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Defense Department form, series DD, number 2781. Full title: DD Form 2781, Container Packing Certificate or Vehicle Packing Declaration, August 2013. Function: Container Packing Certificate or Vehicle Packing Declaration. Edition in force: not stated. Publisher 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.
Common users: service members regardless of branch, Defense civilian staff, and the offices that file, verify or retain the finished document.
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 1 pages with about 20 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
- Container or vehicle number being inspected.
- Enter "N/A" if not applicable.
- Enter "N/A" if not applicable.
- Enter "N/A" if not applicable.
- Enter "N/A" if not applicable.
- Enter "N/A" if not applicable.
- Enter "N/A" if not applicable.
- Enter "N/A" if not applicable.
- Enter "N/A" if not applicable.
- Enter "N/A" if not applicable.
- Enter "N/A" if not applicable.
- 2. Person responsible for packing. a. Name (last, first, middle initial).
- 2.b. Rank/Grade.
- 2.c. Title.
- 2.d. Organization.
- 2.e. Place packed.
- 2.f. Signature.
- 2.g. Date. Enter as 4 digit year, 2 digit month and 2 digit day, no separators.
The document is filled from the top down. Identification precedes substance, substance precedes certification. Fields lower on the page are commonly keyed to entries made above them.
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.
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.
Related documents are located by series and number. DD forms sit in a single Department-wide sequence, so a form referenced inside DD Form 2781 is normally found by its number alone, without regard to service.
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.
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.
Scope of this page: distribution of a published form and description of its contents. It offers no legal guidance and no assurance regarding any particular submission. Direct procedural questions to not stated, to the servicing personnel office, or to the office designated in not stated.
Questions and answers
- What is DD Form 2781?
- DD Form 2781, Container Packing Certificate or Vehicle Packing Declaration, August 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?