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DD Form 2278 — DD Form 2278, Application for Do It Yourself Move and Counseling Checklist, September 1998

Application for Do It Yourself Move and Counseling Checklist

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DD Form 2278 — a Department of Defense document. Title of record: DD Form 2278, Application for Do It Yourself Move and Counseling Checklist, September 1998. Stated purpose: Application for Do It Yourself Move and Counseling Checklist. 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.

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 67.

Distribution centres on pdf. Two states exist: fillable, where field boxes accept keyboard input and retain it, and printable, a static blank produced for manual completion. Typed data reproduces cleanly across copies; handwritten data depends on the writer.

What the form asks for

  • 1. Date prepared (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
  • 2. Shipment number.
  • 3. Member or employee information. a. Name (last, first, middle initial).
  • 3. b. Rank/grade.
  • 3. c. Social security number.
  • 3. Agency.
  • 4. This shipment/storage is required incident to the following orders: a. Type orders. Press space bar to mark X in first box if local, second box if permanent, or third box if temporary.
  • 4. d. New duty assignment.
  • 4. e. Orders number.
  • 4. f. Number of miles.
  • 4.b. Date of orders (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
  • 4. c. Issued by.
  • 4. g. Name of preparing office.
  • 4. h.Paying (AFO/F&AO) Navy and Marine Corps.
  • 5. Send check to (complete address).
  • 6. State of legal residence.
  • 7. b. Mark X if D I T Y move authorized.
  • 7.b. DITY move authorized from:
  • 7.b. DITY move authorized to:
  • 7. c. Mark X if I T O and or T M O provided with accurate estimate weight of H H G s.
  • 7. Entitlements. Mark X if: a. Option of G B L, van and or D I T Y move, nontemporary storage.
  • 7. d. Mark X if maximum authorized weight.
  • 7.d. Maximum authorized weight.
  • 7. e. Mark X if unauthorized items, such as P O V, flammables, etc.

Order of completion: identification block first, substantive entries second, certification and signature last. The blank is laid out in that sequence and the sequence is not arbitrary — later entries often depend on data established in the header.

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.

Guidance for specific entries sits on the form face and in not stated; the directive is authoritative where the two do not agree.

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.

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.

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.

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 2278?
DD Form 2278, Application for Do It Yourself Move and Counseling Checklist, 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?
PDF

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