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Defense Department form, series DD, number 1848. Full title: DD Form 1848, Sensitive Compartmented Information Debriefing Memorandum, January 1983. Function: Sensitive Compartmented Information Debriefing Memorandum. 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.
Users include uniformed members of any branch, DoD civilian employees, contractor personnel where authorized, and the administrative staff who process the completed record.
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.
Available formats: PDF. The form runs 1 pages and contains approximately 15 fillable fields.
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What the form asks for
- I was reminded of the need for special protection of S C I material, of the fact that access to this material is governed by the terms of the S C I Nondisclosure Agreement that I previously signed, and of my continuing obligation to comply with the terms of that agreement. Enter signature here.
- Press this Reset button to clear the data from all fields.
- This memorandum records the fact that I was debriefed on this date on the following Sensitive Compartmented Information, S C I, Special Access Programs, use unclassified indicators only: Line 1 of 3
- Line 2 of 3
- Line 3 of 3
- Rank/grade.
- Social security number.
- Date of debriefing (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- Billet number.
- Organization.
- I certify that the debriefing presented by me was in accordance with relevant S C I procedures. Enter signature of authorized briefer.
- Printed/typed name (last, first, middle initial).
- Date of debriefing (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- Organization.
- Printed/typed name (last, first, middle initial).
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 Superseded editions of DD forms are frequently rejected at the receiving office, since Department-wide forms change centrally and older layouts lose their field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.
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.
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 1848?
- DD Form 1848, Sensitive Compartmented Information Debriefing Memorandum, January 1983
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?