*This regulation supersedes Army Directive 2011–22, dated 21 November 2011.
AR 600–77 • 5 March 2019
UNCLASSIFIED
Department of the Army
Personnel-General
Administrative Management of Wounded, Ill, or Injured Soldiers
History. This is a new Department of
the Army regulation.
Summary. This regulation prescribes
policy, procedures, and administrative
guidance for the management and support
of wounded, ill, or injured Soldiers.
Wounded, ill, or injured Soldiers are ad-
ministratively and medically managed by
the Soldiers' organic command, State and
Territory (for Army National Guard), re-
gional support commands (for U.S. Army
Reserves), U.S. Army Human Resources
Command (for individual ready reserve)
and Warrior Transition Units and Commu-
nity Care Units during time of injury
through return to duty, or transition to civil-
ian life through medical processing. Perti-
nent Federal statutes, regulations, and other
standards governing these programs and
services are cited throughout this regula-
tion. This regulation is supported by AR
40
– 58 which consolidates policies on the
Comprehensive Transition Plan and War-
rior Care for transitioning wounded, ill, or
injured Soldiers back into the force and/or
Veteran status. It reinforces existing De-
partment of the Army, G1 personnel policy
that remains in effect to include active duty
medical extension, medical retention pro-
cessing, medical retention processing 2, and
medical retention processing – evaluation
as well as incorporates major changes in the
Warrior Care and Transition Program. DA
Form 7692 (Active Duty for Medical Care
Application) and DA Form 7696 (Com-
mander’s Performance and Capability
Checklist) are new electronic forms pre-
scribed in this Army regulation for the man-
agement and care of wounded, ill, or injured
Soldiers by their chain of command and
medical providers and to request active
duty orders for the purpose of medical care
and/or processing.
Applicability. This regulation applies
to the Regular Army, the Army National
Guard/Army National Guard of the United
States, and the U.S. Army Reserve, unless
otherwise stated.
Proponent and exception authority.
The proponent of this regulation is the Dep-
uty Chief of Staff, G – 1. The proponent has
the authority to approve exceptions or
waivers to this regulation that are consistent
with controlling law and regulations. The
proponent may delegate this approval au-
thority, in writing, to a division chief within
the proponent agency or its direct reporting
unit or field operating agency, in the grade
of colonel or the civilian equivalent. Activ-
ities may request a waiver to this regulation
by providing justification that includes a
full analysis of the expected benefits and
must include formal review by the activity's
senior legal officer. All waiver requests will
be endorsed by the commander or senior
leader of the requesting activity and for-
warded through their higher headquarters to
the policy proponent. Refer to AR 25
– 30
for specific guidance.
Army internal control process. This
regulation contains internal control provi-
sions in accordance with AR 11 – 2 and
identifies key internal controls that must be
evaluated (see appendix B).
Supplementation. Supplementation
of this regulation and establishment of com-
mand and local forms are prohibited with-
out prior approval from the Deputy Chief of
Staff, G – 1 (DAPE – MPE), 300 Army Pen-
tagon, Washington, DC 20310
– 0300.
Suggested improvements. Users are
invited to send comments and suggested
improvements on DA Form 2028 (Recom-
mended Changes to Publications and Blank
Forms) directly to Deputy Chief of Staff,
G
– 1 (DAPE – MPE), 300 Army Pentagon,
Washington, DC 20310
– 0300.
Distribution. This regulation is availa-
ble in electronic media only and is intended
for the Regular Army, the Army National
Guard/Army National Guard of the United
States, and the U.S. Army Reserve.
Contents (Listed by paragraph and page number)
Chapter 1
General, page 1
Section I
Introduction, page 1
Purpose • 1
– 1, page 1
References • 1
– 2, page 1
Explanation of abbreviations and terms • 1
– 3, page 1