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Department of Defense form 3011. Official designation: DD Form 3011, Bridge Reconnaissance Report, February 2016. Purpose: Bridge Reconnaissance Report. 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.
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.
Formats offered: PDF. Length: 2 pages. Fillable field count: roughly 95.
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
- Date (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- To: Headquarters ordering reconnaissance.
- Signature.
- 1. Maps (country, scale and sheet number or name).
- 2. Date/time group of signature.
- b. Location.
- c. Clearance. (1) Horizontal.
- (2) Under bridge.
- d. Spans. (1) Number.
- (2) Type of construction.
- (3) Type of construction material.
- (4) Length and condition.
- a. Serial number, line 2.
- b. Location.
- c. Clearance. (1) Horizontal.
- (2) Under bridge.
- d. Spans. (1) Number.
- (2) Type of construction.
- (3) Type of construction material.
- (4) Length and condition.
- a. Serial number, line 3.
- b. Location.
- c. Clearance. (1) Horizontal.
- (2) Under bridge.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 3011?
- DD Form 3011, Bridge Reconnaissance Report, February 2016
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?