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DD Form 1351-5 — a Department of Defense document. Title of record: DD Form 1351-5, Government Quarters and/or Mess, July 1999. Stated purpose: Quarters and/or Mess, Government. Edition date not stated; 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.
Common users: service members regardless of branch, Defense civilian staff, and the offices that file, verify or retain the finished document.
When the form is filed is a matter of not stated and local instruction. The description here covers the document itself and how to obtain a copy.
Formats offered: PDF. Length: 2 pages. Fillable field count: roughly 57.
Every listed format is free to download. Modern pdf software handles the pdf files, with the caveat that browser-embedded viewers sometimes ignore field properties that a desktop reader honours.
What the form asks for
- 4. Quarters. a. Press space bar to mark X if Government quarters were not available to the above-named member on the following dates or for the following periods.
- Specify dates or periods when government quarters were not available.
- 4.b. Mark X if government quarters were not or will not be available to both the above-named member and his dependents on the following dates or for the following periods:
- Specify dates or periods when government quarters were or will not be available.
- 4.c. Mark X if utilization of government quarters by the above named member is or was impracticable for the following dates or the following periods:
- Specify dates or periods when utilization of quarters is or was impracticable.
- 5. Mess. Mark X as applicable. a. Government mess was not available to the above-named member for the number of meals shown opposite each of the dates or periods specified in columns 1 and 2 below.
- 5.b. Mark X if government mess was not or will not be available to both the above-named member and his dependents for the number of meals shown opposite the following dates or periods.
- 5.c. Mark X if utilization of government mess available at this station by the above-named member is, was, or will be impracticable for the number of meals shown opposite the following dates or periods.
- 5.d. Mark X if officers' open mess was not available to the above named officer for at least two meals on the following dates government quarters were available.
- 6. Remarks, continued.
- 1. Traveler's name: last, first, middle initial.
- 2. Grade.
- 3. Social security number. Do not include dashes.
- 4. Date of statement: four digit year, two digit month, two digit day.
- Column 1. Date meals not available (line 1). Enter all dates as four digit year, two digit month and two digit day, no spaces or punctuation marks.
- Column 2. Number of meals not available.
- Date, line 2.
- Number of meals not available.
- Date, line 3.
- Number of meals not available.
- Date, line 4.
- Number of meals not available.
- Date, line 5.
The document is filled from the top down. Identification precedes substance, substance precedes certification. Fields lower on the page are commonly keyed to entries made above them.
The current edition is not stated. Superseded editions of DD forms are frequently rejected at the receiving office, since Department-wide forms change centrally and older layouts lose their field correspondence. Edition date appears in the lower corner of the printed blank.
The signature block takes an actual signature. On paper this means ink; electronically it means a credentialed digital signature, commonly CAC-based. Typed text in a signature field satisfies neither.
Where personal information is collected, a Privacy Act Statement appears on or with the form. It names the collection authority, the purpose, the routine uses of the data and the consequence of withholding it. Reading it precedes filling the form.
Errors seen most often involve edition mismatch, empty mandatory fields, illegibility after scanning, date formats inconsistent with the printed instruction, and unsigned or undated certification.
Guidance for specific entries sits on the form face and in not stated; the directive is authoritative where the two do not agree.
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.
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.
This page distributes a published Department of Defense document and describes it. It is not a source of legal advice and makes no representation about acceptance of any completed form. Questions of applicability, eligibility or procedure belong to not stated, the servicing personnel office, or the office named in not stated.
Questions and answers
- What is DD Form 1351-5?
- DD Form 1351-5, Government Quarters and/or Mess, July 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?