid corrections is to check the IDT Attendance Roster before the commander signs. If the unit posts it for review, verify each Soldier’s name, rank, and every assembly code while the file is still open.