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DD Form 2707-1 — a Department of Defense document. Title of record: DD Form 2707-1, DoD Report of Result of Trial, March 2013. Stated purpose: Department of Defense Report of Result of Trial. Edition date not stated; status not stated.
Issued under not stated, with not stated as proponent. A DD number marks a Department-wide instrument: the same blank form serves every military department and the defense agencies, rather than one service alone.
The form reaches military personnel across the services, civilian employees of the Department, and the personnel and records specialists who receive it.
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.
The download set covers PDF. Document length is 2 pages with about 48 entry 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
- Date of trial (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- To: (convening authority).
- 1.a. Name of accused (last, first, middle initial).
- b. Branch of service.
- c. Rank.
- d. DoD ID number or Social Security number (last 4 digits only).
- e. Organization (full address).
- 2. Type of court martial. Press space bar to mark X in first box if general, second box if special, or third box if summary.
- If general: X if judge alone.
- If special: X if judge alone.
- Convened by: a. Court-Martial Convening Order number(s).
- c. Date (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- c. Issuing command.
- 3. Summary of offenses, pleas and findings. a. Charge/specification number(s), line 1.
- b. UCMJ article(s).
- c. Offense severity code.
- d. Brief description of offense.
- e. Plea.
- f. Finding or other disposition.
- a. Charge/specification number(s), line 2.
- b. UCMJ article(s).
- c. Offense severity code.
- d. Brief description of offense.
- e. Plea.
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.
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 Superseded editions of DD forms are frequently rejected at the receiving office, since Department-wide forms change centrally and older layouts lose their field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.
Guidance for specific entries sits on the form face and in not stated; the directive is authoritative where the two do not agree.
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.
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.
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 2707-1?
- DD Form 2707-1, DoD Report of Result of Trial, March 2013
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?