Download the form
Defense Department form, series DD, number 1337. Full title: DD Form 1337, Authorization/Designation for Emergency Pay and Allowances, November 2007. Function: Authorization/Designation for Emergency Pay and Allowances. 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.
The form reaches military personnel across the services, civilian employees of the Department, and the personnel and records specialists who receive it.
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.
The download set covers PDF. Document length is 2 pages with about 86 entry fields.
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
- 1. Member (Last name, first name, middle initial).
- 2. Grade, rate or rank.
- 3. Social security number (do not include dashes).
- 4. Member's station or organization.
- 5.a. Primary dependent's name (or designated representative for minor dependents) (First name, middle initial, last name).
- b. Relationship.
- 6. Dependents other than primary. a. Name (Last, first, middle initial), line 1 of 8.
- b. Date of birth (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day, no dividers).
- a. Name, line 2.
- b. Date of birth.
- a. Name, line 3.
- b. Date of birth.
- a. Name, line 4.
- b. Date of birth.
- a. Name, line 5.
- a. Name, line 6.
- b. Date of birth.
- a. Name, line 7.
- b. Date of birth.
- a. Name, line 8.
- b. Date of birth.
- 7. Payment Designation. Press space bar to mark X if a. Advance of pay.
- Maximum amount.
- b. Mark X if evacuation allowance (designated dependent or representative).
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.
Verify the edition date against not stated before entry. Department-level revisions replace the blank across every service simultaneously, so an old copy in a desk drawer may no longer correspond to current field numbering.
Instructions printed on the form or in not stated govern individual field entries. Where the two differ, the governing publication controls.
The completed document moves to the office named in not stated or in local guidance. A retained copy is conventional practice.
Cross-referenced forms are found through the numbering system. The DD sequence is Department-level and unified, which means a number cited on the page identifies one document across the whole Department.
A DD number and a DA number may appear in the same instruction without being related. DA forms belong to the Army alone; DD forms belong to the Department and are administered at Department level. The sequences are independent.
Editions change because the underlying directive changes, because collection requirements are revised, or because Privacy Act language is updated. Checking the edition date at the point of download is the practical response.
The material here is descriptive. Nothing on the page constitutes legal or procedural advice, and no statement here determines whether a submitted form will be accepted. Such questions go to not stated, a servicing administrative office, or the authority identified in not stated.
Questions and answers
- What is DD Form 1337?
- DD Form 1337, Authorization/Designation for Emergency Pay and Allowances, November 2007
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?