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DD Form 2017 — a Department of Defense document. Title of record: DD Form 2017, Route Order Amendment, September 2005. Stated purpose: Route Order Amendment. Edition date 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.
The form reaches military personnel across the services, civilian employees of the Department, and the personnel and records specialists who receive it.
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.
Formats offered: PDF. Length: 1 pages. Fillable field count: roughly 37.
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.
What the form asks for
- 1. Date of request (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day, no separators).
- Part 1 - Request for Amendment. 2. To (SDDC Routing Authority).
- 3. From (name, address and zip code of requesting agency).
- 4. Route order number.
- 6. Type of movement. Press space bar to mark X if rail.
- Mark X if motor.
- Mark X if other.
- 5. Identification number of requesting agency.
- Specify other type of movement.
- 8. Consignee (name and address).
- 7. Consignor (show actual shipper).
- 9. Original carrier(s).
- 10. Amended carrier(s).
- 12. Vessel involved? X first box if yes, second box if no.
- 14. Date vessel comes on berth (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 15. Complete commodity description.
- 16. Remarks (reason for amendment).
- 17. Requester. a. Typed name (last, first, middle initial).
- 17.b. Title.
- 17c. Telephone number (including area code).
- 17.d. Signature.
- Part 2 - Confirmation of Amendment. 18. To (requesting agency).
- 19. From (SDDC routing authority).
- 20.a. Routed by (name of SDDC technician).
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.
Certification requires a signature in the designated block — ink on paper, or a digital signature where the receiving office supports one. Typing a name into the field does not constitute execution. CAC-based signing is the usual digital method for Defense forms.
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.
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.
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 2017?
- DD Form 2017, Route Order Amendment, September 2005
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?