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Defense Department form, series DD, number 1780. Full title: DD Form 1780, Shipment Evaluation and Inspection Record, September 1988. Function: Shipment Evaluation and Inspection Record. Edition in force: not stated. Publisher status: not stated.
Prescribing authority: not stated. Proponent: not stated. Unlike service-specific publications, DD forms carry Department-level authority and apply across the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force and Coast Guard when operating under Defense jurisdiction.
The form reaches military personnel across the services, civilian employees of the Department, and the personnel and records specialists who receive it.
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.
The download set covers PDF. Document length is 2 pages with about 66 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
- SCAC.
- Press this Reset button to clear the data from all fields.
- Report control symbol.
- 2. Member's name (last, first, middle initial).
- 3. Grade/rank.
- 4. Component.
- 5. Carrier name.
- 6. PPGBL/order number.
- 7. Origin PPSO.
- GBLOC.
- 8. Destination PPSO.
- GBLOC.
- 9. Code of service.
- 10. Pickup address (street, city, state and zip code).
- Press space bar to mark X if non-temporary storage.
- 11. Delivery address (street, city, state and zip code).
- 1. Date (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day, no dividers).
- 13. Missed pickup. X first box if yes, second box if no.
- 14. Required delivery date (RDD) (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 15. Missed RDD. X first box if yes, second box if no.
- 15. Estimated loss/damage.
- 17. Date in storage-in-transit (SIT) (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 18. Date out of SIT (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 12. Pickup date (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
Completion runs in the order printed on the page: identifying data at the head, the body of the entry next, certification at the foot. Header data frequently governs what belongs in the fields below it.
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.
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.
Privacy Act Statements accompany DoD forms that gather personal identifiers. Content of the statement: legal authority, principal purpose, routine uses, and the effect of declining to provide the information. It is printed on the form for that reason.
Frequent defects: obsolete edition, unfilled required boxes, handwriting that fails on reproduction, non-conforming date format, and certification without a corresponding date.
Instructions printed on the form or in not stated govern individual field entries. Where the two differ, the governing publication controls.
Once executed, routing follows not stated and the submitting organization's own instruction. Keeping a copy is standard.
Related documents are located by series and number. DD forms sit in a single Department-wide sequence, so a form referenced inside DD Form 1780 is normally found by its number alone, without regard to service.
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.
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 1780?
- DD Form 1780, Shipment Evaluation and Inspection Record, September 1988
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?