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DD Form 1435 — a Department of Defense document. Title of record: DD Form 1435, COMSEC Maintenance Training and Experience Record, May 2009. Stated purpose: COMSEC Maintenance Training and Experience Record. Edition date not stated; status not stated.
Issued under not stated, with not stated as proponent. A DD number marks a Department-wide instrument: the same blank form serves every military department and the defense agencies, rather than one service alone.
Users include uniformed members of any branch, DoD civilian employees, contractor personnel where authorized, and the administrative staff who process the completed record.
Timing of submission is fixed by not stated and by the implementing guidance of the submitting organization. What follows describes the blank document, not agency procedure.
Available formats: PDF. The form runs 2 pages and contains approximately 74 fillable fields.
The pdf is the primary distribution format. A fillable pdf accepts typed entries in defined field boxes and stores them in the file; a printable pdf is a flat image of the blank, meant for pen entry after printing. The distinction matters for legibility and for records that pass between offices.
What the form asks for
- 1. Name of technician completing COMSEC maintenance course (last, first, middle initial).
- 2. Rank or grade.
- 3. Service.
- a. Equipment short title, line 1.
- b. Qualified. Answer Yes or No.
- c. Method.
- d. Date (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- e. Remarks. Include school or organization.
- f. Certification. (1) Signature of certifying officer.
- (2) Organization of certifying officer.
- a. Equipment short title, line 2.
- b. Qualified. Answer Yes or No.
- c. Method.
- d. Date (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- e. Remarks.
- f.(1) Signature of certifying officer.
- (2) Organization of certifying officer.
- a. Equipment short title, line 3.
- b. Qualified. Answer Yes or No.
- c. Method.
- d. Date (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- e. Remarks.
- f. (1) Signature of certifying officer.
- (2) Organization of certifying officer.
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.
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 Superseded editions of DD forms are frequently rejected at the receiving office, since Department-wide forms change centrally and older layouts lose their field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.
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.
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.
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 1435?
- DD Form 1435, COMSEC Maintenance Training and Experience Record, May 2009
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?