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Department of Defense form 1857. Official designation: DD Form 1857, Temporary Commercial Storage at Government Expense, September 1998.. Purpose: Temporary Commercial Storage At Government Expense. Current edition not stated, 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.
Submission follows the schedule set by not stated and by local implementing procedures. This page provides the blank form for download and general orientation only.
The download set covers PDF. Document length is 1 pages with about 27 entry 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.
Xfdl is present in the set. The format belongs to IBM Lotus Forms — long the Defense standard for electronic forms — and needs the matching viewer; pdf applications will report the file as unreadable.
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
- Press this Reset button to clear the data from all fields.
- Section 2 - Member's Statement of Facts. 1. Additional temporary storage necessary due to: Mark all that apply. Press space bar to mark X if a. Serious illness of the member.
- X if b. erious illness or death of a dependent.
- X if c. Impending assignment to government quarters.
- X if d. Directed temporary duty after arrival at permanent duty station.
- X if e. Nonavailability of suitable civilian housing.
- X if f. Awaiting completion of residence under construction.
- X if g. Other reason.
- Specify other reason.
- 2. Member information. a. Name (last, first, middle initial).
- b. Rrank.
- c. Social security number.
- d. Signature.
- e. Date signed (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- Section 3 - Approval. 3. Installation name.
- 4. Installation address. Include zip code.
- 5. Date approved (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- All storage authorization will expire on: (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 9.a. Applicable special order.
- b. Paragraph.
- c. Headquarters.
- d. Dated. (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- e. Accounting classification.
- 10. Transportation officer information. a. Name (last, first, middle initial).
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.
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.
Instructions printed on the form or in not stated govern individual field entries. Where the two differ, the governing publication controls.
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.
Some procedures pair a DD form with a service form. The two numbering systems are separate — service forms answer to a service proponent, DD forms to not stated or another Department office — and a matching number in each system means nothing.
Revision occurs when the prescribing directive is reissued, when the data collected changes, or when statutory notice language is amended. Verification of the edition date at download addresses all three.
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 1857?
- DD Form 1857, Temporary Commercial Storage at Government Expense, September 1998.
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?