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Department of Defense form 2711. Official designation: DD Form 2711, Initial Custody Classification, March 2013. Purpose: Initial Custody Classification. 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.
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.
The download set covers PDF. Document length is 4 pages with about 78 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
- 1. Date (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day, no dividers).
- 2. Interviewer name.
- 3. Press space bar to mark X in first box if pre-trial, second box if post-trial.
- Classification worksheet. 11. Date (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 12. Time.
- 13. Interviewer name.
- 14. X first box if pre-trial, second box if post-trial.
- 4. Identification. a. Prisoner name (last, first, middle) (also known as).
- 16. Administrative factors. a. Suicide risk. (1) How do you feel about being here?
- (2) Have you ever thought about committing suicide? X first box if no, second box if yes.
- If (1) or (2) is yes: (3) Have you ever been disciplined in the service or fired from a job because of drug or alcohol use? X first box if no, second box if yes.
- 17. Management factors. a. What charge(s) are you confined for?
- b. Substance abuse. (1) Have you ever used drugs or alcohol? Drugs: X first box if no, second box if yes.
- Alcohol: X first box if no, second box if yes.
- (2) Have you ever used drugs/alcohol in this enlistment? Drugs: X first box if no, second box if yes.
- Alcohol: X first box if no, second box if yes.
- If (1) or (2) is yes: (3) Have you ever been disciplined in the service or fired from a job because of drug or alcohol use? X first box if no, second box if yes.
- (4) Has drug/alcohol use ever led to family problems or conflicts? X first box if no, second box if yes.
- (5) Have you ever been arrested while under the influence of drugs or alcohol? X first box if no, second box if yes.
- (6) Has use of drugs/alcohol resulted in other problems, such as blackouts or loss of friends? X first box if no, second box if yes.
- c. Pending charges/warrants/detainers. Do you have any outstanding warrants/detainers or additional pending charges? X first box if no, second box if yes.
- If yes, explain.
- d. History of violence. (1) Have you ever assaulted another person? X first box if no, second box if yes.
- If yes: (2) Non-physical altercation? X first box if no, second box if yes.
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.
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.
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.
Related documents are located by series and number. DD forms sit in a single Department-wide sequence, so a form referenced inside DD Form 2711 is normally found by its number alone, without regard to service.
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.
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 2711?
- DD Form 2711, Initial Custody Classification, 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?