No — that's the most common mistake floating around the internet. The actual application is DA Form 3739, "Application for Compassionate Actions," per AR 614-200 Section III. DA Form 4187 only shows up twice in this specific process: requesting a 12-to-24-month extension after an automatic stabilization for the death of a spouse (§5-16), and requesting a 48-month EFMP stabilization (§5-17) — both require a Colonel (O-6) endorsement, and both are paired with DA Form 3739, not a substitute for it.

Not your commander, in most branches. For the Army it's the Chief, Special Actions Branch, EPMD, HRC — your commander with General Court-Martial Convening Authority can only recommend, forward, or disapprove against unmet criteria. Air Force and Space Force route through AFPC channels (AFPC/DP3XAA processes most requests; AF/A1LO and AF/A1LE approve senior tiers). Navy uses a board review with final approval at PERS-40HH (enlisted) or PERS-4 (officer). Marine Corps routes through CMC (MMEA). Each branch's exact authority is cited in the wizard.

Every branch that publishes a list draws a real line. The Army's list (AR 614-200 §5-10.d) excludes things like wanting a new duty station, divorce/custody litigation itself, sole parenthood, routine pregnancy complications, minor climate allergies, housing shortages, and financial mismanagement. The Air Force's Attachment 15 list (14 items) excludes similar categories plus things like normal childcare arrangement problems and passport/visa issues for newly acquired family members. The wizard runs a live check against these lists in Step 2 — checking one doesn't mean automatic denial if there's something more serious underneath, but it means you shouldn't submit a package resting on that reason alone.

Not with a full wizard, and we're not going to fake one. The Coast Guard's process is governed by COMDTINST M1000.8, but the source domain (dcms.uscg.mil) blocks every automated attempt to read the actual instruction, and the secondary sources we found cite the Humanitarian Assignments paragraph inconsistently with no way to reconcile them from here. Rather than guess at categories, forms, or an approval authority we can't verify, the tool shows a placeholder for Coast Guard and points you straight to your assignment officer/detailer at PSC.

No, and mixing them up costs you time. If this is about your own sexual assault, that runs through a separate Expedited Transfer process under DODI 6495.02 (Army calls it AR 614-200 §5-18) — a different chain than a routine compassionate reassignment. See /tools/sharp-mst for that path. This builder does cover the situation where your spouse or child was sexually assaulted and your presence is needed for their recovery — that's a genuine category under both the Army and Air Force/Space Force processes.

That page (/regulations/intel/ar-614-200) is the deep read — the full regulation decoded section by section, including the single most common reason requests get denied (an inadequate physician statement) and the compassionate-vs-hardship distinction people mix up. This tool is the action layer: pick your branch, answer the wizard, get a cited draft. Read the breakdown if you want the full picture first; use the builder when you're ready to actually put a packet together.

No. Nobody publishes a percentage, and anyone online claiming a specific approval rate is guessing. What each branch's regulation does spell out clearly is the criteria, the documentation, and who actually decides — that's what this tool surfaces, cited directly from the regulation, not a forum estimate.