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Department of Defense form 1966. Official designation: DD Form 1966, Record of Military Processing - Armed Forces of the United States, September 2014. Purpose: Record of Military Processing - Armed Forces of the United States. Current edition not stated, 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.
Timing of submission is fixed by not stated and by the implementing guidance of the submitting organization. What follows describes the blank document, not agency procedure.
Formats offered: PDF. Length: 6 pages. Fillable field count: roughly 200.
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. Service processing for:
- B. Prior service. Press space bar to mark X in first box if yes, second box if no.
- B. Number of days.
- C. Selective service classification.
- D. Selective service registration number.
- 1. Social security number, first digit.
- Social security number, next digit.
- Social security number, next digit.
- Social security number, next digit.
- Social security number, next digit.
- Social security number, next digit.
- Social security number, next digit.
- Social security number, next digit.
- Social security number, next digit.
- 3. Current address (street, city, county, state, country, Zip code).
- 4. Home of record address (street, city, county, state, country, Zip code).
- 5.a. X whether native born or born abroad of U.S. parents.
- 5. Citizenship (X one).
- Alien registration number (if issued).
- If immigrant alien or non-immigrant foreign national, specify citizenship.
- 1-character sex code.
- 6. Sex. X first box if male, second box if female.
- 7.b. Racial category. Mark X if American Indian/Alaska native.
- Mark X if Asian.
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.
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.
Field-level instructions appear on the form itself and in not stated. The directive is the controlling text.
Once executed, routing follows not stated and the submitting organization's own instruction. Keeping a copy is standard.
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.
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.
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.
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 1966?
- DD Form 1966, Record of Military Processing - Armed Forces of the United States, September 2014
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?