Results for investigation

Procedures for Preliminary Inquiries, Administrative Investigations, and Boards of Officers

AR 15-6 governs preliminary inquiries, administrative investigations, and boards of officers -- the process behind almost every commander-directed investigation. The 2025 revision reorganized the procedures and added the preliminary inquiry to the title. If you are appointed as an investigating officer, read it before you interview anyone.

Checklist and Tracking Document for Financial Liability Investigations of Property Loss

The checklist a financial liability officer works through, and the tracking sheet that shows where a FLIPL sits in the process and how long it has taken.

Financial Liability Investigation of Property Loss

The FLIPL itself: documents lost, damaged, or destroyed government property, the investigation findings, and any financial liability assessed.

Relief of Responsibility and Accountability

AR 735-5 is the regulation for relieving Soldiers and civilians of responsibility and accountability for Army property: adjusting property records after loss, damage, destruction, or theft, and running the financial liability investigation of property loss. It is the source of the FLIPL process and the definitions of command, supervisory, direct, custodial, and personal responsibility. Any leader who signs for property should know these terms.

The Army Safety and Occupational Health Program

AR 385-10 establishes the Army safety and occupational health program and assigns the responsibilities that go with it. It requires risk management to be applied to operations and everyday tasks and sets the framework for accident reporting and investigation. Commanders own safety; the safety officer advises.

Equal Opportunity Complaint Form

Files a formal equal opportunity complaint and starts the timelines for investigation and feedback to the complainant.

Report to Suspend Favorable Personnel Actions (FLAG)

Initiates, transfers, or removes a flag, which suspends favorable actions such as promotion, awards, and schooling while a Soldier is under investigation or not meeting a standard.

Sworn Statement

Captures a witness, subject, or victim statement under oath for investigations, AR 15-6 inquiries, and law enforcement reports.

SHARP and equal opportunity at the squad leader level

AR 600-20 governs both programs. A squad leader's job is to prevent, to know the reporting options, and to act immediately when something is reported, without conducting their own investigation.

The FLIPL from start to finish

A financial liability investigation of property loss establishes what was lost, who was responsible, and whether their conduct caused the loss. Liability requires all four elements proved by a preponderance of the evidence.

When property is lost, damaged, or destroyed

Three instruments handle a loss: a statement of charges, a cash collection, or a financial liability investigation. Which one applies depends on whether the person admits liability and how much is at stake.

CID

Department of the Army Criminal Investigation Division

FLIPL

Financial Liability Investigation of Property Loss

What are the two types of sexual assault reports, and what is the difference?

Restricted and unrestricted. A restricted report is confidential. It gets the victim medical care, advocacy, legal support, and counseling without notifying the command or law enforcement, and it does not start an investigation. An unrestricted report notifies the command and law enforcement and starts an investigation, and the victim still receives the full range of care and support.

What are the ways a Soldier can enter the Army Substance Abuse Program?

Self-referral, command referral, medical referral, and identification through drug testing or an investigation. Self-referral is the route the Army pushes hardest, because a Soldier who asks for help before there is an incident gets certain protections that a Soldier identified after the fact does not.

What is a FLIPL and what form starts it?

A financial liability investigation of property loss. It is the formal investigation used when government property is lost, damaged, or destroyed and the loss cannot be settled by other means. It is initiated on DD Form 200, Financial Liability Investigation of Property Loss, and it is governed by AR 735-5.

What rights does a Soldier have when named as respondent in a FLIPL?

The Soldier must be notified in writing of the recommendation and the basis for it, has the right to review the investigation file, may consult with legal counsel, and may submit a rebuttal for the approving authority to consider before a final decision. A Soldier found liable may also request reconsideration on the grounds AR 735-5 allows.