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DD Form 2800 — a Department of Defense document. Title of record: DD Form 2800, Suggestion Evaluation, July 1999. Stated purpose: Suggestion Evaluation. 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.
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.
The download set covers PDF. Document length is 1 pages with about 48 entry fields.
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.
Free download applies to every format listed. Any current pdf reader opens the pdf files, though field behaviour is most reliable in a full desktop reader rather than a browser preview.
What the form asks for
- 1. Date (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 2. To (use complete address).
- 3. Suggestion title.
- 4. Suggestion number.
- 5. Action taken or recommended. Press space bar to mark X in first box if a. not recommended for adoption, second box if b. already under consideration, third box if c. already in use, fourth box if d. recommend adoption, but approval not within jurisdiction of this office, or fifth box if e. approved for adoption.
- e. If approved, X first box if totally or second box if partially and explain in Item 9.
- 5.e.(3) Date of implementation (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 5.e.(4) Method of adoption.
- 5.e.(5) Mandatory or optional use.
- 6. Intangible benefits (non-measurable) Suggestion Improves. Mark X if quality.
- 6. Mark X if efficiency.
- 6. Mark X if timeliness.
- 6. Mark X if daily operations.
- 6. Mark X if service.
- 6. Mark X if other (explain in item 9).
- 7. Tangible benefits. a. Factors. (1) Labor. Man hours involved, Former Method.
- 7.a.(1) Labor. Cost per man-hour, Former Method.
- 7.a.(1) Labor. Total Cost, Former Method.
- 7.a.(2) Material. Number of Units, Former Method.
- 7.a.(2) Material. Cost per Unit, Former Method.
- 7.a.(2) Material. Total Cost, Former Method.
- 7.a.(3) Total Cost of Labor and Material, Former Method.
- 7.a.(1) Labor. Man hours involved, New Method.
- 7.a.(1) Labor. Cost per man-hour, New Method.
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.
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 2800?
- DD Form 2800, Suggestion Evaluation, July 1999
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?