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Defense Department form, series DD, number 1616. Full title: DD Form 1616, Department of Defense Transportation Agreement Transfer of Professional School Personnel Outside Conus (Oconus) (Outside the 48 Continguous States and the District of Columbia), November 1999.. Function: Department of Defense (DoD) Transportation Agreement Transfer of Professional School Personnel Outside CONUS (OCONUS). 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.
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 12.
Free download applies to every format listed. Any current pdf reader opens the pdf files, though field behaviour is most reliable in a full desktop reader rather than a browser preview.
What the form asks for
- A. Employee name (Last, First, Middle Initial).
- B. Type of agreement. Press space bar to mark X in first box if initial, second box if renewal, third box if permanent change of station, or fourth box if renewal in conjunction with PCS.
- C. Employee Social Security Number. Do not include dashes.
- D. Report date to new or first Permanent Duty Station (P D S) (four digit year, two digit month, two digit day).
- E. Last P D S Location.
- F. Actual residence at time of appointment (To be determined at time of initial agreement).
- 2.a. Number of school years.
- G. Employee signature.
- H. Date Signed (four digit year, two digit month, two digit day).
- Press this Reset button to clear the data from all fields.
- I. Other remarks (To be completed by personnel office or employing agency officials only.)
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.
Signature is manual ink on printed copies and digital where the receiving system accepts it. A typed name in a signature field is a name, not a signature. Common Access Card credentials support digital signature in pdf where the form and the reader permit.
Privacy Act notice: DD forms that collect personal data carry a Privacy Act Statement stating the authority for collection, the principal purpose, routine uses and whether disclosure is voluntary or mandatory. The statement is part of the form and should be read before entry, not after.
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.
Once executed, routing follows not stated and the submitting organization's own instruction. Keeping a copy is standard.
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.
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.
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 1616?
- DD Form 1616, Department of Defense Transportation Agreement Transfer of Professional School Personnel Outside Conus (Oconus) (Outside the 48 Continguous States and the District of Columbia), November 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?