S1 HQ - Name Change Requests

This is the Document Release Information
Article Number:	7CAV-DR-023
Scope:	S1 HQ - Roles and Responsibilities
Version:	Version 1.1
Effective Date:	07JUN2020
Last Modified Date:	11AUG2025
Approving Authority:	S1 1IC
Point of Contact:	S1 1IC

Purpose

Provide guidance on the Name Change Request ticket processing

Roles and Responsibilities

S1 1IC / 2IC Check if name changes meet the requirements and process them in a timely manner.

Name Change Requests

Service	Actions
Requesting a Name Change	A trooper may request a name change only within the first 30 days of their enlistment. A trooper may only change their name once. This request must come from the trooper themselves. Name Change Request tickets made after the initial Enlistment/Re-Enlistment approval will be placed on hold until Boot Camp is complete and Graduation is posted by RTC; and are subject to review. Spirit of the Rule: To eliminate possible errors, prevent inter-departmental confusion, and reduce potentially unnecessary workloads that may occur during the entry processing phase; and also due to the high turnover rate during this period.
Choosing a Name	Names must include a realistic forename and surname; not necessarily your real name. Troopers may not choose (within the limits of common sense) any of the following as names Historically important names Actors Musicians Cartoon names Names of importance from novels, television etc. Religious names Other famous names Names cannot have any special characters or spaces in them as this causes problems with the MILPACs system.
Name Change Approval	The RRD 1IC/2IC/Processing Clerks will respond to the ticket approving or disapproving the name change to ensure that the naming conventions are being followed. S1 HQ will start a PM with the Troopers CoC and inform them in accordance with the Ticket about the Name Change The S1 Command Staff member will do the following: Make a name change post in the PAF forum as per above. Alert (@) the immediate supervisors in the chain of command. This could be RTC or their SL and platoon staff. Also alert ROO. Add a record to the user's MILPACS as follows: Name Change Approved: Private John Doe will be known as Private John Donn Edit the user as follows: Update the GC, AAR and AFSM tracker as required. Update trooper's Nextcloud citation folder name accordingly. Update Uniform image, filename, uniform tracker entry.