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Defense Department form, series DD, number 1138-1. Full title: DD Form 1138-1, Inventory Report of Principal or Secondary Items, September 1999. Function: Inventory Report of Principal or Secondary Items. Edition in force: not stated. Publisher status: not stated.
Governing directive: not stated. Responsible office: not stated. The DD designation signals joint scope — all military departments, combatant commands and defense agencies draw on a single edition of the document.
Users include uniformed members of any branch, DoD civilian employees, contractor personnel where authorized, and the administrative staff who process the completed record.
Submission follows the schedule set by not stated and by local implementing procedures. This page provides the blank form for download and general orientation only.
Formats offered: PDF. Length: 1 pages. Fillable field count: roughly 147.
Distribution centres on pdf. Two states exist: fillable, where field boxes accept keyboard input and retain it, and printable, a static blank produced for manual completion. Typed data reproduces cleanly across copies; handwritten data depends on the writer.
The xfdl release corresponds to IBM Lotus Forms. This format carried Department-wide form distribution for years and opens only in IBM Lotus Forms Viewer or a compatible client, not in a pdf reader.
All formats download free of charge. Pdf files open in any modern reader; interactive fields behave most predictably in a desktop application, less so in browser viewers.
What the form asks for
- As of 30th September (enter year).
- (1) Routing Identifier code, character 1.
- Routing identifier code, character 2.
- Routing identifier code, character 3.
- c. Description.
- (2) DoD category of materiel code, character 1.
- DoD category of materiel code, character 2.
- (3) Agency category of materiel code (or budget project number), character 1.
- (3) Agency category of materiel code (or budget project number), character 2.
- c. Description.
- c. Description.
- (4) Appropriation title code, character 1.
- (4) Appropriation title code, character 3.
- (4) Appropriation title code, character 4.
- (4) Appropriation title code, character 2.
- (5) Principal or secondary items. Enter P for Principal item or S for Secondary.
- (6) Consumable or reparable items. Enter C or R.
- 2. Assets (in thousands of dollars). (7) Approved acquisition objective. Retail value, 1st digit (or initial zero).
- Retail value, digit 2.
- Retail value, digit 3.
- Retail value, digit 4.
- Retail value, digit 5.
- Retail value, digit 6.
- Retail value, digit 7.
Order of completion: identification block first, substantive entries second, certification and signature last. The blank is laid out in that sequence and the sequence is not arbitrary — later entries often depend on data established in the header.
Edition in use: not stated. Because DD forms are revised at Department level and distributed to all services at once, an obsolete printing may not match the fields an office expects. The date is printed on the form face.
Field-level instructions appear on the form itself and in not stated. The directive is the controlling text.
Once executed, routing follows not stated and the submitting organization's own instruction. Keeping a copy is standard.
Associated forms are traced by number within the series. Because the DD sequence is common to all military departments, no service qualifier is needed to identify a referenced form.
Where a DA form is cited alongside a DD form, the two belong to different systems: DA numbering is Army-specific and administered by an Army proponent, while DD numbering is Defense-wide under not stated or an equivalent Department office. Numbers do not translate between the systems.
Forms are reissued for several reasons: directive revision, changed data requirements, updated notice language. Confirming not stated at the moment of download covers the risk.
Scope of this page: distribution of a published form and description of its contents. It offers no legal guidance and no assurance regarding any particular submission. Direct procedural questions to not stated, to the servicing personnel office, or to the office designated in not stated.
Questions and answers
- What is DD Form 1138-1?
- DD Form 1138-1, Inventory Report of Principal or Secondary Items, September 1999
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?