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Department of Defense form 2678. Official designation: DD Form 2678, Well Driller's Log, October 1993. Purpose: Well Driller's Log. 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.
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.
Available formats: PDF. The form runs 2 pages and contains approximately 187 fillable 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.
What the form asks for
- 1. Project title or well number.
- 2. Location. a. Country.
- b. Map.
- c. Sheet number.
- d. Coordinates.
- 3. Drilling unit.
- 4.a. Name of driller(s), line 1.
- b. Initials.
- Name of driller, line 2.
- Initials.
- h. Water. Press space bar to mark X in first column if yes, second column if no.
- h. Water. X first column if yes, second column if no.
- h. Water. X first column if yes, second column if no.
- h. Water. X first column if yes, second column if no.
- h. Water. X first column if yes, second column if no.
- h. Water. X first column if yes, second column if no.
- h. Water. X first column if yes, second column if no.
- h. Water. X first column if yes, second column if no.
- h. Water. X first column if yes, second column if no.
- 5. Drilling details (continued). a. Driller's initials, line 10.
- b. Date/time.
- c. Depth.
- d. Viscosity.
- e. Type of formation.
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.
Field-level instructions appear on the form itself and in not stated. The directive is the controlling text.
The completed document moves to the office named in not stated or in local guidance. A retained copy is conventional practice.
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.
Editions change because the underlying directive changes, because collection requirements are revised, or because Privacy Act language is updated. Checking the edition date at the point of download is the practical response.
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 2678?
- DD Form 2678, Well Driller's Log, October 1993
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?