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Defense Department form, series DD, number 1920. Full title: DD Form 1920, Alcohol Incident Report, November 2004. Function: Alcohol Incident Report. 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.
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 163.
The xfdl release corresponds to IBM Lotus Forms. This format carried Department-wide form distribution for years and opens only in IBM Lotus Forms Viewer or a compatible client, not in a pdf reader.
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
- Installation.
- O R I number.
- Case number (administrative use only).
- Section 1 - suspect data. Last name.
- First name.
- Middle name.
- Grade.
- Social security number. Do not include dashes.
- Date of birth (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day, no dividers).
- Unit/sponsor.
- Section 2 - initial contact. Vehicle in motion. 1. Press space bar to mark X if turning with wide radius.
- 2. Mark X if straddling center or lane marker.
- 3. Mark X if appears to be drunk.
- 4. Mark X if almost striking object or other vehicle.
- 5. Mark X if weaving (within or out of traffic lane).
- 6. Mark X if driving on other than designated roadway.
- 7. Mark X if driving into opposing or crossing traffic.
- 8. Mark X if stopping inappropriately (other than traffic lane).
- 9. Mark X if slow response to traffic signals.
- 10. Mark X if turning abruptly or illegally.
- 11. Mark X if accelerating or decelerating rapidly.
- 12. Mark X if headlights off.
- 13. Mark X if swerving.
- 14. Mark X if speed lower than 10 m.p.h. below limit.
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.
Instructions printed on the form or in not stated govern individual field entries. Where the two differ, the governing publication controls.
After completion, the copy goes to the office designated by not stated or by local procedure. Retention of a personal copy is ordinary practice and costs nothing.
Associated forms are traced by number within the series. Because the DD sequence is common to all military departments, no service qualifier is needed to identify a referenced form.
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.
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.
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 1920?
- DD Form 1920, Alcohol Incident Report, November 2004
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?